Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 10, 2021

473 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $130.02/cwt +8.79 vs last sale · ≈ $486/hd at 374 lb · 20 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 steers $150.22/cwt +8.64 vs last sale · ≈ $560/hd at 373 lb · 18 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $154.96/cwt -13.43 vs last sale · ≈ $666/hd at 430 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	473	450	525
Feeder cattle	262	262	245
Slaughter cattle	65	52	75
Replacement cattle	15	8	32

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder cattle were unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. 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	190.00	$190.00	$380	—
220–230	225	3	160.00–165.00	$161.63	$364	—
275–285	280	2	162.50–173.00	$167.84	$470	—
320 fancy	320	1	175.00	$175.00	$560	-5.00
300–340	329	8	160.00–170.00	$163.41	$538	-4.15
350–395	371	7	160.00–170.00	$163.61	$607	-3.90
388 fancy	388	2	180.00	$180.00	$698	+2.12
415 fancy	415	1	172.50	$172.50	$716	—
400–434	431	10	152.00–165.00	$153.21	$660	-15.18
460	460	1	160.00	$160.00	$736	—
506–515	507	8	140.00–153.00	$141.65	$718	-13.67
555–565	560	2	147.00–150.00	$148.49	$832	+2.26
600–630	615	2	141.00–148.00	$144.59	$889	+7.28
660	660	1	138.00	$138.00	$911	+10.54
700–720	710	2	123.00–130.00	$126.45	$898	-1.03

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	263	2	145.00–155.00	$149.76	$394	—
320–340	332	6	140.00–155.00	$145.33	$482	—
350–387	373	18	140.00–155.00	$150.22	$560	+8.64
410–425	418	2	135.00–140.00	$137.54	$575	-1.48
455–470	463	2	125.00–130.00	$127.46	$590	-7.43
510–525	518	3	126.00–135.00	$130.38	$675	-0.83
625–640	633	2	120.00–130.00	$124.94	$791	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–291	277	9	124.00–135.00	$131.57	$364	+9.99
303–315	306	4	130.00–135.00	$133.71	$409	+11.27
378–395	380	7	130.00–131.00	$130.15	$495	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	243	2	130.00	$130.00	$316	—
270–290	277	3	130.00	$130.00	$360	+5.00
300–340	308	8	124.00–135.00	$127.63	$393	—
355–395	374	20	125.00–133.00	$130.02	$486	+8.79
405–440	419	6	118.00–125.00	$121.34	$508	+0.68
450–495	469	9	115.00–125.00	$120.01	$563	-0.04
505–540	520	4	115.00–120.00	$118.13	$614	+3.33
615–640	628	2	110.00–115.00	$112.45	$706	+3.47

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215 fancy	215	1	148.00	$148.00	$318	—
260–295	273	3	135.00–145.00	$139.97	$382	—
310–345	331	5	135.00–145.00	$139.76	$463	+1.04
410–433	427	6	127.00–135.00	$128.44	$548	-7.88
455–490	470	6	130.00–134.00	$130.70	$614	-2.83
507–530	513	4	130.00–137.50	$131.94	$677	+2.13
570–590	582	5	125.00–134.00	$129.58	$754	+2.22
605–645	623	3	120.00–122.50	$120.83	$753	-2.12

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	313	3	115.00–120.00	$116.60	$365	+6.60
350–385	368	3	107.50–120.00	$113.28	$417	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625–640	633	3	93.00–97.50	$95.16	$602	—
650–660	655	2	92.00–96.00	$93.98	$616	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	420	3	130.00–141.00	$135.30	$568	-2.21
470–480	475	2	125.00–128.00	$126.48	$601	-6.10
500–535	511	4	118.00–123.00	$120.28	$615	-2.96
550–585	572	6	110.00–120.00	$111.94	$640	-7.04
600–635	617	3	105.00–113.00	$107.98	$666	—
675–695	687	3	110.00–114.00	$111.35	$765	-1.18
740	740	2	108.00–110.00	$109.00	$807	-4.00
775	775	1	107.00	$107.00	$829	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401–440	412	8	145.00–150.00	$148.93	$614	-1.07
565–590	580	3	125.00–132.00	$128.21	$744	-9.57

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–490	480	2	105.00–110.00	$107.45	$516	—
570–580	575	2	103.00–105.00	$104.01	$598	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1165	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125	1125	80-85%	1	80.00	$80.00	$900	+22.65
1010–1315	1135	80-85%	9	50.00–58.00	$53.25	$604	-4.10
855–1410	1144	80-85%	23	65.00–77.00	$70.15	$803	+12.80

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–965	875	85-90%	3	50.00–60.00	$55.88	$489	-8.04
655–985	882	85-90%	9	65.00–73.00	$68.16	$601	+15.10

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165	1165	1	66.00	$66.00	$769	-17.59
1015–1685	1421	8	88.00–99.00	$92.09	$1,309	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–870	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	81.00–85.00	$82.80	$658

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–785	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	72.50–75.00	$73.68	$549

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1350	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
130	130	2	72.50	$72.50	$94	-29.08
180	180	1	40.00	$40.00	$72	—
257	257	2	75.00	$75.00	$193	—
475	475	1	72.00	$72.00	$342	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	5.00	$5.00	$29	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150–180	165	—	—	4	250.00–280.00	$263.75	-186.25
165	165	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	350.00	$350.00	-100.00

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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
845–980	897	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,025.00–1,300.00	$1,181.46	—
835–1005	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,125.00–1,150.00	$1,142.52	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
805–1120	963	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,000.00	$958.18	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	8	30.00–40.00	$35.00	-32.00
30	30	6	50.00–60.00	$53.33	-13.67
30	30	14	110.00–120.00	$114.64	+47.64
40	40	3	70.00–80.00	$73.33	-12.74
40	40	12	130.00–135.00	$132.08	+46.01
50	50	12	145.00–155.00	$149.58	+42.08
60	60	7	140.00–150.00	$142.86	-19.64
60	60	11	160.00–175.00	$165.45	+2.95

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	160.00–165.00	$162.50	+36.25
80	80	5	170.00–175.00	$173.00	-12.00
90	90	3	185.00–190.00	$186.67	-119.58
145	145	2	270.00–275.00	$272.50	+32.50

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	4	17.50	$17.50	—
30	30	1	32.50	$32.50	—
43–45	44	14	37.50–40.00	$39.48	—
72	72	3	45.00	$45.00	-17.50
90	90	1	85.00	$85.00	+20.00
100	100	1	47.50	$47.50	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	72.50	$72.50	$218	—
475–490	483	2	78.00–82.00	$79.97	$386	—
525–550	538	2	82.00–88.00	$85.07	$458	+8.07

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	145.00	$145.00	—

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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.