Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 17, 2020

635 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.26/cwt -0.19 vs last sale · ≈ $553/hd at 435 lb · 20 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $138.50/cwt -1.50 vs last sale · ≈ $679/hd at 490 lb · 15 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $146.58/cwt ≈ $609/hd at 415 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	635	417	683
Feeder cattle	382	196	410
Slaughter cattle	60	69	48
Replacement cattle	7	16	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available due to limited comparable sales. There were moderate offerings of mostly plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	278	5	130.00–145.00	$137.05	$381	—
314–336	324	5	140.00–150.00	$144.04	$467	+9.73
354–398	378	12	130.00–145.00	$138.74	$524	+2.28
406–430	416	3	130.00–135.00	$133.37	$555	—
456–468	461	3	120.00–137.00	$129.06	$595	—
550–564	557	2	115.00–122.00	$118.54	$660	—
604–626	612	4	105.00–118.00	$113.54	$695	—
682–698	690	2	90.00–100.00	$94.94	$655	—
712	712	1	90.00	$90.00	$641	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–346	338	2	160.00–172.50	$166.10	$561	+10.87
380	380	1	157.50	$157.50	$598	+6.33
413 value added	413	9	147.00	$147.00	$607	—
404–436	422	3	140.00–151.00	$145.30	$613	—
490 value added	490	15	138.50	$138.50	$679	—
738	738	1	114.00	$114.00	$841	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
206–242	231	4	120.00–123.00	$120.67	$279	—
254–298	273	3	107.50–130.00	$119.40	$326	—
352–372	363	5	120.00–130.00	$125.96	$457	—
504	504	1	117.50	$117.50	$592	—
630	630	1	100.00	$100.00	$630	—
706	706	1	100.00	$100.00	$706	—
792	792	1	85.00	$85.00	$673	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	1	135.00	$135.00	$510	+20.00
408	408	1	125.00	$125.00	$510	—
470–486	477	3	121.00–125.00	$122.98	$587	—
538	538	1	115.00	$115.00	$619	—
598	598	1	116.00	$116.00	$694	—
668	668	1	80.00	$80.00	$534	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
232	232	1	123.00	$123.00	$285	—
304	304	1	120.00	$120.00	$365	-0.68
352–372	364	6	110.00–125.00	$119.99	$437	-1.06
380	380	1	110.00	$110.00	$418	-11.05
402–444	424	7	110.00–120.00	$113.34	$481	-3.69
460–498	477	8	111.00–119.00	$116.94	$558	+0.94
508	508	1	110.00	$110.00	$559	+0.77
510–542	522	6	110.00–120.00	$112.97	$590	+3.74
562–564	563	2	111.00–112.00	$111.50	$628	—
580	580	1	100.00	$100.00	$580	—
606	606	1	100.00	$100.00	$606	—
608–612	610	2	100.00–107.00	$103.49	$631	—
800	800	1	90.00	$90.00	$720	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324–332	328	2	125.00–132.00	$128.54	$422	-6.46
350–384	367	2	130.00–135.00	$132.38	$486	+2.38
402–432	420	9	122.00–129.00	$125.74	$528	-1.71
447 value added	447	11	128.50	$128.50	$574	—
469–494	475	7	122.00–128.00	$125.95	$598	-0.34
520–538	531	4	117.00–120.00	$118.51	$629	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
236	236	1	110.00	$110.00	$260	—
300–346	316	3	110.00	$110.00	$348	—
380–388	384	2	110.00	$110.00	$422	—
428–442	434	3	105.00–107.50	$105.83	$459	—
520	520	1	105.00	$105.00	$546	—
558–596	575	3	95.00–105.00	$100.11	$576	—
612	612	1	87.50	$87.50	$536	-3.51

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314	314	1	130.00	$130.00	$408	+20.00
370–382	376	2	110.00–113.00	$111.48	$419	+1.48

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–374	361	3	90.00–105.00	$94.84	$342	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
706	706	1	80.00	$80.00	$565	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–442	418	6	125.00–135.00	$131.65	$550	+1.65
456–488	471	6	114.00–130.00	$123.83	$583	+5.56
500–540	518	6	105.00–122.00	$113.43	$588	-2.02
542	542	1	115.00	$115.00	$623	-0.45
570	570	1	110.00	$110.00	$627	-3.98
552–596	572	3	110.00–120.00	$114.44	$655	+0.46
602–616	609	3	110.00	$110.00	$670	-0.46
652	652	1	100.00	$100.00	$652	-3.65

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	1	120.00	$120.00	$506	—
460–496	477	4	105.00–112.00	$109.30	$521	—
536	536	1	92.00	$92.00	$493	—
560–590	575	2	108.00–110.00	$109.03	$627	—
608–610	609	2	100.00–105.00	$102.50	$624	+8.48
618	618	1	90.00	$90.00	$556	-4.02
714	714	1	80.00	$80.00	$571	—
752	752	1	75.00	$75.00	$564	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476	476	1	105.00	$105.00	$500	—
574	574	1	107.00	$107.00	$614	—
628–646	637	3	75.00–100.00	$89.88	$573	—
672–686	677	3	85.00–90.00	$86.69	$587	—
732–738	735	2	70.00–76.00	$73.01	$537	—
780	780	1	80.00	$80.00	$624	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–416	414	3	142.50	$142.50	$590	+0.23
460	460	1	137.00	$137.00	$630	-2.00

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
666	666	1	95.00	$95.00	$633	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
534	534	1	95.00	$95.00	$507	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1012	818	85-90%	16	30.00–47.00	$37.07	$303	—
792–1368	1049	85-90%	19	49.00–64.00	$55.55	$583	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1358–1594	1439	80-85%	3	64.00–68.00	$65.79	$947	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
916–1364	1234	6	64.00–78.00	$70.85	$874	—
1276–1720	1479	5	79.00–88.00	$82.46	$1,220	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1102	1102	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
100–195	144	18	40.00–83.00	$62.88	$91	—
200–295	240	29	22.00–68.00	$54.64	$131	-0.70
255–266	263	4	55.00–61.00	$59.55	$157	—
300	300	1	55.00	$55.00	$165	+15.00
305–320	313	4	49.00–50.00	$49.76	$156	+9.76

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	1	2.00	$2.00	$13	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	132.50	$132.50	-32.50
80–85	83	2	135.00–142.50	$138.75	-32.92
100–125	112	14	150.00–220.00	$169.11	—
150–175	160	5	195.00–265.00	$237.00	—
200	200	2	295.00–305.00	$300.00	-7.50

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
616	616	1	60.00	$60.00	$370	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	72.50	$72.50	-45.00
30	30	1	80.00	$80.00	-37.50
40–45	43	6	112.50–137.50	$127.50	+10.00
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	-65.83
50–55	53	8	147.50–150.00	$148.75	+2.92
60	60	4	160.00–162.50	$161.25	+1.46
60–65	61	4	140.00–155.00	$143.75	-16.04

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	145.00	$145.00	+12.50
60	60	1	110.00	$110.00	-22.50
70	70	1	155.00	$155.00	±0.00
100–125	105	5	160.00–190.00	$167.50	-22.50
125	125	1	152.50	$152.50	-37.50
165	165	1	310.00	$310.00	+70.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
27	27	6	40.00	$40.00	-10.88
42	42	2	60.00	$60.00	+7.81
50–55	51	7	32.50–70.00	$57.50	+5.00
65	65	1	60.00	$60.00	+7.50
70	70	2	72.50	$72.50	+20.00
80	80	2	82.50	$82.50	+40.20
85	85	6	45.00–82.50	$71.25	+28.95
95	95	4	52.50–60.00	$56.25	+13.95

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	238	2	49.00–50.00	$49.52	$118	—
370	370	1	35.00	$35.00	$130	—
455–487	479	4	45.00–52.00	$50.34	$241	—
520–590	565	3	52.00–55.00	$53.04	$300	—
600	600	1	70.00	$70.00	$420	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	1	140.00	$140.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–125	111	4	130.00–187.50	$155.00	-97.35

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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.