Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, June 14, 2022

419 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.50/cwt +8.50 vs last sale · ≈ $898/hd at 678 lb · 17 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $126.35/cwt -13.65 vs last sale · ≈ $529/hd at 419 lb · 11 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $120.92/cwt -19.08 vs last sale · ≈ $574/hd at 475 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	419	450	443
Feeder cattle	167	234	274
Slaughter cattle	70	63	26
Replacement cattle	26	27	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with active moderate buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	120.00	$120.00	$282	—
255–265	260	2	120.00–130.00	$124.90	$325	+1.90
300–345	320	4	110.00–120.00	$116.25	$372	-3.75
385	385	1	110.00	$110.00	$424	-10.00
435	435	2	90.00–120.00	$105.00	$457	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	318	2	122.50–132.50	$127.70	$406	-3.64
365	365	1	120.00	$120.00	$438	-13.23
405–440	427	3	125.00–130.00	$128.42	$548	-6.58
470–480	475	2	130.00	$130.00	$618	—
665	665	1	110.00	$110.00	$732	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	147.50	$147.50	$560	-22.50
505–535	518	3	140.00–142.00	$140.65	$729	-23.35
550	550	1	150.00	$150.00	$825	-10.81

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	145.00	$145.00	$544	-9.42
500	500	1	130.00	$130.00	$650	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	110.00	$110.00	$264	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	110.00	$110.00	$446	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	268	3	120.00–140.00	$131.15	$351	-8.85
340	340	2	120.00–130.00	$125.00	$425	-15.00
355–390	374	5	130.00–135.00	$131.44	$492	-8.56
400–445	419	11	110.00–138.00	$126.35	$529	-13.65
455–495	475	10	107.00–128.00	$120.92	$574	-19.08
500–535	515	6	119.00–135.00	$127.07	$654	-6.13
565–590	579	8	118.00–130.00	$123.87	$717	—
605–610	608	2	112.50–120.00	$116.27	$707	—
678	678	17	132.50	$132.50	$898	+8.50
730	730	1	115.00	$115.00	$840	—
755–795	775	4	89.00–115.00	$102.17	$792	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	283	2	120.00–127.50	$123.58	$350	+13.58
350	350	1	80.00	$80.00	$280	—
365	365	1	110.00	$110.00	$402	—
440	440	1	70.00	$70.00	$308	-30.00
470	470	1	100.00	$100.00	$470	-3.34
515–520	518	2	80.00–100.00	$89.95	$466	-20.05
600–610	605	2	91.00–100.00	$95.54	$578	—
815	815	1	74.00	$74.00	$603	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	105.00	$105.00	$341	-17.54
365–395	381	4	100.00–110.00	$107.41	$409	—
405–425	418	3	70.00–100.00	$83.07	$347	-35.73
490	490	1	63.00	$63.00	$309	-59.50
815	815	1	74.00	$74.00	$603	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	122.50	$122.50	$429	—
610	610	2	100.00	$100.00	$610	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	77.50	$77.50	$260	—
375	375	1	80.00	$80.00	$300	—
405 thin fleshed	405	1	61.00	$61.00	$247	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	40.00	$40.00	$170	—
500–505	503	2	60.00–70.00	$64.98	$327	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	105.00	$105.00	$514	-25.08

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490–495	493	2	131.00–140.00	$135.52	$668	-14.48
505–520	513	2	125.00–130.00	$127.46	$654	-22.54
555–595	575	4	120.00–130.00	$124.99	$719	-25.01
640–645	643	2	110.00–120.00	$114.98	$739	-27.53
695	695	1	120.00	$120.00	$834	-12.49
740	740	1	119.00	$119.00	$881	—
970	970	1	100.00	$100.00	$970	—
1040	1040	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,040	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	122.50	$122.50	$551	—
730–735	733	2	100.00	$100.00	$733	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	120.00	$120.00	$528	+7.50
510	510	1	120.00	$120.00	$612	+10.00
940	940	1	87.50	$87.50	$822	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–410	408	2	100.00	$100.00	$408	—
465	465	1	100.00	$100.00	$465	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	2	130.00	$130.00	$585	-5.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355 thin fleshed	355	1	80.00	$80.00	$284	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065	1065	80-85%	2	92.00	$92.00	$980	+6.92
880–1320	1124	80-85%	20	77.00–91.00	$83.09	$934	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060	1060	75-80%	1	80.00	$80.00	$848	—
1130–1465	1292	75-80%	8	82.00–89.00	$85.36	$1,103	—
1280–1480	1410	75-80%	3	90.00–93.00	$91.40	$1,289	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	85-90%	1	71.00	$71.00	$596	—
825–1230	968	85-90%	9	70.00–80.00	$74.61	$722	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505	1505	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,776	—
1170–2045	1648	6	95.00–110.00	$106.71	$1,759	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–780	738	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	382.00–436.00	$410.56

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	735.00	$735.00

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Bred Cows

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	725.00	$725.00
1035–1075	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	800.00–850.00	$824.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1310	1310	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,113.00	$1,113.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	712.00	$712.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
103–195	140	30	90.00–122.50	$105.86	$148	—
215	215	1	90.00	$90.00	$194	+4.52
200–255	235	4	90.00–107.50	$95.75	$225	+10.27
377–385	380	3	67.50–72.50	$70.81	$269	+40.81

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	37.50	$37.50	$88	-2.50
380	380	1	17.00	$17.00	$65	—
515	515	1	12.00	$12.00	$62	+7.00
790	790	2	7.00	$7.00	$55	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	3	122.50–130.00	$125.83	-4.17
70	70	1	72.50	$72.50	-57.50
80	80	1	117.50	$117.50	-12.50
80 thin fleshed	80	1	80.00	$80.00	—
85	85	1	160.00	$160.00	+30.00
90	90	1	185.00	$185.00	+55.00
150–175	157	7	240.00–370.00	$290.23	+12.73
200	200	1	350.00	$350.00	-25.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835–1115	944	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,075.00–1,300.00	$1,168.30	—
850–1140	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,225.00–1,400.00	$1,331.34	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–755	753	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–925.00	$912.54	+12.54
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	+100.00
750–850	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–750.00	$726.56	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
530	530	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	40.00–42.50	$41.25	-22.75
20–25	24	8	45.00–55.00	$51.18	-12.82
30	30	7	57.50–67.50	$61.43	-2.57
40–45	43	5	70.00–80.00	$76.28	+11.28
50	50	2	97.50–100.00	$98.75	+26.25
50	50	1	85.00	$85.00	+12.50
60	60	1	120.00	$120.00	-8.33
60	60	6	100.00–110.00	$103.75	-24.58
60	60	1	80.00	$80.00	-48.33
70	70	2	125.00–130.00	$127.50	-0.83
70	70	2	67.50	$67.50	-60.83

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	82.50–100.00	$91.25	-48.75
70	70	1	100.00	$100.00	-40.00
75	75	1	120.00	$120.00	-20.00
100–140	111	7	170.00–240.00	$201.03	+69.55
100–120	113	3	120.00–160.00	$142.94	+11.46
150	150	1	200.00	$200.00	+8.75

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	2	90.00	$90.00	+40.00
75	75	2	102.50	$102.50	+52.50
95	95	1	110.00	$110.00	+60.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160	160	1	67.50	$67.50	$108	—
340	340	1	43.00	$43.00	$146	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	2	120.00–130.00	$125.00	+5.00
90	90	2	150.00	$150.00	+30.00
100	100	1	160.00	$160.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80 thin fleshed	80	1	80.00	$80.00	—
125	125	3	190.00–205.00	$198.33	+17.40

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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.