South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 250 priced lines covering 1,790 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,649 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 369 head. replacement cattle receipts at 209 head. Counted as USDA files them — 51 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,649Last week 1,668Year ago 1,470

Slaughter CattleReceipts 369Last week 347Year ago 267

Replacement CattleReceipts 209Last week 181Year ago 120

Compared to last report: Feeder steers 2.00 lower, feeder heifers 3.00 lower, feeder bulls 5.00 lower, slaughter cows 3.50 higher, slaughter bulls 6.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	330	365.00	365.00
1	350–400	375	455.00	455.00
3	400–450	437	425.00–445.00	436.72
1	450–500	465	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	595	335.00	335.00
3	650–700	683	322.50	322.50
1	850–900	855	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	490.00	490.00
5	300–350	316	450.00–540.00	484.56
9	350–400	387	470.00–520.00	493.22
26	400–450	424	435.00–495.00	479.54
17	450–500	475	410.00–480.00	449.37
8	500–550	520	380.00–437.50	414.54
6	550–600	583	320.00–420.00	397.86
37	600–650	611	315.00–390.00	361.98
10	650–700	664	342.50–390.00	357.87
1	700–750	705	350.00	350.00
3	750–800	788	320.00	320.00
2	800–850	820	315.00	315.00
1	850–900	880	317.50	317.50
1	900–950	925	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	400.00	400.00
5	400–450	417	425.00–495.00	449.81
4	450–500	498	470.00	470.00
13	650–700	692	387.50–396.00	395.39
1	700–750	700	367.50	367.50
1	750–800	795	322.50	322.50
3	800–850	837	315.00–324.00	320.99
1	850–900	860	310.00	310.00
3	900–950	940	302.50–315.00	310.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	505.00	505.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	480.00	480.00
1	450–500	495	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	281	525.00–615.00	570.09
10	300–350	329	540.00–610.00	574.48
15	350–400	376	470.00–580.00	527.17
14	400–450	424	500.00–530.00	513.27
10	450–500	481	450.00–495.00	460.73
25	500–550	513	450.00–495.00	469.09
25	550–600	557	430.00–475.00	441.73
5	600–650	617	375.00–435.00	402.68
1	650–700	655	380.00	380.00
10	700–750	716	355.00–400.00	382.48
6	850–900	853	334.00	334.00
3	900–950	947	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	455.00	455.00
2	350–400	380	425.00–475.00	449.01
1	400–450	415	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	450	385.00	385.00
1	500–550	510	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	470.00–480.00	474.73
6	350–400	363	470.00–550.00	510.28
6	450–500	459	537.50	537.50
1	500–550	515	490.00	490.00
12	550–600	586	430.00–442.50	431.84
2	600–650	618	405.00–412.50	408.70
2	650–700	665	422.50	422.50
14	700–750	708	360.00–370.00	367.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	213	405.00–460.00	432.18
2	250–300	258	425.00	425.00
3	300–350	335	415.00–425.00	420.02
12	350–400	378	320.00–460.00	419.83
4	400–450	415	375.00–475.00	428.84
12	450–500	477	290.00–430.00	374.68
6	500–550	533	290.00–385.00	338.09
4	550–600	580	265.00–380.00	343.93
3	600–650	630	250.00–345.00	309.22
2	650–700	670	305.00–337.50	321.49
1	700–750	725	240.00	240.00
1	750–800	795	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	214	475.00–535.00	484.43
10	250–300	273	440.00–550.00	495.68
14	300–350	325	450.00–515.00	485.80
17	350–400	378	400.00–495.00	479.92
24	400–450	415	420.00–485.00	462.35
45	450–500	479	320.00–492.50	454.52
12	500–550	524	330.00–437.50	393.49
11	550–600	572	300.00–415.00	384.63
16	600–650	618	320.00–387.50	370.76
9	650–700	675	310.00–365.00	336.73
6	700–750	720	285.00–350.00	319.61
2	750–800	775	275.00–290.00	282.35
1	850–900	885	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	530.00	530.00
2	300–350	343	500.00–510.00	504.96
1	350–400	380	430.00	430.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	222	560.00–620.00	581.80
17	250–300	268	515.00–615.00	562.50
23	300–350	325	480.00–575.00	539.24
28	350–400	368	470.00–550.00	520.58
35	400–450	418	440.00–520.00	497.00
24	450–500	470	442.50–500.00	481.21
29	500–550	519	400.00–460.00	440.91
23	550–600	574	370.00–452.50	424.10
12	600–650	610	390.00–425.00	412.27
3	650–700	655	380.00–385.00	383.35
1	700–750	705	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	620.00	620.00
4	250–300	285	635.00–650.00	642.50
1	300–350	315	630.00	630.00
1	600–650	625	480.00	480.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	475.00	475.00
4	350–400	375	435.00–465.00	448.58
5	400–450	421	430.00–455.00	441.10
3	450–500	477	427.50–450.00	437.44
3	500–550	525	300.00–315.00	308.46
2	550–600	558	325.00–355.00	339.80
2	600–650	610	300.00–320.00	310.08
1	650–700	675	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	281	310.00–420.00	383.25
7	300–350	332	310.00–420.00	382.00
4	350–400	371	345.00–410.00	389.56
11	400–450	417	300.00–405.00	359.46
7	450–500	472	315.00–370.00	354.30
5	500–550	519	245.00–320.00	282.82
4	550–600	578	260.00–310.00	278.85
6	600–650	624	250.00–280.00	261.92
3	650–700	673	200.00–280.00	226.14
1	700–750	720	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	232	450.00	450.00
11	250–300	263	430.00–500.00	467.24
22	300–350	328	405.00–490.00	464.41
40	350–400	379	400.00–480.00	437.23
30	400–450	423	410.00–450.00	429.11
21	450–500	472	360.00–440.00	408.78
30	500–550	523	335.00–400.00	375.34
22	550–600	574	320.00–370.00	357.43
13	600–650	622	285.00–347.50	319.08
8	650–700	678	275.00–320.00	303.61
12	700–750	723	270.00–325.00	303.19
3	750–800	773	290.00–315.00	305.01
2	800–850	835	297.50	297.50
2	850–900	858	240.00–295.00	267.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	270	400.00–420.00	406.17
7	400–450	405	435.00–450.00	447.78
1	450–500	495	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	535	355.00–375.00	365.09
4	550–600	576	347.50–380.00	367.25
2	800–850	803	292.50–307.50	299.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	470.00	470.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	231	480.00–565.00	535.87
8	250–300	283	470.00–565.00	519.47
18	300–350	321	460.00–515.00	489.37
25	350–400	369	450.00–515.00	471.26
24	400–450	428	415.00–455.00	450.57
38	450–500	465	410.00–450.00	443.91
25	500–550	513	350.00–420.00	405.97
4	550–600	559	370.00–400.00	382.50
3	600–650	613	350.00–365.00	359.08
1	650–700	660	335.00	335.00
2	700–750	723	305.00–315.00	309.88
1	750–800	790	310.00	310.00
1	900–950	940	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	365	350.00–420.00	402.17
1	400–450	410	400.00	400.00
8	450–500	479	340.00–412.50	392.43
4	500–550	536	285.00–370.00	333.57
3	550–600	575	285.00–320.00	301.43
1	600–650	600	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	655	305.00	305.00
1	850–900	865	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	328	440.00–470.00	466.65
2	500–550	540	395.00–407.50	401.25
3	600–650	632	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	650	350.00	350.00
1	800–850	815	315.00	315.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	451	400.00	400.00
3	500–550	547	360.00	360.00
3	650–700	663	320.00	320.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	710	1,850.00	1,850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	720	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	860	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	745	1,645.00	1,645.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	813	1,450.00–1,550.00	1,496.31
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	775	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	790	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	875	2,200.00	2,200.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	845	2,200.00	2,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	815	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,163	2,850.00–3,700.00	3,207.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,184	2,550.00–3,450.00	2,934.69
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,020	2,167.50	2,167.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,186	2,350.00–2,675.00	2,498.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	1,194	2,200.00–2,900.00	2,545.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,308	2,200.00–2,950.00	2,541.23
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	815	1,870.00–2,900.00	2,470.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	975	2,050.00–2,600.00	2,213.12
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	910	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,044	1,800.00–2,900.00	2,173.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,014	1,615.00–2,900.00	2,083.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	967	2,425.00–2,950.00	2,658.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,008	2,325.00–2,500.00	2,402.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	966	2,115.00–2,475.00	2,336.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	605	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	725	1,700.00–2,200.00	2,012.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	3,850.00	3,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	725	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,502.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	720	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	655	3,050.00	3,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	671	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,490.32
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,040	3,700.00	3,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,059	3,875.00–4,150.00	3,996.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	3,950.00	3,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,125	3,500.00–4,300.00	3,923.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	5,600.00	5,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,095	5,150.00	5,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,004	2,600.00–3,700.00	3,144.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,040	4,550.00	4,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	891	3,050.00–3,300.00	3,159.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	888	2,925.00–3,950.00	3,319.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	963	3,325.00–3,750.00	3,579.89
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	703	1,018.00–1,210.00	1,095.52
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	703	1,095.00–1,434.00	1,257.86
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	660	1,500.00	1,500.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	730	985.00	985.00
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	840	1,350.00–1,692.00	1,539.32
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	798	1,017.00–1,543.00	1,413.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	715	1,037.00	1,037.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	988	1,882.00–2,435.00	2,236.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,129	1,905.00–2,375.00	2,127.66
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	1,458.00	1,458.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	740	1,825.00–2,010.00	1,918.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	955	1,425.00–1,927.00	1,688.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	750	1,620.00–2,079.00	1,908.99
Bulls — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	750	1,313.00	1,313.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,340	2,747.00	2,747.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,031	1,579.00–3,100.00	2,238.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,128	2,120.00–2,525.00	2,312.17
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	937	1,609.00–1,805.00	1,678.90
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	4,075.00	4,075.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	2,900.00	2,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	765	3,200.00	3,200.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	2,280.00	2,280.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	935	1,795.00–1,900.00	1,839.92
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	880	2,125.00	2,125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,191	153.00–186.00	170.77
5	—	1,266	175.00–190.00	180.34
30	—	1,092	130.00–174.00	153.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	942	140.00–171.00	153.15
26	—	856	100.00–157.50	132.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,595	180.00–195.00	186.79
51	—	1,441	159.00–188.00	175.17
10	—	1,545	146.00–169.00	160.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,813	205.00–231.00	218.68
11	—	1,167	168.00–190.00	179.47
26	—	1,483	185.00–222.50	201.85

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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