South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 242 priced lines covering 1,596 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,507 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 272 head. replacement cattle receipts at 161 head. Counted as USDA files them — 28 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,507Last week 1,654Year ago 1,159

Slaughter CattleReceipts 272Last week 259Year ago 275

Replacement CattleReceipts 161Last week 119Year ago 116

Compared to last week all feeder cattle were sharply lower, slaughter cows 4.00 lower, feeder bulls 6.00 higher.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	780	2,250.00	2,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	860	2,200.00	2,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	870	1,900.00	1,900.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,180	3,700.00	3,700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	765	1,825.00	1,825.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	2,500.00	2,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	983	2,650.00–3,350.00	3,036.51
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	998	1,750.00–2,500.00	2,259.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,175	2,550.00–2,950.00	2,784.04
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,480.00	1,480.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	998	1,800.00–2,500.00	2,121.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	996	2,350.00–2,900.00	2,693.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	1,950.00	1,950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,021	1,689.00–2,450.00	2,087.55
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,230	2,632.00–3,050.00	2,804.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,153	3,450.00–3,650.00	3,548.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,260	2,800.00–3,550.00	3,015.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,360	2,200.00–2,750.00	2,462.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,270	2,740.00–3,350.00	3,003.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,105	2,700.00–2,800.00	2,746.83
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	895	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	913	2,100.00–2,450.00	2,281.23
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	730	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	645	1,850.00	1,850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	870	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	955	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	920	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	685	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	675	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	710	1,300.00	1,300.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	885	974.00	974.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	930	1,377.00–1,734.00	1,579.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	951	1,628.00–2,025.00	1,813.51
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	1,373.00	1,373.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	1,937.00	1,937.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	878	2,030.00–2,398.00	2,177.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,110	2,275.00–2,515.00	2,416.62
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	778	1,408.00–1,675.00	1,536.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	795	1,200.00–1,340.00	1,268.37
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	1,460.00	1,460.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	735	1,330.00–1,586.00	1,435.09
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	620	2,046.00	2,046.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	905	1,343.00–1,590.00	1,454.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	868	1,228.50–1,460.00	1,336.18
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	660	925.00–1,150.00	1,040.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	945	1,903.00–1,989.00	1,944.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,070	1,740.00	1,740.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	14	—	1,000	2,100.00–4,200.00	3,367.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,195	2,525.00–2,610.00	2,562.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,585	2,600.00	2,600.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	845	1,415.00	1,415.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	868	2,600.00–2,750.00	2,684.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,320	2,875.00	2,875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	3,250.00	3,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,216	2,875.00–3,100.00	2,998.87
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	1,750.00	1,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,335	3,800.00–4,750.00	4,318.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,435	4,400.00–4,700.00	4,547.39
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	1,825.00	1,825.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	2,750.00	2,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	2,150.00	2,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	2,750.00	2,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	765	1,650.00	1,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,043	2,350.00–2,800.00	2,613.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	898	2,200.00–2,775.00	2,501.20
Heifer Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	675	3,100.00	3,100.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	233	350.00–420.00	387.14
4	250–300	275	400.00–475.00	441.00
9	300–350	321	350.00–440.00	401.39
11	350–400	364	320.00–400.00	379.43
19	400–450	430	320.00–415.00	382.49
16	450–500	475	340.00–415.00	374.87
6	500–550	528	270.00–365.00	318.53
2	550–600	575	315.00–330.00	322.63
2	600–650	630	290.00–350.00	319.29
1	650–700	690	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	460.00	460.00
1	500–550	525	435.00	435.00
5	550–600	599	360.00	360.00
2	650–700	697	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	830	277.50	277.50
1	850–900	855	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	236	530.00–585.00	548.74
28	250–300	278	480.00–580.00	534.17
38	300–350	327	460.00–555.00	534.31
40	350–400	370	435.00–550.00	510.60
20	400–450	421	430.00–545.00	482.79
29	450–500	473	410.00–490.00	467.83
31	500–550	520	370.00–460.00	435.64
15	550–600	579	370.00–447.50	414.84
8	600–650	613	337.00–392.50	362.91
1	650–700	675	337.50	337.50
4	700–750	706	305.00–335.00	321.14
2	750–800	755	305.00–335.00	319.90
3	800–850	815	300.00–310.00	303.31
1	850–900	850	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	462.50	462.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	450.00–475.00	458.46
1	350–400	375	430.00	430.00
4	400–450	429	360.00–475.00	430.26
6	450–500	485	350.00–437.50	415.14
3	500–550	513	350.00–400.00	376.27
4	550–600	579	325.00–375.00	349.96
1	600–650	610	310.00	310.00
2	650–700	675	295.00–315.00	304.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	221	400.00–535.00	489.13
15	250–300	274	440.00–540.00	490.86
22	300–350	321	400.00–510.00	471.21
20	350–400	379	400.00–505.00	479.25
46	400–450	425	400.00–500.00	465.85
39	450–500	478	380.00–470.00	430.05
19	500–550	522	335.00–440.00	394.08
15	550–600	577	310.00–405.00	374.00
12	600–650	624	320.00–377.50	342.24
7	650–700	673	297.50–360.00	322.04
9	700–750	724	275.00–350.00	318.84
3	750–800	768	290.00–317.50	300.86
1	800–850	820	270.00	270.00
1	900–950	915	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	515.00	515.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	580.00	580.00
2	300–350	315	510.00–590.00	550.00
3	350–400	358	480.00–560.00	506.42
1	550–600	565	392.50	392.50
1	600–650	600	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	450.00–470.00	459.88
3	450–500	498	440.00	440.00
1	500–550	500	400.00	400.00
2	750–800	795	317.50	317.50
1	800–850	820	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	470.00	470.00
5	500–550	515	440.00	440.00
4	550–600	589	430.00	430.00
3	600–650	617	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	550.00	550.00
3	250–300	283	510.00–550.00	530.47
10	300–350	320	440.00–550.00	521.15
13	350–400	370	460.00–530.00	511.49
5	400–450	426	425.00–550.00	482.54
10	450–500	459	420.00–485.00	464.60
15	500–550	525	407.00–462.50	429.23
10	550–600	570	380.00–410.00	405.34
13	600–650	626	360.00–420.00	379.15
1	700–750	710	330.00	330.00
2	750–800	755	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	815	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	505.00	505.00
6	250–300	278	485.00–500.00	490.69
4	300–350	324	480.00–520.00	500.66
2	350–400	383	470.00	470.00
13	400–450	415	410.00–490.00	458.37
11	450–500	475	380.00–460.00	434.79
4	500–550	529	350.00–425.00	382.90
5	550–600	593	350.00–380.00	358.88
5	600–650	623	320.00–360.00	338.06
2	650–700	688	320.00–330.00	325.02
1	700–750	745	310.00	310.00
1	750–800	765	307.50	307.50
1	800–850	815	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	480.00–485.00	482.56
1	350–400	385	445.00	445.00
1	450–500	470	425.00	425.00
4	500–550	525	350.00–415.00	390.52
1	600–650	605	340.00	340.00
1	900–950	935	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	470.00	470.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	455.00	455.00
2	250–300	273	360.00–410.00	382.94
1	300–350	335	400.00	400.00
2	350–400	378	420.00	420.00
1	400–450	410	370.00	370.00
2	450–500	483	410.00–415.00	412.44
2	500–550	513	310.00–390.00	349.02
1	550–600	565	365.00	365.00
2	650–700	685	287.50–300.00	293.80
1	750–800	770	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	410.00	410.00
3	450–500	463	400.00–425.00	416.73
7	500–550	506	390.00	390.00
7	600–650	635	300.00–335.00	329.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	372	485.00–500.00	496.07
3	500–550	502	405.00	405.00
10	750–800	783	305.00	305.00
8	900–950	946	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	236	495.00–580.00	525.28
9	250–300	266	450.00–530.00	503.84
23	300–350	317	440.00–520.00	483.84
29	350–400	374	430.00–490.00	467.03
26	400–450	421	430.00–480.00	453.81
25	450–500	466	370.00–460.00	414.49
14	500–550	518	350.00–420.00	388.89
18	550–600	576	342.50–400.00	367.99
4	600–650	606	340.00–345.00	341.87
1	750–800	760	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	365	380.00–410.00	389.87
7	400–450	434	370.00–425.00	400.07
11	450–500	483	315.00–415.00	379.86
8	500–550	528	300.00–360.00	324.91
3	550–600	572	305.00–330.00	319.87
1	600–650	625	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	510.00	510.00
3	300–350	315	525.00–535.00	530.05
4	350–400	359	485.00	485.00
1	500–550	525	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	227	400.00–425.00	414.52
7	250–300	274	345.00–430.00	394.65
7	300–350	324	350.00–425.00	385.64
9	350–400	373	300.00–390.00	355.04
9	400–450	423	305.00–405.00	366.61
11	450–500	474	340.00–390.00	367.92
5	500–550	532	300.00–365.00	314.09
5	550–600	576	280.00–325.00	299.05
1	600–650	610	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	650	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	440.00–480.00	459.11
9	250–300	278	420.00–470.00	446.31
6	300–350	328	430.00–470.00	459.35
19	350–400	377	380.00–485.00	444.68
30	400–450	422	400.00–465.00	427.19
39	450–500	474	350.00–440.00	399.31
22	500–550	518	332.50–395.00	360.75
18	550–600	569	320.00–370.00	343.46
12	600–650	624	310.00–360.00	318.80
8	650–700	671	305.00–315.00	310.26
8	700–750	725	255.00–297.50	286.32
5	750–800	760	265.00–295.00	284.40
3	800–850	823	275.00–295.00	285.00
2	850–900	873	240.00–242.50	241.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	480	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	530	315.00	315.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,381	135.00–162.00	149.26
26	—	1,345	159.00–179.00	165.64
1	—	1,460	187.00	187.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,274	150.00–192.00	178.91
44	—	1,139	139.00–180.00	162.79
21	—	1,161	120.00–160.00	144.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,034	130.00–161.00	146.80
26	—	963	80.00–139.00	122.88
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,818	198.00–223.00	211.67
16	—	1,398	140.00–183.00	165.51
17	—	1,611	165.00–214.00	198.70

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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