South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 2, 2020

1,950 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $126.43/cwt +5.53 vs last sale · ≈ $802/hd at 634 lb · 81 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $123.74/cwt +6.74 vs last sale · ≈ $824/hd at 666 lb · 68 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $138.94/cwt +3.70 vs last sale · ≈ $593/hd at 427 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,950	2,314	3,795
Feeder cattle	1,338	1,492	2,676
Slaughter cattle	214	228	439
Replacement cattle	71	148	120

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week all classes of feeder cattle 2.00 higher, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	220	5	145.00–175.00	$158.68	$349	—
255–295	279	4	150.00–170.00	$162.16	$452	+20.09
310–320 fancy	315	2	175.00	$175.00	$551	+19.00
305–345	328	11	145.00–171.00	$162.73	$534	+19.30
350 fancy	350	1	170.00	$170.00	$595	—
355–395	377	29	137.00–165.00	$151.81	$572	+10.07
400–435	424	10	135.00–147.00	$140.71	$597	+1.93
460–480	473	16	134.00–143.00	$139.64	$660	+2.38
500–545	522	18	126.00–138.00	$132.24	$690	+4.53
555–580	571	11	121.00–131.00	$124.78	$712	+0.55
605–640	629	9	118.00–124.00	$121.87	$767	+0.97
635 value added	635	72	127.00	$127.00	$806	—
665 value added	665	64	124.00	$124.00	$825	—
665–678	675	4	118.00–120.00	$119.51	$807	+2.51
708–730	723	6	113.00–119.00	$115.13	$832	+5.13
810	810	1	108.00	$108.00	$875	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	219	7	130.00–145.00	$138.50	$303	+10.92
255–285	271	8	125.00–145.00	$133.82	$363	+3.26
300–345	325	19	120.00–140.00	$133.08	$433	+3.12
350–395	379	32	120.00–142.50	$132.41	$502	+3.73
400–440	419	10	117.00–136.00	$128.04	$536	+4.35
450–495	470	13	117.50–135.00	$127.66	$600	+2.46
500–540	521	11	111.00–134.00	$123.02	$641	+4.15
550–595	566	4	110.00–120.00	$115.25	$652	+1.09
605–630	615	4	110.00–116.00	$113.25	$696	+4.78
665–690	680	3	109.00–113.00	$110.64	$752	-2.62
700–740	716	5	104.00–109.00	$105.82	$758	-4.18
750–785	768	2	103.00–105.00	$103.98	$799	+5.98

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	125.00	$125.00	$275	+3.99
275	275	1	120.00	$120.00	$330	-0.06
305–345	322	6	115.00–120.00	$116.67	$376	+0.82
355–390	376	14	102.50–122.50	$113.62	$427	+0.72
415–420	418	2	110.00–115.00	$112.51	$470	+2.51
455–485	466	5	100.00–116.00	$110.60	$515	+1.41
530–535	533	2	109.00–114.00	$111.51	$594	+5.50
550–575	567	7	105.00–111.00	$108.43	$615	-2.05
615	615	2	104.00–106.00	$105.00	$646	-7.00
770	770	1	97.00	$97.00	$747	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	102.50	$102.50	$231	-2.50
290–295	293	2	100.00–110.00	$104.96	$308	—
315	315	1	95.00	$95.00	$299	-5.68
370–390	380	4	95.00–102.50	$99.38	$378	-0.13
455–495	471	4	90.00–102.50	$96.24	$453	-3.76
515	515	1	100.00	$100.00	$515	+1.00
925	925	1	85.00	$85.00	$786	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–240	231	5	115.00–125.00	$120.61	$279	+1.90
255–290	269	8	115.00–125.00	$120.29	$324	+3.46
310–340	323	7	115.00–120.00	$117.11	$378	+1.23
350–395	375	11	110.00–124.00	$115.93	$435	-0.35
400–449	431	31	108.00–116.00	$113.08	$487	+2.30
450–490	470	27	102.50–117.00	$108.71	$511	-0.15
500–545	522	28	102.00–114.00	$106.95	$558	-0.81
550–590	568	29	100.00–111.00	$104.35	$593	-0.45
600–645	617	16	99.00–105.00	$101.90	$629	-0.77
683	683	2	95.00	$95.00	$649	-8.53
720	720	1	85.00	$85.00	$612	-13.00
750	750	6	105.00	$105.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–235	218	2	130.00–135.00	$132.70	$289	+5.20
275–280	278	2	125.00–137.50	$131.31	$365	+6.31
300–345	319	12	125.00–134.00	$128.00	$408	+1.89
350–385	365	7	125.00–135.00	$128.55	$469	+5.38
405–445	428	13	120.00–130.00	$125.85	$539	+5.34
450–495	468	18	118.00–130.00	$123.29	$577	+4.22
500–538	523	16	112.00–118.00	$116.14	$607	+1.96
552–585	562	16	110.00–121.00	$112.38	$632	-0.61
605–615	610	2	105.00–108.00	$106.49	$650	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	110.00–112.00	$111.00	$327	+4.97
305–330	318	2	110.00	$110.00	$350	+4.05
360–395	375	13	100.00–111.00	$105.54	$396	-1.67
395	395	1	104.00	$104.00	$411	-3.21
400–440	420	8	100.00–112.00	$102.89	$432	+1.34
450–495	474	9	100.00–110.00	$102.40	$485	+1.41
505–545	525	21	94.00–107.00	$101.11	$531	-0.73
555–595	576	6	99.00–107.00	$102.17	$588	+3.50
600–630	612	3	95.00–99.00	$96.70	$592	+4.70
660	660	1	94.00	$94.00	$620	-0.32

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	94.00	$94.00	$315	+4.00
365–380	375	3	90.00–106.00	$97.09	$364	+3.47
405–445	432	13	90.00–100.00	$92.99	$402	+0.44
450–495	470	17	90.00–98.00	$92.29	$434	-1.72
510–540	523	8	90.00–95.00	$93.19	$487	-0.36
560	560	1	90.00	$90.00	$504	-3.75
575	575	1	90.00	$90.00	$518	-3.75
615–645	631	5	93.00–105.00	$97.57	$616	+4.15
650–695	666	4	90.00–95.00	$92.46	$616	+1.67

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	416	15	117.50–130.00	$122.69	$510	+1.57
450–495	473	24	110.00–130.00	$118.04	$558	+1.44
505–545	527	23	110.00–123.00	$115.31	$608	+1.53
550–595	572	23	105.00–120.00	$112.57	$644	+2.20
600–645	617	9	100.00–114.00	$108.24	$668	+4.54
650–685	665	6	100.00–110.00	$104.67	$696	+2.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	427	33	132.50–145.00	$138.94	$593	+3.70
450–490	464	19	129.00–140.00	$134.17	$623	+4.03
500–545	516	16	124.00–133.00	$128.75	$664	+2.32
560–590	570	7	120.00–128.00	$123.96	$707	+4.48
640	640	1	116.00	$116.00	$742	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–440	429	4	99.00–105.00	$102.48	$440	+5.15
465–495	483	5	90.00–100.00	$94.04	$454	-0.89
505–545	532	6	90.00–105.00	$94.60	$503	-2.01
555–590	579	4	90.00–95.00	$92.38	$535	-1.56
600–645	619	7	90.00–97.00	$92.15	$570	-2.15
650–695	674	10	90.00–96.00	$91.48	$617	-0.37
720	720	1	85.00	$85.00	$612	-7.02
755–775	765	2	88.00–90.00	$89.01	$681	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	120.00	$120.00	$438	—
405–425	418	6	108.00–117.50	$111.29	$465	+4.51
440	440	1	104.00	$104.00	$458	-2.78
460–495	480	7	105.00–111.00	$107.57	$516	+0.59
500–545	521	8	100.00–114.00	$105.21	$548	+2.07
565–595	584	7	100.00–115.00	$106.08	$620	+2.96
600–620	610	2	101.00–104.00	$102.48	$625	+4.56
755	755	1	94.00	$94.00	$710	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1038–1305	1176	80-85%	9	40.00–60.00	$52.00	$612	-1.89
765–1865	1251	80-85%	92	44.00–72.00	$60.24	$754	—
1395	1395	80-85%	1	72.00	$72.00	$1,004	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1430	943	85-90%	12	34.00–45.00	$40.56	$382	—
700–1520	948	85-90%	31	46.00–60.00	$51.78	$491	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1545	1448	75-80%	2	74.00–75.00	$74.53	$1,079	+24.56
1200–1795	1495	75-80%	16	52.00–68.00	$59.24	$886	—
1415–1750	1583	75-80%	2	48.00–58.00	$53.53	$847	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1655	1403	11	50.00–84.00	$69.65	$977	—
1640–2095	1917	13	79.00–95.00	$87.21	$1,672	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–910	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	70.00–85.00	$75.87	$607

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
635–770	703	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	250.00–416.00	$340.98

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–870	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	550.00	$550.00
880–1090	1013	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	550.00–675.00	$604.75
1015–1055	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	690.00–710.00	$700.13

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
1130–1505	1325	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	734.00–825.00	$768.58

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600–690	645	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	225.00–450.00	$345.35
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
760–845	803	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	450.00–475.00	$461.84

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715	715	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	470.00	$470.00
785–865	823	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	380.00–420.00	$403.79

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
995	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	65.00	$65.00	$647

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	375.00	$375.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–183	154	5	58.00–92.50	$69.99	$108	+1.66
178	178	2	47.00	$47.00	$84	-21.33
240	240	1	35.00	$35.00	$84	+5.00
205–295	262	22	32.00–77.50	$57.51	$151	-3.81
313	313	2	30.00	$30.00	$94	+5.56
310–395	346	25	30.00–74.00	$54.37	$188	+29.93
457	457	3	44.50	$44.50	$203	—
400–484	461	8	30.00–75.00	$48.36	$223	—
575	575	1	55.00	$55.00	$316	—
650	650	1	62.00	$62.00	$403	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–280	247	3	12.50–22.50	$16.28	$40	-3.99
335	335	1	10.00	$10.00	$34	-31.10
475	475	1	12.00	$12.00	$57	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	60.00	$60.00	—
50	50	3	70.00–92.50	$78.33	-61.67
50	50	1	60.00	$60.00	-80.00
55	55	1	130.00	$130.00	-10.00
65	65	1	130.00	$130.00	-10.00
65	65	1	102.50	$102.50	-37.50
75	75	6	87.50–112.50	$100.00	+4.17
75	75	5	125.00–142.50	$137.50	+41.67
75	75	1	90.00	$90.00	-5.83
80	80	1	120.00	$120.00	-15.00
80–85	82	5	120.00–157.50	$132.50	-2.50
85	85	1	120.00	$120.00	-15.00
90	90	2	130.00	$130.00	-5.00
90	90	2	117.50	$117.50	-17.50
100	100	1	130.00	$130.00	-4.17
100–130	111	18	115.00–255.00	$175.14	+6.18
150–180	165	4	255.00–260.00	$257.50	+37.50

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	710.00	$710.00	+129.77
680–800	749	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	625.00–770.00	$653.09	+72.86

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—
735–1255	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	430.00–650.00	$546.99	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
690	690	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	550.00	$550.00	—
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00	-193.77

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	860.00	$860.00	—
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	560.00	$560.00	—
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00	-26.55

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	1	30.00	$30.00	-6.25
20–25	22	3	50.00–65.00	$60.00	+23.75
20–25	24	7	30.00–57.50	$53.57	+17.32
30–35	31	11	50.00–102.50	$75.45	+39.20
35	35	1	52.50	$52.50	+16.25
40–45	43	17	45.00–115.00	$70.74	-7.51
45	45	1	60.00	$60.00	-18.25
50–55	51	6	70.00–125.00	$94.17	+19.17
50–55	51	6	95.00–125.00	$105.83	+30.83
60	60	4	120.00–135.00	$131.25	+5.68
60	60	1	70.00	$70.00	-55.57
65	65	1	107.50	$107.50	-8.75
75	75	2	110.00–115.00	$112.50	-27.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	—	—	1	70.00	$70.00	-44.38
50	50	—	—	2	52.50–65.00	$58.75	-55.63
50	50	—	—	5	100.00–115.00	$108.00	-6.38
60	60	—	—	1	70.00	$70.00	-56.43
70	70	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	5	160.00–165.00	$162.00	+29.78
70–75	73	—	—	2	87.50–110.00	$98.75	-33.47
75	75	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	-20.00
80	80	—	—	2	120.00	$120.00	+40.00
85	85	—	—	1	82.50	$82.50	-56.75
100	100	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	195.00	$195.00	+80.00
100–125	110	—	—	5	140.00–320.00	$210.00	+42.73
110–130	125	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	170.00–195.00	$183.75	+16.48
150	150	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	250.00–275.00	$258.33	+68.33

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	1	15.00	$15.00	+4.65
20	20	29	12.00–15.00	$13.34	-8.41
23	23	8	60.00	$60.00	+38.25
30–35	34	6	20.00–37.50	$33.75	-16.25
50	50	1	75.00	$75.00	+20.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	11.00	$11.00	$38	-67.00
310–380	363	4	23.00–32.00	$24.92	$90	—
390	390	1	42.50	$42.50	$166	—
455	455	1	35.00	$35.00	$159	+13.24
463	463	3	27.00	$27.00	$125	+5.24
508–525	512	4	18.00–22.00	$20.98	$107	-11.07
555	555	1	49.00	$49.00	$272	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	62.50	$62.50	—
45	45	1	50.00	$50.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	165.00	$165.00	-10.00
65	65	3	150.00–170.00	$161.67	-13.33
75	75	10	147.50–185.00	$166.00	-9.00
80–85	81	4	175.00–195.00	$185.00	+10.00
95	95	2	170.00–190.00	$180.00	-10.00
100–130	108	4	210.00–250.00	$228.75	-47.92
150	150	1	180.00	$180.00	-135.00
300	300	1	415.00	$415.00	—

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What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.