South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 160 priced lines covering 1,037 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,068 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 186 head. replacement cattle receipts at 61 head. Counted as USDA files them — 7 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 8, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Columbia, SC (LS-CO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,068Last week 1,217Year ago 2,099

Slaughter CattleReceipts 186Last week 303Year ago 575

Replacement CattleReceipts 61Last week 149Year ago 182

Compared to last week feeder steers 3.00 higher, feeder heifers 4.50 higher, feeder bulls 12.00 higher, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	226	400.00–530.00	459.72
5	250–300	274	425.00–525.00	471.17
12	300–350	330	400.00–520.00	448.06
16	350–400	374	390.00–515.00	436.29
18	400–450	429	395.00–465.00	430.13
14	450–500	465	390.00–430.00	411.49
24	500–550	517	350.00–400.00	370.09
11	550–600	558	350.00–380.00	366.72
25	600–650	628	317.50–360.00	333.80
1	650–700	650	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	270	350.00–390.00	362.78
2	300–350	325	350.00–420.00	383.92
6	350–400	369	370.00–390.00	384.20
12	400–450	416	350.00–390.00	370.05
29	450–500	472	340.00–390.00	365.43
20	500–550	513	315.00–377.50	336.76
11	550–600	575	295.00–355.00	324.59
6	600–650	622	280.00–317.50	298.28
15	650–700	677	270.00–300.00	290.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	336	335.00–355.00	344.09
1	350–400	385	380.00	380.00
10	400–450	429	300.00–372.50	327.94
7	450–500	476	300.00–350.00	322.51
1	500–550	540	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	570	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	445	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	477	320.00–340.00	333.64
4	500–550	531	280.00	280.00
3	550–600	595	282.50	282.50
2	600–650	645	260.00–280.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	213	480.00–590.00	536.94
8	250–300	279	470.00–540.00	510.45
10	300–350	316	460.00–530.00	481.22
18	350–400	374	430.00–545.00	455.22
9	400–450	414	435.00–480.00	451.17
1	450–500	465	410.00	410.00
3	500–550	503	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	508	380.00–395.00	384.97
1	700–750	700	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	232	445.00–470.00	462.63
3	250–300	275	420.00	420.00
1	300–350	330	440.00	440.00
4	350–400	362	405.00–410.00	408.79
7	400–450	406	400.00–415.00	404.22
1	450–500	450	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	515	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	534	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	558	335.00	335.00
6	600–650	630	310.00–332.50	320.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	335.00	335.00
2	350–400	395	335.00–340.00	337.50
6	400–450	429	295.00–327.50	315.56
2	450–500	475	310.00–320.00	315.00
3	500–550	510	260.00–307.50	275.69
2	550–600	575	260.00–280.00	270.09
1	600–650	630	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	650	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	330.00	330.00
3	250–300	282	310.00–345.00	328.76
2	300–350	313	300.00–310.00	305.20
6	350–400	367	300.00–340.00	314.82
5	400–450	421	306.00–325.00	315.22
6	450–500	473	280.00–325.00	301.64
1	600–650	635	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	234	397.50–440.00	409.83
6	250–300	278	370.00–410.00	396.73
12	300–350	323	375.00–415.00	394.03
16	350–400	362	370.00–400.00	381.77
24	400–450	413	370.00–395.00	378.02
17	450–500	459	350.00–390.00	369.03
16	500–550	519	315.00–353.00	329.09
12	550–600	566	310.00–330.00	322.05
9	600–650	622	304.00–320.00	306.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	228	350.00–380.00	370.58
3	250–300	282	350.00–370.00	358.22
7	300–350	336	340.00–350.00	341.34
22	350–400	371	350.00–370.00	365.33
15	400–450	431	330.00–355.00	342.63
21	450–500	476	320.00–355.00	337.82
12	500–550	517	280.00–320.00	301.52
7	550–600	568	300.00–330.00	309.29
11	600–650	618	280.00–310.00	299.61
3	650–700	665	270.00–290.00	281.70
9	700–750	746	270.00–277.50	274.17
1	750–800	785	270.00	270.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	175.00	175.00
1	500–550	535	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	410.00–420.00	415.11
1	250–300	265	450.00	450.00
4	300–350	324	405.00–455.00	430.27
3	350–400	385	445.00–450.00	448.31
9	400–450	415	440.00–460.00	447.05
3	450–500	460	390.00–420.00	409.57
16	500–550	523	362.50–400.00	371.64
6	550–600	570	345.00–385.00	360.49
3	600–650	613	320.00–340.00	329.89
1	700–750	725	310.00	310.00
1	750–800	750	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	452.50	452.50
12	500–550	522	385.00–415.00	398.81
31	550–600	579	359.00–385.00	367.83
17	600–650	634	364.50–370.00	366.13
13	700–750	728	330.00–332.00	331.85
5	750–800	750	332.50–335.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	370.00	370.00
2	350–400	378	387.50–390.00	388.76
1	400–450	400	380.00	380.00
10	450–500	478	352.50–390.00	375.60
1	500–550	545	330.00	330.00
4	550–600	564	330.00–342.50	334.31
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	320.00–350.00	332.65
4	400–450	426	290.00–350.00	327.39
1	450–500	465	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	570	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	695	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	455.00–540.00	499.20
7	350–400	379	493.00–530.00	499.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	585	355.00	355.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,020	174.00–220.00	192.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,218	2,350.00–2,900.00	2,522.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,415	2,632.00	2,632.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	2,300.00	2,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	3,500.00	3,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	685	1,700.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	2,200.00	2,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	670	1,975.00	1,975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	2,000.00	2,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,310	3,475.00	3,475.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	913	155.00–167.50	160.92
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	643	1,159.00–1,586.00	1,383.30
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	870	160.00–245.00	198.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	1,096.00	1,096.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	144.00	144.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	877	930.00–1,493.00	1,310.95
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	723	921.00–1,170.00	1,052.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	174.00	174.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	130.00	130.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	835	152.00–167.50	159.38
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,093	190.00–230.00	209.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	705	1,251.00	1,251.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,142	150.00–203.00	181.35
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	760	973.00	973.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,038	1,625.00–1,925.00	1,777.53
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,295	2,525.00–3,475.00	2,988.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,290	2,100.00–3,000.00	2,491.28
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,105	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,230	1,950.00	1,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,230	1,800.00	1,800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,243	129.00–155.00	142.22
37	—	1,202	145.00–169.00	157.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,056	139.00–152.00	145.58
26	—	959	65.00–145.00	112.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,390	121.00–153.00	144.41
12	—	1,380	147.00–165.00	156.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,443	146.00–176.00	164.29
6	—	1,845	177.50–188.00	182.40

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the South Carolina barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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