Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 1, 2020

488 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.49/cwt -1.76 vs last sale · ≈ $534/hd at 426 lb · 12 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $121.46/cwt -4.49 vs last sale · ≈ $571/hd at 470 lb · 11 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $151.06/cwt +8.56 vs last sale · ≈ $627/hd at 415 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	488	635	536
Feeder cattle	253	382	281
Slaughter cattle	44	60	48
Replacement cattle	16	7	9

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available this week due to sale being closed last week for Thanksgiving holiday. Average offering of 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
280	280	1	130.00	$130.00	$364	-7.05
300–325	309	5	130.00–145.00	$135.91	$420	-8.13
350–395	383	6	130.00–140.00	$136.34	$522	-2.40
415	415	1	134.00	$134.00	$556	+0.63
455	455	1	120.00	$120.00	$546	-9.06
530	530	1	125.00	$125.00	$662	—
550–580	567	3	118.00–129.00	$123.24	$699	+4.70
620	620	1	117.00	$117.00	$725	+3.46

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	328	6	150.00–165.00	$155.73	$511	-10.37
335 fancy	335	1	174.00	$174.00	$583	—
375–390	384	4	150.00–167.00	$156.91	$603	-0.59
415–420	417	3	143.00–151.00	$146.66	$612	+1.36
465	465	1	142.00	$142.00	$660	—
510–525	518	2	136.00–141.00	$138.54	$718	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	237	3	120.00–125.00	$121.69	$288	—
275–285	280	3	113.00–120.00	$116.36	$326	—
330	330	1	120.00	$120.00	$396	—
365	365	1	125.00	$125.00	$456	-10.00
465–490	478	2	106.00–110.00	$108.05	$516	-14.93

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	1	90.00	$90.00	$598	—
785	785	1	85.00	$85.00	$667	±0.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	130.00	$130.00	$273	—
300–340	307	7	125.00–131.00	$126.67	$389	-1.87
350–390	374	7	123.00–132.00	$126.42	$473	-5.96
420 fancy	420	1	134.00	$134.00	$563	—
400–440	426	11	122.00–130.00	$124.72	$531	-1.02
455–490	470	11	118.00–125.00	$121.46	$571	-4.49
500–545	518	8	116.00–125.00	$120.04	$622	+1.53
550–580	560	8	116.00–124.00	$120.35	$674	—
600–625	614	4	112.00–116.00	$114.48	$703	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	124.00	$124.00	$267	+1.00
260–295	280	7	114.00–120.00	$116.05	$325	—
300–330	318	6	114.00–120.00	$115.77	$368	-4.23
360–375	368	2	115.00–120.00	$117.55	$433	-2.44
450–495	465	4	110.00–115.00	$112.46	$523	-4.48
525–545	535	2	110.00–111.00	$110.49	$591	-2.48
635	635	1	103.00	$103.00	$654	-0.49
730	730	1	95.00	$95.00	$694	—
760	760	1	90.00	$90.00	$684	—
820	820	1	87.00	$87.00	$713	-3.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	111.00	$111.00	$228	—
300–345	330	5	102.00–112.00	$106.79	$352	-23.21
365–395	376	4	105.00–110.00	$108.79	$409	-2.69
445	445	1	102.00	$102.00	$454	—
465–475	470	2	100.00	$100.00	$470	—
525	525	1	100.00	$100.00	$525	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	90.00	$90.00	$392	-15.83
650	650	1	94.00	$94.00	$611	—
720–730	725	2	73.00–83.00	$77.97	$565	—
815	815	1	66.00	$66.00	$538	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	435	6	126.00–140.00	$134.43	$585	+2.78
470–490	482	5	122.00–135.00	$127.12	$613	+3.29
500–525	510	4	120.00–130.00	$123.47	$630	+10.04
570–590	580	2	117.00–124.00	$120.44	$699	+6.00
635	635	1	100.00	$100.00	$635	-10.00
660	660	1	100.00	$100.00	$660	±0.00
700	700	1	103.00	$103.00	$721	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	415	10	145.00–153.00	$151.06	$627	+8.56
455–475	460	4	142.00–147.00	$144.72	$666	+7.72

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	415	3	110.00–115.00	$112.31	$466	—
480–485	483	2	107.00–110.00	$108.49	$524	+3.49
555–560	558	2	106.00–110.00	$107.99	$603	+0.99

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–565	560	2	90.00–95.00	$92.48	$518	-16.55
680	680	1	90.00	$90.00	$612	—
775–790	783	2	81.00–87.00	$83.97	$657	+8.97

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1035	1030	80-85%	2	42.00–45.00	$43.51	$448	—
1005–1350	1183	80-85%	17	50.00–63.00	$56.01	$663	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–940	875	85-90%	5	35.00–42.00	$38.75	$339	—
635–995	909	85-90%	9	48.00–62.00	$53.43	$486	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1375	1375	1	74.00	$74.00	$1,018	—
1570–1965	1727	3	79.00–86.00	$81.60	$1,409	—

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Stock Cows

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
685–890	772	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	69.00–77.00	$72.37	$559

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	81.00	$81.00	$850

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
845–980	913	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	550.00–660.00	$609.07

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645–820	735	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	450.00–500.00	$473.02

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
115–195	148	18	60.00–90.00	$73.48	$109	+10.60
143–190	169	7	49.00–55.00	$52.12	$88	—
205	205	2	45.00	$45.00	$92	-9.64
200–298	256	17	55.00–102.50	$65.66	$168	+6.11
300–370	325	6	50.00–60.00	$55.75	$181	+5.99
310–385	329	4	38.00–45.00	$42.95	$141	-6.81

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125	125	5	165.00–175.00	$171.00	+1.89
165–185	178	3	210.00–240.00	$226.67	-10.33

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
690	690	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	910.00	$910.00	—
600–845	702	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	575.00–700.00	$656.53	—
890–975	933	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	575.00–675.00	$622.72	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	1	60.00	$60.00	$486	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	7	70.00–80.00	$75.71	-4.29
30	30	5	100.00–105.00	$102.00	+22.00
40	40	4	115.00–120.00	$118.75	-8.75
50	50	5	125.00–130.00	$127.00	+47.00
60	60	8	175.00–180.00	$176.88	+15.63
60–65	61	11	137.50–150.00	$143.86	+0.11
70	70	10	155.00–165.00	$159.50	+15.75
70	70	5	200.00–215.00	$205.00	+61.25
80	80	3	225.00–235.00	$230.00	+86.25

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	2	145.00–150.00	$147.50	-7.50
100–125	109	5	190.00–235.00	$210.00	+42.50
150–160	157	3	260.00–280.00	$271.67	-38.33
200	200	1	315.00	$315.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
32–35	33	6	40.00–55.00	$42.69	+2.69
52–55	54	8	50.00–57.50	$55.32	-2.18
59	59	6	77.50	$77.50	+17.50
60–65	62	3	47.50–57.50	$51.01	-8.99
70–75	73	4	52.50–75.00	$63.36	-9.14
85	85	1	47.50	$47.50	-23.75
90–95	93	2	80.00–90.00	$85.14	+28.89
100	100	1	92.50	$92.50	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110	110	3	230.00–240.00	$235.00	+80.00
150	150	2	345.00–370.00	$357.50	—

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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.