Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 14, 2021

629 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $138.50/cwt ≈ $956/hd at 690 lb · 58 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $168.22/cwt +6.95 vs last sale · ≈ $627/hd at 373 lb · 14 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $158.61/cwt -4.66 vs last sale · ≈ $695/hd at 438 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	629	658	748
Feeder cattle	342	369	386
Slaughter cattle	41	97	84
Replacement cattle	13	21	29

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder cattle were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00 higher. 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
230	230	1	175.00	$175.00	$402	+7.45
255–270	263	4	160.00–175.00	$170.74	$449	-2.83
285 fancy	285	1	180.00	$180.00	$513	—
305–325	315	5	165.00–175.00	$170.03	$536	+7.98
330 fancy	330	1	180.00	$180.00	$594	+5.00
350–390	373	12	160.00–175.00	$166.46	$621	+11.11
355–390 fancy	373	2	177.50–180.00	$178.81	$667	+3.71
400–448	438	12	155.00–170.00	$158.61	$695	-2.31
450–495	470	4	150.00–165.00	$158.27	$744	+8.27
540	540	1	146.00	$146.00	$788	-1.74
580–590	583	3	146.00–149.00	$147.66	$861	+6.50
600–610	607	3	140.00–148.00	$144.33	$876	+3.31

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	2	140.00–145.00	$142.43	$410	+1.19
310–330	320	4	140.00–155.00	$147.60	$472	—
355–395	378	5	140.00–155.00	$144.79	$547	+3.04
410–425	418	3	135.00–145.00	$139.96	$585	-3.37
505–545	527	3	130.00–140.00	$136.80	$721	—
650–670	660	5	110.00–120.00	$113.39	$748	+0.91
700–730	713	3	110.00–112.50	$110.82	$790	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	2	120.00–125.00	$122.57	$353	—
350–380	361	4	120.00–125.00	$122.54	$442	-1.64
550–595	573	2	110.00–115.00	$112.40	$644	—
725–740	733	2	102.50–105.00	$103.74	$760	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	236	4	130.00–138.50	$133.28	$315	—
250–295	277	5	130.00–140.00	$137.01	$380	—
350–385	368	8	130.00–140.00	$135.30	$498	+2.32
420 fancy	420	1	143.00	$143.00	$601	±0.00
420–445	431	10	130.00–141.00	$134.90	$581	+2.77
465 fancy	465	1	143.00	$143.00	$665	+2.00
455–495	471	9	130.00–140.00	$134.04	$631	+3.10
510–540	527	5	128.00–137.00	$133.16	$702	+5.60
570–598	595	8	132.00–133.00	$132.12	$786	+4.65
610–635	623	2	120.00–130.00	$124.90	$778	+2.14
690 value added	690	58	138.50	$138.50	$956	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	120.00	$120.00	$270	+1.91
305–345	332	6	115.00–125.00	$118.37	$393	-3.41
350–390	370	4	110.00–125.00	$120.02	$444	-0.33
450–480	468	4	110.00–125.00	$116.26	$544	-2.58
520–540	530	2	110.00–115.00	$112.55	$597	-6.15

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–672	668	6	90.00–95.00	$94.19	$629	+2.01
700–715	707	3	90.00–95.00	$91.99	$650	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	330	2	110.00–112.50	$111.23	$367	—
350–385	364	4	109.00–110.00	$109.74	$399	+0.79

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Feeder Bulls

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	422	3	120.00–125.00	$121.60	$513	+1.78
450–490	475	4	105.00–115.00	$110.09	$523	-1.74
500–535	519	4	105.00–112.50	$108.12	$561	+3.12
550–565	560	3	105.00–110.00	$106.68	$597	+3.44
655–685	671	4	100.00–105.00	$102.26	$686	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	427	3	135.00–142.00	$139.09	$594	+0.02
485–495	490	3	129.00–135.00	$132.15	$648	-6.76
500–530	518	3	125.00–135.00	$129.23	$669	+1.35
580	580	1	125.00	$125.00	$725	+0.93
655–660	658	2	112.00–114.00	$113.00	$744	+2.03
720–745	728	4	106.00–110.00	$107.89	$785	+4.78

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–425	420	2	156.00–160.00	$157.98	$664	+3.09
450–460	455	5	150.00–160.00	$155.52	$708	+3.98
500–520	514	4	143.00–154.00	$147.94	$760	+7.13
560–570	565	2	138.00–140.00	$138.99	$785	+1.47

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550–580	567	5	90.00–95.00	$92.80	$526	+0.78
620–640	629	4	90.00–95.00	$91.85	$578	+0.86
675–690	683	2	93.00–94.00	$93.49	$639	+2.83

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1085	1040	80-85%	4	47.00–52.00	$50.29	$523	—
665–1540	1235	80-85%	14	55.00–70.00	$62.95	$777	+2.43
1310–1545	1428	80-85%	2	73.00–75.00	$74.08	$1,058	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–900	793	85-90%	4	55.00–60.00	$57.56	$456	—
760–990	878	85-90%	8	46.00–52.50	$48.64	$427	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390–2155	1859	4	88.00–97.00	$90.92	$1,690	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
640–915	803	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	80.00–95.00	$90.92	$730

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–935	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	70.00–73.00	$71.64	$613

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1315	1315	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1065–1195	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	66.00–70.00	$68.12	$770

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
102–195	151	41	95.00–125.00	$102.81	$155	—
201–285	234	36	90.00–100.00	$94.45	$221	-6.99
295	295	1	47.50	$47.50	$140	—
295	295	1	85.00	$85.00	$251	—
332–345	339	4	80.00	$80.00	$271	-15.05
370	370	2	20.00	$20.00	$74	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	50.00–75.00	$62.50	$150	—
360	360	1	20.00	$20.00	$72	—
405	405	1	7.50	$7.50	$30	-10.00
535	535	1	5.00	$5.00	$27	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	3	230.00–240.00	$233.33	+57.33
80	80	3	260.00–265.00	$261.67	+66.67
90	90	2	285.00	$285.00	+77.50
120	120	1	350.00	$350.00	+92.92
180	180	2	430.00	$430.00	+73.33
200–210	207	3	450.00–460.00	$456.67	—
260	260	1	530.00	$530.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	4	35.00–50.00	$43.75	-62.50
30	30	4	115.00–125.00	$118.75	-4.03
40	40	15	130.00–145.00	$138.33	-4.17
50	50	2	195.00	$195.00	+43.50
50	50	7	150.00–160.00	$154.29	+2.79
60	60	6	170.00–180.00	$175.00	+13.12

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	—	—	4	150.00–160.00	$156.25	+34.37
50	50	—	—	2	90.00–110.00	$100.00	-21.88
60	60	—	—	5	170.00–175.00	$174.00	+4.00
60	60	—	—	2	120.00–125.00	$122.50	-47.50
70	70	—	—	3	185.00	$185.00	-2.00
80	80	—	—	4	200.00–210.00	$205.00	-3.33
80	80	—	—	2	150.00	$150.00	-58.33
100–120	110	—	—	10	240.00–275.00	$257.00	+17.00
120	120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	330.00	$330.00	+90.00
200	200	—	—	1	350.00	$350.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50–58	53	21	55.00–75.00	$63.72	-11.28
55	55	1	25.00	$25.00	-50.00
60–65	63	9	57.50–72.50	$66.13	-8.11
80–85	83	2	75.00–77.50	$76.29	-13.71
85	85	4	100.00	$100.00	+10.00
95	95	2	100.00	$100.00	+10.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	60.00	$60.00	$135	—
250	250	2	80.00	$80.00	$200	—
350	350	1	80.00	$80.00	$280	-13.00
425–475	450	2	50.00–75.00	$61.81	$278	—
710–760	735	2	79.00–85.00	$81.90	$602	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	2	250.00–260.00	$255.00	—
150–170	160	2	460.00–485.00	$472.50	—

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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.