The Morning Wire / South Carolina / Mon Oct 26, 2026

South Carolina cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Oct 26

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The market in a line

Mon, Oct 26

Choice cutout closed $3.65 higher at $369.44. 3 South Carolina barns reported 334 priced lots.

Feeder steers

South Carolina, week of Oct 26 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	435.32/cwt	$26.64 higher	52	5
400-499 lb	398.56/cwt	$3.50 higher	98	6
500-599 lb	353.72/cwt	$6.49 lower	102	6
600-699 lb	326.58/cwt	$4.30 higher	74	5
700-799 lb	292.79/cwt	$1.29 lower	9	5
800-899 lb	272.50/cwt	$26.04 lower	3	2

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 26 USDA

Choice $369.44, $3.65 higher. Select $357.56, $4.87 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $11.88. 89 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

391 head traded Oct 17–Oct 23.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	354.50	152
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	225.66	239

At the South Carolina barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last week, feeder steers 6.00 higher, feeder heifers 2.00 lower, feeder bulls 11.00 higher, slaughter cows 7.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. Heavy offering of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.
Saluda Livestock Exchange · South Carolina

Compared to last week feeder steers 3.50 higher, feeder heifers 2.00 lower, feeder bulls 2.50 lower, slaughter cows 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls 9.50 lower. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.
Williamston Livestock Auction · South Carolina

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	243.48/cwt	$2.44 lower	628
Boner (85% lean)	250.13/cwt	$1.17 lower	1,980
Cutter (90% lean)	253.64/cwt	$1.94 lower	4,027
Premium White	261.10/cwt	$3.64 lower	1,492
Bull (92% lean)	315.79/cwt	$2.96 lower	474

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.