Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report, Darlington, SC

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 16, 2021

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $120.00/cwt +9.00 vs last sale · ≈ $878/hd at 732 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	567	383	635
Feeder cattle	273	186	382
Slaughter cattle	72	46	60
Replacement cattle	35	5	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons this week due to limited comparable sales. There were light offerings of mostly average to good 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
295	295	1	150.00	$150.00	$442	—
330	330	1	145.00	$145.00	$478	—
365–390	375	3	140.00	$140.00	$525	—
415–440	429	4	140.00–142.50	$141.13	$605	+0.67
455–485	468	3	135.00–145.00	$140.73	$659	+5.65
505–540	525	5	130.00–140.00	$136.30	$716	-4.70
555–575	565	3	130.00–140.00	$135.03	$763	+0.03
560–590	570	3	125.00–130.00	$128.36	$732	-6.64
625	625	1	122.00	$122.00	$762	-1.00
680	680	1	120.00	$120.00	$816	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	150.00	$150.00	$338	-8.62
280 fancy	280	1	177.50	$177.50	$497	-2.50
300–325	308	3	150.00–170.00	$158.24	$487	-9.26
310–330 fancy	320	2	173.00–178.00	$175.42	$561	-2.08
355–395	377	3	150.00–155.00	$152.76	$576	-2.52
420–430	425	2	155.00–159.00	$156.98	$667	+1.30
465–470	468	3	150.00–155.00	$152.34	$713	+1.34
505–530	518	3	141.00–150.00	$145.29	$753	—
550	550	1	140.00	$140.00	$770	-5.00
560	560	1	143.00	$143.00	$801	-2.00
675	675	1	130.00	$130.00	$878	—
825	825	1	112.50	$112.50	$928	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	325	2	75.00–95.00	$85.62	$278	—
355	355	1	115.00	$115.00	$408	—
500–540	520	2	43.00	$43.00	$224	—
555–595	577	3	40.00–90.00	$56.04	$323	—
615–630	623	2	40.00–70.00	$54.82	$342	—
685	685	2	40.00–45.00	$42.50	$291	—
710–725	718	2	40.00–58.00	$48.91	$351	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	130.00	$130.00	$306	—
280	280	1	130.00	$130.00	$364	—
400–445	421	4	110.00–128.00	$119.53	$503	-3.07
480–495	486	4	120.00–135.00	$128.06	$622	—
570	570	1	110.00	$110.00	$627	-4.00
610	610	1	115.00	$115.00	$702	—

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	—
325	325	1	120.00	$120.00	$390	+6.37
350–385	365	3	122.00–140.00	$130.57	$477	+25.77
445	445	1	130.00	$130.00	$578	—
520–530	525	2	122.50–125.00	$123.76	$650	—
860	860	1	95.00	$95.00	$817	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	3	130.00–132.00	$130.67	$379	-3.37
360–395	373	3	130.00–132.00	$131.03	$489	—
400–405	403	2	128.00–138.00	$132.97	$536	+2.43
450–490	469	5	126.00–131.00	$128.77	$604	—
500–545	516	7	124.00–141.00	$128.74	$664	+0.71
550–585	569	4	121.00–126.00	$123.76	$704	—
610	610	1	120.00	$120.00	$732	+4.33
629 value added	629	5	128.50	$128.50	$808	—
732 value added	732	15	120.00	$120.00	$878	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	340	2	122.50	$122.50	$416	+4.94
350–385	373	6	120.00–125.00	$123.33	$460	+6.68
400–440	417	7	117.50–125.00	$121.66	$507	—
450–495	474	7	112.50–126.00	$120.19	$570	—
510–525	518	3	111.00–120.00	$115.36	$598	-2.94
560–570	566	4	112.50–120.00	$118.11	$669	+4.63
600–635	615	3	107.50–110.00	$109.17	$671	+1.17
650–680	665	2	110.00–111.00	$110.49	$735	—
900	900	1	84.00	$84.00	$756	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	113.00	$113.00	$282	—
315–340	327	3	112.50–119.00	$114.66	$375	+11.66
400–445	428	4	110.00–117.50	$113.12	$484	+23.12
515–525	520	2	107.50–110.00	$108.76	$566	—
585	585	1	100.00	$100.00	$585	+8.51
640	640	2	84.00–90.00	$87.00	$557	—
730	730	1	80.00	$80.00	$584	—
990	990	1	51.00	$51.00	$505	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	110.00	$110.00	$258	—
255	255	1	110.00	$110.00	$280	—
305–330	318	2	105.00–112.50	$108.90	$346	—
420	420	1	40.00	$40.00	$168	—
475	475	1	102.50	$102.50	$487	—
590	590	1	47.50	$47.50	$280	—
610	610	1	80.00	$80.00	$488	—
685–695	690	2	62.50–70.00	$66.22	$457	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	112.50	$112.50	$338	—
410	410	1	105.00	$105.00	$430	-4.49
525	525	1	102.50	$102.50	$538	-5.02
605–630	618	2	77.00–80.00	$78.47	$485	—
945	945	1	69.00	$69.00	$652	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430	415	—	—	2	145.00–155.00	$149.82	$622	-4.17
475	475	—	—	1	147.00	$147.00	$698	+4.38
480 fancy	480	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	$720	—
590	590	—	—	1	133.00	$133.00	$785	+0.37
610	610	—	—	1	125.00	$125.00	$762	+1.01
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	92.50	$92.50	$782	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–470	468	2	130.00–131.00	$130.50	$611	—
500–515	506	4	127.50–131.00	$129.88	$657	—
600	600	1	121.00	$121.00	$726	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–535	522	—	—	3	110.00–125.00	$116.11	$606	—
700	700	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	$700	—
1370	1370	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,096	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	118.00	$118.00	$513	+1.79
495	495	1	125.00	$125.00	$619	—
595	595	1	117.50	$117.50	$699	—
645	645	1	100.00	$100.00	$645	—
680	680	1	90.00	$90.00	$612	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	70.00	$70.00	$382	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1150	901	85-90%	16	35.00–48.00	$42.78	$385	—
840–1310	1077	85-90%	16	48.00–66.00	$56.91	$613	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1310	1170	80-85%	4	54.00–61.00	$57.48	$673	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1465	1112	9	50.00–77.00	$61.98	$689	—
1935	1935	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,683	-2.12

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–875	818	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	42.50–55.00	$47.73	$390

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–1015	872	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	55.00–63.00	$59.34	$517

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–945	933	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	550.00–575.00	$562.33
855–1090	961	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	500.00–750.00	$635.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1105	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	650.00–725.00	$672.68
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
1085	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1060	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	67.50	$67.50	$716

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150–185	171	13	82.50–92.50	$86.17	$147	+46.17
205–298	271	16	70.00–87.50	$75.96	$206	-10.66
300	300	1	77.50	$77.50	$232	-10.13
545	545	1	70.00	$70.00	$382	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	67.50–70.00	$68.75	$155	—
525–560	543	2	5.00	$5.00	$27	—
640	640	1	5.00	$5.00	$32	—
725	725	1	5.00	$5.00	$36	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–125	113	2	180.00–230.00	$205.00	+3.33
150–175	160	5	185.00–195.00	$193.00	-72.00
200–225	213	2	25.00–300.00	$162.50	-237.50

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
690	690	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	70.00	$70.00	-33.75
30–35	32	5	40.00–77.50	$64.50	-39.25
40	40	2	110.00–120.00	$115.00	-25.00
40–45	41	7	95.00–115.00	$102.86	-37.14
50–55	51	5	130.00–145.00	$134.00	-17.00
60	60	4	150.00–155.00	$152.50	-13.75
60	60	3	145.00–172.50	$159.17	-7.08

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
55	55	1	155.00	$155.00	+35.00
60	60	4	135.00–170.00	$161.25	-21.25
70–75	72	3	135.00–160.00	$145.00	+3.33
125–140	130	3	160.00–215.00	$185.83	+10.83
150	150	2	160.00–230.00	$195.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
55	55	3	65.00	$65.00	+2.50
60–65	63	2	70.00–75.00	$72.50	+10.00
70–75	72	12	60.00–145.00	$114.58	+52.08

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	70.00	$70.00	$266	—
400–485	436	5	70.00–87.50	$75.30	$328	—
555–565	560	2	70.00–87.50	$78.83	$441	—
630–650	636	4	72.50–75.00	$73.12	$465	-16.88

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	2	140.00	$140.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125	125	1	290.00	$290.00	+6.67
150–175	156	4	300.00–390.00	$330.00	—

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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.