Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 2, 2021

1,201 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $170.33/cwt +24.33 vs last sale · ≈ $732/hd at 430 lb · 91 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $136.57/cwt +11.57 vs last sale · ≈ $634/hd at 464 lb · 67 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.48/cwt ≈ $572/hd at 435 lb · 58 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,201	239	467
Feeder cattle	1,010	80	279
Slaughter cattle	44	42	37
Replacement cattle	29	2	9

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales . Heavy offering average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245 fancy	240	3	180.00–190.00	$186.74	$448	—
255–285	270	2	170.00	$170.00	$459	+20.00
325 fancy	325	1	180.00	$180.00	$585	—
300–345	327	7	160.00–170.00	$165.60	$542	-0.95
350–390 fancy	375	4	175.00–183.00	$177.72	$666	—
350–395	381	4	160.00–170.00	$164.35	$626	+10.91
412–435	426	3	157.50–167.50	$163.28	$696	+17.28
406–445 value added	430	67	164.00–178.00	$170.26	$732	—
420–445 fancy	430	21	170.00–177.50	$171.54	$738	—
450–480 fancy	465	3	169.00–172.50	$170.54	$793	—
450–495	473	4	155.00–165.00	$161.39	$763	+10.13
475 value added	475	27	166.50	$166.50	$791	—
519–522 value added	521	23	154.00–158.50	$157.14	$819	—
520–545	541	19	140.00–148.00	$146.24	$791	—
551–555 value added	553	48	146.00–148.50	$147.42	$815	—
555 fancy	555	1	153.00	$153.00	$849	—
575–595	585	2	145.00–147.50	$146.23	$855	—
608 value added	608	4	136.00	$136.00	$827	—
605–645	622	6	130.00–142.00	$135.33	$842	—
678–693 value added	691	31	126.00–127.00	$126.87	$877	—
720	720	1	122.50	$122.50	$882	—
720 value added	720	25	124.00–124.50	$124.42	$896	—
765	765	1	117.50	$117.50	$899	—
823–831 value added	829	14	120.00–122.00	$121.43	$1,007	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	273	2	125.00–130.00	$127.39	$348	-1.47
300 value added	300	3	130.00	$130.00	$390	—
300–340	313	3	120.00–130.00	$123.62	$387	—
360–395	373	5	120.00–130.00	$122.01	$455	-5.57
414 value added	414	7	135.00	$135.00	$559	—
410–440	425	2	120.00–125.00	$122.41	$520	—
457–490	464	7	120.00–124.00	$121.69	$565	+1.69
474 value added	474	8	127.00	$127.00	$602	—
509 value added	509	32	122.00	$122.00	$621	—
570–575	573	2	120.00	$120.00	$688	—
605–640	623	2	110.00–115.00	$112.57	$701	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	150.00	$150.00	$428	+7.50
310–340	328	3	150.00–155.00	$151.70	$498	+12.55
360–390	369	4	140.00–150.00	$144.88	$535	+3.49
420–441	438	8	145.00–146.00	$145.88	$639	—
485	485	1	140.00	$140.00	$679	+5.98
500–540	519	6	125.00–135.00	$129.96	$674	-4.16
525 value added	525	5	138.00	$138.00	$724	—
560–570	565	2	136.00–137.50	$136.74	$773	+3.74
611 value added	611	4	117.50	$117.50	$718	—
665	665	2	110.00	$110.00	$732	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	115.00	$115.00	$420	—
455–490	474	4	100.00–110.00	$106.19	$503	—
535	535	1	110.00	$110.00	$588	+10.00
560	560	1	105.00	$105.00	$588	—
675	675	1	100.00	$100.00	$675	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	145.00	$145.00	$312	—
200–235 fancy	217	3	160.00–175.00	$166.42	$361	—
255 fancy	255	1	150.00	$150.00	$382	—
265	265	1	145.00	$145.00	$384	+17.50
315–335	326	4	130.00–135.00	$133.09	$434	-1.91
371–378 value added	375	21	137.00–138.00	$137.38	$515	—
355–395	382	9	125.00–135.00	$130.76	$500	+5.76
385 fancy	385	2	140.00–142.00	$141.00	$543	—
428 value added	428	20	136.50	$136.50	$584	—
430 fancy	430	1	140.00	$140.00	$602	—
400–448	439	37	125.00–138.00	$128.53	$564	—
455 fancy	455	1	140.00	$140.00	$637	—
463–490 value added	464	53	130.00–140.00	$139.21	$646	—
450–495	467	13	120.00–133.00	$125.54	$586	+0.54
505–545	534	14	118.00–125.50	$123.70	$661	+1.66
550–595	573	9	118.00–125.00	$122.47	$702	—
553–598 value added	589	37	119.00–125.00	$120.32	$709	—
610	610	2	121.00	$121.00	$738	—
602–643 value added	615	42	119.50–121.00	$120.51	$741	—
655 value added	655	5	122.00	$122.00	$799	—
660–686	684	17	115.00–117.00	$115.11	$787	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	313	3	120.00–125.00	$123.40	$386	+3.40
306–330 value added	325	26	120.00–124.00	$123.28	$401	—
350–395	369	7	110.00–120.00	$113.92	$420	—
400–440	424	6	110.00–120.00	$117.60	$499	—
460–495	480	8	110.00–118.00	$113.49	$545	—
500–540	517	3	105.00–115.00	$109.97	$569	-2.53
560–565	563	2	110.00–115.00	$112.49	$633	-1.51
713	713	3	105.00	$105.00	$749	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	100.00	$100.00	$300	—
440	440	1	100.00	$100.00	$440	+10.00
465–470	468	2	105.00	$105.00	$491	—
605–632	619	2	95.00–100.00	$97.55	$604	+6.56
650–675	658	4	93.00–100.00	$96.97	$638	—
730	730	1	92.50	$92.50	$675	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–270	258	3	110.00–117.50	$114.08	$294	+4.08

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–415	407	3	150.00–167.00	$157.44	$641	—
465 fancy	465	1	170.00	$170.00	$790	—
455–495	475	6	145.00–159.00	$148.88	$707	+3.40
500–525	511	9	140.00–155.00	$145.68	$744	+15.68
555–580	565	6	130.00–140.00	$135.10	$763	—
615	615	2	120.00	$120.00	$738	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–440	432	3	130.00–140.00	$135.02	$583	—
454 value added	454	6	136.00	$136.00	$617	—
455–495	478	8	130.00–140.00	$134.63	$644	+11.63
500–525	508	3	120.00–130.00	$124.92	$635	+18.92
595	595	1	125.00	$125.00	$744	+5.00
655–675	665	2	110.00–115.00	$112.46	$748	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	115.00	$115.00	$592	—
645	645	1	110.00	$110.00	$710	—
680	680	1	108.00	$108.00	$734	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	105.00	$105.00	$567	—
600	600	1	100.00	$100.00	$600	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
880	880	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	875.00	$875.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–900	779	85-90%	4	42.00–50.00	$46.48	$362	+1.54
715–995	884	85-90%	11	55.00–69.00	$62.00	$548	+1.95

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1300	1025	80-85%	2	45.00–52.00	$49.44	$507	—
1040–1345	1142	80-85%	6	61.00–68.00	$65.50	$748	+20.28

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1550–1695	1623	75-80%	2	62.00–68.00	$65.13	$1,057	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190	1190	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,083	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00
680–850	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	700.00–950.00	$826.10

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110–1170	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00–1,550.00	$1,370.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1085	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,750.00	$1,750.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–915	878	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	550.00	$550.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–175	142	5	35.00–47.50	$40.79	$58	+22.61
115–195	158	11	50.00–67.50	$59.88	$95	-18.01
205–298	247	18	58.00–71.00	$64.82	$160	—
335	335	1	35.00	$35.00	$117	—
335–390	359	7	53.00–73.00	$58.97	$212	+2.79
420–475	443	4	58.00–67.00	$61.14	$271	—
517	517	2	68.00	$68.00	$352	±0.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
240	240	1	530.00	$530.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1150	1132	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	1,575.00–2,250.00	$2,055.99	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–730	715	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–1,100.00	$972.38	—
665–800	733	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–925.00	$884.04	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–975	962	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,800.00–2,000.00	$1,933.45	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	4	100.00–115.00	$108.13	+30.63
30	30	11	60.00–70.00	$65.45	-12.05
40	40	3	125.00–130.00	$126.67	-5.00
40	40	6	75.00–80.00	$77.50	-54.17
50	50	1	90.00	$90.00	-68.00
50	50	5	145.00–160.00	$150.00	-8.00
60	60	2	180.00–185.00	$182.50	+2.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110–130	114	—	—	5	210.00–250.00	$221.00	+22.00
110–120	115	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	300.00–360.00	$330.00	+131.00
160	160	—	—	1	310.00	$310.00	+45.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	4	45.00	$45.00	+14.43
75	75	1	52.00	$52.00	+19.50
86	86	3	45.00	$45.00	+12.50
100	100	4	45.00–62.50	$53.75	—

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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.