South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 234 priced lines covering 1,815 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,668 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 347 head. replacement cattle receipts at 181 head. Counted as USDA files them — 37 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,668Last week 1,936Year ago 1,765

Slaughter CattleReceipts 347Last week 382Year ago 322

Replacement CattleReceipts 181Last week 188Year ago 119

Compared to last report: Feeder steers 6.50 higher, feeder heifers 3.00 lower, feeder bulls 5.00 higher, slaughter cows 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls 4.00 lower.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,215	3,800.00–3,900.00	3,853.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	918	3,100.00–4,050.00	3,578.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,035	2,450.00–3,900.00	3,349.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	993	3,150.00–3,600.00	3,363.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	3,050.00	3,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	2,650.00	2,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	2,650.00	2,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	1,850.00	1,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	2,100.00	2,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	610	2,000.00	2,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	2,350.00	2,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	1,600.00	1,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,363	4,100.00–4,500.00	4,310.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,230	4,900.00	4,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,179	4,200.00–4,850.00	4,399.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,254	3,000.00–4,300.00	3,871.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,560	3,525.00	3,525.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,263	1,800.00–2,450.00	2,153.96
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,033	1,910.00–2,415.00	2,138.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,350	2,700.00–2,750.00	2,727.50
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,095	1,890.00–2,450.00	2,181.51
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	665	1,496.00	1,496.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	1,875.00	1,875.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	585	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	2,350.00	2,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	3,050.00	3,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	890	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,035	2,100.00	2,100.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	863	1,525.00–1,748.00	1,623.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	953	1,500.00–1,525.00	1,508.52
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	790	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	828	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,284.81
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,096	2,350.00–2,750.00	2,580.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,140	2,650.00–2,750.00	2,696.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,210	2,250.00–3,150.00	2,613.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	—	1,272	1,950.00–3,150.00	2,372.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,047	2,300.00–2,750.00	2,507.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,273	2,075.00–2,950.00	2,429.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,090	1,600.00–2,700.00	2,245.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,075	2,000.00–2,223.00	2,100.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,120	1,750.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	973	1,850.00–2,250.00	2,047.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,069	1,685.00–2,800.00	2,052.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,068	1,700.00–2,150.00	1,910.01
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	782	1,404.00–1,690.00	1,606.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	862	937.00–1,850.00	1,532.23
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,230	1,570.00	1,570.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	610	1,068.00	1,068.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	735.00	735.00
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	685	1,405.00	1,405.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	1,175.00	1,175.00
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	773	1,868.00–2,063.00	1,962.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	1,460.00	1,460.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,262	2,130.00–2,755.00	2,448.03
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,071	1,774.00–2,945.00	2,455.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,253	1,950.00–2,220.00	2,094.97
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	963	1,211.00–1,864.00	1,525.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	879	1,332.00–2,075.00	1,779.70
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	815	1,666.00–2,351.00	2,025.31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	525.00	525.00
2	500–550	535	455.00–470.00	462.36
1	550–600	565	470.00	470.00
11	800–850	825	333.00	333.00
10	850–900	870	328.00	328.00
4	900–950	913	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	430.00	430.00
1	300–350	330	450.00	450.00
3	350–400	375	425.00–455.00	440.27
2	400–450	433	430.00–445.00	437.37
1	550–600	575	382.50	382.50
1	600–650	605	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	705	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	405.00	405.00
2	400–450	443	440.00–450.00	444.97
1	500–550	535	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	540.00	540.00
2	300–350	305	460.00–500.00	480.33
2	350–400	370	500.00–505.00	502.50
9	400–450	428	430.00–490.00	464.24
14	450–500	477	425.00–472.50	455.43
9	500–550	519	380.00–440.00	409.66
10	550–600	586	360.00–417.50	384.27
3	600–650	622	360.00–400.00	384.60
15	650–700	670	330.00–375.00	343.36
4	700–750	716	230.00–377.50	331.58
3	750–800	789	290.00–310.00	303.49
1	850–900	895	280.00	280.00
1	900–950	915	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	605.00–620.00	613.48
1	350–400	360	615.00	615.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	565.00–575.00	570.05
5	250–300	273	535.00–610.00	583.61
9	300–350	321	540.00–610.00	572.13
20	350–400	374	515.00–597.50	543.03
22	400–450	419	480.00–550.00	517.62
30	450–500	479	477.50–535.00	485.33
36	500–550	519	430.00–470.00	448.02
21	550–600	572	410.00–450.00	432.44
9	600–650	620	390.00–420.00	404.27
12	650–700	682	340.00–420.00	365.75
19	700–750	734	325.00–361.00	359.17
10	750–800	779	335.00–360.00	356.02
3	800–850	817	320.00–340.00	329.84
2	850–900	855	310.00	310.00
2	900–950	920	290.00–310.00	299.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	482	475.00–485.00	476.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	215	435.00–525.00	483.68
7	250–300	280	455.00–535.00	499.03
15	300–350	331	420.00–545.00	502.19
26	350–400	373	400.00–530.00	458.02
16	400–450	421	405.00–495.00	458.83
30	450–500	472	400.00–480.00	444.71
26	500–550	521	350.00–440.00	395.99
13	550–600	576	340.00–442.50	383.56
23	600–650	617	300.00–395.00	357.59
14	650–700	672	300.00–365.00	338.86
6	700–750	715	277.50–340.00	296.35
6	750–800	771	275.00–340.00	301.39
4	800–850	804	260.00–290.00	282.54
4	850–900	866	210.00–250.00	239.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	495.00	495.00
1	250–300	260	440.00	440.00
6	300–350	328	300.00–475.00	420.82
8	350–400	374	330.00–440.00	398.56
12	400–450	419	345.00–455.00	399.55
9	450–500	480	350.00–420.00	377.95
4	500–550	525	320.00–360.00	335.10
4	550–600	574	310.00–365.00	337.28
1	600–650	615	320.00	320.00
4	650–700	679	250.00–310.00	290.07
2	700–750	723	265.00–280.00	272.68
2	750–800	750	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	480.00	480.00
3	300–350	320	410.00	410.00
2	350–400	378	380.00–425.00	402.95
8	400–450	422	400.00–470.00	442.25
7	450–500	471	410.00–435.00	426.05
2	500–550	515	340.00–395.00	367.23
1	550–600	560	377.50	377.50
5	600–650	626	280.00–380.00	325.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	203	605.00–640.00	622.72
3	250–300	280	600.00–620.00	612.98
3	350–400	353	560.00	560.00
1	450–500	475	495.00	495.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	225	570.00–610.00	591.78
11	250–300	278	550.00–605.00	576.88
41	300–350	321	540.00–595.00	565.99
33	350–400	373	490.00–575.00	523.98
32	400–450	420	490.00–530.00	505.33
20	450–500	456	460.00–525.00	488.28
19	500–550	527	420.00–460.00	437.68
12	550–600	568	380.00–455.00	426.15
6	600–650	626	370.00–410.00	394.97
2	700–750	720	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	828	307.50	307.50
1	900–950	920	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	377.50	377.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	218	460.00–510.00	489.69
11	250–300	275	400.00–470.00	447.59
14	300–350	328	400.00–497.50	456.22
26	350–400	379	400.00–495.00	443.90
36	400–450	430	400.00–465.00	436.77
47	450–500	470	400.00–447.50	417.56
27	500–550	520	310.00–417.50	368.55
29	550–600	576	300.00–385.00	359.11
10	600–650	619	305.00–345.00	325.54
4	650–700	674	300.00–325.00	309.35
5	700–750	717	230.00–320.00	296.29
2	750–800	780	237.50–295.00	266.80
2	800–850	823	285.00	285.00
3	850–900	885	262.00–290.00	271.23
2	900–950	930	255.00–270.00	262.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	220	390.00–440.00	410.20
2	250–300	250	340.00–400.00	370.00
7	300–350	311	350.00–430.00	368.22
6	350–400	368	350.00–435.00	376.26
6	400–450	416	310.00–400.00	345.63
4	450–500	470	277.50–420.00	352.89
6	500–550	524	280.00–360.00	311.94
4	550–600	571	280.00–325.00	299.91
1	750–800	750	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	385.00	385.00
2	350–400	360	400.00–420.00	409.86
4	400–450	433	390.00–430.00	411.49
7	450–500	472	350.00–415.00	378.30
3	550–600	590	310.00–350.00	336.67
1	600–650	635	295.00	295.00
1	700–750	705	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	585.00	585.00
1	250–300	270	540.00	540.00
1	350–400	375	565.00	565.00
1	550–600	575	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	229	500.00–580.00	533.24
9	250–300	272	525.00–590.00	547.26
19	300–350	328	460.00–515.00	495.08
26	350–400	362	450.00–520.00	490.24
51	400–450	428	430.00–485.00	452.25
26	450–500	463	400.00–455.00	439.93
15	500–550	514	390.00–420.00	404.39
12	550–600	562	370.00–390.00	383.49
4	600–650	614	350.00–355.00	353.77
2	650–700	663	315.00–325.00	320.09
7	750–800	791	292.50	292.50
1	800–850	840	250.00	250.00
2	850–900	888	280.00	280.00
1	900–950	900	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	515.00	515.00
2	400–450	440	475.00	475.00
3	500–550	527	405.00–437.50	415.49
11	650–700	692	350.00	350.00
9	700–750	724	309.00	309.00
8	800–850	800	327.00	327.00
12	950–1000	985	274.00	274.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	430.00	430.00
9	500–550	535	370.00–425.00	393.31
1	650–700	675	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	815	260.00	260.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	220.00	220.00
1	450–500	490	305.00	305.00
1	800–850	805	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,176	150.00–185.00	166.77
55	—	1,140	135.00–163.00	153.63
12	—	1,226	191.00–240.00	214.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,665	185.00–191.00	187.79
44	—	1,371	160.00–181.00	166.63
28	—	1,385	149.00–159.00	154.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	990	135.00–165.00	155.21
31	—	962	107.50–155.00	134.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,285	158.00–185.00	174.66
25	—	1,629	179.00–210.00	193.86
4	—	1,983	211.00–217.00	212.94

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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