South Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 15, 2021

905 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $124.12/cwt -1.38 vs last sale · ≈ $581/hd at 468 lb · 13 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $109.87/cwt -2.34 vs last sale · ≈ $520/hd at 473 lb · 13 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $113.08/cwt -5.01 vs last sale · ≈ $417/hd at 369 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	905	2,441	2,720
Feeder cattle	323	1,611	1,873
Slaughter cattle	210	344	405
Replacement cattle	87	124	107

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering throughout the state this week due to extremely wet conditions.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	218	4	140.00–150.00	$144.14	$314	+2.29
250–290	270	3	140.00–145.00	$142.56	$385	+5.58
305–340	323	5	130.00–142.50	$135.60	$438	-2.41
350–395	370	10	130.00–142.50	$136.88	$506	-1.83
450–455	453	2	135.00–140.00	$137.51	$623	+8.64
510–525	518	2	120.00–130.00	$125.07	$648	-3.59
620	620	1	107.00	$107.00	$663	-8.72
765	765	1	105.00	$105.00	$803	-4.02
865–885	875	2	99.00–101.00	$100.01	$875	—
945	945	1	97.00	$97.00	$917	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	332	3	110.00–125.00	$115.37	$383	-5.67
350–390	368	7	105.00–120.00	$111.51	$410	-6.90
450	450	1	116.00	$116.00	$522	-4.53
520	520	1	110.00	$110.00	$572	-7.50
660	660	1	113.00	$113.00	$746	+19.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	224	4	150.00–170.00	$161.51	$362	+0.81
250–290	264	4	135.00–162.50	$150.02	$396	-17.87
305–330	317	3	140.00–155.00	$148.13	$470	-7.98
355	355	1	135.00	$135.00	$479	-22.35

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	107.50	$107.50	$355	-1.68
380	380	1	95.00	$95.00	$361	-14.39

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	122.50	$122.50	$349	+4.72
300–330	321	4	111.00–119.00	$115.27	$370	-1.62
350–380	369	12	110.00–116.00	$113.08	$417	-5.01
400–445	426	8	109.00–115.00	$113.17	$482	-3.74
450–490	473	13	105.00–115.00	$109.87	$520	-2.34
500–510	503	6	104.00–114.00	$108.66	$547	-2.47
655–680	668	2	100.00–103.00	$101.47	$678	+4.50
835–845	840	2	65.00–75.00	$70.03	$588	—
900	900	1	70.00	$70.00	$630	—
945	945	1	66.00	$66.00	$624	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	95.00	$95.00	$370	±0.00
400	400	1	90.00	$90.00	$360	-3.49
450–490	468	3	90.00–96.00	$93.32	$437	—
505–545	523	6	90.00–95.00	$91.85	$480	-3.28
560–585	571	5	90.00–95.00	$92.22	$527	-1.00
625–640	631	4	91.00–94.00	$92.50	$584	+2.08
770	770	1	62.00	$62.00	$477	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–215 fancy	213	2	157.50–165.00	$161.21	$343	—
235–240	238	2	125.00–140.00	$132.42	$315	+4.19
260	260	1	140.00	$140.00	$364	+11.14
320–335	328	3	120.00–125.00	$122.53	$402	-3.70
370–375	373	2	120.00–121.00	$120.50	$449	-7.33
415–440	428	3	118.00–120.00	$118.67	$508	-6.51
450–455	453	2	118.00–119.00	$118.50	$537	-4.35

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	110.00	$110.00	$346	+3.80
370–390	380	2	100.00–105.00	$102.43	$389	-3.82
510–530	518	3	98.00–103.00	$101.19	$524	+1.04

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	90.00	$90.00	$522	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	422	11	120.00–135.00	$127.77	$539	-3.30
450–495	468	13	115.00–135.00	$124.12	$581	-1.38
505–535	523	6	114.00–133.00	$123.66	$647	+1.76
560–570	565	4	110.00–120.00	$114.99	$650	-0.76
620–625	623	2	102.00–105.00	$103.49	$645	-3.51
660–675	668	2	90.00–100.00	$94.94	$634	-12.68
705	705	1	99.00	$99.00	$698	-0.83

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430	420	3	110.00–115.00	$112.44	$472	-0.61
450–495	471	4	105.00–125.00	$113.02	$532	+0.86
500–535	516	4	110.00–120.00	$113.08	$583	+6.91
560	560	1	106.00	$106.00	$594	+1.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	110.00	$110.00	$561	+11.94
565–570	568	2	80.00–93.00	$86.53	$491	-12.51
600	600	1	90.00	$90.00	$540	-6.00
685	685	1	92.00	$92.00	$630	-3.00
785	785	1	92.00	$92.00	$722	+2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–425	418	3	140.00–145.00	$141.63	$592	-7.14
450	450	1	142.50	$142.50	$641	-0.05

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1220–1320	1270	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,075.00–1,241.00	$1,161.27	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1320	1320	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,285.00	$1,285.00	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	105.00	$105.00	$541	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1430	1071	80-85%	10	40.00–66.00	$51.86	$555	—
995–1975	1252	80-85%	81	51.00–81.00	$66.99	$839	-0.10
1185–1535	1400	80-85%	4	80.00–86.00	$83.36	$1,167	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635–920	793	85-90%	12	35.00–48.00	$41.58	$330	—
635–1285	868	85-90%	42	50.00–76.00	$58.57	$508	+13.97
985	985	85-90%	1	73.00	$73.00	$719	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1590	1520	75-80%	2	78.00–82.00	$79.91	$1,215	—
1700–1770	1735	75-80%	2	67.00–70.00	$68.53	$1,189	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1415	1220	3	70.00–74.00	$73.05	$891	—
1075–1990	1565	12	84.00–99.00	$91.48	$1,432	+18.93
1675–1840	1740	3	97.00–104.00	$99.47	$1,731	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
575	575	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	230.00	$230.00
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	520.00	$520.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
520–565	543	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	275.00–350.00	$310.94

Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	372.00	$372.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	607.00	$607.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	558.00	$558.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	375.00	$375.00
800–1256	962	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	530.00–775.00	$651.37
965	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	490.00	$490.00
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
905–1080	991	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	800.00–1,350.00	$983.89
995–1075	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	690.00–850.00	$766.91

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	385.00	$385.00
730–935	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	425.00–555.00	$473.22
845–885	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	675.00–750.00	$711.63
875–885	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	650.00–690.00	$669.89

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115–1305	1204	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	900.00–1,275.00	$1,163.32
1210–1335	1273	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	910.00–1,000.00	$957.21

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
103–195	133	12	38.00–60.00	$49.19	$65	+7.58
105–170	135	12	60.00–85.00	$72.35	$98	+30.74
138–140	139	3	40.00–142.50	$108.00	$150	+66.39
135–145	140	2	77.50–92.50	$84.73	$119	+43.12
205–280	238	4	55.00–75.00	$63.53	$151	—
200–296	278	6	40.00–51.00	$47.80	$133	+5.95
320–375	342	14	45.00–70.00	$57.49	$197	+11.81
425	425	1	60.00	$60.00	$255	+11.00
430–432	432	4	35.00–45.00	$42.51	$184	-6.49

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	50.00	$50.00	$148	—
440	440	1	2.00	$2.00	$9	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	105.00–145.00	$125.00	+12.50
50	50	1	95.00	$95.00	-17.50
65	65	1	105.00	$105.00	-29.17
70–75	73	2	122.50–140.00	$131.25	-3.75
85	85	1	95.00	$95.00	-57.50
85	85	1	140.00	$140.00	-12.50
90	90	2	145.00	$145.00	-70.00
100–125	106	9	137.50–180.00	$157.50	-2.50
100–125	113	2	150.00	$150.00	-51.56
100–125	117	6	140.00–290.00	$196.67	-4.89
150	150	1	320.00	$320.00	-17.50
150–180	160	5	260.00–380.00	$305.00	-32.50
250	250	1	335.00	$335.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
680–1055	891	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	850.00–1,500.00	$1,262.38	—
830–1015	923	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
830–1070	986	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	725.00–1,450.00	$1,166.66	+124.59
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600–620	610	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	550.00–600.00	$574.59	—
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	-100.00
740–835	788	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–1,050.00	$943.97	+43.97
720–880	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–725.00	$711.25	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105–1185	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,375.00–1,475.00	$1,441.67	+416.67
1155	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,090.00	$1,090.00	+70.00
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	+380.00
1325	1325	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
775	775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
510	510	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	375.00	$375.00	—
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
740	740	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	50.00	$50.00	$298	—
610	610	1	70.00	$70.00	$427	—
720	720	4	87.00	$87.00	$626	—
826–830	826	14	66.50–84.50	$83.21	$687	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	2	225.00	$225.00	-40.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	1	50.00	$50.00	-41.88
30	30	5	70.00–115.00	$84.00	-7.88
30–35	34	7	45.00–67.50	$57.86	-27.14
40–45	44	4	80.00–140.00	$95.00	-10.00
50	50	5	75.00–110.00	$91.00	-26.08
50	50	3	90.00–125.00	$113.33	-3.75
60–65	64	4	95.00–150.00	$125.00	-40.83
75	75	2	135.00	$135.00	+9.17

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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	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	140.00–150.00	$143.33	+33.33
50	50	—	—	1	122.50	$122.50	+12.50
50	50	—	—	1	135.00	$135.00	+25.00
60–65	62	—	—	3	120.00–130.00	$126.67	+23.34
65	65	—	—	3	75.00–80.00	$78.33	-56.67
60–75	68	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	160.00–180.00	$170.00	+35.00
70	70	—	—	4	80.00–110.00	$97.50	-41.50
70–75	73	—	—	7	125.00–170.00	$148.57	+40.24
85	85	—	—	3	170.00–200.00	$188.33	+35.00
85	85	—	—	2	140.00–155.00	$147.50	-5.83
95	95	—	—	1	130.00	$130.00	-70.00
100–145	122	—	—	35	140.00–320.00	$196.36	+3.67
120–140	128	—	—	4	105.00–175.00	$135.63	-57.06
150–160	153	—	—	8	240.00–345.00	$277.50	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	7	25.00	$25.00	+4.26
20	20	1	3.00	$3.00	-17.74
35	35	1	10.00	$10.00	-18.32
35	35	1	20.00	$20.00	-8.32
48	48	3	30.00	$30.00	-5.00
55–58	57	6	25.00–30.00	$28.30	-11.70
65	65	2	40.00	$40.00	-9.09
73–78	75	11	40.00–60.00	$50.25	+1.16
80–82	82	4	42.50–50.00	$48.16	-5.16
82	82	4	40.00	$40.00	-13.32
85	85	1	75.00	$75.00	+21.68
90	90	1	100.00	$100.00	+58.04
95–98	97	3	42.50–50.00	$44.95	+2.99
100	100	2	52.50	$52.50	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–380	339	4	40.00–70.00	$54.08	$183	+15.63
405	405	1	42.50	$42.50	$172	+15.42

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	155.00	$155.00	+5.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	142.50	$142.50	-40.00
100–135	112	3	220.00–355.00	$271.67	+35.42
100–125	117	3	200.00–250.00	$231.67	-4.58
200	200	1	460.00	$460.00	—

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Reading this report

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.