Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 30, 2021

568 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.81/cwt +3.52 vs last sale · ≈ $795/hd at 534 lb · 19 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.12/cwt +5.36 vs last sale · ≈ $746/hd at 578 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	568	567
Feeder cattle	309	273
Slaughter cattle	105	72
Replacement cattle	34	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available this week due to sale being closed last week for holiday. Average offering of 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
265–275	270	2	157.50–160.00	$158.77	$429	—
285 fancy	285	1	175.00	$175.00	$499	-2.50
300–310	305	2	157.00–160.00	$158.48	$483	+0.24
315 fancy	315	1	177.00	$177.00	$558	+1.58
355–380	368	2	162.50–167.00	$164.83	$607	+12.07
400–425	416	5	152.00–166.00	$157.46	$655	+0.48
498	498	3	151.00	$151.00	$752	-1.34
510–535	534	19	148.75–150.00	$148.81	$795	+3.52
650–655	654	6	137.00–138.00	$137.83	$901	+7.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	269	4	140.00–152.00	$143.01	$385	-6.99
300–320	310	2	140.00–150.00	$144.84	$449	-0.16
350–375	363	2	145.00–153.00	$148.86	$540	+8.86
435–445	440	2	146.00–147.50	$146.76	$646	+5.63
505	505	1	135.00	$135.00	$682	-1.30
580	580	1	127.00	$127.00	$737	-1.36

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	323	4	107.50–120.00	$115.53	$373	-4.47

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	335	2	131.00–135.00	$132.94	$445	—
450–455	453	2	110.00–115.00	$112.49	$510	-15.57

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230	215	2	130.00–140.00	$134.65	$289	—
275–295	285	2	130.00–135.00	$132.41	$377	+1.74
315–330	323	2	140.00–145.00	$142.56	$460	—
360–395	374	8	130.00–140.00	$135.48	$507	+4.45
410–440	430	4	129.00–138.00	$132.91	$572	-0.06
450–495	470	7	126.00–138.00	$130.30	$612	+1.53
531	531	5	128.00	$128.00	$680	-0.74
576 value added	576	15	130.00	$130.00	$749	—
590–595	593	2	120.00–125.00	$122.49	$726	-1.27
620–635	628	2	120.00–125.00	$122.53	$769	+2.53
665	665	1	117.00	$117.00	$778	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	122.00	$122.00	$293	—
265–295	278	5	115.00–122.50	$118.99	$331	—
315–335	328	3	117.50–125.00	$122.13	$401	-0.37
355–395	373	3	115.00–120.00	$118.35	$441	-4.98
400–435	419	5	118.00–125.00	$123.14	$516	+1.48
450–490	473	3	115.00–123.00	$118.92	$562	-1.27
520–545	535	3	110.00–117.00	$113.97	$610	-1.39
600–640	622	5	111.00–113.00	$112.09	$697	+2.92
650	650	1	105.00	$105.00	$682	-5.49

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	330	2	110.00–111.00	$110.52	$365	-1.98
355–380	368	3	110.00–112.00	$110.64	$407	—
435–443	440	4	105.00–110.00	$108.13	$476	+3.13
460–495	478	2	103.00–108.00	$105.41	$504	—
505–520	513	2	102.50–105.00	$103.77	$532	+1.27
550–595	573	2	101.00–107.00	$104.12	$597	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	370	2	100.00–105.00	$102.36	$379	—
515–535	528	4	90.00–96.00	$93.52	$494	-15.24
555–565	562	3	93.00–95.00	$94.00	$528	-6.00
635–645	640	2	90.00–92.00	$91.01	$582	+4.01

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	426	6	140.00–150.00	$145.80	$621	—
450–480	461	4	128.00–137.00	$132.41	$610	+1.91
500–540	528	6	120.00–130.00	$125.08	$660	-4.80
615	615	1	125.00	$125.00	$769	+4.00
675–690	682	3	115.00–120.00	$116.65	$796	—
735	735	1	104.00	$104.00	$764	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	420	8	112.00–130.00	$119.41	$502	+1.41
465–480	475	4	105.00–122.00	$111.78	$531	-13.22
510–525	518	2	108.00–110.00	$108.99	$565	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	416	4	156.00–165.00	$162.32	$675	+12.50
515–545	530	2	133.00–140.00	$136.40	$723	—
560	560	1	135.00	$135.00	$756	+2.00
610	610	1	131.00	$131.00	$799	+6.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–685	678	2	90.00–93.00	$91.52	$621	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1140	1083	80-85%	6	45.00–52.00	$48.16	$522	—
1000–1410	1124	80-85%	35	55.00–64.00	$57.72	$649	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–985	873	85-90%	13	40.00–51.00	$45.82	$400	—
785–1280	936	85-90%	16	54.00–61.00	$56.71	$531	+13.93

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1495–1560	1528	75-80%	2	55.00–61.00	$58.06	$887	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1510	1210	3	70.00–76.00	$73.90	$894	—
1370–1695	1569	9	80.00–91.00	$86.62	$1,359	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–815	788	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	80.00–90.00	$85.14	$671

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640	640	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	330.00	$330.00
830	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	475.00	$475.00

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–795	743	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	625.00	$625.00
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
775–955	852	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	775.00–800.00	$787.57

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00
870–1045	958	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00–800.00	$663.71
965–1085	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	675.00–800.00	$743.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
1125–1325	1193	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	750.00–925.00	$828.07

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	385.00	$385.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
130–190	153	9	82.50–102.50	$92.02	$141	+5.85
125–195	165	11	40.00–77.50	$63.00	$104	-23.17
202–268	240	13	81.00–92.50	$85.08	$204	—
256	256	4	75.00	$75.00	$192	-0.96
335	335	1	58.00	$58.00	$194	-19.50
335	335	1	87.50	$87.50	$293	+10.00
605	605	1	77.00	$77.00	$466	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	5.00–30.00	$17.50	$43	-51.25
375	375	1	75.00	$75.00	$281	—
460	460	1	5.00	$5.00	$23	—
625–675	650	2	5.00–13.00	$9.15	$59	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	6	160.00–175.00	$165.00	—
80	80	2	185.00–190.00	$187.50	—
85	85	1	150.00	$150.00	—
85	85	1	145.00	$145.00	—
120	120	1	235.00	$235.00	+30.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790	790	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—
835–980	901	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	650.00–825.00	$747.23	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
670–790	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	700.00–775.00	$730.43	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—
1210	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
813	813	17	93.00	$93.00	$756	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	5	100.00–125.00	$115.00	+50.50
30	30	2	75.00–85.00	$80.00	+15.50
40	40	2	165.00	$165.00	+50.00
40	40	6	132.50–145.00	$139.58	+24.58
50	50	1	175.00	$175.00	+41.00
50	50	5	150.00–155.00	$153.00	+19.00
50	50	1	122.50	$122.50	-11.50
60	60	5	160.00–167.50	$163.50	+4.33

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	145.00–152.50	$148.75	-6.25
60	60	5	170.00–180.00	$174.00	+12.75
80	80	1	210.00	$210.00	+65.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	10	57.50	$57.50	—
75	75	3	70.00	$70.00	-44.58
90	90	1	95.00	$95.00	-19.58

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	57.00	$57.00	$202	-13.00
403–440	412	4	85.00–86.00	$85.73	$353	+10.43
480–485	483	2	72.00	$72.00	$348	—
505–548	529	4	82.00–83.00	$82.76	$438	—
800	800	1	69.00	$69.00	$552	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	1	275.00	$275.00	-55.00

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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.