Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 14, 2021

626 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.68/cwt +2.77 vs last sale · ≈ $702/hd at 525 lb · 14 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $129.00/cwt ≈ $941/hd at 729 lb · 13 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.92/cwt +1.94 vs last sale · ≈ $619/hd at 456 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	626	283	525
Feeder cattle	360	189	300
Slaughter cattle	119	30	70
Replacement cattle	24	4	21

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder heifers were steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and feeder bulls had too few comparable sales. There were moderate offerings of mostly plain to 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
300 fancy	300	2	182.50–190.00	$186.25	$559	—
305–345	333	10	155.00–172.50	$161.60	$538	+2.46
360–390	378	9	155.00–177.50	$167.60	$634	+7.84
405–435	415	7	160.00–170.00	$167.05	$693	+1.99
455	455	1	153.00	$153.00	$696	-3.87
530	530	1	143.00	$143.00	$758	-4.29
550–575	562	3	148.00–160.00	$152.75	$858	+6.27
605–625	613	4	135.00–145.00	$138.87	$851	—
660	660	1	134.00	$134.00	$884	—
765	765	1	122.00	$122.00	$933	—
815	815	1	122.00	$122.00	$994	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	269	5	140.00–150.00	$146.60	$394	+3.31
315	315	2	142.50–150.00	$146.25	$461	—
375–395	385	3	142.50–145.00	$143.50	$552	+1.12
393 value added	393	3	145.00	$145.00	$570	—
400	400	1	150.00	$150.00	$600	+7.50
450–490	473	4	140.00–145.00	$142.03	$672	—
493 value added	493	5	145.00	$145.00	$715	—
510	510	2	130.00–140.00	$135.00	$688	-0.07
580	580	1	140.00	$140.00	$812	+10.00
591 value added	591	9	147.00	$147.00	$869	—
700	700	1	117.00	$117.00	$819	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	130.00	$130.00	$318	—
275–285	280	3	123.00–132.50	$127.47	$357	—
320–330	325	2	122.50–125.00	$123.77	$402	—
350–390	368	6	117.50–140.00	$128.89	$474	—
430–445	438	2	132.50–137.50	$135.04	$591	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	120.00	$120.00	$354	-4.94
310	310	1	120.00	$120.00	$372	-7.40
355–390	370	4	112.50–140.00	$125.77	$465	-4.82

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	112.50	$112.50	$259	—
310–345	328	2	115.00–117.50	$116.32	$382	—
355–375	365	2	115.00–120.00	$117.57	$429	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	230	2	137.50–140.00	$138.83	$319	+8.83
250–290	270	2	135.00	$135.00	$364	-5.35
320	320	1	143.00	$143.00	$458	+1.70
360–370	363	3	125.00–140.00	$133.35	$484	+1.82
405–445	428	8	125.00–143.00	$132.07	$565	-2.34
453 value added	453	8	138.00	$138.00	$625	—
460–465	461	4	126.00–137.00	$131.76	$607	-2.22
500–540	517	8	126.00–135.00	$129.69	$670	-1.22
536 value added	536	6	139.00	$139.00	$745	—
550–570	560	4	127.00–134.00	$130.89	$733	-0.88
605	605	1	120.00	$120.00	$726	+0.05
600–645 value added	618	3	130.00–142.50	$138.46	$856	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	120.00	$120.00	$282	—
260–265	263	2	130.00–132.50	$131.24	$345	+8.76
310–340	327	5	120.00–130.00	$123.88	$405	+5.51
360–365	363	3	120.00–125.00	$121.67	$442	+2.21
410	410	1	110.00	$110.00	$451	-7.85
455–495	480	7	120.00–130.00	$123.91	$595	—
500–535	514	4	120.00–125.00	$123.16	$633	+7.95
570	570	1	120.00	$120.00	$684	—
620–635	628	2	112.00–113.00	$112.51	$707	—
650	650	1	113.00	$113.00	$734	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	117.50	$117.50	$347	—
320–335	328	2	117.50	$117.50	$385	—
350–370	358	3	117.50–120.00	$118.50	$424	—
515	515	1	111.00	$111.00	$572	—
555	555	1	115.00	$115.00	$638	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	117.50	$117.50	$429	—
510–540	525	2	115.00	$115.00	$604	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	112.50	$112.50	$360	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	417	5	142.50–151.00	$148.17	$618	+0.06
450–495	468	6	141.00–149.00	$144.63	$677	+2.12
510–540	518	6	135.00–146.00	$141.13	$731	—
523 value added	523	2	137.00	$137.00	$717	—
550–590	573	6	130.00–137.00	$133.60	$766	—
600–640	615	5	125.00–132.50	$129.50	$796	—
650–660	655	2	126.00–130.00	$127.98	$838	—
710	710	3	117.00–118.00	$117.33	$833	—
735 value added	735	10	132.50	$132.50	$974	—
800	800	1	108.00	$108.00	$864	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	418	4	125.00–136.00	$130.21	$544	-5.06
465–490	476	7	123.00–138.00	$130.99	$624	+0.99
510–530	518	5	128.00–132.00	$130.42	$676	+10.90
550–570	560	2	127.50–130.00	$128.73	$721	—
635	635	2	120.00	$120.00	$762	+5.00
660–685	673	2	116.00–120.00	$118.04	$794	-0.44
775	775	1	110.00	$110.00	$852	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	430	3	112.50–120.00	$117.41	$505	—
450–460	455	2	120.00–122.50	$121.24	$552	+2.00
530	530	1	110.00	$110.00	$583	—
595	595	1	113.00	$113.00	$672	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	420	2	120.00–122.00	$120.95	$508	—
475	475	1	115.00	$115.00	$546	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	130.00	$130.00	$689	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1425	1048	85-90%	25	30.00–56.00	$48.71	$510	—
910–1510	1161	85-90%	51	55.00–66.00	$59.70	$693	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985	985	80-85%	1	78.00	$78.00	$768	—
905–1530	1201	80-85%	12	61.00–75.00	$66.70	$801	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1555	1501	75-80%	6	64.00–67.00	$65.32	$980	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1285	1126	5	72.00–80.00	$76.20	$858	—
1225–1590	1443	3	89.00–99.00	$93.35	$1,347	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1470	1470	1	83.00	$83.00	$1,220	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	67.50	$67.50	$567
1450	1450	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	66.00	$66.00	$957

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700	700	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	77.50	$77.50	$542

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	50.00	$50.00	$450

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710	710	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	39.00	$39.00	$277

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Bred Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–885	817	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	450.00–600.00	$518.57
815–945	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	525.00–625.00	$568.27

Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1170	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00–700.00	$604.93

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	54.00	$54.00	$505

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	66.00	$66.00	$713

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1180	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	57.50	$57.50	$515

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–280	236	7	60.00–66.00	$61.58	$145	—
315–390	337	7	70.00–87.50	$72.90	$246	—
415	415	1	70.00	$70.00	$290	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	32.50	$32.50	$81	—
735	735	1	5.00	$5.00	$37	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	130.00	$130.00	-35.00
150–175	158	3	220.00–240.00	$231.67	-158.33
200–225	213	2	300.00–310.00	$305.00	—

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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
770–935	853	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	975.00–1,025.00	$997.58	—
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
595	595	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–25	23	4	42.50–82.50	$60.63	-23.12
35	35	3	57.50–70.00	$65.00	-18.75
40–45	43	6	80.00–135.00	$93.75	-23.75
50	50	1	125.00	$125.00	-15.00
60	60	2	115.00–120.00	$117.50	-67.50
60–65	63	2	130.00–160.00	$145.00	-40.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	97.50	$97.50	-30.00
65	65	1	180.00	$180.00	+52.50
70–75	73	3	100.00–160.00	$126.67	-133.33
90–95	93	3	152.50–205.00	$173.33	-116.67
120	120	1	100.00	$100.00	-115.00
100–140	124	4	120.00–200.00	$165.63	-49.37

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	12	22.50–27.50	$24.17	-18.33
21	21	4	17.50	$17.50	-25.00
22	22	4	30.00	$30.00	-12.50
48	48	15	55.00	$55.00	+10.00
53–59	57	8	70.00–80.00	$76.25	+26.25
76	76	5	70.00	$70.00	+20.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–350	335	2	67.50–72.00	$69.85	$234	—
400–430	415	2	73.00–79.00	$75.89	$315	—
515	515	1	77.00	$77.00	$397	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	230.00	$230.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	157.50	$157.50	—
80	80	1	190.00	$190.00	—
90	90	2	130.00–175.00	$152.50	—
100–125	113	2	150.00–225.00	$187.50	—
125	125	1	285.00	$285.00	—
175	175	1	245.00	$245.00	—

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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.