Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, June 1, 2021

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	391	484	396
Feeder cattle	155	226	204
Slaughter cattle	106	51	42
Replacement cattle	45	10	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average offerings of 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
200–215 fancy	207	3	180.00–190.00	$185.04	$383	+5.04
250	250	2	150.00	$150.00	$375	—
310–335	319	4	151.00–170.00	$158.15	$504	—
360–385	373	2	160.00–170.00	$165.17	$616	+8.41
440	440	2	150.00	$150.00	$660	-7.47
475–490	483	2	141.00–145.00	$143.03	$691	-0.98
500–540	520	2	139.00–144.00	$141.40	$735	—
550–560	555	2	135.00–138.00	$136.51	$758	+1.25
625	625	1	130.00	$130.00	$812	+0.76

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	277	3	125.00–130.00	$128.25	$355	+4.41
375–395	389	4	120.00–130.00	$123.68	$481	-2.99
455–495	475	2	110.00–115.00	$112.61	$535	—
540	540	1	110.00	$110.00	$594	-4.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	285	2	140.00–145.00	$142.41	$406	+7.41
385–395	390	2	135.00–140.00	$137.47	$536	-1.84
425–445	435	2	135.00–140.00	$137.44	$598	—
475–490	483	2	130.00–135.00	$132.54	$640	-2.46
555	555	1	125.00	$125.00	$694	+4.17

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	324	4	105.00–110.00	$108.75	$352	—
355–380	365	4	105.00–115.00	$108.82	$397	—
685	685	1	105.00	$105.00	$719	—

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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 fancy	215	1	160.00	$160.00	$344	—
223	223	1	130.00	$130.00	$290	—
270–285	278	2	130.00–140.00	$134.86	$375	—
400–435	418	2	123.00–127.00	$124.92	$522	-1.56
475–480	478	2	123.00–125.00	$123.99	$593	+0.44
500–535	518	2	120.00–124.00	$121.93	$632	-1.85
555–560	558	2	120.00–125.00	$122.49	$683	-0.51
615	615	1	115.00	$115.00	$707	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	416	4	110.00–115.00	$111.34	$463	-3.88
455–475	465	2	106.00–113.00	$109.58	$510	-3.90
500–515	508	2	110.00–114.00	$111.97	$569	-3.00
560–590	573	3	108.00–113.00	$110.69	$634	-4.98
625	625	1	110.00	$110.00	$688	±0.00
720	720	1	100.00	$100.00	$720	+1.96

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	272	3	105.00–110.00	$108.28	$295	-1.72
310–335	323	2	105.00–110.00	$107.60	$348	-1.04
355–375	365	2	105.00–110.00	$107.43	$392	-0.03
405–445	425	2	100.00–105.00	$102.38	$435	—
515–530	523	2	100.00–105.00	$102.54	$536	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	323	2	100.00–101.00	$100.47	$325	—
455–480	470	3	90.00–97.00	$92.26	$434	-9.08
500–525	513	2	90.00–94.00	$92.05	$472	-9.44
550–560	555	2	90.00–93.00	$91.49	$508	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	2	125.00–130.00	$127.50	$529	+1.43
450–475	465	3	124.00–130.00	$126.34	$587	+1.24
500–540	515	3	120.00–125.00	$122.27	$630	—
555–585	570	2	119.00–123.00	$120.95	$689	+6.44
685	685	1	110.00	$110.00	$754	+6.96

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	425	3	135.00–138.00	$136.00	$578	-7.72
455–475	465	2	135.00–136.00	$135.51	$630	-4.54

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–415	408	3	105.00–115.00	$111.69	$456	+4.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1170	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1120	1095	80-85%	3	50.00–56.00	$53.35	$584	-1.65
1000–1685	1218	80-85%	48	62.00–77.00	$67.99	$828	+0.73

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620–990	801	85-90%	17	45.00–55.00	$49.59	$397	—
610–985	844	85-90%	19	60.00–67.00	$62.85	$530	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1345	1078	3	74.00–85.00	$81.90	$883	—
1170–1970	1587	8	89.00–94.00	$91.59	$1,454	-1.32

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	90.00	$90.00	$756

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	70.00	$70.00	$494

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–805	765	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00–600.00	$552.61
820–975	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	550.00–650.00	$588.41
900–965	933	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	575.00–625.00	$600.87

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1120	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–675.00	$639.44
1035–1235	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	700.00–800.00	$758.64

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–805	773	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	500.00–525.00	$511.97
975	975	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
160	160	1	65.00	$65.00	$104	—
105–198	171	14	90.00–125.00	$96.71	$165	—
200–275	249	4	75.00–81.00	$77.51	$193	—
448–455	452	4	70.00–71.00	$70.50	$319	—
530	530	1	70.00	$70.00	$371	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	167.50	$167.50	-75.50
110	110	1	225.00	$225.00	-18.00
155	155	1	275.00	$275.00	-55.00

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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
1005–1570	1161	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,000.00–1,375.00	$1,205.02	—
1000–1455	1197	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,250.00–1,725.00	$1,494.84	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
795	795	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—
840–885	858	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00–1,125.00	$1,041.26	—
810–930	884	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	625.00–725.00	$692.26	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	5	30.00–35.00	$33.00	-28.25
30	30	1	120.00	$120.00	-10.00
30	30	2	50.00	$50.00	-80.00
40	40	2	60.00	$60.00	-80.00
40	40	2	135.00–137.50	$136.25	-3.75
50	50	2	65.00–70.00	$67.50	-141.67
60	60	1	162.50	$162.50	+42.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	2	170.00–175.00	$172.50	—
50	50	—	—	2	140.00–145.00	$142.50	+66.25
80	80	—	—	5	165.00–172.50	$169.50	+44.50

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
47	47	3	87.50	$87.50	+43.54
52–58	55	4	45.00–60.00	$52.09	-1.66
67	67	3	65.00	$65.00	+12.04
75–79	78	6	77.50–82.50	$79.11	-10.89
90–96	95	4	60.00–82.50	$77.14	-8.92

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	35.00	$35.00	$117	-10.00
420	420	2	55.00–63.00	$59.00	$248	—
520–570	547	5	50.00–60.00	$55.15	$302	—
600–673	648	5	52.00–62.00	$56.03	$363	-6.47

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	177.50	$177.50	—

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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.