Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 12, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	384	340	413
Feeder cattle	169	185	274
Slaughter cattle	50	48	25
Replacement cattle	36	9	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, there were too few comparable feeder steer and feeder bull sales to establish a trend. Feeder heifers were steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows were unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls were too few to trend. There were light offerings of mostly 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
200–230	215	2	182.00–187.50	$184.56	$397	+4.56
265–295	280	2	172.50	$172.50	$483	-7.50
345	345	1	180.00	$180.00	$621	-10.00
350–360	355	3	172.50–192.50	$181.63	$645	-13.37
410–415	413	2	172.50–175.00	$173.74	$718	-1.27
475–480	478	2	170.00–172.00	$170.99	$817	+0.99
510	510	1	165.00	$165.00	$842	-3.64
630	630	1	150.00	$150.00	$945	—
740	740	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,036	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	170.00	$170.00	$425	—
300–345	328	4	153.00–167.50	$161.85	$531	-3.15
350–390	365	4	160.00–165.00	$163.18	$596	-6.82
420	420	1	160.00	$160.00	$672	+0.75
455–490	465	4	160.00–165.00	$162.63	$756	+5.17
725	725	1	116.00	$116.00	$841	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	278	2	132.50–140.00	$136.49	$379	—
300–340	320	2	140.00–150.00	$144.69	$463	—
355–395	374	6	130.00–157.50	$141.43	$529	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	134.00	$134.00	$295	—
290	290	1	130.00	$130.00	$377	±0.00
315–340	327	3	120.00–150.00	$133.62	$437	-1.38
350–355	352	3	130.00–142.50	$136.14	$479	-0.28
460–485	473	2	120.00–132.50	$126.42	$598	+11.42

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	130.00	$130.00	$292	—
270	270	1	123.00	$123.00	$332	—
335	335	1	120.00	$120.00	$402	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–210	208	3	157.00–165.00	$162.31	$338	—
280–295	288	2	146.00	$146.00	$420	—
300	300	1	148.00	$148.00	$444	—
355–390	369	8	145.00–160.00	$153.29	$566	-1.82
400–435	421	4	152.50–154.00	$153.26	$645	+0.84
431 value added	431	4	152.00	$152.00	$655	—
470–485	479	4	144.00–151.00	$147.52	$707	-6.25
515–540	523	4	141.00–145.00	$143.39	$750	-0.97
540 value added	540	2	147.00	$147.00	$794	—
565	565	1	140.00	$140.00	$791	-1.74
625	625	1	120.00	$120.00	$750	—
675	675	1	120.00	$120.00	$810	—
715	715	1	125.00	$125.00	$894	—
750–765	758	2	120.00–122.50	$121.24	$919	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	2	131.00–140.00	$135.50	$352	-5.62
305–340	322	3	139.00–140.00	$139.65	$450	+12.15
410–445	428	3	135.00–140.00	$138.06	$591	—
490	490	1	140.00	$140.00	$686	+7.67
550	550	1	139.00	$139.00	$764	+21.50
615	615	1	130.00	$130.00	$800	+9.28
710–745	728	2	102.00–118.00	$110.19	$802	-7.81

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	323	2	120.00–130.00	$125.12	$404	—
405–415	410	3	122.00–125.00	$123.01	$504	—
490–495	493	2	102.00–125.00	$113.56	$560	—
530	530	1	130.00	$130.00	$689	—
615–635	625	2	110.00–115.00	$112.54	$703	+10.03

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	124.00	$124.00	$329	—
360–380	370	2	130.00–135.00	$132.57	$491	+12.57

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	120.00	$120.00	$432	—
535	535	1	110.00	$110.00	$588	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	90.00	$90.00	$526	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–415	413	2	157.50–162.50	$160.02	$661	+2.06
455–490	468	3	152.50–163.00	$156.65	$733	-1.33
505	505	1	152.50	$152.50	$770	+10.59
535	535	1	146.00	$146.00	$781	+4.09
600	600	1	130.00	$130.00	$780	—
690	690	2	119.00–120.00	$119.50	$825	—
750–785	768	2	105.00–120.00	$112.33	$863	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–430	427	3	120.00–140.00	$128.40	$548	—
450–460	455	2	130.00	$130.00	$592	—
520	520	1	140.00	$140.00	$728	—
645	645	1	126.00	$126.00	$813	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	142.00	$142.00	$589	—
470	470	1	132.50	$132.50	$623	+12.50
575–590	585	3	130.00–140.00	$134.12	$785	+19.18

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	—	—	1	162.50	$162.50	$821	+2.50
615	615	—	—	1	140.00	$140.00	$861	—
710	710	—	—	1	135.00	$135.00	$958	—
1495	1495	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,510	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1325	1325	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1320	993	85-90%	11	59.00–68.00	$63.94	$635	—
865–1275	1060	85-90%	13	70.00–83.00	$75.63	$802	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1430	1234	80-85%	12	73.00–85.00	$79.01	$975	-13.46

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175	1175	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,046	—
1390	1390	1	93.00	$93.00	$1,293	-6.00

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865	865	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	70.00	$70.00	$606
900–910	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	75.00	$75.00	$679

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
620	620	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	51.00	$51.00	$316

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160–1380	1270	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–1,000.00	$954.33
1110–1380	1273	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	875.00–1,050.00	$973.53

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1165	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
107–118	113	12	75.00–95.00	$90.54	$102	+20.71
205–280	261	6	80.00–100.00	$85.43	$223	—
425	425	1	84.00	$84.00	$357	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	10.00	$10.00	$47	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	65.00	$65.00	-107.50
70–75	73	3	110.00–145.00	$130.00	-42.50
85	85	2	95.00–145.00	$120.00	-75.00
90	90	1	125.00	$125.00	-70.00
100–125	117	3	150.00–205.00	$168.33	-111.67
175–185	180	2	200.00–320.00	$260.00	-60.00
225	225	1	250.00	$250.00	—
275	275	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
905	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
585–760	673	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	600.00–750.00	$665.24	—
880	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	425.00	$425.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
685	685	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
865	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	550.00	$550.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–25	23	2	30.00–40.00	$35.00	-31.25
40	40	1	70.00	$70.00	-17.50
50–55	52	6	100.00–125.00	$115.00	-33.00
50–55	52	3	70.00–80.00	$73.33	-74.67
60	60	1	130.00	$130.00	-36.25

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	-6.25
60	60	2	90.00	$90.00	-35.00
65	65	1	80.00	$80.00	-45.00
70	70	3	75.00–120.00	$105.00	-32.50
70–75	73	2	100.00–145.00	$122.50	-15.00
85	85	3	150.00–175.00	$160.00	-35.00
100	100	1	160.00	$160.00	-75.00
150–175	167	3	180.00–240.00	$201.67	—
200–225	214	7	210.00–270.00	$238.57	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
17	17	4	20.00–22.50	$21.25	—
32	32	5	50.00	$50.00	—
40	40	1	30.00	$30.00	—
45	45	1	22.50	$22.50	—
50	50	1	30.00	$30.00	-47.50
60	60	1	55.00	$55.00	-22.50
70–76	72	14	42.50–75.00	$52.00	-25.50
81–85	82	8	60.00–75.00	$73.06	+4.42

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–294	292	6	70.00–74.00	$73.36	$214	—
360–380	368	3	65.00–75.00	$70.37	$259	—
450–452	451	3	70.00	$70.00	$316	-5.00
505	505	1	80.00	$80.00	$404	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	3	150.00–180.00	$170.00	-155.83
100	100	2	185.00–215.00	$200.00	-190.00
175	175	2	175.00–250.00	$212.50	—
200	200	1	360.00	$360.00	—

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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.