The Morning Wire / South Carolina / Mon Aug 10, 2026

South Carolina cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Aug 10
3 barns reportedEvery figure as filed

The market in a line

Mon, Aug 10
Choice cutout closed $7.06 higher at $371.42. 3 South Carolina barns reported 263 priced lots.

Feeder steers

South Carolina, week of Aug 10 USDA
Weighted across every reported lot, by weight class. Weekly rather than daily — one day's barns are too thin a base for a state figure. Watch the barn count: a weight class carried by one or two barns is a thin figure, not a market.
WeightPricevs prior weekHeadBarns
300-399 lb423.94/cwt$14.25 lower145
400-499 lb398.38/cwt$3.28 lower1085
500-599 lb368.33/cwt$6.20 higher1845
600-699 lb345.17/cwt$14.80 higher1985
700-799 lb316.94/cwt$10.53 higher385
800-899 lb278.00/cwt$12.00 lower52

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Aug 10 USDA
Choice $371.42, $7.06 higher. Select $350.84, $1.53 lower. The Choice–Select spread stands at $20.58. 69 loads traded.

At the South Carolina barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last week, feeder steers and feeder heifers sharply higher, feeder bulls unevenly steady, slaughter cows 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls 5.00 lower. Moderate offering of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excess hair and flesh.

Saluda Livestock Exchange · South Carolina

No comparisons made this week on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls 12.00 higher all based on limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Williamston Livestock Auction · South Carolina

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA
ClassPriceDirectionHead
Breaker (75% lean)313.98/cwt$3.22 higher340
Boner (85% lean)331.20/cwt$2.87 higher1,338
Cutter (90% lean)331.25/cwt$1.49 higher2,344
Premium White324.58/cwt$1.20 lower1,409
Bull (92% lean)374.17/cwt$1.17 higher371

What published

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Source: USDA AMS. Feeder prices and barn comment are South Carolina only; boxed beef, fed cattle and the cow market are national, because those markets are. Every figure is USDA's as filed, and the direction words — higher, lower, steady— follow the arithmetic rather than an opinion. Quoted comment is the work of USDA market reporters, credited to the sale it came from. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA.