Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, January 5, 2021

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heavy 3-weight M&L 2 steers $122.11/cwt -16.47 vs last sale · ≈ $454/hd at 372 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	373	748	598
Feeder cattle	166	386	414
Slaughter cattle	64	84	59
Replacement cattle	26	29	16

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to sales being closed two weeks for holidays. Light offering of average quality cattle due to extremely wet conditions, 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
310–345	331	5	122.50–135.00	$127.53	$422	-6.90
350–395	372	11	120.00–128.00	$122.11	$454	-16.47
535	535	1	120.00	$120.00	$642	—
555	555	1	112.00	$112.00	$622	-7.00
695	695	1	110.00	$110.00	$764	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	108.00	$108.00	$259	—
255–270	263	4	110.00–115.00	$112.49	$296	-2.42
320–340	334	4	110.00–115.00	$111.20	$371	-5.38
355–390	369	9	100.00–115.00	$108.17	$399	-11.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	155.00	$155.00	$480	+5.00
360–390	377	3	145.00–165.00	$154.12	$581	+0.45
405–415	410	2	140.00–145.00	$142.53	$584	-0.04
450–475	463	2	135.00–145.00	$139.86	$648	+2.42
505–530	518	2	125.00–127.00	$125.98	$653	-7.26
570	570	1	137.00	$137.00	$781	+7.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–545	535	2	90.00–94.00	$92.04	$492	—
570	570	2	90.00–93.00	$91.50	$522	—
615	615	1	94.00	$94.00	$578	—
680	680	2	90.00–93.00	$91.50	$622	—
705	705	1	93.00	$93.00	$656	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	337	3	126.00–135.00	$130.29	$439	+3.77
360	360	1	126.00	$126.00	$454	-0.67
425–440	433	2	123.00–127.50	$125.21	$542	+4.27
450–490	472	5	120.00–124.00	$121.80	$575	+3.50
523	523	7	119.00	$119.00	$622	-1.00
615–625	620	2	112.00–113.00	$112.50	$698	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–280	275	4	100.00–105.00	$101.23	$278	-9.41
330–335	333	3	100.00–105.00	$101.65	$338	-6.84
350–365	357	3	100.00–110.00	$106.26	$379	-1.37

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	417	3	112.00–115.00	$113.37	$473	+2.04
470	470	1	112.00	$112.00	$526	+3.94
560	560	1	100.00	$100.00	$560	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–530	515	2	90.00–93.00	$91.46	$471	-0.21
665	665	2	97.50	$97.50	$648	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	434	5	130.00–139.00	$133.47	$579	—
465–480	473	2	131.00–135.00	$133.03	$629	-6.97
530–535	533	2	128.00–130.00	$129.00	$688	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–435	425	3	123.00–125.00	$124.33	$528	-0.52
530	530	1	115.00	$115.00	$610	-1.37

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580–590	585	2	90.00–92.00	$91.01	$532	+1.01
625–645	635	2	90.00–91.00	$90.49	$575	+0.01

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	110.00	$110.00	$468	-2.51
470–480	477	3	110.00	$110.00	$525	+5.03

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1570	1570	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,285.00	$1,285.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610–985	793	85-90%	3	35.00–41.00	$38.25	$303	—
685–985	833	85-90%	14	46.00–55.00	$49.53	$413	+10.59

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1675	1238	80-85%	17	48.00–61.00	$55.26	$684	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1225	1118	2	65.00–71.00	$68.29	$763	—
1060–2110	1669	4	76.00–89.00	$80.82	$1,349	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
615–990	752	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	52.00–69.00	$58.64	$441

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
655–700	682	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	46.00–48.00	$46.64	$318

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655–765	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	450.00–460.00	$455.39

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–730	728	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	475.00	$475.00
665–860	787	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	400.00–525.00	$480.93
870	870	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
118–195	157	7	55.00–70.00	$59.08	$93	—
200–295	230	10	50.00–65.00	$55.95	$129	-16.39
380	380	1	45.00	$45.00	$171	-23.55
480	480	1	70.00	$70.00	$336	+1.76

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	42.00	$42.00	$113	+10.97

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	5	170.00–185.00	$177.00	+57.00
90	90	2	200.00–210.00	$205.00	+15.00
110–120	112	5	150.00–160.00	$154.00	-83.50
110–135	118	6	230.00–270.00	$245.83	+8.33

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	3	210.00–225.00	$218.33	—
90	90	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	70.00	$70.00	+6.67
30	30	3	115.00–120.00	$116.67	+53.34
40	40	6	135.00–145.00	$140.83	+9.65
50	50	5	150.00–160.00	$156.00	+82.67
70	70	2	205.00	$205.00	-20.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	170.00–175.00	$172.50	+45.00
60	60	—	—	2	120.00	$120.00	-7.50
70	70	—	—	3	130.00–140.00	$136.67	+9.17
70	70	—	—	2	95.00–100.00	$97.50	-30.00
80	80	—	—	7	150.00–157.50	$154.64	+59.64
80	80	—	—	5	110.00–115.00	$113.00	+18.00
120	120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	295.00	$295.00	+78.67
125–145	131	—	—	8	195.00–245.00	$211.25	-5.08

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	1	120.00	$120.00	+97.50
30	30	1	30.00	$30.00	-7.42
48	48	4	42.50	$42.50	+25.00
50–58	54	8	47.50–52.50	$50.19	-9.81
60–65	63	3	37.50–52.50	$47.76	-4.24
74	74	4	55.00	$55.00	-16.88

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	240.00	$240.00	-5.00
110–135	123	2	275.00–305.00	$290.00	-10.00

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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.