Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report, Darlington, SC

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, June 28, 2022

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $125.62/cwt +0.95 vs last sale · ≈ $604/hd at 481 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	494	549	540
Feeder cattle	185	250	162
Slaughter cattle	79	95	52
Replacement cattle	32	23	9

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made on feeder cattle this week due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady. Moderate 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
225	225	1	150.00	$150.00	$338	-6.30
225 fancy	225	1	190.00	$190.00	$428	+10.00
270–290	284	4	170.00–182.50	$176.89	$502	+14.44
300–340	320	2	162.50–180.00	$170.70	$546	—
365 fancy	365	1	177.50	$177.50	$648	—
395	395	1	162.50	$162.50	$642	—
410–440	425	2	151.00–167.50	$159.54	$678	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–280	270	2	140.00–150.00	$144.81	$391	+3.09
300	300	1	132.50	$132.50	$398	-17.97
440	440	1	145.00	$145.00	$638	+5.00
470	470	1	150.00	$150.00	$705	+4.29
510	510	1	143.00	$143.00	$729	+13.00
560	560	1	150.00	$150.00	$840	+16.33

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–225	220	2	130.00	$130.00	$286	—
255–280	268	2	130.00	$130.00	$348	—
390	390	1	130.00	$130.00	$507	+0.82
535	535	1	130.00	$130.00	$696	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	110.00	$110.00	$352	-9.04
390	390	1	120.00	$120.00	$468	+2.77
530	530	1	117.50	$117.50	$623	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	135.00	$135.00	$358	—
305–345	328	3	130.00–137.50	$134.95	$443	+8.45
370–380	375	2	131.00–132.50	$131.76	$494	+6.55
400–445	413	6	120.00–133.00	$128.21	$530	-1.83
460–495	481	11	120.00–133.00	$125.62	$604	+0.95
500–535	512	3	120.00–132.00	$127.17	$651	+1.33
555–560	557	3	123.00–127.50	$125.17	$697	—
630	630	1	115.00	$115.00	$724	+3.50
660	660	1	117.50	$117.50	$776	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	100.00	$100.00	$240	-10.00
325–330	328	2	100.00–110.00	$104.96	$344	—
360–395	378	4	110.00	$110.00	$416	—
415–435	425	3	100.00–110.00	$106.67	$453	—
455–485	462	5	100.00–110.00	$108.03	$499	—
520–535	528	3	100.00–110.00	$104.19	$550	—
630	630	1	110.00	$110.00	$693	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–205 fancy	203	2	172.50–177.50	$175.03	$355	—
215–240	228	2	155.00	$155.00	$353	-2.38
370–395	383	2	137.50–140.00	$138.79	$532	—
400–420	408	4	132.50–140.00	$136.93	$559	-2.69
455 fancy	455	1	155.00	$155.00	$705	—
500	500	1	142.50	$142.50	$712	+7.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	320	2	120.00	$120.00	$384	+8.32
370–385	378	2	120.00	$120.00	$454	+10.00
455	455	2	117.50–120.00	$118.75	$540	+7.78
600	600	1	112.50	$112.50	$675	—
740	740	1	107.50	$107.50	$796	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–435	424	7	147.50–157.00	$153.22	$650	—
450 fancy	450	1	161.00	$161.00	$724	—
455–480	470	4	145.00–157.50	$151.47	$712	—
510–540	524	4	144.00–147.50	$145.37	$762	-0.07
575–585	580	2	145.00–150.00	$147.52	$856	—
610	610	2	137.00–145.00	$141.00	$860	—
685–690	688	2	125.00–130.00	$127.49	$877	—
700–730	715	2	122.00–127.00	$124.55	$891	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	422	3	130.00–135.00	$132.57	$559	-17.43
480	480	1	140.00	$140.00	$672	+5.11
510–530	520	2	130.00–140.00	$134.90	$701	+4.97
550–575	563	3	130.00–132.50	$131.66	$741	+6.72
610–645	625	4	120.00–130.00	$127.56	$797	—
755	755	1	120.00	$120.00	$906	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	124.00	$124.00	$626	—
710–735	723	2	116.00–119.00	$117.47	$849	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1030	1015	80-85%	2	77.00–78.00	$77.51	$787	—
820–1380	1095	80-85%	30	80.00–99.00	$88.51	$969	-13.95

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–955	880	85-90%	3	62.00–69.00	$66.16	$582	—
780–1225	1041	85-90%	8	70.00–81.00	$75.55	$786	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235	1235	75-80%	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,087	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035	1035	1	89.00	$89.00	$921	—
775–1515	1182	3	117.00–120.00	$118.39	$1,399	—
845–1745	1255	5	92.00–111.00	$103.61	$1,300	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–840	798	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	525.00–693.00	$644.31
820–885	853	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	530.00–598.00	$561.46

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
615–670	640	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	431.00–536.00	$472.27
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	438.00	$438.00

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00
795	795	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110–190	144	13	80.00–88.00	$84.28	$121	-7.05
145	145	1	72.50	$72.50	$105	-18.83
125–177	160	7	72.50–85.00	$76.23	$122	—
200–265	233	9	65.00–80.00	$75.15	$175	-18.39
455	455	1	43.00	$43.00	$196	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
116–148	128	8	40.00–47.50	$43.70	$56	—
165	165	1	52.50	$52.50	$87	—
267	267	2	60.00	$60.00	$160	—
425	425	1	9.00	$9.00	$38	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	175.00	$175.00	+12.50
85	85	5	170.00–187.50	$175.50	-134.50
85	85	2	150.00	$150.00	-160.00
100–115	104	4	140.00–155.00	$147.08	+7.08
100–125	115	15	180.00–295.00	$211.59	+71.59
115	115	1	120.00	$120.00	-20.00
150	150	3	200.00–315.00	$250.00	+70.00

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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
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00	+100.00
720–990	862	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,050.00–1,300.00	$1,159.67	—
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
885–1065	989	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	1,175.00–1,725.00	$1,426.16	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—
1410	1410	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
795	795	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	575.00	$575.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	1	47.50	$47.50	-16.59
35	35	5	35.00–45.00	$42.00	-36.33
35	35	6	45.00–60.00	$55.83	-22.50
45	45	3	40.00–47.50	$42.50	-35.83
45	45	3	65.00–72.50	$68.33	-10.00
50	50	5	40.00–60.00	$48.50	-87.50
50	50	2	67.50–75.00	$71.25	-64.75
50	50	2	40.00–47.50	$43.75	-92.25
65	65	2	72.50	$72.50	-137.50
65	65	2	140.00–147.50	$143.75	-66.25
75	75	2	135.00–145.00	$140.00	-97.50
75	75	2	72.50–100.00	$86.25	-151.25
85	85	1	107.50	$107.50	-130.00
85	85	2	120.00–130.00	$125.00	-112.50
85	85	1	87.50	$87.50	-150.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	3	40.00–82.50	$54.17	-55.83
75	75	1	135.00	$135.00	+25.00
75	75	1	82.50	$82.50	-27.50
75	75	3	67.50–82.50	$73.33	-36.67
85	85	2	120.00–130.00	$125.00	-5.00
85	85	3	80.00–97.50	$90.00	-40.00
85	85	1	150.00	$150.00	+20.00
100	100	2	80.00	$80.00	-102.00
100	100	1	110.00	$110.00	-72.00
100–115	104	4	115.00–130.00	$125.18	-56.82
125	125	2	155.00–165.00	$160.00	-22.00
150–175	167	3	215.00–330.00	$255.25	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	9	12.50–25.00	$13.89	-6.11
40	40	2	30.00	$30.00	-15.00
65	65	1	27.50	$27.50	-44.87
70	70	4	37.50	$37.50	-22.50
70	70	1	62.50	$62.50	+2.50
85	85	1	42.50	$42.50	-55.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165	165	1	50.00	$50.00	$82	—
220–290	255	2	52.50–67.50	$61.03	$156	+18.81
385	385	2	41.00	$41.00	$158	—
490	490	1	46.00	$46.00	$225	—
625–655	645	3	46.00–48.00	$46.65	$301	—
655	655	1	45.00	$45.00	$295	—
770	770	1	45.00	$45.00	$346	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	52.50	$52.50	—
45	45	1	90.00	$90.00	—
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	—
50	50	1	50.00	$50.00	—
75	75	1	150.00	$150.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	80.00	$80.00	—
85	85	2	180.00–190.00	$185.00	—
100	100	3	200.00–225.00	$208.33	—
150	150	1	265.00	$265.00	—

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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.