Author: Ben Boyles

Strong prices for steers and heifers continued into Q3 for 2025. Average prices for both steers and heifers across 4-, 5-, and 6-weights gained $29/cwt over the quarter. Across all steer weights and for 4-weight and 5-weight heifers, prices over the last three months averaged over $300/cwt. Prices observed this quarter continue to mark a […]

Written by Bethany Funkhouser, Area Agribusiness AgentEdited by Ben Boyles, Area Agribusiness Agent To say there are forever-growing ways to get your agribusiness in front of more and more people would be an understatement. From word of mouth to a website, and now, social media. When we say social media, we aren’t only talking about […]

Written by Bethany Funkhouser, Area Agribusiness AgentEdited by Charley Maxwell, Area Agribusiness Agent There are countless times on and off the farm that we have avoided having a conversation. Maybe you thought the repercussions of the conversation weren’t worth it, or you didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. No matter the reason, everyone is still […]

Written by Bethany Funkhouser, Area Agribusiness AgentEdited by Charley Maxwell, Area Agribusiness Agent Every day in life, something happens that we didn’t expect. Sometimes these are small, minuscule things that we might not even recognize, and at other times, those unexpected events turn our world upside down and change the course of our lives. We […]

Steer and heifer prices continue to climb higher in 2025 with all steer weight classes breaking$300/cwt in at least one week over the last quarter. Average prices for the quarter were$324.95 for 4-weights, $283.04/cwt for 5-weights, and 262.00/cwt for 6-weights. Heifer prices also climbed higher with all weight classes reporting over $215/cwt every week. Prices […]

As 2024 comes to a close, feeder prices remain high, with steer prices across all weight classes above $200/cwt. Feeder heifer prices also remain strong with 4-weight heifers maintaining prices above $200/cwt. Both feeder steers and heifers saw price increases in the last 6 weeks of 2024 to end the year on a high note. […]

By: Maxwell, Charlotte Reviewed by: Correa, Nicole and Funkhouser, Bethany If you are reading this, that means you have processed the information from the legal risk management post for small-scale poultry, and you are ready to either purchase chicks or scale up your production! Human resource risk management involves the people responsible for raising and […]

View livestock news as well as Steers & Heifers M&L 1-2, Slaughter Goats Kids-1 & All Feeder Pigs, and South Carolina Feeder Cattle Basis reports for the first quarter of 2024. Click here to view the 2024 Q1 Report.

Contacts: Maxwell, Charlotte H.; Funkhouser, Bethany N.; Correa, Nicole M. Raising backyard poultry is a popular hobby for citizens in rural and urban areas alike. All too often, “I’m just going to have a few birds for my family” quickly turns into a small flock with eggs being sold off the property to friends, family, […]

Long held tradition (and fact) states that feeder bulls will be discounted to feeder steers, obvious reasons.  Does this always occur and is it consistent?  It depends.  View Article >>