South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Carolina reported 239 priced lines covering 1,731 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,659 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 256 head. replacement cattle receipts at 159 head. Counted as USDA files them — 18 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,659Last week 1,214Year ago 1,950

Slaughter CattleReceipts 256Last week 218Year ago 351

Replacement CattleReceipts 159Last week 73Year ago 142

Compared to last week feeder steers 5.50 higher, feeder heifers 8.50 higher, feeder bulls 10.00 higher, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls 4.00 lower.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	887	2,450.00–2,600.00	2,532.52
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,048	2,500.00–3,200.00	2,817.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,040	1,558.00–2,500.00	2,153.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	983	2,300.00–2,850.00	2,634.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,107	1,450.00–2,650.00	2,278.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,055	1,468.00–2,000.00	1,657.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	977	1,600.00–2,500.00	2,137.14
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	750	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	775	1,182.00	1,182.00
Bred Cows — Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	947	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,269.19
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	938	1,350.00–1,450.00	1,403.60
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,125	2,000.00–2,750.00	2,383.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	3,150.00	3,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,253	2,100.00–3,000.00	2,761.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,213	3,050.00–3,300.00	3,154.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,299	2,550.00–3,000.00	2,832.87
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	1,169.00	1,169.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,030	1,650.00	1,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	920	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,030	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,110	1,665.00	1,665.00
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	710	1,704.00	1,704.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	763	1,725.00–2,350.00	2,056.97
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	910	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	790	1,650.00	1,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	665	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	670	1,450.00	1,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	870	2,500.00–2,600.00	2,554.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	985	3,100.00–3,500.00	3,306.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	3,700.00	3,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,095	2,700.00	2,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,170	3,300.00	3,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	2,525.00	2,525.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	998	2,250.00–3,500.00	2,923.56
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	2,050.00	2,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	2,825.00	2,825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	3,000.00	3,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	2,000.00	2,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	2,050.00	2,050.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	2,875.00	2,875.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	795	3,050.00	3,050.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	3,150.00	3,150.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	770	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	950	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,946.05
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,105	2,243.00	2,243.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	991	2,021.00–2,901.00	2,583.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	1,639.00	1,639.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	970	1,442.00–1,768.00	1,592.40
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	828	1,847.00–2,228.00	2,036.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	941	1,814.00–2,408.00	2,112.04
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,090	1,689.00	1,689.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	1,494.00	1,494.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	903	1,250.00–1,517.00	1,369.36
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	1,115.00–1,128.00	1,121.93
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	680	782.00	782.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	699	928.00–1,335.00	1,186.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	1,115.00	1,115.00
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	815	1,124.00–1,325.00	1,229.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	816	1,466.00–1,600.00	1,520.30
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	645	1,484.00	1,484.00
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	773	1,580.00–1,751.00	1,658.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,121	1,687.00–2,250.00	1,971.44
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,100	2,173.00	2,173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,125	2,109.00	2,109.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,245	2,234.00–4,900.00	3,015.72

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,832	155.00–204.00	187.57
15	—	1,364	122.50–179.00	161.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,214	144.00–164.00	153.47
47	—	1,218	120.00–149.00	136.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,441	141.00–165.00	151.82
15	—	1,564	124.00–151.00	137.93
1	—	1,315	170.00	170.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,101	94.00–139.00	120.55
21	—	1,076	110.00–149.00	136.92

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	274	500.00–550.00	521.05
5	300–350	319	400.00–530.00	463.79
6	350–400	372	410.00–445.00	430.87
15	400–450	426	400.00–442.50	419.22
37	450–500	481	380.00–417.50	393.00
11	500–550	526	355.00–385.00	365.16
28	550–600	568	340.00–375.00	357.03
18	600–650	616	327.50–340.00	334.15
37	650–700	682	322.50–333.00	328.16
9	700–750	724	310.00–321.00	317.05
2	750–800	785	305.00–310.00	307.52
18	800–850	823	295.00–309.00	308.02
2	850–900	888	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	325.00–330.00	327.54
1	450–500	490	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	560	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	600	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	745	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	400.00	400.00
4	350–400	377	395.00–405.00	397.49
1	400–450	415	420.00	420.00
3	450–500	468	355.00–390.00	375.23
3	500–550	522	365.00–367.50	366.69
9	550–600	568	320.00–350.00	334.35
3	600–650	612	325.00–330.00	326.68
5	650–700	679	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	745	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	435.00–480.00	456.33
9	400–450	430	430.00–450.00	444.11
4	450–500	464	415.00–420.00	418.72
42	500–550	519	336.00–400.00	374.43
29	550–600	566	350.00–385.00	373.28
25	600–650	626	347.50–371.00	358.22
12	650–700	688	322.50–340.00	326.05
20	700–750	726	317.50–324.00	320.48
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	325.00	325.00
3	350–400	398	362.50	362.50
1	400–450	430	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	455	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	540	310.00	310.00
2	550–600	593	263.00	263.00
1	600–650	620	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	395.00–430.00	414.81
3	350–400	363	370.00–400.00	381.24
13	400–450	423	350.00–405.00	378.65
11	450–500	481	340.00–380.00	364.44
18	500–550	534	310.00–355.00	327.26
10	550–600	584	315.00–340.00	326.58
10	600–650	620	285.00–310.00	298.90
5	650–700	679	270.00–310.00	291.87
2	700–750	705	280.00–305.00	292.50
1	750–800	755	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	375.00–430.00	419.12
10	350–400	379	395.00–415.00	410.61
10	400–450	404	381.00–395.00	387.01
2	450–500	490	330.00–340.00	334.95
2	500–550	532	316.00	316.00
4	550–600	569	300.00–310.00	303.82
2	650–700	665	285.00–290.00	287.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	510.00	510.00
10	300–350	321	450.00–475.00	467.34
2	350–400	370	445.00–450.00	447.47
1	400–450	420	380.00	380.00
18	450–500	471	355.00–410.00	371.70
37	500–550	512	340.00–350.00	342.75
10	550–600	573	315.00–350.00	334.50
9	600–650	637	320.00–325.00	323.89
7	650–700	663	320.00–327.00	326.02
6	700–750	720	295.00–364.00	306.18
2	750–800	765	297.00	297.00
6	800–850	810	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	330.00	330.00
1	250–300	260	370.00	370.00
5	300–350	332	310.00–330.00	318.01
3	350–400	375	320.00–350.00	330.27
7	400–450	421	290.00–340.00	310.61
4	450–500	470	270.00–315.00	293.19
2	500–550	540	245.00–285.00	265.19
2	550–600	563	250.00–260.00	255.02
2	600–650	625	245.00–255.00	249.84
1	650–700	690	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	400.00–420.00	410.33
5	250–300	278	370.00–400.00	384.14
10	300–350	325	360.00–420.00	378.87
14	350–400	376	360.00–405.00	372.43
15	400–450	425	320.00–375.00	353.61
19	450–500	478	300.00–340.00	329.33
12	500–550	520	290.00–332.50	304.31
13	550–600	568	270.00–310.00	295.57
19	600–650	621	270.00–300.00	287.13
6	650–700	663	275.00–285.00	280.03
3	700–750	723	242.50–270.00	252.75
3	750–800	762	250.00–280.00	270.02
1	800–850	810	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	470.00–500.00	481.44
7	250–300	271	420.00–495.00	460.96
11	300–350	324	405.00–460.00	434.09
22	350–400	372	390.00–447.50	409.50
42	400–450	422	365.00–410.00	382.84
21	450–500	468	350.00–410.00	363.09
32	500–550	524	320.00–345.00	334.23
29	550–600	568	310.00–340.00	325.19
22	600–650	623	300.00–327.50	317.69
16	650–700	667	290.00–312.50	298.24
3	700–750	720	285.00–339.00	309.12
1	750–800	780	280.00	280.00
7	800–850	831	270.00–275.00	274.30
1	850–900	850	265.00	265.00
1	950–1000	995	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	365	355.00	355.00
2	400–450	440	315.00–325.00	319.94
1	450–500	470	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	440.00	440.00
1	450–500	480	440.00	440.00
2	550–600	560	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	540.00–560.00	550.00
1	250–300	290	540.00	540.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	326	447.50	447.50
1	350–400	355	415.00	415.00
2	550–600	570	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	231	480.00–520.00	506.92
12	250–300	265	450.00–530.00	493.17
24	300–350	322	415.00–495.00	458.75
31	350–400	378	400.00–455.00	428.70
25	400–450	423	360.00–440.00	412.55
16	450–500	468	370.00–417.50	387.58
29	500–550	514	350.00–380.00	359.98
16	550–600	569	330.00–360.00	340.36
8	600–650	611	310.00–330.00	323.79
2	650–700	650	315.00–320.00	317.50
1	750–800	770	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	385.00	385.00
4	400–450	429	335.00–357.50	348.19
1	450–500	480	350.00	350.00
4	500–550	520	270.00–307.50	287.31
2	550–600	580	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	605	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	274	320.00–370.00	348.20
3	300–350	308	310.00–330.00	321.68
3	350–400	372	310.00–375.00	336.82
8	400–450	416	300.00–370.00	323.83
13	450–500	483	250.00–330.00	306.89
5	500–550	518	270.00–315.00	294.34
1	550–600	555	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	665	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	460.00	460.00
5	250–300	281	390.00–460.00	432.46
13	300–350	327	365.00–440.00	395.92
16	350–400	381	375.00–415.00	394.11
21	400–450	425	340.00–415.00	383.47
23	450–500	481	335.00–382.50	358.84
15	500–550	520	310.00–380.00	330.30
24	550–600	573	300.00–332.50	316.56
19	600–650	618	265.00–340.00	293.93
11	650–700	668	260.00–290.00	276.80
8	700–750	716	240.00–280.00	259.50
13	750–800	777	230.00–275.00	247.73
3	800–850	818	227.50–250.00	239.23
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	180.00	180.00
1	700–750	735	180.00	180.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	200.00	200.00

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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