Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, June 22, 2021

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	312	452	593
Feeder cattle	118	274	236
Slaughter cattle	34	26	91
Replacement cattle	16	6	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales . Average offering 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 fancy	200	1	200.00	$200.00	$400	—
245	245	1	155.00	$155.00	$380	—
280–285	283	2	151.00–155.00	$153.02	$433	—
325–335	328	3	150.00–160.00	$153.30	$503	-6.70
335 fancy	335	1	170.00	$170.00	$570	—
355–395	369	6	150.00–165.00	$156.20	$576	-2.59
455	455	1	151.00	$151.00	$687	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	379	4	125.00–137.50	$132.04	$500	-2.96
400–405	403	3	135.00–145.00	$140.83	$568	+10.89
460–465	463	2	138.00–140.00	$138.99	$644	+7.90
515–525	520	2	135.00–137.50	$136.26	$709	+7.28
575–585	580	2	125.00–127.50	$126.26	$732	+3.84

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	102.50	$102.50	$282	—
320–330	325	2	102.00–105.00	$103.52	$336	—
380	380	2	100.00–105.00	$102.50	$390	-5.72
480	480	1	110.00	$110.00	$528	—
690	690	1	105.00	$105.00	$724	—
705	705	1	110.00	$110.00	$776	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	325	4	115.00–120.00	$118.75	$386	—
355–380	365	3	110.00–120.00	$114.98	$420	-5.09

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230 fancy	230	1	170.00	$170.00	$391	—
305	305	1	135.00	$135.00	$412	+5.36
360–380	368	4	130.00–140.00	$135.18	$497	+8.71
430–445	438	3	129.00–132.00	$130.32	$571	+3.86
450–490	470	2	123.00–125.00	$123.96	$583	-1.60
530	530	1	130.00	$130.00	$689	+6.29

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	120.00	$120.00	$324	+2.68
365–385	375	2	115.00–120.00	$117.43	$440	—
450–480	468	3	110.00–115.00	$111.60	$522	-3.41
555–575	563	3	110.00–114.00	$111.36	$627	+0.70
635	635	1	110.00	$110.00	$698	+3.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	275	2	107.50–110.00	$108.66	$299	—
325–345	335	2	105.00–110.00	$107.57	$360	—
350–380	365	2	105.00–110.00	$107.60	$393	—
405–430	418	2	100.00–105.00	$102.43	$428	-0.57
545	545	1	101.00	$101.00	$550	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–380	368	2	99.00–100.00	$99.48	$366	-2.08
400–430	415	2	90.00–93.00	$91.45	$380	-2.53
540–545	543	2	90.00–93.00	$91.49	$497	-1.97

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–435	423	2	125.00–130.00	$127.43	$539	-0.01
455–485	470	2	120.00–130.00	$124.84	$587	+4.32
500–540	515	3	120.00–129.00	$124.76	$643	+7.47
560–565	563	2	120.00–125.00	$122.49	$690	—
605–620	613	2	115.00–123.00	$119.05	$730	+11.39

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	100.00	$100.00	$500	+8.51
605	605	1	94.00	$94.00	$569	—
735	735	1	95.00	$95.00	$698	+2.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–820	798	85-90%	3	50.00–55.00	$51.64	$412	—
770–985	860	85-90%	10	63.00–72.00	$67.16	$578	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1575	1215	80-85%	11	65.00–80.00	$71.92	$874	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075	1075	1	83.00	$83.00	$892	—
1285–1450	1368	2	90.00–91.00	$90.53	$1,238	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	90.00	$90.00	$639

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Bred Cows

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–985	917	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	500.00–650.00	$578.55

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1150	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	725.00–850.00	$791.86

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
115–168	131	11	94.00–115.00	$104.30	$137	+14.26
140–178	159	6	80.00–86.00	$83.65	$133	-19.56
218–225	222	7	93.00–96.00	$94.27	$209	-13.05
280–293	290	4	71.00–77.00	$72.45	$210	-7.55
325–360	337	3	60.00–70.00	$66.44	$224	-3.56

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
208–260	225	3	72.50–90.00	$79.23	$178	—
315–320	318	2	35.00–39.00	$36.98	$118	-3.02
645	645	1	10.00	$10.00	$64	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	2	150.00–155.00	$152.50	-82.50
110–140	125	2	300.00–360.00	$330.00	+45.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
810–925	851	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	875.00–1,050.00	$951.20	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1045	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,025.00	$1,012.07	—
1045–1075	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00–1,100.00	$1,087.68	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	2	80.00–85.00	$82.50	-45.00
30	30	6	90.00–100.00	$95.00	-32.50
30	30	6	130.00–140.00	$135.83	+8.33
40	40	9	105.00–110.00	$108.89	-51.11
40	40	4	155.00–165.00	$160.00	±0.00
50	50	4	170.00–180.00	$175.00	-0.83
50	50	2	115.00–120.00	$117.50	-58.33
60	60	5	200.00–210.00	$205.00	-5.00
70	70	8	215.00–225.00	$220.00	+50.00

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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	—	—	3	160.00–165.00	$163.33	+5.83
80	80	—	—	4	170.00–180.00	$175.00	-2.50
100–140	116	—	—	12	200.00–275.00	$225.83	+90.83
125	125	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	330.00	$330.00	+100.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
26	26	4	42.50	$42.50	-6.53
30–32	31	18	50.00–55.00	$52.30	+3.27
40–45	44	4	40.00–75.00	$63.14	+14.11
60	60	1	50.00	$50.00	-25.00
80	80	4	85.00	$85.00	±0.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–450	425	2	55.00–65.00	$59.71	$254	—
560	560	1	62.00	$62.00	$347	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	2	250.00	$250.00	±0.00
85	85	1	290.00	$290.00	+40.00

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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.