South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 123 priced lines covering 425 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 353 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 97 head. replacement cattle receipts at 30 head. Counted as USDA files them — 8 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 353Last week 1,480Year ago 916

Slaughter CattleReceipts 97Last week 282Year ago 304

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 130Year ago 191

Compared to last week, all classes of feeder cattle sold sharply lower, slaughter cows sold 8.00 lower, and slaughter bulls sold 7.00 lower. Comparisons made off of limited comparable sales due to Memorial Day Holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	385.00	385.00
1	350–400	370	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	430	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	480	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	550	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	620	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	272	495.00–510.00	501.69
2	300–350	318	410.00–470.00	439.76
2	350–400	390	390.00–410.00	400.13
4	400–450	425	390.00–425.00	407.50
10	450–500	485	380.00–430.00	423.16
1	500–550	500	370.00	370.00
34	550–600	567	399.00	399.00
14	600–650	601	317.50–360.00	356.95
1	650–700	680	300.00	300.00
28	700–750	715	342.00	342.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	440.00	440.00
1	300–350	315	390.00	390.00
1	350–400	380	415.00	415.00
4	400–450	418	380.00–410.00	402.81
2	450–500	490	395.00	395.00
9	500–550	533	355.00–380.00	371.67
5	550–600	582	310.00–357.50	347.95
4	600–650	620	270.00–315.00	293.32
2	650–700	670	272.50–287.50	279.94
2	700–750	715	250.00–280.00	264.90
2	850–900	870	175.00–280.00	227.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	320.00–360.00	333.00
1	350–400	390	335.00	335.00
2	400–450	438	355.00	355.00
7	450–500	471	300.00–375.00	357.71
4	500–550	525	270.00–320.00	287.21
2	550–600	558	220.00–315.00	267.71
1	600–650	645	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	400.00	400.00
2	500–550	525	395.00	395.00
7	550–600	566	375.00	375.00
2	650–700	663	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	320.00	320.00
2	300–350	330	330.00–340.00	335.00
2	350–400	358	300.00–320.00	309.93
2	400–450	423	300.00–360.00	330.89
3	450–500	453	360.00	360.00
3	500–550	527	180.00–320.00	227.41
3	550–600	587	220.00–270.00	248.44
1	600–650	600	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	450.00–460.00	455.04
2	400–450	425	400.00–430.00	414.29
2	450–500	470	370.00–380.00	374.89
4	500–550	523	350.00–390.00	368.96
2	550–600	588	342.50–350.00	346.20
3	600–650	613	320.00–330.00	323.32
1	700–750	745	280.00	280.00
2	750–800	780	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	580.00–630.00	604.43
3	250–300	267	575.00–620.00	590.66
4	300–350	314	470.00–550.00	519.88
4	350–400	378	430.00–470.00	449.80
1	400–450	400	490.00	490.00
4	450–500	458	440.00–500.00	461.58
5	500–550	523	405.00–435.00	420.47
3	550–600	575	380.00–410.00	396.90
1	600–650	610	347.50	347.50
1	700–750	730	345.00	345.00
1	750–800	755	305.00	305.00
1	950–1000	970	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	440.00	440.00
1	500–550	515	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	415	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	450	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	595	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	445.00	445.00
9	550–600	568	405.00–430.00	416.32
27	700–750	713	342.50–373.00	370.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	600.00	600.00
1	250–300	275	520.00	520.00
1	300–350	335	495.00	495.00
2	350–400	370	420.00–435.00	427.91
6	400–450	425	410.00–465.00	435.20
20	500–550	538	422.00–430.00	423.26
1	550–600	555	430.00	430.00
3	600–650	620	390.00	390.00
1	650–700	680	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	508	360.00–395.00	377.59
3	550–600	586	370.00–377.50	372.45
1	650–700	660	350.00	350.00
1	800–850	800	250.00	250.00
1	850–900	855	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	640	300.00	300.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	835	175.00	175.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,092	2,070.00–2,332.00	2,166.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,510	3,367.00	3,367.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,400	4,000.00–4,250.00	4,127.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	3,200.00	3,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	3,500.00	3,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	3,400.00	3,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	2,475.00	2,475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	850	3,800.00	3,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,125	1,645.00	1,645.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	910	2,093.00	2,093.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,060	2,175.00	2,175.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	2,249.00	2,249.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	755	1,750.00	1,750.00
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,130	1,950.00	1,950.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,048	1,770.00–1,800.00	1,786.11
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	1,646.00–2,397.00	2,049.17
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	610	1,190.00	1,190.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	1,060.00	1,060.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	1,200.00	1,200.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,180	2,279.00–2,470.00	2,384.21
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,135	2,530.00–2,622.00	2,591.94

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	208.00	208.00
17	—	1,264	161.00–197.50	180.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,120	148.00–164.00	154.25
24	—	1,175	161.00–193.00	173.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	933	110.00–130.00	123.31
5	—	1,175	133.00–150.00	142.63
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,815	194.00	194.00
3	—	1,260	147.50–160.00	154.68
1	—	1,625	239.00	239.00

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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