Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 21, 2021

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.77/cwt -1.12 vs last sale · ≈ $732/hd at 564 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	441	626	405
Feeder cattle	305	360	268
Slaughter cattle	40	119	55
Replacement cattle	15	24	16

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons this week due to limited comparable sales. There were light 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
265	265	1	162.50	$162.50	$431	—
310–340	327	3	160.00–161.00	$160.32	$524	-1.28
360–390	376	4	155.00–175.00	$167.04	$628	-0.56
397 value added	397	4	175.00	$175.00	$695	—
449 value added	449	5	159.00	$159.00	$714	—
470	470	1	156.00	$156.00	$733	+3.00
471 value added	471	4	161.00	$161.00	$758	—
547	547	3	147.00	$147.00	$804	+4.00
550	550	4	145.00	$145.00	$798	-7.75
600	600	1	141.00	$141.00	$846	+2.13
650–660	652	6	132.50–135.00	$134.58	$877	+0.58
709 value added	709	5	130.00	$130.00	$922	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	147.50	$147.50	$376	+0.90
320	320	1	152.50	$152.50	$488	+6.25
360–395	376	4	140.00–150.00	$144.51	$543	+1.01
522–530	525	3	135.00–141.00	$138.98	$730	+3.98
591	591	7	140.00	$140.00	$827	±0.00
655	655	1	125.00	$125.00	$819	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–235	222	5	120.00–140.00	$130.97	$291	+0.97
250–295	265	4	125.00–140.00	$131.80	$349	+4.33
335	335	1	133.00	$133.00	$446	+9.23
355–395	376	5	125.00–131.00	$128.19	$482	-0.70
495	495	1	120.00	$120.00	$594	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	130.00	$130.00	$318	—
360	360	1	125.00	$125.00	$450	-0.77
485	485	1	135.00	$135.00	$655	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–310	305	2	117.50–118.00	$117.75	$359	+1.43

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	145.00	$145.00	$406	+10.00
340–345	343	2	132.50–147.00	$139.70	$479	-3.30
350–395	378	9	132.50–140.00	$136.48	$516	+3.13
405–440	428	6	130.00–138.00	$134.30	$575	+2.23
455–495	473	4	125.00–139.00	$131.37	$621	-0.39
515 value added	515	2	130.00	$130.00	$670	-9.00
520–530	525	2	125.00–130.00	$127.52	$669	-2.17
560 value added	560	3	133.00	$133.00	$745	—
550–580	565	12	125.00–130.00	$128.96	$729	-1.93
605	605	1	126.00	$126.00	$762	+6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–225	218	2	130.00	$130.00	$283	+10.00
280–285	283	2	122.50–127.50	$125.02	$354	-6.22
320–325	323	2	130.00–131.00	$130.50	$422	+6.62
365–390	378	3	124.00–127.00	$125.35	$474	+3.68
405–445	421	6	117.50–124.00	$121.14	$510	+11.14
470	470	1	115.00	$115.00	$540	-8.91
500–530	515	2	120.00–121.00	$120.49	$621	-2.67
565	565	1	120.00	$120.00	$678	±0.00
610	610	1	110.00	$110.00	$671	-2.51
645	645	1	100.00	$100.00	$645	-12.51
735	735	1	104.00	$104.00	$764	—
735	735	1	110.00	$110.00	$808	—
755–770	763	2	102.50–103.00	$102.75	$784	—
880	880	1	83.00	$83.00	$730	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	110.00–112.50	$111.25	$312	-6.25
305–340	323	3	112.50–120.00	$117.49	$379	-0.01
380	380	1	119.00	$119.00	$452	+0.50
410	410	1	110.00	$110.00	$451	—
525	525	1	110.00	$110.00	$578	-1.00
570	570	1	112.50	$112.50	$641	-2.50
610	610	1	100.00	$100.00	$610	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	125.00	$125.00	$494	+7.50
475	475	1	115.00	$115.00	$546	—
600	600	2	119.00	$119.00	$714	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	102.50	$102.50	$333	-10.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	422	7	135.00–141.00	$139.56	$589	+9.35
490	490	1	140.00	$140.00	$686	+9.01
505–530	518	2	131.00	$131.00	$679	+0.58
700–730	718	3	100.00–115.00	$107.68	$773	—
795	795	1	80.00	$80.00	$636	-30.00
815–825	818	3	91.00–100.00	$95.68	$783	—
865–875	870	2	84.00–85.00	$84.50	$735	—
910	910	1	85.00	$85.00	$774	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	427	3	110.00–127.00	$118.80	$507	-2.15
490–495	493	2	112.00–120.00	$116.02	$572	+1.02
500–505	503	3	115.00–118.00	$116.66	$587	—
560–575	567	3	110.00	$110.00	$624	—
605	605	1	100.00	$100.00	$605	—
625	625	1	105.00	$105.00	$656	—
705	705	1	105.00	$105.00	$740	—
875	875	1	92.00	$92.00	$805	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	425	2	121.00–122.50	$121.78	$518	+4.37
460–470	466	4	115.00–135.00	$126.22	$588	+4.98
540	540	1	120.00	$120.00	$648	+10.00
570	570	1	115.00	$115.00	$656	+2.00
610	610	1	113.00	$113.00	$689	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	147.50	$147.50	$671	+2.87
505–535	519	4	136.00–141.00	$137.60	$714	-3.53
600–625	613	2	124.00–130.00	$126.94	$778	-2.56

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1420	1003	85-90%	10	40.00–55.00	$49.48	$496	—
915–1450	1150	85-90%	16	57.00–68.00	$61.70	$710	+2.00

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1510	1402	80-85%	3	66.00–73.00	$68.84	$965	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1420	1280	2	83.00–92.00	$87.99	$1,126	—
1090–2105	1598	2	88.00–94.00	$90.05	$1,439	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	71.00	$71.00	$596

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	42.50	$42.50	$317

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
885–1310	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	675.00–900.00	$810.42

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
777	777	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	47.50	$47.50	$369

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
111–185	141	7	62.50–102.50	$84.11	$119	—
287	287	2	87.50	$87.50	$251	—
340	340	1	85.00	$85.00	$289	+12.10

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	25.00	$25.00	$71	-7.50
345–395	370	2	5.00–8.00	$6.60	$24	—
440	440	1	5.00	$5.00	$22	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	4	120.00–127.50	$122.50	-7.50
75	75	1	180.00	$180.00	+50.00
80	80	1	162.50	$162.50	+32.50
100–125	108	3	125.00–150.00	$136.67	—
150–175	163	4	190.00–305.00	$250.00	+18.33

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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
1065–1075	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	825.00–1,050.00	$936.97	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	2	45.00–50.00	$47.50	-13.13
30 fancy	30	1	90.00	$90.00	—
30	30	1	70.00	$70.00	+5.00
40–45	42	3	60.00	$60.00	-33.75
50	50	2	85.00	$85.00	-40.00
60	60	3	142.50–165.00	$153.33	+35.83

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	72.50	$72.50	-54.17
85	85	1	270.00	$270.00	+96.67
90	90	1	120.00	$120.00	-53.33
100–140	121	8	147.50–185.00	$167.69	+67.69
150–160	155	2	150.00–330.00	$240.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	7	57.50	$57.50	+27.50
40	40	4	72.50	$72.50	+17.50
73	73	6	72.50	$72.50	+2.50
90	90	1	92.50	$92.50	+22.50

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	210.00	$210.00	+52.50

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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.