Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 16, 2022

669 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.52/cwt +3.21 vs last sale · ≈ $773/hd at 535 lb · 34 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $152.62/cwt +5.66 vs last sale · ≈ $700/hd at 459 lb · 22 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $177.84/cwt ≈ $829/hd at 466 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	669	428	499
Feeder cattle	390	203	285
Slaughter cattle	76	44	37
Replacement cattle	16	7	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales . Average offering of average to good quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–220 fancy	215	4	190.00–205.00	$196.40	$422	—
287	287	6	169.00	$169.00	$485	—
350 fancy	350	1	185.00	$185.00	$648	—
379–380	379	5	168.00–175.00	$169.40	$642	-1.60
400–435 fancy	431	9	180.00	$180.00	$776	-6.00
445	445	1	170.00	$170.00	$756	—
457–465 fancy	458	11	180.00–181.00	$180.09	$825	—
475–495	481	6	170.00–175.00	$173.72	$836	—
523–540 fancy	527	8	180.00–182.00	$180.51	$951	—
550–570 fancy	566	5	180.00–182.00	$181.61	$1,028	—
565–593	571	10	169.50–179.00	$177.03	$1,011	+10.30
615	615	1	160.00	$160.00	$984	+10.00
685	685	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,028	—
704	704	7	149.00	$149.00	$1,049	+6.03

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	170.00	$170.00	$400	—
255–285	268	3	150.00–152.50	$150.89	$404	—
310–345	330	6	150.00–163.00	$156.46	$516	-1.04
350–380	365	10	151.00–160.00	$156.23	$570	+0.80
420–445	431	4	150.00–161.00	$153.08	$660	+4.84
520	520	1	160.00	$160.00	$832	+13.80
595	595	1	150.00	$150.00	$892	+0.78
645	645	1	150.00	$150.00	$968	—
650	650	1	133.00	$133.00	$864	-1.95

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	240	2	120.00–130.00	$124.90	$300	—
270–275	273	2	115.00–127.50	$121.19	$331	-0.36
300–325	315	4	120.00–135.00	$128.27	$404	+9.58
355–385	370	5	130.00–131.00	$130.19	$482	—
550	550	1	110.00	$110.00	$605	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	143.00	$143.00	$486	+10.44
370–380	373	4	140.00–145.00	$141.28	$527	—
460	460	1	141.00	$141.00	$649	+9.73
505	505	1	140.00	$140.00	$707	—

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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	265	7	150.00–160.00	$153.61	$407	+11.16
305–345	325	10	152.50–160.00	$158.31	$515	+9.65
338 fancy	338	3	167.00	$167.00	$564	+6.52
365–395	375	4	154.00–155.00	$154.25	$578	+2.59
405–449	441	16	145.00–152.00	$150.17	$662	+1.65
455 fancy	455	17	154.50	$154.50	$703	—
468–473	471	5	145.00–147.00	$146.21	$689	-0.75
506–543	535	34	140.00–150.00	$144.52	$773	+3.21
555–593	584	4	141.00–142.00	$141.76	$828	-3.21
657	657	3	131.00	$131.00	$861	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–235	228	2	130.00–135.00	$132.58	$302	—
255–280	269	4	130.00–145.00	$138.29	$372	+8.29
320–340	327	3	140.00–143.00	$141.67	$463	+10.99
370–390	377	7	130.00–145.00	$139.81	$527	+13.01
415–445	430	2	130.00–140.00	$135.17	$581	+3.40
450–495	481	11	129.00–140.00	$136.84	$658	+5.63
520–540	530	6	128.00–135.00	$131.84	$699	+5.75
550–555	553	4	130.00–135.00	$132.62	$733	+4.00
600–620	607	3	122.50–127.50	$124.97	$759	+1.31
700	700	1	121.00	$121.00	$847	+3.47

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–265	258	2	113.00–115.00	$113.97	$294	—
480	480	1	110.00	$110.00	$528	—
530–545	538	2	115.00–116.00	$115.51	$621	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	120.00	$120.00	$378	—
440	440	1	121.00	$121.00	$532	—
495	495	1	121.00	$121.00	$599	—
565	565	1	122.50	$122.50	$692	—
680	680	1	117.00	$117.00	$796	—

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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	420	7	145.00–160.00	$151.22	$635	-4.25
450–495	471	10	145.00–160.00	$156.31	$736	+1.82
515–545	520	15	140.00–155.00	$152.41	$793	—
560–580	570	2	140.00–153.00	$146.61	$836	+2.49
605	605	1	140.00	$140.00	$847	+11.34

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	417	5	127.50–135.00	$131.53	$548	—
475	475	1	140.00	$140.00	$665	—
505	505	1	130.00	$130.00	$656	+3.59
550–585	570	6	130.00–137.00	$133.95	$764	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	4	165.00	$165.00	$797	—
625	625	1	150.00	$150.00	$938	—
650	650	1	147.00	$147.00	$956	+7.00
785	785	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,028	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	115.00	$115.00	$742	+5.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1130	979	80-85%	5	69.00–78.00	$72.63	$711	—
890–1495	1215	80-85%	18	80.00–95.00	$88.88	$1,080	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–865	823	85-90%	3	50.00–66.00	$58.94	$485	-14.55
800–1460	1016	85-90%	19	70.00–83.00	$76.15	$774	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1665	1520	75-80%	5	87.00–96.00	$92.59	$1,407	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960	960	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,200	—
930–1310	1120	2	85.00–92.00	$89.09	$998	—
940–1730	1356	6	99.00–115.00	$105.67	$1,433	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
685–785	737	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	110.00–117.00	$112.52	$829
745–865	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	92.50–107.50	$99.44	$800

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–795	733	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	43.00–46.00	$44.37	$325
850	850	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	40.00	$40.00	$340

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
950–1000	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	975.00–1,025.00	$1,000.64

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1400	1400	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,190

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750	750	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	105.00	$105.00	$788

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
115–195	171	14	70.00–90.00	$80.53	$138	-16.23
220–260	234	8	73.00–87.50	$81.97	$192	-5.28
300–310	305	2	80.00	$80.00	$244	—
350	350	1	60.00	$60.00	$210	-10.00
555	555	1	23.00	$23.00	$128	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
120	120	1	62.50	$62.50	$75	—
350	350	1	7.50	$7.50	$26	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	132.50	$132.50	+32.50
100	100	1	160.00	$160.00	+32.50
100	100	1	155.00	$155.00	+27.50
100–135	109	8	162.50–225.00	$190.00	+62.50
150	150	1	225.00	$225.00	-17.50

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	42.50	$42.50	-39.58
35	35	5	50.00–67.50	$57.50	-24.58
40–45	43	9	62.50–70.00	$66.11	-42.22
45	45	1	57.50	$57.50	-50.83
50	50	3	55.00–60.00	$57.50	-18.75
50–55	51	8	100.00–110.00	$102.81	+26.56
50–55	53	20	75.00–80.00	$76.00	-0.25
60–65	64	9	85.00–97.50	$90.56	-84.44
60–65	64	4	60.00–75.00	$68.13	-106.87
60–65	64	5	115.00–120.00	$117.00	-58.00
70–75	74	10	125.00–135.00	$130.00	-55.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	120.00	$120.00	+37.50
85	85	1	130.00	$130.00	+28.33
85	85	4	145.00–150.00	$148.75	+47.08
85	85	3	77.50–100.00	$85.83	-15.84
100	100	1	110.00	$110.00	-90.00
100	100	2	120.00–145.00	$132.50	-67.50
100–135	118	8	162.50–190.00	$171.56	-28.44
150	150	1	140.00	$140.00	-150.00
150	150	3	220.00–300.00	$263.33	-26.67

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
52	52	5	42.50	$42.50	-16.79
67	67	3	70.00	$70.00	-17.50
70	70	2	57.50	$57.50	-30.00
90	90	2	82.50	$82.50	-32.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	2	51.00	$51.00	$97	—
255	255	1	50.00	$50.00	$128	-10.00

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	50.00–77.50	$63.75	—
50	50	1	122.50	$122.50	—
65	65	1	170.00	$170.00	—
85	85	1	150.00	$150.00	—
85	85	1	110.00	$110.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	3	190.00–200.00	$193.33	-35.42
100–125	108	3	240.00–380.00	$331.67	+76.67
150–175	167	3	425.00–470.00	$453.33	—

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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.