Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 5, 2022

340 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $141.74/cwt -0.85 vs last sale · ≈ $804/hd at 567 lb · 13 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $153.02/cwt +7.05 vs last sale · ≈ $651/hd at 425 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	340	1,229	429
Feeder cattle	185	939	276
Slaughter cattle	48	126	33
Replacement cattle	9	37	8

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average offerings 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	210	1	180.00	$180.00	$378	+5.00
285	285	1	180.00	$180.00	$513	—
320	320	1	190.00	$190.00	$608	+12.56
380	380	1	195.00	$195.00	$741	+14.81
420–425	423	2	172.50–177.50	$175.01	$740	—
450–490	470	2	170.00	$170.00	$799	—
515–545	530	2	165.00–172.50	$168.64	$894	—
555–573	570	7	157.00–159.00	$158.72	$905	-16.28
650–670	663	3	140.00–150.00	$143.69	$953	-1.31

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	165.00	$165.00	$487	+5.00
300	300	1	165.00	$165.00	$495	-1.49
375	375	1	170.00	$170.00	$638	-1.29
405–435	423	3	155.00–162.50	$159.25	$674	-5.75
460–495	478	5	150.00–161.00	$157.46	$753	-5.90
520–540	530	2	150.00–160.00	$154.91	$821	-7.69
620	620	1	133.00	$133.00	$825	-13.12
670	670	1	122.00	$122.00	$817	-13.02
755–790	775	3	119.00–123.00	$121.64	$943	+1.64

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	130.00	$130.00	$384	—
310	310	1	135.00	$135.00	$418	-5.31
355–375	365	2	130.00–142.50	$136.42	$498	-8.50
430–445	438	2	125.00–130.00	$127.54	$559	-6.69
465	465	1	115.00	$115.00	$535	-20.63

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–380	370	2	151.00–159.00	$155.11	$574	+6.22
410 fancy	410	1	159.00	$159.00	$652	+9.00
410–445	427	10	145.00–157.50	$152.42	$651	+10.49
455–495	478	9	150.00–156.00	$153.77	$735	+15.51
500–530	513	6	135.00–151.00	$144.36	$741	+8.28
550–595	567	13	135.00–145.00	$141.74	$804	-0.85

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	285	4	130.00–145.00	$141.12	$402	+11.12
335	335	2	125.00–130.00	$127.50	$427	-4.43
350–370	356	5	125.00–140.00	$131.18	$467	-5.15
465–495	483	3	130.00–135.00	$132.33	$639	+0.35
515–540	532	3	125.00–130.00	$127.71	$679	+4.55
555	555	2	115.00–120.00	$117.50	$652	-5.64
610–647	640	8	120.00–125.00	$120.72	$773	+0.72
700	700	1	118.00	$118.00	$826	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–580	575	2	100.00–105.00	$102.52	$589	—
625–630	628	2	100.00–105.00	$102.51	$644	-2.49
700	700	1	105.00	$105.00	$735	+5.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	120.00	$120.00	$420	—
405–410	408	2	110.00–115.00	$112.52	$459	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	421	5	150.00–165.00	$157.96	$665	-10.78
450–495	467	6	150.00–163.00	$157.98	$738	+0.19
515–535	526	4	140.00–147.50	$141.91	$746	—
555–560	558	2	135.00–145.00	$139.98	$781	-0.02
620–648	641	6	125.00–138.00	$133.88	$858	-4.51

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–445	437	3	170.00–175.00	$171.66	$750	—
465	465	1	179.00	$179.00	$832	—
510	510	1	160.00	$160.00	$816	—
555–580	568	2	155.00–160.00	$157.56	$895	—
660	660	1	144.00	$144.00	$950	+9.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	120.00	$120.00	$564	-6.33
550–575	565	3	110.00–120.00	$114.94	$649	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1335	1146	80-85%	13	78.00–90.00	$83.63	$958	—
1170–1305	1238	80-85%	2	92.00–93.00	$92.47	$1,145	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610–905	751	85-90%	7	55.00–70.00	$63.16	$474	—
905–990	953	85-90%	6	75.00–83.00	$78.02	$744	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1500	1450	75-80%	2	82.00–87.00	$84.59	$1,227	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1500	1383	5	92.00–108.00	$99.00	$1,369	—

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Stock Cows

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	95.00	$95.00	$741

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–195	138	9	55.00–80.00	$69.83	$96	+3.40
210–225	219	5	73.00–84.00	$79.21	$173	-0.79
305–345	332	3	75.00–79.00	$77.77	$258	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780	780	1	5.00	$5.00	$39	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	172.50	$172.50	+37.50
70	70	2	80.00–95.00	$87.50	-47.50
90	90	2	190.00–200.00	$195.00	+60.00
120	120	1	280.00	$280.00	+102.50
180	180	1	320.00	$320.00	+25.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
670–840	748	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	700.00–800.00	$759.80	—
880–915	898	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	725.00–800.00	$761.77	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600–610	605	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	450.00–500.00	$475.21	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	+250.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	62.50–70.00	$66.25	+1.51
30	30	2	100.00–110.00	$105.00	+21.25
30	30	6	70.00–80.00	$75.00	-8.75
40	40	2	85.00–90.00	$87.50	+3.75
50	50	5	145.00–150.00	$148.00	-7.00
60	60	2	162.50–170.00	$166.25	-3.75
70	70	1	260.00	$260.00	+35.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	85.00–87.50	$86.25	-66.25
50	50	2	155.00–160.00	$157.50	+5.00
60	60	2	125.00	$125.00	-43.33
60	60	4	165.00–170.00	$167.50	-0.83
70	70	4	135.00–140.00	$137.50	-30.83
80	80	1	195.00	$195.00	+45.00
80	80	2	150.00–155.00	$152.50	+2.50
100	100	1	235.00	$235.00	-60.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
71	71	4	77.50	$77.50	+13.50
84–87	86	19	60.00–77.50	$68.64	+4.64

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
247	247	2	60.00	$60.00	$148	—
460	460	1	75.00	$75.00	$345	—
605	605	1	92.50	$92.50	$560	+15.50

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	6	300.00–335.00	$325.83	+125.83
125–140	133	2	380.00–400.00	$390.00	+80.00

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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.