Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 31, 2021

407 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.07/cwt -4.35 vs last sale · ≈ $653/hd at 487 lb · 13 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.72/cwt -2.23 vs last sale · ≈ $585/hd at 434 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	407	463	420
Feeder cattle	205	289	191
Slaughter cattle	31	58	50
Replacement cattle	3	7	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers were steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder bulls were too few to trend. Feeder heifers were steady. Slaughter cows were mostly steady and slaughter bulls were too few to trend. There were light offerings of mostly 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
200 fancy	200	1	200.00	$200.00	$400	-5.00
225	225	1	170.00	$170.00	$382	+12.61
265–280	270	3	160.00–170.00	$164.11	$443	+1.61
310–325	318	2	170.00	$170.00	$541	+7.68
350–395	373	2	165.00–170.00	$167.65	$625	+6.75
428 value added	428	3	180.00	$180.00	$770	—
430 fancy	430	1	172.50	$172.50	$742	+0.07
440–445	443	2	160.00–170.00	$164.97	$731	+7.80
485	485	1	150.00	$150.00	$728	-3.75
500	500	1	157.00	$157.00	$785	+3.38
509–511 value added	510	8	147.00–150.00	$148.50	$757	—
560–580	570	2	157.50–162.50	$159.96	$912	+4.98
570 fancy	570	1	172.50	$172.50	$983	—
640	640	2	132.00–136.00	$134.00	$858	-1.00
649 value added	649	7	133.00	$133.00	$863	—
790 value added	790	2	124.00	$124.00	$980	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	240	2	140.00–142.50	$141.28	$339	-0.25
290	290	1	145.00	$145.00	$420	-1.50
330–335	333	2	145.00–150.00	$147.52	$491	+2.15
345 value added	345	3	149.00	$149.00	$514	—
505	505	1	135.00	$135.00	$682	-5.02

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	130.00	$130.00	$292	—
250	250	1	131.00	$131.00	$328	—
325–340	333	2	127.50–140.00	$133.89	$446	—
350	350	1	125.00	$125.00	$438	—
640	640	1	110.00	$110.00	$704	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	137.50	$137.50	$330	+7.39
345	345	1	127.00	$127.00	$438	-1.37
355	355	1	140.00	$140.00	$497	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	126.00	$126.00	$441	—
530	530	1	90.00	$90.00	$477	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	150.00	$150.00	$428	+11.22
315–320	317	3	135.00–140.00	$138.34	$439	-0.95
335 value added	335	3	142.00	$142.00	$476	—
400–445	421	4	137.00–140.00	$138.04	$581	+1.09
443 value added	443	6	130.00–135.00	$132.50	$587	—
450–495	479	7	130.00–140.00	$134.13	$642	+2.96
496 value added	496	6	134.00	$134.00	$665	—
505–545	525	4	134.00–136.00	$134.74	$707	+4.33
583 value added	583	4	132.00	$132.00	$770	—
600 value added	600	4	132.00	$132.00	$792	—
663 value added	663	9	123.00	$123.00	$815	—
725 value added	725	6	122.00	$122.00	$884	—
970	970	1	90.00	$90.00	$873	—
1060	1060	1	87.50	$87.50	$928	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	130.00	$130.00	$260	—
250	250	1	122.50	$122.50	$306	+0.09
320–345	337	3	115.00–131.00	$122.84	$414	+3.88
360–390	380	4	120.00–130.00	$124.27	$472	+7.51
405–445	426	5	117.50–125.00	$121.20	$516	+4.50
455–465	460	3	120.00–130.00	$123.30	$567	+7.77
560–580	570	3	105.00–120.00	$114.35	$652	-1.92
620	620	1	115.00	$115.00	$713	—
685	685	1	110.00	$110.00	$754	—
873 value added	873	3	100.00	$100.00	$873	—
910	910	1	80.00	$80.00	$728	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	107.50	$107.50	$349	—
365–390	378	4	100.00–117.50	$108.29	$409	—
420	420	1	107.50	$107.50	$452	—
460	460	1	115.00	$115.00	$529	—
575	575	1	100.00	$100.00	$575	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	120.00	$120.00	$264	—
470–495	483	2	112.50–113.00	$112.76	$545	—
500	500	1	108.00	$108.00	$540	—
565	565	1	107.50	$107.50	$607	—
725	725	1	87.50	$87.50	$634	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	120.00	$120.00	$462	+9.03
450	450	1	110.00	$110.00	$495	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	137.50	$137.50	$550	-1.99
455–475	465	2	127.50–130.00	$128.78	$599	-5.01
520–525	523	2	130.00–132.00	$131.00	$685	+4.37
600	600	1	115.00	$115.00	$690	-0.06
670–685	674	5	115.00–118.00	$116.11	$783	+1.65
755	755	1	113.00	$113.00	$853	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	2	152.50	$152.50	$691	+5.05
535–540	538	2	135.00	$135.00	$726	-3.73
550 value added	550	4	134.00	$134.00	$737	—
595	595	1	132.00	$132.00	$785	-4.47
620	620	1	131.00	$131.00	$812	-2.54

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	126.00	$126.00	$592	—
505–535	525	5	107.50–125.00	$116.36	$611	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	128.00	$128.00	$525	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	70.00	$70.00	$326	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645–985	813	85-90%	3	42.00–45.00	$43.00	$350	—
810–1105	974	85-90%	11	61.00–74.00	$66.19	$645	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1315	1198	80-85%	2	75.00	$75.00	$898	+6.17

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1425	1223	2	81.00–88.00	$83.92	$1,026	—
1170–1745	1453	3	89.00–96.00	$91.80	$1,334	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	77.00	$77.00	$701

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	85.00	$85.00	$625

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
100–180	135	27	60.00–92.50	$82.35	$111	+21.14
213–245	227	6	70.00–96.50	$83.60	$190	+7.60
340	340	1	75.00	$75.00	$255	—
455–465	460	2	57.00–75.00	$65.90	$303	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	100.00	$100.00	—
65	65	2	120.00	$120.00	-52.50
80	80	1	150.00	$150.00	-22.50
100–140	125	3	140.00–180.00	$163.33	-24.17
150	150	1	172.50	$172.50	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–25	23	2	47.50–80.00	$63.75	-3.25
30	30	1	60.00	$60.00	-7.00
35	35	2	80.00–90.00	$85.00	+18.00
40	40	1	60.00	$60.00	-77.50
40–45	41	11	67.50–120.00	$99.09	-38.41
50	50	2	70.00–125.00	$97.50	-52.50
60–65	61	8	60.00–130.00	$111.56	-60.94
65	65	1	145.00	$145.00	-27.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
55	55	—	—	1	140.00	$140.00	—
60	60	—	—	5	65.00–190.00	$127.00	—
65	65	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	—
75	75	—	—	1	90.00	$90.00	—
100	100	—	—	1	190.00	$190.00	+70.00
200	200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	340.00	$340.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40–45	44	16	32.50–37.50	$32.78	—
55	55	5	37.50	$37.50	-25.00
60–68	65	5	32.00–55.00	$41.72	-20.78
70–77	74	19	37.50–77.50	$58.17	+0.67
83–87	85	7	42.50–62.50	$56.63	-0.87

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–270	260	2	61.00–78.00	$69.17	$180	+22.17
335–365	345	3	71.00–74.00	$72.94	$252	+14.55
405–475	433	3	77.50–80.00	$78.57	$340	—
500–545	523	2	77.50–84.00	$80.89	$423	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	2	145.00–205.00	$175.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	2	185.00–220.00	$202.50	—
100	100	1	120.00	$120.00	-62.50
150–160	153	3	225.00–300.00	$275.00	—

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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.