Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 9, 2021

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.54/cwt -0.80 vs last sale · ≈ $564/hd at 432 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	383	338	417
Feeder cattle	186	121	196
Slaughter cattle	46	37	69
Replacement cattle	5	10	16

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales . 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
210–225	218	2	155.00–162.50	$158.62	$346	—
285 fancy	285	1	180.00	$180.00	$513	—
300 fancy	300	1	177.50	$177.50	$532	—
310	310	1	167.50	$167.50	$519	+7.46
365–380 fancy	373	2	174.00–180.00	$177.06	$660	—
360–395	377	3	150.00–160.00	$155.28	$585	-3.42
430–445	438	3	153.00–161.00	$155.68	$682	+3.91
485	485	1	151.00	$151.00	$732	+8.51
550	550	6	145.00	$145.00	$798	+4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	147.50	$147.50	$339	—
425–445	438	3	136.00–143.00	$140.46	$615	+4.64
480–495	488	2	130.00–140.00	$135.08	$659	+3.87
525	525	1	141.00	$141.00	$740	—
570	570	1	135.00	$135.00	$770	—
645	645	1	123.00	$123.00	$793	—
710–735	723	2	107.00–110.00	$108.53	$785	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	330	2	125.00–130.00	$127.46	$421	-1.24
365–375	370	2	120.00–128.00	$124.05	$459	-4.65
400–435	418	2	120.00–125.00	$122.60	$512	+2.60
550	550	1	114.00	$114.00	$627	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	317	3	110.00–120.00	$113.63	$360	—
355–385	370	2	100.00–110.00	$104.80	$388	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–280	278	2	130.00–138.00	$134.04	$373	+2.28
305 fancy	305	1	143.00	$143.00	$436	—
300–330	319	6	135.00–140.00	$139.05	$444	+5.46
355 fancy	355	1	140.00	$140.00	$497	—
410–445	432	10	127.00–132.50	$130.54	$564	-0.80
515–535	530	5	125.00–130.00	$128.03	$679	—
600–620	612	3	115.00–116.00	$115.67	$708	-4.33
698	698	2	113.00	$113.00	$789	—
706	706	7	111.00	$111.00	$784	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	333	2	115.00–120.00	$117.56	$391	+0.06
390–395	393	3	115.00–120.00	$116.65	$458	-5.87
505–545	528	7	115.00–121.00	$118.30	$625	+2.30
550–590	566	6	110.00–117.00	$113.48	$642	+1.27
638–640	639	4	102.00–110.00	$108.00	$690	—
705	705	1	105.00	$105.00	$740	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	103.00	$103.00	$335	—
370	370	1	100.00	$100.00	$370	—
415	415	1	90.00	$90.00	$374	—
570–580	575	2	90.00–93.00	$91.49	$526	—
655–675	665	2	90.00	$90.00	$598	±0.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–430	428	2	108.00–111.00	$109.49	$469	+4.51
535–545	540	2	105.00–110.00	$107.52	$581	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410 fancy	410	1	163.00	$163.00	$668	—
415–430	422	5	150.00–159.00	$153.99	$650	+11.49
460–485	473	3	141.00–146.00	$142.62	$675	+7.62
555–575	567	3	130.00–136.00	$132.63	$752	—
625–635	630	2	123.00–125.00	$123.99	$781	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	422	3	130.00–135.00	$132.97	$561	+3.78
550–580	565	2	115.00–122.00	$118.41	$669	-1.59
650–680	659	4	110.00–117.00	$113.49	$748	+13.49

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–585	578	2	94.00–95.00	$94.49	$546	—
795	795	5	97.00	$97.00	$771	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	428	3	112.00–122.00	$116.21	$497	+2.56
550–575	558	3	100.00–105.00	$101.72	$568	+0.07

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1115	1068	80-85%	4	42.00–51.00	$48.30	$516	—
1100–1430	1257	80-85%	12	54.00–63.00	$58.27	$732	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695–970	806	85-90%	9	42.00–50.00	$46.67	$376	—
725–985	873	85-90%	6	53.00–63.00	$57.50	$502	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1870	1287	8	70.00–80.00	$75.84	$976	—
1840–2075	1922	3	87.00–92.00	$89.12	$1,713	—
2050	2050	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,988	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–820	751	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	78.00–88.00	$81.97	$616

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Bred Cows

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	590.00	$590.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
153	153	4	75.00	$75.00	$115	+40.60
170	170	3	40.00	$40.00	$68	-12.62
175	175	1	87.50	$87.50	$153	+34.88
258–295	272	4	80.00–92.50	$86.62	$236	—
300–365	327	3	85.00–90.00	$87.63	$287	+14.00
405–440	427	3	90.00–102.50	$94.81	$405	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	10.00	$10.00	$56	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	3	100.00–115.00	$105.00	-76.50
80	80	2	125.00–130.00	$127.50	-77.50
80	80	5	180.00–190.00	$186.00	-19.00
90	90	4	135.00–140.00	$138.75	-33.75
100–120	106	7	150.00–170.00	$155.00	-97.00
110	110	3	200.00–205.00	$201.67	-50.33
150–160	155	2	240.00–290.00	$265.00	-85.00
200	200	1	400.00	$400.00	+10.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	4	100.00–110.00	$103.75	-15.42
30	30	13	75.00–90.00	$80.77	-38.40
40	40	4	130.00–145.00	$140.00	+6.67
50	50	5	150.00–155.00	$151.00	+29.75
60	60	4	160.00–170.00	$166.25	-26.25
60	60	1	120.00	$120.00	-72.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	3	165.00–175.00	$171.67	+19.17
50	50	2	115.00–125.00	$120.00	-32.50
60	60	2	180.00–185.00	$182.50	+58.50
70	70	3	140.00–145.00	$141.67	+17.67
80	80	6	155.00–160.00	$156.67	-25.00
90	90	4	195.00–210.00	$201.25	+19.58
100–110	103	3	170.00–180.00	$175.00	-41.67

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	6	12.50	$12.50	-7.50
20	20	6	20.00	$20.00	±0.00
45	45	15	32.50–37.50	$34.83	+7.33
60	60	8	62.50	$62.50	+35.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	75.00	$75.00	$188	+22.50
475	475	1	77.50	$77.50	$368	—
630	630	1	90.00	$90.00	$567	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	195.00	$195.00	—
120–140	127	3	270.00–300.00	$283.33	—

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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.