USDA South Carolina Farm Report 10/06 19:42

CO_LS146
Columbia, SC   Monday, October 06, 2025   USDA-SC Dept Ag Market News


SC Farm Report on Monday

   National direct slaughter cattle weekly summary. Weighted averages
for all grades, Standard to Prime, mostly Select and Choice. Live FOB
steers 1,531 lbs at 230.70 heifers 1,350 lbs at 230.86. Dressed 
delivered steers 991 lbs at 359.64, heifers 868 lbs at 359.78. Weekly 
boxed beef cutout values for 600-900 carcass weights Choice 9.46 lower at 367.13
and Select 10.50 lower at 346.36.  
   National direct feeder pigs last Friday, per head weighted average compared 
to 
last week, Early weaned pigs mostly 3.00 higher and feeder pigs 2.00 higher.  
Mostly 
moderate demand and moderate offerings.  Feeder pigs 10-12 lbs cash basis
64.34; 40 lbs cash basis 79.34.
   Hogs on Friday. Plant delivered weighted average. National direct 
Barrows & Gilts US 1 50-54% lean 240-300 lbs live price was n/a.  
Sows live price 300-449 lbs 71.21 450-499 lbs 80.04, and 500-549 lbs 
84.20.
   SC Grain on Monday: Corn bids were mostly 2 to 3 cent higher, one location 
8 cents higher; elevator bids 3.96-5.01, processor bids 4.96.  Soybeans bids 
were
steady to 1 cent lower; elevator bids 9.67-9.87, processor bid n/a and export 
10.40.
Wheat bids were mixed; 3 cents lower to 2 cents higher; elevator bid 4.52.
   Cotton on Monday. Southeast base price for 41-4/34 grade was 0.16
lower at 63.64.
    Fruits & Vegetables: Prices paid to SC growers at the Columbia 
State Farmers Market on Monday. Fruits & Vegetables: Prices paid to SC growers
at the Columbia State Farmers Market on Monday.  Beans bucrts Snap Type 25.00,
approx. 26 lb sks Lima type Green 25.00; Beets 25 lb filmbags Red type topped 
16.00,
Gold type topped 20.00; Cantaloupes 24 inch bins Athena 120s 250.00; Corn, 
Sweet 4 dz 
crts White/Yellow/Bi-Color 20.00; Cucumbers bucrts Pickles Medium/Small-Medium 
35.00,
1 1/9 buctns Long Greens 25.00, 1/2 buskts Pickles Sml-Med 15.00-20.00; Eggplant
1 1/9 buctns Medium/Neon 20.00, 1/2 buctns Medium/Neon 15.00; Grapes 1/2 
bubskts Muscadines
35.00-40.00, Scuppernongs 32.00-38.00; Greens Collards 6s 16.00, Turnips w/ 
Root 6s 16.00, 
1 1/9 buctns lse Turnip Tops/Mustard 18.00, buctns lse Mustard/Turnip Tops 
18.00, 1.35 buctns bnchd Kale 24s 16.00; Okra 1/2 bubskts/crts Small-Medium 
30.00-32.00; Onions, Green crts bnchd 24s 16.00; Peanuts, Green busks Red Skin 
75.00, Jumbo type 65.00; Peas, Other Approx. 26 lb sacks Pinkeye 30.00, Purple 
Hull 30.00, Dixie Lee 30.00; 8 lb filmbags Shelled 40.00; Peppers, Bell 1/2 
bubskts Purple type 15.00; Peppers, Other 1/2 bubskts Banana Hot 15.00-20.00, 
Long Hot/Finger Hot 20.00, Habanero 25.00, Jalapeno 15.00; Pumpkins 36 inch 
bins Howden type exlge 150.00; Squash 1/2 buctns Crookneck Small/Fancy 15.00, 
Crookneck Medium 10.00, Straightneck Small 14.00-15.00, Straightneck Medium 
10.00, 
Zucchini Small 12.00, Zucchini Medium 10.00, Patty Pan Green/Yellow 18.00, 
Butternut 18.00; Sweet Potatoes 40 lb ctns Orange type US 1 24.00-25.00, Medium 
20.00, Red Type U.S. NO.1 30.00, White Type All sizes 40.00, Japanese Type All 
sizes 40.00, Purple type all sizes 40.00, 1/2 bubskts Orange type 15.00; 
Tomatoes 
20 lb ctns Heirloom Variety 35.00, 25 lb ctns Vine Ripes turning red Lge & Xlge 
16.00, Green
20.00; Watermelons 24 inch bins Red Flesh Seeded 35s 160.00, Seedless 45s 
160.00.
Seasonal Misc. Deer Corn 30 per bag Cob type 10.00-15.00. 
   OUT OF STATE PRODUCE:  Apples buctns Ginger Gold/Gala 25.00-28.00, Granny/
Red/Cameo 25.00-28.00, Mutsu/Stayman/Fuji 25.00-28.00, Golden/Cortland 25.00-
28.00, Ambrosia/Somerset 25.00-28.00, Gold Rush 25.00-28.00, Crimson Crisp 25.00
-28.00, King Luscious 25.00-28.00, Splendor/Candy Crisp 25.00, Evercrisp 35.00-
38.00, Honeycrisp 38.00-40.00; Avocado 2 layer ctns Hass 60s MX 35.00-38.00; 
Bananas 40 lb ctns #1 25.00-27.00, #2 24.00, 6 lb ctns Baby Type 7.00; Beans 
bucrts Snap type NC 28.00-30.00, Half Runners 45.00, approx. 26 lb sks Lima 
type 
Green 32.00, 8 lb filmbags Shelled 40.00; Beets ctns bnchd Red type 12s 22.00, 
25 
lb sks Red Type 15.00; Blackberries 4 1-qt flts NC 24.00; Broccoli 20 lb ctns 
Crown Cut 28.00; Cabbage 50 lb ctns Green Medium 19.00-22.00; Corn, Sweet 4 dz 
crts 
Bi-Color/Yellow/White 20.00; Coconuts each Water type 4.00; Cucumbers 1 1/9 
bucrts 
Pickles Small-Medium 38.00-40.00, Pickles Medium 30.00-34.00, 1 1/9 buctns Long 
Greens Select 28.00, Long Green Plain 16.00; Eggplant 1 1/9 buctns Medium 18.00-
20.00; Ginger Root 30 lb ctns Peru 40.00; Grapes 20 lb ctns Muscadines GA 
36.00, 
Scuppernongs GA 35.00-36.00, 19 lb containers bagged Red Seedless CA 28.00, 
White 
Seedless CA 28.00, Red Globe CA 30.00; Honeydew 2/3 ctns CA 5s/6s 18.00-23.00; 
Lettuce ctns Iceberg 24s Wrapped 25.00, Iceberg 24s Lined 24.00; Mangoes 1 
layer 
flts Kent 5s/6s 10.00-12.00, Tommy Atkins 7s/8s 12.00-14.00; Onions, Dry 50 lb 
sks 
Yellow Jumbo/Col 17.00-22.00, White Jumbo 23.00-26.00, 25 lb sks Red Jumbo 
16.00-
20.00, 16 3-lb sks Yellow Repacker Sz 19.00-28.00, 40 lb ctns Peru Sweet Jumbo 
30.00, Vidalia District of Georgia 50 lb sks #2 Jumbo 15.00, 10 5-lb sks Jumbo 
30.00-35.00, 16 3-lb sks Medium-Large 30.00; Peanuts, Dry 50 lb sks Valencia 
Dry 
70.00-75.00, Virginia Dry Jbo 55.00-75.00, 20 2-lb sks Valencia Dry 70.00, 25 
lb 
ctns Roasted/Salted 35.00; Peanuts, Green busks Red Skin FL 68.00-75.00, Jumbo 
FL 
60.00; Pears 2 layer ctns Asian type 28ct 35.00, 36 lb ctns Bartlett 120 size 
39.00, 
4/5 buctns D'Anjou 110s 39.00, 1/2 bubskts Asian type 35.00; Peas, Other 
approx. 26 
lb sacks White Acre/Pinkeye 35.00, 8 lb flmbgs shelled 40.00; Peppers, Bell 1 
1/9 
buctns Green Extra Large/Jumbo 18.00, Choice 15.00, Red/Yellow/Orange 25.00, 
Place 
pack Green 48s 25.00, 11 lb ctns Red/Yellow MX 12.00; Peppers, Other 1 1/9 
buctns 
Jalapeno Extra Large 25.00, Banana Hot 18.00, Cubanelle 18.00; Pineapple ctns 1 
layer 
Golden Ripe 5-7ct 20.00-26.00; Plantains 50 lb ctns Green 40.00; Plums 28 lb 
ctns 
Black/Red types 32.00-35.00; Potatoes 50 lb sks Red sz A US1 42.00, Red size B 
US1 
35.00, White size A US1 52.00, White size B US1 30.00, Red size A US2 25.00, 50 
lb 
ctns Red/White Creamers 60.00; Pumpkins 36 inch bins Howden Type 190.00-220.00, 
24 
inch bins Mixed Heirlooms 250.00-275.00, White Types 250.00-275.00, Blue Type 
250.00-
275.00, Warty/Peanut 250.00-275.00, Cinderella/Fairytale 250.00-275.00, Various 
Herilooms 250.00-275.00, Pie Types 250.00, Mini Type 600.00, Gourdes/Acorn 
350.00, 
18 inch buns Mini type 425.00, 1/2 bubskts Mini Pumpkins 30.00; Radishes 40 lb 
filmbags Red type topped 29.00-40.00, 14 1-lb filmbags Red type topped 
17.00-19.00; 
Rutabagas 50 lb ctns Waxed CD 30.00-32.00; Squash 1/2 buctns Crookneck Small 
16.00, 
Straightneck Small 12.00-16.00, Zucchini Small 12.00-14.00, buctns 
Acorn/Butternut 
25.00, 3/4 buctns Delicata 30.00, 24 inch bins Acorns 425.00-450.00; Sugarcane 
per bundle Red/Green 10s 30.00; Sweet Potatoes 40 lb ctns Orange type US Number 
1 
NC 26.00-30.00, US Number 2 NC 20.00-22.00, Jumbo NC 18.00-22.00, US Number 1 
MS 
27.00, US Number 2 MS 22.00, Jumbo MS 20.00; Tomatoes 25 lb ctns lse Vine 
Ripe/Pink-
Light Red Extra Large/Jumbo 15.00-20.00, 6x6sz/5x6 sz 15.00-20.00, Red 
5x6sz/6x6 sz 
15.00, Green 5x6 sz 22.00-33.00, Yellow Extra Large 34.00, Red MX 5x5 sz 10.00, 
2 
layer ctns MX 4x4s 12.00, 20 lb ctns Heirloom varieties 35.00, 15 lb flts 
Heirloom 
varieties 20.00; Tomatoes, Cherry 20 lb ctns Red type 25.00; Tomatoes, Grape 20 
lb 
ctns Red type 18.00-25.00; Tomatoes, Plum 25 lb ctns Roma Extra Large 
19.00-25.00; 
Turnips 25 lb filmbags Topped 18.00-20.00; Watermelons 24 inch bins Red Flesh 
Seedless 60s/45s/36s 140.00-175.00, Red Flesh Seeded 45s/35s/33s/28s 
150.00-180.00, 
Yellow Flesh Seedless 45s/36s 225.00, Black type 45s/36s 225.00; Citrus: 
Oranges 
7/10 buctns Valencia CA 56s/72s 37.00; Tangerines 10 kg ctns Murcott PE 60s/40s 
30.00-32.00; Misc. Seasonal: Corn Stalks per bundle Green 4-5 ct 7.00, Dry 10 
ct 
8.00; Gordes 24 inch bins Mixed Varieties 350.00-360.00, Winged Type 380.00, 
Warty/
Goose/Apple type 250.00-300.00, 18 inch bins Large/Medium 250.00-300.00, 12 
inch 
bins Mini type 275.00; Indian Corn per bunch 3.50; Straw Bales per bale Wheat 
type 
8.00-9.00, Mini type 4.00.


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www.agriculture.sc.gov or phone USDA-SCDA Market News at 803-737-4491 
or 4497.

Source: South Carolina Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Columbia, SC 803-
737-4491. http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/CO_LS146.txt

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