Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 5, 2021

524 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $125.81/cwt -2.54 vs last sale · ≈ $589/hd at 468 lb · 10 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $120.13/cwt -1.20 vs last sale · ≈ $646/hd at 538 lb · 10 head

heavy 3-weight S 1-2 steers $124.60/cwt -5.40 vs last sale · ≈ $473/hd at 380 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	524	1,395	837
Feeder cattle	279	1,130	660
Slaughter cattle	120	87	77
Replacement cattle	11	43	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available this week on all class of feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were steady. Average offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	145.00	$145.00	$384	+5.00
305–345	330	3	138.00–145.00	$141.02	$465	—
370–395	383	4	135.00–140.00	$137.57	$527	-2.43
430–440	435	2	132.00–142.00	$136.94	$596	+3.02
450–480	465	3	127.00–138.00	$131.63	$612	-2.65
500–545	525	3	118.00–125.00	$121.10	$636	-11.52
650–675	665	5	111.00–122.00	$115.19	$766	-6.04
760–780	772	5	110.00–115.00	$111.99	$865	-10.01
850	850	1	108.00	$108.00	$918	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	2	125.00–130.00	$127.41	$424	+0.71
355–395	380	10	120.00–130.00	$124.60	$473	-5.40
450–495	471	4	110.00–118.00	$113.65	$535	—
555–590	573	2	110.00–112.00	$111.03	$636	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	323	4	147.00–151.00	$149.99	$484	-1.56
355–395	376	6	145.00–150.00	$147.49	$555	-5.70

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	371	6	110.00–115.00	$111.63	$414	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–275	265	2	120.00–125.00	$122.59	$325	+1.00
300–345	324	7	120.00–125.00	$121.35	$393	-1.99
360–390	372	5	119.00–124.00	$121.16	$451	-3.66
400–445	421	9	117.00–126.00	$121.20	$510	+1.74
450–495	471	9	115.00–120.00	$117.09	$551	-5.22
510–525	520	3	115.00–119.00	$117.00	$608	-4.08
550–565	556	4	114.00–118.00	$115.49	$642	-2.42
610–645	628	2	107.00–110.00	$108.46	$681	-7.81
660–670	663	3	107.00–110.00	$108.33	$718	-1.67
710	710	1	107.00	$107.00	$760	-8.23

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	326	5	108.00–111.00	$109.62	$357	-0.38
375–390	384	6	105.00–110.00	$108.33	$416	-4.87
400–435	418	2	105.00–111.00	$108.13	$452	-0.21
525–545	535	2	100.00–105.00	$102.55	$549	-7.45

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	281	4	130.00–134.00	$131.76	$370	-6.44
350–360	355	2	130.00–131.00	$130.49	$463	-1.38
480	480	1	128.00	$128.00	$614	+1.17
625 fancy	625	1	127.50	$127.50	$797	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–545	515	6	90.00–96.00	$93.33	$481	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	413	8	125.00–135.00	$130.72	$540	-1.04
450–495	468	10	120.00–131.00	$125.81	$589	-2.54
515–545	538	10	115.00–125.00	$120.13	$646	-1.20
550–585	566	6	111.00–121.00	$115.03	$651	-10.62
600–645	616	9	108.00–117.00	$110.87	$683	-9.54
660–680	670	3	106.00–113.00	$109.69	$735	-0.31
730–745	738	2	101.00–103.00	$102.01	$753	—
795	795	1	101.00	$101.00	$803	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–435	428	2	110.00–115.00	$112.46	$481	—
465–490	475	5	105.00–110.00	$108.00	$513	—
505–545	523	6	105.00–108.00	$105.99	$554	—
550–590	570	3	101.00–108.00	$104.71	$597	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–545	529	4	90.00–96.00	$93.76	$496	—
570–585	578	2	90.00–93.00	$91.48	$529	—
660	660	1	95.00	$95.00	$627	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–480	470	2	136.00–138.00	$137.02	$644	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1215	1096	80-85%	14	49.00–56.00	$53.21	$583	—
1005–1500	1244	80-85%	47	60.00–68.00	$63.63	$792	—
1065–1420	1296	80-85%	5	70.00–74.00	$71.96	$933	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1030	831	85-90%	11	48.00–55.00	$51.39	$427	—
650–980	905	85-90%	6	60.00–67.00	$63.70	$576	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1650	1471	75-80%	9	59.00–64.00	$60.86	$895	+0.61

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475	1475	1	70.00	$70.00	$1,032	-17.55
1520–2000	1794	4	86.00–90.00	$87.00	$1,561	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
605–750	658	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	75.00–81.00	$78.86	$519

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
880–920	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	80.00–84.00	$81.96	$738

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	300.00	$300.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	2	125.00–130.00	$127.50	-5.83
70	70	4	165.00–170.00	$167.50	+34.17
80	80	3	135.00–145.00	$141.67	-1.66
100	100	1	195.00	$195.00	-29.44
150–180	168	5	245.00–285.00	$266.00	-24.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	475.00	$475.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	8	70.00–80.00	$73.75	+14.46
30	30	11	100.00–115.00	$105.91	+46.62
40	40	12	120.00–135.00	$127.08	-0.65
40	40	4	65.00–70.00	$67.50	-60.23
50	50	15	140.00–155.00	$147.67	-1.33
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	-69.00
60	60	1	200.00	$200.00	+38.75
60	60	5	160.00–170.00	$166.00	+4.75

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	100.00–105.00	$102.50	-40.83
60	60	3	160.00–165.00	$163.33	+20.00
70	70	3	170.00–175.00	$171.67	+55.00
70	70	2	120.00–125.00	$122.50	+5.83
80	80	4	180.00–185.00	$181.25	+51.25
80	80	3	130.00–140.00	$135.00	+5.00
90–95	92	3	190.00–195.00	$191.67	+61.67
100	100	2	200.00	$200.00	-50.00
100	100	4	135.00–140.00	$137.50	-112.50

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	1	12.50	$12.50	-60.00
38	38	8	50.00	$50.00	-22.50
70	70	3	62.50	$62.50	-7.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–490	445	2	90.00–92.50	$91.38	$407	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	210.00	$210.00	-70.00

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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.