South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 207 priced lines covering 1,524 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,480 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 282 head. replacement cattle receipts at 130 head. Counted as USDA files them — 36 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,480Last week 1,080Year ago 1,840

Slaughter CattleReceipts 282Last week 194Year ago 301

Replacement CattleReceipts 130Last week 64Year ago 103

Compared to last week feeder steers steady to 1.00 lower, feeder heifers 1.50 lower, feeder bulls 7.00 lower, slaughter cows 3.00 higher, and slaughter bulls 2.00 higher.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,265	2,200.00	2,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,130	2,400.00–2,950.00	2,668.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,198	2,225.00–3,400.00	2,684.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,311	2,200.00–3,175.00	2,678.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,023	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,488.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,355	3,100.00–3,150.00	3,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,274	2,350.00–2,900.00	2,610.13
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,925.00	1,925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	913	1,775.00–1,900.00	1,835.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,000	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,915.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	1,850.00	1,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	775	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	935	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,035	2,200.00–2,549.00	2,373.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,150	2,150.00	2,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	910	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,020	2,250.00–2,450.00	2,343.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,127	2,250.00–2,600.00	2,377.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	2,850.00	2,850.00
Bred Cows — Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	2,250.00	2,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	895	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	2,450.00	2,450.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	715	1,199.00–1,285.00	1,243.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	680	976.00–1,450.00	1,211.26
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,489	2,600.00–3,650.00	3,099.56
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,105	2,044.00	2,044.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,214	2,118.00–2,860.00	2,494.58
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	715	1,020.00	1,020.00
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	1,509.00	1,509.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,016	1,850.00–2,230.00	2,008.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	905	1,546.00–1,596.00	1,572.02
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	675	1,875.00	1,875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	640	2,450.00	2,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	625	2,450.00	2,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,552	4,700.00–5,200.00	4,883.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,470	4,200.00–6,100.00	5,051.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,458	4,400.00–5,500.00	4,756.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	974	4,000.00–4,250.00	4,127.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,475	4,900.00	4,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,198	3,800.00–4,000.00	3,901.81
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,075	3,800.00	3,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	940	3,350.00–3,500.00	3,431.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	3,600.00	3,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	835	3,250.00–3,700.00	3,436.23
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	913	3,800.00–4,000.00	3,906.30
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	750	2,700.00–4,050.00	3,397.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	3,950.00	3,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	2,650.00	2,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	2,775.00	2,775.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,025	1,815.00	1,815.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	975	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	837	2,036.00–2,360.00	2,194.13
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	730	2,000.00	2,000.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	760	1,900.00	1,900.00
Bred Heifers — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	795	1,700.00	1,700.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	435.00	435.00
1	350–400	360	415.00	415.00
5	400–450	418	350.00–440.00	414.53
1	450–500	450	432.50	432.50
2	500–550	508	265.00–412.50	338.39
3	550–600	587	310.00–385.00	347.81
1	600–650	625	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	200–250	237	525.00–610.00	545.02
8	250–300	274	500.00–585.00	548.09
9	300–350	319	495.00–555.00	520.69
22	350–400	376	470.00–535.00	507.97
19	400–450	423	420.00–505.00	465.13
24	450–500	468	420.00–500.00	482.16
32	500–550	521	370.00–455.00	437.53
20	550–600	569	400.00–442.50	424.61
4	600–650	613	350.00–425.00	400.76
1	650–700	675	370.00	370.00
4	700–750	720	330.00–347.50	336.95
2	750–800	758	345.00–360.00	352.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	221	430.00–510.00	472.32
4	250–300	264	430.00–500.00	460.55
20	300–350	330	380.00–500.00	465.77
44	350–400	376	415.00–495.00	466.43
28	400–450	423	340.00–490.00	453.68
27	450–500	476	330.00–470.00	448.66
22	500–550	525	330.00–437.50	387.43
12	550–600	573	325.00–425.00	383.83
16	600–650	619	312.50–407.50	351.62
5	650–700	673	330.00–360.00	345.89
12	700–750	727	245.00–358.00	319.55
1	750–800	775	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	820	300.00	300.00
1	850–900	885	250.00	250.00
1	900–950	925	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	340.00–420.00	379.17
4	250–300	269	350.00–430.00	394.14
10	300–350	324	320.00–440.00	396.81
9	350–400	377	375.00–455.00	417.37
3	400–450	415	400.00–430.00	416.71
9	450–500	472	300.00–440.00	374.94
5	500–550	527	325.00–360.00	339.91
4	550–600	573	310.00–330.00	320.01
6	600–650	622	235.00–360.00	303.10
2	650–700	695	295.00–320.00	307.50
3	750–800	763	220.00–250.00	240.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	486	475.00	475.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	642	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	620.00	620.00
4	250–300	280	600.00–640.00	627.19
5	300–350	316	590.00–642.50	623.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	400.00	400.00
6	450–500	463	350.00–380.00	368.32
2	500–550	518	335.00–350.00	342.25
6	550–600	571	287.50–337.50	313.32
1	600–650	620	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	690	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	485.00	485.00
1	550–600	585	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	505	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	370.00	370.00
6	250–300	276	370.00–440.00	408.73
13	300–350	327	335.00–420.00	387.35
17	350–400	368	350.00–420.00	386.31
11	400–450	418	320.00–405.00	374.58
7	450–500	474	260.00–390.00	338.86
6	500–550	532	270.00–360.00	328.93
2	550–600	580	300.00–332.50	316.11
2	600–650	628	250.00–307.50	277.95
2	650–700	655	220.00–285.00	252.50
1	750–800	775	255.00	255.00
1	850–900	865	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	228	455.00–565.00	507.94
8	250–300	270	465.00–540.00	510.98
12	300–350	315	455.00–530.00	492.58
21	350–400	377	440.00–515.00	470.71
33	400–450	421	420.00–470.00	452.26
17	450–500	471	410.00–455.00	437.81
25	500–550	514	380.00–420.00	399.16
22	550–600	562	360.00–400.00	374.94
3	600–650	610	330.00–365.00	348.51
1	700–750	700	330.00	330.00
1	800–850	815	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	224	420.00–510.00	477.77
11	250–300	276	420.00–490.00	454.93
9	300–350	324	350.00–470.00	438.46
32	350–400	371	340.00–470.00	442.38
29	400–450	423	400.00–445.00	423.63
29	450–500	477	390.00–435.00	410.89
17	500–550	525	320.00–407.50	369.73
22	550–600	568	300.00–392.50	344.51
24	600–650	619	270.00–357.50	322.37
11	650–700	670	257.50–340.00	301.73
7	700–750	718	280.00–315.00	299.93
3	750–800	762	235.00–305.00	271.52
4	800–850	834	250.00–280.00	259.72
2	850–900	853	260.00–280.00	269.97
3	900–950	902	195.00–275.00	244.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	450.00–495.00	472.50
1	450–500	465	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	470.00	470.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	580.00–625.00	603.00
2	250–300	295	560.00–600.00	580.00
11	300–350	329	500.00–555.00	527.97
10	350–400	378	500.00–560.00	519.32
5	400–450	429	450.00–510.00	488.71
16	450–500	463	455.00–497.50	475.20
24	500–550	522	410.00–480.00	444.55
29	550–600	566	410.00–457.50	441.37
16	600–650	623	330.00–420.00	404.35
1	700–750	715	365.00	365.00
2	750–800	753	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	500.00	500.00
6	250–300	260	480.00–525.00	487.64
4	300–350	334	450.00–485.00	472.40
6	350–400	373	435.00–495.00	473.66
26	400–450	422	430.00–495.00	470.27
15	450–500	468	395.00–480.00	456.71
15	500–550	523	355.00–445.00	418.41
10	550–600	571	365.00–445.00	413.48
5	600–650	619	360.00–397.50	384.54
11	650–700	677	297.50–385.00	324.55
3	700–750	713	280.00–340.00	316.68
6	750–800	795	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	474	390.00–445.00	416.07
1	600–650	620	355.00	355.00
2	650–700	690	310.00–335.00	322.59
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	400.00–435.00	420.78
2	350–400	365	340.00–445.00	393.22
4	400–450	420	425.00–442.50	436.96
2	450–500	475	385.00–400.00	392.26
3	500–550	505	300.00–400.00	342.00
10	550–600	584	330.00–400.00	375.83
2	600–650	625	240.00–315.00	278.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	561	440.00	440.00
6	700–750	729	367.50	367.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	235.00	235.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,522	186.00–217.00	203.40
8	—	1,847	212.00–234.00	222.44
11	—	1,284	165.00–193.00	182.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	220.00	220.00
18	—	1,210	140.00–170.00	159.10
71	—	1,150	152.00–197.00	176.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,364	159.00–189.00	177.20
2	—	1,400	194.00–196.00	194.96
5	—	1,522	162.00–168.00	164.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,072	135.00–178.00	160.90
17	—	929	101.00–160.00	139.44

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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