South Carolina cattle market

Auction averages from 6 reporting markets in South Carolina, week of 09/14/2026 – 09/20/2026. Compared with 09/07/2026–09/13/2026.

Work in progress — please don't trade on these numbers.

The figures come straight from USDA Market News and we believe they're correct, but they haven't been through enough weeks of checking for us to stand behind them. Check with your sale barn before you act.

Cull cows: $140.46; thin
Head sold: 643
Markets: 6

Feeder cattle

Head-weighted average price per hundredweight across South Carolina auctions. Premium is what steers brought over heifers of the same weight. ▲ green is up on last week, ▼ red is down; thin means too few head to compare.

300–400 lb72 head

Steers: thinthin
Heifers: thinthin

400–500 lb147 head

Steers: thinthin
Heifers: thinthin

500–600 lb217 head

Steers: thinthin
Heifers: $310.52▲ 5.62

600–700 lb113 head

Steers: thinthin
Heifers: thinthin

700–800 lb81 head

Steers: thinthin
Heifers: thinthin

800–900 lb13 head

Steers: thinthin
Heifers: thinthin

Weight	Steers	vs last wk	Heifers	vs last wk	Premium	Head
300–400 lb	thin	thin	thin	thin	—	72
400–500 lb	thin	thin	thin	thin	—	147
500–600 lb	thin	thin	$310.52	▲ 5.62	—	217
600–700 lb	thin	thin	thin	thin	—	113
700–800 lb	thin	thin	thin	thin	—	81
800–900 lb	thin	thin	thin	thin	—	13

Cows, bulls & replacements

Every class South Carolina auctions reported this week. Cull cows price on condition — Breakers fleshiest, Leans thinnest. Replacement classes trade by the head. A class shows its price whenever anything sold; the week-over-week move is withheld when too few head changed hands for the comparison to mean anything, which happens more often at state level than nationally.

Cull cows, all$140.46/cwt
thin154 head
Boner 80-85%$146.90/cwt
—67 head
Slaughter bulls$180.54/cwt
thin21 head
Bred cows$2088.00/hd
thin20 head

Class	Price	vs last wk	Head
Cull cows, all	$140.46/cwt	thin	154
Boner 80-85%	$146.90/cwt	—	67
Slaughter bulls	$180.54/cwt	thin	21
Bred cows	$2088.00/hd	thin	20

Other states

Missouri 19,790 Oklahoma 9,710 Nebraska 9,478 South Dakota 9,205 Kentucky 7,919 Iowa 6,505 Kansas 5,136 Tennessee 5,105

Source: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Market News. Boxed beef and slaughter figures are national and appear on the home page. This site is a work in progress — please don't make financial decisions from it.