The Morning Wire / South Carolina / Mon Oct 19, 2026

South Carolina cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Oct 19

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The market in a line

Mon, Oct 19

Choice cutout held near $371.58. 3 South Carolina barns reported 316 priced lots.

Feeder steers

South Carolina, week of Oct 19 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.

Weight	Price	vs prior week	Head	Barns
300-399 lb	408.68/cwt	$10.90 lower	18	5
400-499 lb	395.06/cwt	$1.55 lower	58	6
500-599 lb	360.21/cwt	$13.27 higher	126	6
600-699 lb	322.28/cwt	$9.69 higher	117	6
700-799 lb	294.08/cwt	$13.83 lower	45	4
800-899 lb	298.54/cwt	$11.04 higher	24	3

Barn by barn, 500–599 lb steers

Same day, same class USDA

Every barn that sold at least 20 head of this class on Mon, Oct 19, weighted by head. Spread of $4.40 between the top and bottom of 2 barns. An average moves with the cattle that showed up as much as with the buyers in the seats — a yard with better grade will average higher on the same demand. This is where the money landed, not a verdict on the barn.

Barn	State	Average	Head
Williamston Livestock Auction	SC	366.32/cwt	31
Saluda Livestock Exchange	SC	361.92/cwt	48

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 19 USDA

Choice $371.58, $0.73 lower. Select $359.91, $6.86 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $11.67. 104 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

24,753 head traded Oct 10–Oct 16.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	353.40	3,231
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed FOB	350.84	679
Iowa-Minnesota	Live Delivered	225.48	73
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	223.03	5,858
Nebraska	Dressed Delivered	351.23	9,484
Nebraska	Dressed FOB	354.00	639

At the South Carolina barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 4.00 higher, feeder heifers 2.00 higher, feeder bulls 8.00 lower, slaughter cows 1.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Moderate offering of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.
Saluda Livestock Exchange · South Carolina

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	253.23/cwt	$7.83 higher	607
Boner (85% lean)	257.45/cwt	$0.90 lower	2,166
Cutter (90% lean)	258.95/cwt	$0.59 lower	4,122
Premium White	268.75/cwt	$5.43 lower	1,221
Bull (92% lean)	319.76/cwt	$2.27 higher	390

What published

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Every USDA report carried this date is listed in the archive.

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.