Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, July 19, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	452	546	524
Feeder cattle	158	309	328
Slaughter cattle	53	82	47
Replacement cattle	39	6	3

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers and feeder heifers too few to trend, feeder bulls 2.00 higher, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 3.00 lower based on limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	150.00	$150.00	$338	-5.00
335–345	340	2	145.00–150.00	$147.46	$501	-0.73
350–395	375	3	140.00–153.00	$144.04	$540	-5.71
425–435	430	3	147.00–153.00	$149.31	$642	+7.24
570	570	1	140.00	$140.00	$798	+3.56
650	650	1	130.00	$130.00	$845	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215 fancy	215	1	195.00	$195.00	$419	-5.00
435	435	1	161.00	$161.00	$700	+0.94
495	495	1	156.00	$156.00	$772	-4.06
510–545	528	2	150.00	$150.00	$792	-12.48
600–630	615	2	142.00–146.00	$144.05	$886	—
705	705	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,008	±0.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	120.00	$120.00	$354	-11.56
325	325	1	127.50	$127.50	$414	-4.99
370–390	380	2	130.00–135.00	$132.43	$503	+1.70
425	425	1	133.00	$133.00	$565	—
510	510	1	122.50	$122.50	$625	-2.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	110.00	$110.00	$280	—
315	315	1	111.00	$111.00	$350	-9.36
385	385	1	120.00	$120.00	$462	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–310	308	2	137.50–139.00	$138.26	$426	+9.66
355–380	368	2	135.00–137.50	$136.21	$501	+6.34
415–445	430	4	125.00–135.00	$131.21	$564	-1.54
455–490	476	4	130.00–136.00	$132.70	$632	+5.83
505–545	533	5	125.00–134.00	$129.00	$688	-1.05
555	555	1	130.00	$130.00	$722	+4.32
605–620	613	2	118.00–125.00	$121.46	$745	+2.21
660–665	663	2	116.00–123.00	$119.49	$792	+4.49
715	715	3	115.00	$115.00	$822	+2.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	142.00	$142.00	$511	±0.00
411–420	413	4	137.00–138.00	$137.75	$569	-3.51
455–490	473	2	138.00–141.00	$139.44	$660	-1.56
505–515	510	3	140.00–145.00	$141.65	$722	+1.18
575–595	585	2	135.00	$135.00	$790	-4.89

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–220	213	2	120.00	$120.00	$256	±0.00
290	290	1	120.00	$120.00	$348	—
310	310	1	122.50	$122.50	$380	+5.06
355–375	365	2	121.00–122.00	$121.49	$443	—
555–585	570	2	117.50–121.00	$119.20	$679	—
655–660	658	2	115.00	$115.00	$757	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	110.00	$110.00	$308	—
590	590	1	105.00	$105.00	$620	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	163.00	$163.00	$709	+8.00
460–485	470	4	150.00–159.00	$154.10	$724	+3.30
500–540	517	6	142.00–152.00	$146.67	$758	—
570–580	574	4	140.00–145.00	$142.14	$816	+2.14
600–635	614	6	130.00–139.00	$132.97	$816	—
665	665	1	133.00	$133.00	$884	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–430	427	3	139.00–145.00	$141.33	$603	+0.35
450–465	458	3	130.00–137.50	$132.84	$608	-2.75
540	540	1	133.00	$133.00	$718	-7.00
555	555	1	123.00	$123.00	$683	-0.67
625	625	1	125.00	$125.00	$781	+5.00
670–690	680	2	120.00–121.00	$120.51	$819	-2.50
785	785	1	120.00	$120.00	$942	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	120.00	$120.00	$492	—
620	620	1	115.00	$115.00	$713	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–445	440	2	125.00–127.50	$126.26	$556	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1875	1875	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,225.00	$2,225.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–955	905	85-90%	3	60.00–66.00	$63.62	$576	-20.39
890–1305	1089	85-90%	14	69.00–76.00	$72.66	$791	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1325	1089	80-85%	4	65.00–72.00	$69.93	$762	—
1025–1390	1177	80-85%	10	74.00–83.00	$77.44	$911	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1635	1532	75-80%	3	74.00–78.00	$76.03	$1,165	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1720	1497	3	95.00–109.00	$102.41	$1,533	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600–710	651	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	300.00–408.00	$373.39
660–770	716	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	304.00–429.00	$376.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–845	772	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	765.00–948.00	$852.30

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
910–1235	1053	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	800.00–1,175.00	$960.54
1060	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	869.00	$869.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–835	808	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	702.00–750.00	$726.82
865–885	875	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	650.00–825.00	$736.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
132	132	5	58.00	$58.00	$77	-31.86
110–185	149	9	70.00–82.50	$76.88	$115	-12.98
255	255	1	81.00	$81.00	$207	-9.50

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
113	113	3	50.00	$50.00	$56	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	110.00	$110.00	-45.00
75	75	7	140.00–162.50	$153.21	-1.79
85	85	13	165.00–180.00	$174.04	+19.04
85	85	1	130.00	$130.00	-25.00
100–145	110	16	187.50–220.00	$198.33	+18.33
115	115	1	150.00	$150.00	-30.00
150–175	158	6	205.00–275.00	$242.76	+20.26

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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
800–1090	974	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	1,100.00–1,275.00	$1,197.78	—
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1160	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,245.02	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
775	775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–375	363	2	61.00–69.00	$65.14	$236	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	180.00	$180.00	—
100	100	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	3	210.00	$210.00	—
100	100	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	3	200.00	$200.00	—
125	125	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	175.00	$175.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	2	20.00–25.00	$22.50	-20.83
20–25	23	2	20.00–30.00	$25.56	-17.77
30–35	33	3	45.00–52.50	$48.38	-17.04
35	35	2	40.00	$40.00	-25.42
40–45	43	5	62.50–67.50	$64.94	-14.56
50	50	3	50.00–60.00	$55.00	-94.17
50	50	1	35.00	$35.00	-114.17
50–55	51	5	70.00–77.50	$72.94	-76.23
50–55	52	3	100.00–112.50	$107.66	-41.51
60–65	63	2	117.50–120.00	$118.80	-101.20
65	65	1	67.50	$67.50	-152.50
85	85	1	80.00	$80.00	-140.00
85	85	4	127.50–130.00	$128.75	-91.25

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	7	132.50–140.00	$138.21	-37.24
85	85	8	145.00–160.00	$150.94	-50.49
85	85	1	100.00	$100.00	-101.43
100–125	110	5	165.00–185.00	$169.09	-55.91
125	125	2	130.00–140.00	$135.00	-90.00
135	135	1	120.00	$120.00	-105.00
150	150	4	200.00–210.00	$203.75	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	11	25.00	$25.00	-30.00
39	39	9	50.00	$50.00	-10.00
53	53	3	40.00	$40.00	-36.00
65	65	1	35.00	$35.00	-41.00
70–77	72	11	50.00–52.50	$50.66	-44.34
80–85	82	5	40.00–50.00	$45.12	-49.88
95	95	3	52.50	$52.50	-42.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	53.00	$53.00	$278	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	112.50	$112.50	—
50	50	2	85.00–92.50	$88.75	—
50	50	2	100.00–135.00	$117.50	—
65	65	1	132.50	$132.50	—
75	75	2	130.00	$130.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	150.00	$150.00	—
145	145	1	275.00	$275.00	-57.50
150	150	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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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.