Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, July 26, 2022

360 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 steers $148.09/cwt -1.22 vs last sale · ≈ $615/hd at 415 lb · 12 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $149.96/cwt +7.96 vs last sale · ≈ $552/hd at 368 lb · 11 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $145.08/cwt +12.24 vs last sale · ≈ $678/hd at 467 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	360	452	382
Feeder cattle	197	158	177
Slaughter cattle	57	53	50
Replacement cattle	24	39	2

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales . Average offering of average 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
245	245	1	162.50	$162.50	$398	+12.50
250–290	268	3	160.00	$160.00	$429	—
325	325	1	155.00	$155.00	$504	+7.54
375–390	383	2	145.00–150.00	$147.55	$565	+3.51
400–440	415	12	140.00–152.50	$148.09	$615	-1.22
450–480	463	4	140.00–148.00	$142.20	$658	—
515–535	525	2	137.50–145.00	$141.32	$742	—
550–590	574	5	133.00–145.00	$140.68	$808	+0.68
605–630	618	3	117.50–131.00	$122.74	$759	—
745	745	1	123.00	$123.00	$916	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	185.00	$185.00	$388	—
265	265	1	170.00	$170.00	$450	—
305–330	318	2	170.00–180.00	$174.80	$556	—
510–535	522	3	158.00–165.00	$160.96	$840	+10.96
555–585	567	3	155.00–159.00	$156.31	$886	—
625	625	1	155.00	$155.00	$969	+10.95
730	730	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,058	+2.00
750–775	763	2	139.00–140.00	$139.51	$1,064	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	130.00	$130.00	$358	+10.00
340	340	1	130.00	$130.00	$442	+2.50
360–370	365	2	130.00	$130.00	$474	-2.43
410	410	1	130.00	$130.00	$533	-3.00
495	495	1	132.50	$132.50	$656	—
560	560	1	120.00	$120.00	$672	—

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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	205	1	152.50	$152.50	$313	—
210 fancy	210	1	170.00	$170.00	$357	—
255–280	267	3	140.00	$140.00	$374	—
320–330	322	5	140.00–157.50	$144.57	$466	—
360–375	368	11	141.00–154.00	$149.96	$552	+7.96
410–445	430	5	140.00–143.00	$141.32	$608	+3.57
515	515	1	138.00	$138.00	$711	-3.65
550–590	570	2	133.00–135.00	$134.04	$764	-0.96
625–630	628	2	125.00–126.00	$125.50	$788	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	122.50	$122.50	$288	—
355–390	376	6	120.00–135.00	$130.00	$489	-6.21
400–445	425	6	122.50–131.00	$127.12	$540	-4.09
455–495	479	5	120.00–130.00	$127.75	$612	-4.95
515–535	521	4	129.00–130.00	$129.75	$676	+0.75
555–570	563	2	126.00	$126.00	$709	-4.00
650–690	670	2	113.00–115.00	$114.03	$764	-5.46

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	112.50	$112.50	$546	—
545	545	1	117.50	$117.50	$640	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	105.00	$105.00	$688	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	427	3	140.00–156.00	$145.50	$621	+4.17
455–480	467	10	140.00–150.00	$145.08	$678	+12.24
505–545	531	4	130.00–140.00	$137.24	$729	+4.24
570	570	2	125.00–139.00	$132.00	$752	+9.00
650–665	658	2	115.00–125.00	$119.94	$789	-0.57

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	2	166.00	$166.00	$694	+3.00
554–578 value added	560	8	159.00	$159.00	$890	—
605	605	1	142.00	$142.00	$859	+9.03

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	422	3	120.00–130.00	$123.16	$520	-3.10
510–545	528	3	118.00–125.00	$121.08	$639	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1105	1072	80-85%	3	60.00–66.00	$63.36	$679	-6.57
935–1475	1180	80-85%	27	71.00–81.00	$75.34	$889	-2.10

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–995	885	85-90%	11	50.00–65.00	$59.16	$524	—
900–995	950	85-90%	6	70.00–76.00	$74.00	$703	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025	1025	1	86.00	$86.00	$882	—
1430–1770	1643	3	101.00–109.00	$105.63	$1,736	—

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Stock Cows

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	80.00	$80.00	$544

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
980–1145	1098	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	875.00–975.00	$916.88

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–850	848	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	575.00	$575.00
940	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1225	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
102–125	110	12	62.50–70.00	$65.62	$72	+7.62
136–195	164	6	80.00–87.50	$84.10	$138	—
285	285	1	77.50	$77.50	$221	-3.50
305	305	2	72.00	$72.00	$220	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	280.00	$280.00	+81.67
140	140	1	155.00	$155.00	+5.00
175	175	1	310.00	$310.00	+67.24

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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
895–985	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,152.39	—
750–1080	973	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,000.00–1,375.00	$1,240.73	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 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
30	30	5	160.00	$160.00	+111.62
30	30	1	120.00	$120.00	+71.62
40	40	2	150.00–155.00	$152.50	+87.56
40	40	3	175.00–182.50	$179.17	+114.23
50	50	6	160.00–175.00	$166.67	+111.67
50	50	3	200.00–215.00	$205.00	+150.00
60	60	2	225.00	$225.00	+106.20
60	60	2	180.00	$180.00	+61.20

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	3	160.00–175.00	$168.33	+30.12
50	50	3	120.00	$120.00	-18.21
60	60	3	180.00–190.00	$185.00	+46.79
70	70	1	135.00	$135.00	-3.21
75	75	2	210.00	$210.00	+71.79
90	90	1	150.00	$150.00	-0.94
110	110	1	170.00	$170.00	+0.91
130	130	1	245.00	$245.00	+110.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	4	27.50	$27.50	+2.50
53	53	3	50.00	$50.00	+10.00
75	75	2	40.00–47.50	$43.75	-6.91
80	80	2	57.50	$57.50	+12.38
90	90	3	60.00	$60.00	+7.50

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	305.00	$305.00	+155.00

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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.