Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 6, 2021

429 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $170.07/cwt +9.28 vs last sale · ≈ $622/hd at 366 lb · 20 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.46/cwt +3.65 vs last sale · ≈ $573/hd at 436 lb · 19 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $156.21/cwt +10.53 vs last sale · ≈ $722/hd at 462 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	429	374	257
Feeder cattle	276	239	192
Slaughter cattle	33	23	11
Replacement cattle	8	9	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers no trends based on limited comparable sales. Feeder bulls an heifers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 higher based on a light offering. Slaughter bull too few to trend. Average offerings of average 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
230–235	233	2	160.00–167.50	$163.71	$381	—
265–284	280	12	165.00–175.00	$169.61	$475	+13.10
325–345	340	5	160.00–172.50	$167.55	$570	+9.55
355–375 fancy	365	2	180.00	$180.00	$657	+5.14
353–390	366	18	160.00–171.00	$168.97	$618	+14.20
410–435	427	9	157.00–171.00	$161.48	$690	+3.91
450–465	458	2	150.00–155.00	$152.46	$698	-5.04
562–595	566	9	144.50–155.00	$145.73	$825	—
668–670	669	3	127.50–130.00	$129.17	$864	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	140.00	$140.00	$280	—
255–295	276	4	145.00–155.00	$150.11	$414	+8.78
385–395	390	2	145.00–155.00	$150.06	$585	+11.29
405–445	425	2	142.00–145.00	$143.57	$610	+6.57
470–485	478	2	130.00–140.00	$135.08	$646	—
540	540	1	125.00	$125.00	$675	-12.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–265	258	2	135.00–137.00	$136.03	$351	—
360–380	370	3	120.00–130.00	$125.05	$463	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	120.00	$120.00	$486	—
465–495	480	2	110.00–120.00	$114.84	$551	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205 fancy	205	1	152.50	$152.50	$313	—
245	245	1	130.00	$130.00	$318	-6.28
265–290	280	7	130.00–136.00	$133.74	$374	-0.58
300–345	316	7	130.00–135.00	$133.27	$421	+3.59
335 fancy	335	1	145.00	$145.00	$486	—
355–395	382	9	130.00–140.00	$135.33	$517	+4.37
410–448	436	19	125.00–139.00	$131.46	$573	+3.65
450–495	475	10	125.00–135.00	$128.89	$612	+0.87
500–545	529	9	123.00–129.00	$126.76	$671	-0.64
555–590	572	9	120.00–130.00	$125.88	$720	—
605–610	608	2	116.00–118.00	$117.00	$711	—
655–660	658	2	114.00–115.00	$114.50	$753	-4.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	130.00	$130.00	$286	+3.76
310–335	318	3	120.00–125.00	$121.97	$388	-1.53
350–395	370	10	120.00–125.00	$122.44	$453	-1.56
405–445	424	4	115.00–121.00	$117.66	$499	-2.64
450–485	464	4	110.00–120.00	$114.79	$533	-6.22
525–545	535	2	113.00–117.00	$114.96	$615	-4.65
635–645	641	4	105.00–111.00	$109.01	$699	+0.33
655–668	665	6	104.00–110.00	$109.01	$725	+1.01
730–745	738	2	103.00–109.00	$106.03	$783	+0.03

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–545	535	3	95.00–100.00	$98.33	$526	—
550–595	575	3	90.00–100.00	$94.40	$543	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–385	380	2	110.00–112.00	$110.99	$422	-9.80

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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	428	7	150.00–160.00	$155.91	$667	+4.41
455–465	462	15	152.00–160.00	$156.21	$722	+10.53
505–530	520	3	145.00–151.00	$148.72	$773	+11.69
550	550	1	145.00	$145.00	$798	—
600–644	634	7	127.00–139.00	$130.66	$828	+0.17
700–715	708	2	114.00–125.00	$119.56	$846	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	427	6	135.00–145.00	$139.10	$594	+4.76
470–495	484	6	127.50–145.00	$132.59	$642	-1.76
515–540	530	3	120.00–130.00	$126.60	$671	-2.71
640	640	1	120.00	$120.00	$768	-2.30

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	95.00	$95.00	$613	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1070	1055	80-85%	2	50.00–52.00	$51.01	$538	—
1080–1395	1201	80-85%	7	62.00–72.00	$66.51	$799	—
1300	1300	80-85%	1	77.00	$77.00	$1,001	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–890	835	85-90%	2	40.00–52.00	$46.40	$387	—
690–980	861	85-90%	6	60.00–68.00	$64.08	$552	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420–1440	1430	75-80%	2	64.00–67.00	$65.51	$937	+5.51

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1690	1486	5	80.00–89.00	$86.72	$1,289	—
1235–1965	1593	3	104.00–106.00	$104.82	$1,670	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835–910	863	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	80.00–90.00	$83.58	$721

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–730	718	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	79.00–80.00	$79.51	$571

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150–170	160	2	66.00–77.00	$71.84	$115	—
217	217	2	40.00	$40.00	$87	—
223–290	260	12	66.00–72.00	$70.22	$183	—
310–331	327	6	70.00–79.00	$71.49	$234	-68.51
355	355	1	55.00	$55.00	$195	—
398	398	2	22.00	$22.00	$88	—
435	435	1	70.00	$70.00	$304	—
540–575	558	2	66.00–78.00	$71.81	$401	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
145–175	160	2	25.00–32.00	$28.83	$46	—
820	820	1	8.00	$8.00	$66	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	3	112.50	$112.50	-33.75
80	80	3	167.50–175.00	$170.83	+24.58
80	80	1	130.00	$130.00	-16.25
100–130	123	7	200.00–280.00	$262.86	+53.69
180	180	3	285.00–295.00	$291.67	—
210–215	213	2	360.00–370.00	$365.00	-35.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	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	120.00–130.00	$123.33	+58.33
30–35	33	3	92.50–102.50	$99.17	+34.17
40	40	5	140.00–147.50	$144.50	+67.00
60	60	1	170.00	$170.00	+77.50
65	65	2	230.00–235.00	$232.50	+140.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	2	180.00–185.00	$182.50	+57.50
70	70	3	190.00–200.00	$193.33	+60.83
80	80	1	225.00	$225.00	+92.50
100–120	105	5	240.00–295.00	$258.00	+138.00
150	150	4	340.00–360.00	$355.00	+115.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	7	17.50	$17.50	-57.98
30–33	32	4	30.00–35.00	$31.16	-44.32
40–48	43	9	37.50–40.00	$38.44	-37.04
47	47	2	72.50	$72.50	-2.98
50	50	1	25.00	$25.00	-55.00
58	58	9	60.00	$60.00	-20.00
80	80	1	60.00	$60.00	-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.