Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 23, 2021

443 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 2 steers $136.35/cwt -0.03 vs last sale · ≈ $519/hd at 381 lb · 11 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $119.04/cwt -1.81 vs last sale · ≈ $444/hd at 373 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	443	368	231
Feeder cattle	231	266	122
Slaughter cattle	100	40	39
Replacement cattle	35	10	11

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales . Average offering 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
235	235	1	150.00	$150.00	$352	+20.00
285	285	1	140.00	$140.00	$399	+10.00
310–340	326	4	135.00–140.00	$137.48	$448	-2.34
360–390	381	11	135.00–140.00	$136.35	$519	-0.03
400–435	418	2	135.00	$135.00	$564	-4.36
540	540	1	125.00	$125.00	$675	—
560–585	570	3	123.00–130.00	$125.97	$718	-4.03
610–645	628	2	124.00–125.00	$124.51	$782	-5.49
660–670	665	2	112.50–116.00	$114.26	$760	-8.24

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240	235	2	125.00–135.00	$130.11	$306	+6.35
285	285	3	120.00–125.00	$123.33	$351	-5.39
300–340	321	6	125.00–130.00	$126.77	$407	+1.80
350–390	371	6	120.00–128.00	$123.85	$459	+3.51

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–210 fancy	205	2	175.00	$175.00	$359	—
200–235	218	2	155.00–157.50	$156.35	$341	—
250–260	253	3	150.00–155.00	$151.64	$384	—
295 fancy	295	1	175.00	$175.00	$516	—
315–320	317	3	155.00–165.00	$161.63	$512	+8.19
445	445	1	153.00	$153.00	$681	+3.00
525	525	1	142.50	$142.50	$748	—
565–590	578	2	138.00–140.00	$138.98	$803	-0.30
795	795	1	112.00	$112.00	$890	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–445	435	2	110.00–117.50	$113.66	$494	—
450–485	467	5	108.00–117.00	$111.96	$523	—
565	565	1	114.00	$114.00	$644	—
830	830	1	90.00	$90.00	$747	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	226	4	120.00–121.00	$120.27	$272	-3.53
275–290	284	4	115.00–120.00	$116.52	$331	-2.99
300	300	3	117.50–120.00	$119.17	$358	+1.63
350–395	373	10	115.00–120.00	$119.04	$444	-1.81
405–445	434	8	110.00–118.00	$115.13	$500	-5.17
455	455	1	114.00	$114.00	$519	-6.45
500–515	508	3	110.00–115.00	$112.34	$571	—
565–575	570	2	110.00–114.00	$111.98	$638	-4.00
625–635	632	3	108.00–114.00	$111.00	$702	-1.00
655–675	663	3	100.00–104.00	$101.32	$672	—
700	700	1	100.00	$100.00	$700	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–240	225	2	130.00–137.50	$133.50	$300	+3.50
250–290	268	3	125.00–135.00	$130.16	$349	+1.26
305–345	320	5	125.00–140.00	$131.60	$421	+0.60
360–385	373	2	125.00–130.00	$127.42	$475	-5.59
400–435	412	9	122.00–130.00	$123.82	$510	-2.84
450–465	458	4	121.00–125.00	$122.77	$562	-4.44
515–545	530	3	118.00–120.00	$119.35	$633	—
555–590	574	4	122.00–131.00	$124.18	$713	+4.18

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	277	3	105.00–110.00	$108.09	$299	-4.41
305–340	325	3	108.00–110.00	$109.30	$355	-1.23
350–395	366	6	105.00–110.00	$107.07	$392	-3.75

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–545	529	4	98.00–102.00	$100.52	$532	+0.49
660–695	677	3	93.00–97.50	$95.83	$649	—
705	705	1	89.00	$89.00	$627	—
800	800	1	80.00	$80.00	$640	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	421	8	120.00–133.00	$126.37	$532	-6.69
450–485	473	3	128.00–135.00	$132.78	$628	-2.55
500–530	513	3	118.00–125.00	$122.34	$628	-0.21
655	655	1	100.00	$100.00	$655	—
705	705	1	111.00	$111.00	$783	—
765	765	1	110.00	$110.00	$842	—
800	800	1	96.00	$96.00	$768	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–480	462	3	145.00–148.00	$146.32	$676	-3.77
610–615	613	2	120.00–122.00	$121.00	$742	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	2	114.00	$114.00	$545	+11.00
725	725	2	95.00–96.00	$95.50	$692	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–960	794	85-90%	10	35.00–45.00	$40.71	$323	—
640–990	878	85-90%	25	50.00–61.00	$54.47	$478	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030	1030	80-85%	1	40.00	$40.00	$412	—
1000–1420	1154	80-85%	25	50.00–66.00	$58.49	$675	—
1335	1335	80-85%	1	74.00	$74.00	$988	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1590	1323	7	81.00–93.00	$86.23	$1,141	—
1370	1370	1	77.00	$77.00	$1,055	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–950	897	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	75.00–86.00	$81.76	$733

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
615	615	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	76.00	$76.00	$467

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050–1400	1194	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	775.00–900.00	$837.51
1075–1390	1218	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	725.00–925.00	$825.48

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160–193	177	4	63.00–67.50	$65.91	$117	—
217	217	3	65.00	$65.00	$141	—
300–365	338	3	70.00–80.00	$73.60	$249	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	3.00	$3.00	$13	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	3	170.00–185.00	$175.83	+49.58
90	90	2	215.00–225.00	$220.00	+93.75
95	95	1	160.00	$160.00	+33.75
140	140	2	270.00–280.00	$275.00	+83.75
190	190	1	345.00	$345.00	—
220	220	1	375.00	$375.00	—
270	270	2	415.00–425.00	$420.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
560–785	690	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	625.00–750.00	$687.26	—
805–890	861	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	625.00–850.00	$758.96	—
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
920–955	938	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	825.00–925.00	$875.93	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025–1305	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	875.00–1,200.00	$1,010.22	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
885	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	520.00	$520.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	50.00	$50.00	—
30	30	2	80.00–85.00	$82.50	—
30	30	2	120.00–125.00	$122.50	—
40	40	7	135.00–145.00	$141.43	—
40	40	2	90.00–100.00	$95.00	—
50	50	6	150.00–155.00	$152.08	+68.08
60–65	61	10	160.00–172.50	$164.25	+80.25

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	150.00	$150.00	—
110–140	120	5	200.00–310.00	$233.00	+40.50
120	120	1	135.00	$135.00	-57.50
150–160	157	3	330.00–370.00	$353.33	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
27	27	3	25.00	$25.00	-27.50
85	85	3	62.50	$62.50	+22.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	70.00	$70.00	$301	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	190.00	$190.00	—
80	80	2	210.00–225.00	$217.50	—
110	110	1	245.00	$245.00	—

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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.