South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 205 priced lines covering 1,764 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,814 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 209 head. replacement cattle receipts at 111 head. Counted as USDA files them — 33 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 10, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,814Last week 1,309Year ago 2,227

Slaughter CattleReceipts 209Last week 237Year ago 346

Replacement CattleReceipts 111Last week 139Year ago 172

Compared to last week feeder steers and feeder bulls 6.00 lower, feeder heifers 3.00 lower, slaughter cows 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls 8.00 lower.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,017	4,450.00–5,450.00	4,976.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,275	4,100.00	4,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	905	4,950.00	4,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,165	3,750.00–4,000.00	3,810.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	758	4,100.00–4,500.00	4,309.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,133	3,950.00–4,050.00	3,997.02
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	948	4,150.00–4,700.00	4,456.20
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	685	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	2,000.00	2,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	835	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,534.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	3,000.00	3,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	580	2,050.00	2,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	660	2,100.00	2,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	2,800.00	2,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,325	3,525.00	3,525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	3,600.00	3,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	795	3,850.00	3,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	2,900.00	2,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	783	2,850.00–3,000.00	2,886.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	2,100.00	2,100.00
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	645	1,435.00	1,435.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	752	1,028.00–1,500.00	1,233.34
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	2,436.00	2,436.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,143	1,988.00–1,992.00	1,990.04
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	1,637.00	1,637.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	695	1,950.00	1,950.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	773	979.00–1,740.00	1,407.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	1,238.00	1,238.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,003	1,312.00–1,862.00	1,687.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	928	1,387.00–2,105.00	1,821.60
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	760	988.00	988.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	710	1,189.00	1,189.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	565	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,214	2,057.00–4,050.00	2,899.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,424	2,150.00–3,750.00	2,875.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,270	2,350.00	2,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,075	3,171.00	3,171.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,115	2,620.00	2,620.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,135	2,752.00	2,752.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,153	2,050.00–2,268.00	2,156.16
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	860	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,083	1,971.00–2,050.00	2,010.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	979	1,850.00–2,100.00	1,971.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	957	1,558.00–1,795.00	1,705.28
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	875	1,321.00	1,321.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	1,582.00	1,582.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	3,600.00	3,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	832	2,800.00–3,650.00	3,358.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,058	2,254.00–2,600.00	2,412.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,368	2,483.00–3,000.00	2,744.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	975	1,800.00–2,400.00	2,076.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,130	2,034.00	2,034.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,467	170.00–194.00	182.06
19	—	1,409	145.00–177.00	167.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,232	166.00–187.00	179.57
2	—	1,265	205.00–210.00	207.68
35	—	1,097	140.00–175.00	164.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,145	148.00–173.00	161.25
25	—	1,023	100.00–160.00	135.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,546	184.00–224.00	205.02
1	—	1,825	227.00	227.00
7	—	1,273	165.00–192.00	176.64

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	213	400.00	400.00
7	300–350	318	375.00–430.00	405.62
15	350–400	372	395.00–430.00	414.46
14	400–450	414	350.00–420.00	396.22
31	450–500	478	345.00–410.00	359.47
30	500–550	523	310.00–367.50	342.00
12	550–600	570	300.00–350.00	326.20
12	600–650	629	280.00–310.00	293.67
5	650–700	686	270.00–307.50	279.96
13	700–750	741	272.00–290.00	276.95
11	750–800	761	245.00–285.00	267.64
2	800–850	825	227.50–255.00	241.08
2	850–900	853	210.00–230.00	219.97
2	950–1000	983	195.00–245.00	219.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	350.00–370.00	359.89
2	250–300	280	350.00–405.00	378.97
6	300–350	334	250.00–370.00	333.95
8	350–400	376	330.00–375.00	355.09
2	400–450	435	315.00–350.00	332.90
5	450–500	478	305.00–340.00	323.12
5	500–550	530	260.00–322.50	297.29
4	550–600	575	250.00–315.00	288.40
1	600–650	610	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	670	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	231	440.00–480.00	448.50
13	250–300	282	400.00–520.00	459.23
21	300–350	328	400.00–480.00	449.21
42	350–400	374	410.00–485.00	446.69
25	400–450	420	400.00–465.00	416.77
19	450–500	464	390.00–455.00	400.02
20	500–550	512	362.50–380.00	372.38
2	550–600	560	365.00–380.00	372.37
14	600–650	613	320.00–347.50	326.30
8	650–700	662	315.00–321.00	316.38
2	750–800	758	290.00–302.50	296.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	430.00	430.00
2	400–450	423	410.00–415.00	412.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	395.00	395.00
3	400–450	438	330.00–375.00	351.41
5	450–500	475	320.00–350.00	331.81
6	500–550	527	290.00–330.00	311.72
1	550–600	585	330.00	330.00
2	600–650	630	255.00–260.00	257.50
2	700–750	713	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	460.00	460.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	475	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	580	265.00	265.00
2	600–650	620	260.00–290.00	275.00
1	850–900	895	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	480.00	480.00
1	400–450	410	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	515	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	585	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	400.00	400.00
4	250–300	269	415.00–490.00	443.30
11	300–350	320	380.00–470.00	412.86
20	350–400	372	370.00–417.50	392.67
20	400–450	416	365.00–415.00	378.71
58	450–500	475	355.00–410.00	375.04
18	500–550	512	315.00–352.00	336.66
31	550–600	565	325.00–370.00	346.11
20	600–650	617	315.00–335.00	323.10
21	650–700	664	295.00–325.00	317.03
2	700–750	725	300.00	300.00
2	750–800	783	290.00–295.00	292.49
1	800–850	825	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	380.00	380.00
6	250–300	277	350.00–415.00	377.08
2	300–350	330	350.00	350.00
20	350–400	380	355.00–385.00	375.27
14	400–450	434	325.00–370.00	356.98
32	450–500	476	316.00–365.00	340.61
30	500–550	527	295.00–370.00	317.97
18	550–600	571	290.00–330.00	315.68
32	600–650	633	287.50–317.50	300.28
7	650–700	669	280.00–295.00	286.32
6	700–750	723	270.00–280.00	275.43
3	750–800	768	260.00–280.00	270.09
4	800–850	823	280.00	280.00
8	850–900	865	275.00	275.00
1	900–950	900	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	565	335.00	335.00
1	650–700	680	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	440.00	440.00
15	400–450	417	420.00–425.00	422.61
10	500–550	519	370.00–375.00	370.98
4	550–600	559	360.00	360.00
86	600–650	631	350.00–363.50	361.83
16	650–700	683	335.00	335.00
1	950–1000	965	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	340.00	340.00
3	250–300	275	300.00–315.00	307.94
2	300–350	333	320.00–325.00	322.44
1	400–450	425	315.00	315.00
1	450–500	490	325.00	325.00
2	500–550	530	255.00–280.00	267.26
2	550–600	563	230.00–235.00	232.56
1	600–650	620	265.00	265.00
1	650–700	665	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	385.00	385.00
4	500–550	520	330.00–336.00	332.90
1	550–600	550	370.00	370.00
5	600–650	627	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	765	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	470.00	470.00
8	500–550	530	411.00	411.00
46	550–600	590	370.00–393.00	389.12
81	600–650	606	345.00–364.00	360.35
31	650–700	661	335.00	335.00
11	750–800	752	330.00–344.00	342.71
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	425.00	425.00
4	300–350	329	410.00–415.00	413.80
2	350–400	353	390.00–430.00	410.14
4	400–450	426	340.00–370.00	356.32
18	450–500	472	320.00–400.00	363.65
16	500–550	533	315.00–370.00	352.72
14	550–600	583	320.00–360.00	337.85
8	600–650	621	290.00–335.00	313.22
6	750–800	785	280.00–292.50	282.08
2	800–850	838	250.00–270.00	259.97
1	900–950	920	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	380.00	380.00
3	450–500	470	315.00–335.00	323.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	485.00	485.00
2	300–350	343	440.00–475.00	457.63
2	350–400	385	430.00–440.00	435.00
50	400–450	418	400.00–440.00	408.01
31	450–500	471	390.00–440.00	414.96
52	500–550	521	358.00–395.00	368.98
41	550–600	567	345.00–380.00	358.13
31	600–650	622	325.00–370.00	338.71
42	650–700	672	305.00–367.50	334.49
10	700–750	715	312.50–317.50	315.53
10	750–800	759	315.00–318.00	317.11
3	800–850	805	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	530	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	580	325.00	325.00

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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