Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 15, 2020

748 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $137.44/cwt -15.05 vs last sale · ≈ $634/hd at 461 lb · 18 head

heavy 3-weight S 1-2 steers $119.67/cwt -5.40 vs last sale · ≈ $444/hd at 371 lb · 13 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 steers $129.35/cwt -9.49 vs last sale · ≈ $555/hd at 429 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	748	620	476
Feeder cattle	386	275	217
Slaughter cattle	84	73	15
Replacement cattle	29	16	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

***No reports will be issued on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, as the market will be closed in observance of the Christmas Day holiday and Tuesday, December 29, 2020, as the market will be closed in observance of the New Year's Day holiday. Sales and coverage are expected to resume on Tuesday, January 05, 2021.*** Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers were 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder bulls to few to trend. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Average offerings of average to plain 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
200–220	213	3	130.00	$130.00	$277	—
250–295	273	5	130.00–140.00	$134.64	$368	-5.36
300–330	316	9	130.00–140.00	$134.43	$425	-5.57
350–395	368	8	130.00–145.00	$138.58	$510	-3.72
400–445	429	11	125.00–135.00	$129.35	$555	-9.49
455–495	480	4	120.00–130.00	$126.13	$605	-8.79
575–580	578	2	118.00–120.00	$119.00	$688	-2.31
605–625	615	2	100.00–114.00	$107.11	$659	-12.89

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	2	150.00–165.00	$157.50	$410	—
300	300	1	150.00	$150.00	$450	-12.58
350–395	364	4	150.00–159.00	$153.67	$559	-10.52
410–435	423	2	140.00–145.00	$142.57	$603	-13.07
455–485	461	18	135.00–145.00	$137.44	$634	-15.05
515–545	524	4	130.00–136.00	$133.24	$698	-8.50
565	565	1	130.00	$130.00	$734	-2.44
665	665	1	120.00	$120.00	$798	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	273	3	110.00–120.00	$114.91	$314	-9.23
300–345	316	7	110.00–125.00	$116.58	$368	-5.92
350–385	371	13	110.00–125.00	$119.67	$444	-5.40
410–440	423	3	105.00–110.00	$108.27	$458	—
455–480	468	2	110.00	$110.00	$515	—
500	500	1	110.00	$110.00	$550	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	125.00	$125.00	$306	—
255 fancy	255	1	196.00	$196.00	$500	—
275–295	285	4	125.00–130.00	$127.46	$363	-8.04
310 fancy	310	1	162.50	$162.50	$504	—
300–345	326	5	125.00–130.00	$126.52	$412	-5.22
355–385	368	8	124.00–131.00	$126.67	$466	-1.52
370 fancy	370	1	150.00	$150.00	$555	—
400–440	424	6	118.00–125.00	$120.94	$513	-6.48
450–485	462	7	117.00–121.00	$118.30	$547	-4.70
485 fancy	485	1	127.50	$127.50	$618	—
500 fancy	500	1	130.00	$130.00	$650	—
528	528	9	120.00	$120.00	$634	-2.47

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240	235	3	115.00–120.00	$116.63	$274	-4.59
275	275	1	115.00	$115.00	$316	-5.81
300–345	318	5	115.00–120.00	$118.11	$376	-1.04
350–390	361	7	115.00–120.00	$117.50	$424	-0.29
400–445	418	9	105.00–115.00	$111.33	$465	-1.60
450–495	471	9	105.00–114.00	$108.06	$509	-3.22
500–510	503	5	105.00–112.00	$108.99	$548	-4.56
600–630	615	2	100.00–101.00	$100.49	$618	-5.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–285	275	3	110.00–112.00	$110.64	$304	—
300–325	312	5	105.00–110.00	$108.49	$338	-0.79
360–395	379	9	105.00–110.00	$107.63	$408	-2.87
410–445	428	2	100.00	$100.00	$428	—
465–480	473	2	100.00–102.00	$100.98	$478	—
500–545	525	5	100.00–101.00	$100.21	$526	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–445	438	3	90.00–93.00	$91.86	$402	-11.99
510–535	520	3	90.00–93.00	$91.67	$477	-10.03

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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	428	10	120.00–131.00	$124.85	$534	-11.29
465–490	480	7	120.00–126.00	$122.49	$588	-10.80
505–525	515	3	114.00–120.00	$116.37	$599	+2.27
550–590	569	5	105.00–110.00	$109.00	$620	-6.95
610–630	620	2	105.00–110.00	$107.54	$667	+2.70

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–415	409	4	110.00–115.00	$112.51	$460	—
470–478	473	3	100.00–115.00	$104.97	$497	—
505–540	529	4	100.00–110.00	$104.28	$552	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–530	528	2	90.00–94.00	$91.99	$486	-8.01
570	570	1	90.00	$90.00	$513	—
610–645	630	4	90.00–92.00	$90.48	$570	-4.52

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	140.00	$140.00	$637	-4.41

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665–970	826	85-90%	8	35.00–42.00	$38.94	$322	—
720–945	843	85-90%	10	45.00–53.00	$48.04	$405	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1050	1048	80-85%	3	35.00–43.00	$38.99	$409	—
1015–1235	1112	80-85%	9	45.00–55.00	$48.87	$543	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1066–1125	1096	75-80%	2	45.00–47.00	$45.97	$504	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1085	1058	4	55.00–65.00	$60.08	$636	—
1185–1790	1481	7	74.00–82.00	$77.70	$1,151	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
601–665	647	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	600.00–885.00	$675.67

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–920	796	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	57.00–66.00	$60.48	$481
843	843	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	75.00	$75.00	$632

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600–655	628	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	600.00	$600.00
901	901	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	1,225.00	$1,225.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	575.00	$575.00
1035	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	640.00	$640.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	560.00	$560.00
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
102–195	140	25	75.00–105.00	$89.78	$126	+21.40
145	145	1	47.50	$47.50	$69	-20.88
220–241	236	7	67.50–82.50	$72.34	$171	+26.31
335–395	360	4	64.00–72.00	$68.55	$247	—
425–485	457	5	67.00–70.00	$68.24	$312	—
540	540	1	70.00	$70.00	$378	—
645	645	1	71.00	$71.00	$458	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–295	268	2	20.00–40.00	$31.03	$83	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	4	150.00–160.00	$155.00	-15.00
80	80	1	120.00	$120.00	-50.00
80	80	4	175.00–180.00	$177.50	+7.50
90	90	1	190.00	$190.00	+20.00
120–145	134	4	225.00–250.00	$237.50	+22.50
150–190	170	7	250.00–370.00	$302.14	-25.36
225	225	1	415.00	$415.00	+15.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
805	805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1060	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	575.00	$575.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	3	60.00–65.00	$63.33	-60.42
30	30	7	95.00–105.00	$99.29	-24.46
40	40	17	125.00–140.00	$131.18	-0.49
50	50	3	70.00–80.00	$73.33	-68.10
50	50	4	175.00–180.00	$177.50	+36.07
50	50	11	145.00–155.00	$149.55	+8.12
60	60	3	90.00–95.00	$93.33	-61.67
60	60	3	160.00–165.00	$163.33	+8.33
60–65	63	8	195.00–215.00	$205.63	+50.63
70	70	2	225.00	$225.00	+70.00
80	80	1	85.00	$85.00	-70.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	10	120.00–135.00	$127.50	+25.00
80	80	2	90.00–100.00	$95.00	-7.50
80–85	83	16	140.00–160.00	$151.56	+49.06
90	90	11	170.00–175.00	$172.27	+69.77
100–140	115	30	180.00–280.00	$216.33	+13.00
160	160	2	290.00–300.00	$295.00	+25.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	22.50	$22.50	-14.82
30–37	32	14	25.00–42.50	$37.42	+0.10
33	33	4	17.50	$17.50	-19.82
55	55	5	60.00	$60.00	+1.43
65	65	5	50.00–60.00	$52.00	+2.00
70	70	4	60.00–77.50	$71.88	+29.38
80	80	2	80.00–85.00	$82.50	-7.50
80	80	2	95.00–115.00	$105.00	+15.00
95	95	3	85.00	$85.00	+24.37

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545–565	555	2	62.00–67.00	$64.55	$358	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	230.00	$230.00	+47.50
80	80	2	240.00–250.00	$245.00	+62.50
95	95	1	270.00	$270.00	+67.50
120	120	1	300.00	$300.00	+63.33

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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.