Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 23, 2022

634 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $163.33/cwt +9.08 vs last sale · ≈ $586/hd at 359 lb · 17 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $144.19/cwt -12.12 vs last sale · ≈ $670/hd at 465 lb · 12 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 steers $152.90/cwt -3.33 vs last sale · ≈ $573/hd at 375 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	634	669	459
Feeder cattle	302	390	289
Slaughter cattle	141	76	58
Replacement cattle	37	16	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder heifers 3.00 higher, feeder bulls too few to trend, slaughter cows 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. Moderate offering of average to plain 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
235	235	1	175.00	$175.00	$411	—
280 fancy	280	1	200.00	$200.00	$560	—
305 fancy	305	1	195.00	$195.00	$595	—
310–345	327	9	170.00–185.00	$177.88	$582	—
355 fancy	355	1	190.00	$190.00	$674	+5.00
360–390	371	4	170.00–180.00	$173.67	$644	+4.27
403–405	403	7	170.00–180.00	$178.57	$720	—
465–495	484	5	170.00–181.00	$175.64	$850	+1.92
540	540	1	177.00	$177.00	$956	—
570 fancy	570	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,026	-1.61
575–595	585	2	170.00–175.00	$172.46	$1,009	-4.57
615–640	628	2	150.00–151.00	$150.49	$945	-9.51
670	670	6	152.00	$152.00	$1,018	+2.00
720	720	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,008	-9.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	152.50	$152.50	$450	+1.61
323–345	325	10	150.00–163.00	$160.82	$523	+4.36
355–395	375	11	150.00–163.00	$152.90	$573	-3.33
415–422	420	3	164.00–165.00	$164.33	$690	+11.25
490	490	1	155.00	$155.00	$760	—
560–590	572	3	130.00–147.50	$140.66	$805	-9.34
880	880	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,030	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	140.00	$140.00	$378	—
310	310	1	135.00	$135.00	$418	-8.00
385–390	387	3	135.00–142.00	$137.35	$532	-3.93

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	313	2	120.00–122.50	$121.20	$379	-7.07

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	3	147.50–155.00	$150.83	$422	-2.78
300–340	321	7	154.00–160.00	$156.60	$503	-1.71
355–385	359	17	150.00–165.00	$163.33	$586	+9.08
400–445	415	10	150.00–162.50	$156.61	$650	+6.44
455–475	464	7	150.00–161.00	$154.16	$715	+7.95
505–515	510	2	145.00–149.00	$147.02	$750	+2.50
565–599	592	7	135.00–142.00	$136.81	$810	-4.95
600	600	1	135.00	$135.00	$810	—
795	795	1	120.00	$120.00	$954	—
875	875	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,024	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	2	132.50–137.50	$135.00	$290	+2.42
260–290	275	2	132.50–145.00	$139.09	$382	+0.80
301–310	303	7	135.00–145.00	$142.83	$433	+1.16
350–385	367	6	130.00–145.00	$136.79	$502	-3.02
400–440	417	7	130.00–145.00	$138.93	$579	+3.76
480–490	485	2	132.50–140.00	$136.21	$661	-0.63
500–545	523	2	130.00–141.00	$135.26	$707	+3.42
550–575	563	2	130.00–132.50	$131.22	$739	-1.40

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	120.00	$120.00	$438	—
420	420	1	120.00	$120.00	$504	-1.00
490	490	1	120.00	$120.00	$588	-1.00
515–545	528	3	120.00–125.00	$121.62	$642	—
595	595	1	120.00	$120.00	$714	-2.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	1	110.00	$110.00	$676	—
655–695	673	3	110.00–115.00	$111.72	$752	—
740	740	1	110.00	$110.00	$814	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	420	7	145.00–155.00	$150.76	$633	-0.46
450–490	465	12	130.00–155.00	$144.19	$670	-12.12
505–525	513	3	140.00–147.50	$145.02	$744	-7.39
575–595	585	2	130.00–145.00	$137.63	$805	-8.98
600–640	615	3	120.00–131.00	$127.08	$782	-12.92
650–675	663	3	122.00–130.00	$127.29	$844	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	427	5	160.00–170.00	$162.52	$694	—
455	455	2	160.00–170.00	$165.00	$751	±0.00
510–545	523	6	150.00–161.00	$154.46	$808	—
555–560	558	2	150.00–165.00	$157.47	$879	—
600–630	616	4	140.00–147.50	$144.14	$888	-5.86
715–735	725	3	135.00–143.00	$139.31	$1,010	—
780	780	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,022	±0.00
810	810	1	120.00	$120.00	$972	—
885	885	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,089	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	117.00	$117.00	$562	-23.00
540	540	1	121.00	$121.00	$653	-9.00
560	560	1	120.00	$120.00	$672	-13.95
605	605	1	115.00	$115.00	$696	—
675	675	1	113.00	$113.00	$763	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055	1055	80-85%	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,055	—
1005–1320	1120	80-85%	17	62.00–76.00	$70.08	$785	—
960–1870	1303	80-85%	58	80.00–92.00	$84.65	$1,103	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–990	825	85-90%	5	77.00–82.00	$79.62	$657	+20.68
620–995	887	85-90%	31	50.00–75.00	$64.05	$568	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1860	1599	75-80%	7	83.00–88.00	$85.81	$1,372	—
1885	1885	75-80%	1	76.00	$76.00	$1,433	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–2000	1574	7	101.00–118.00	$109.39	$1,722	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800–1320	1096	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	105.00–120.00	$111.40	$1,221

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045–1085	1067	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	875.00–925.00	$900.31

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–950	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	625.00–775.00	$705.97
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–185	134	20	79.00–90.00	$85.29	$114	—
190	190	1	62.50	$62.50	$119	-18.03
250	250	2	70.00	$70.00	$175	—
290	290	1	107.50	$107.50	$312	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	5.00	$5.00	$26	—
720	720	1	5.00	$5.00	$36	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	180.00	$180.00	+47.50
70	70	2	162.50–165.00	$163.75	+31.25
80	80	2	195.00	$195.00	+62.50
90	90	1	205.00	$205.00	+72.50
180	180	1	320.00	$320.00	+95.00
210	210	1	360.00	$360.00	—
250	250	1	420.00	$420.00	—

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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
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
820–885	843	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00–1,425.00	$1,326.71	—
855–950	917	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,375.00–1,450.00	$1,418.05	—
925–1150	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,325.00–1,550.00	$1,434.17	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—
1020–1165	1093	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	925.00	$925.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
610	610	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—
965	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	89.00	$89.00	$436	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	27.50–30.00	$28.75	-13.75
20	20	5	60.00–67.50	$62.50	+20.00
30	30	9	40.00–50.00	$43.89	+1.39
30	30	4	95.00–102.50	$99.38	+56.88
40	40	4	125.00–130.00	$127.50	+61.39
50	50	5	140.00–155.00	$145.00	+87.50
60	60	2	200.00	$200.00	+109.44
60	60	3	160.00–175.00	$168.33	+77.77
80	80	2	245.00	$245.00	+115.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	5	120.00–130.00	$125.00	+5.00
50	50	3	170.00–175.00	$171.67	+51.67
70	70	1	190.00	$190.00	+70.00
80	80	2	210.00–220.00	$215.00	+95.00
80	80	3	140.00–155.00	$146.67	+26.67
110	110	1	180.00	$180.00	+8.44

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–29	24	25	22.50–27.50	$24.84	—
32	32	12	40.00	$40.00	—
43	43	7	47.50	$47.50	—
70–75	73	2	45.00–50.00	$47.59	-9.91
80–85	84	7	50.00–72.50	$61.97	-20.53
90–97	94	7	50.00–67.50	$57.76	-24.74

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248–275	257	3	70.00–75.00	$73.22	$188	+23.22
420	420	1	72.00	$72.00	$302	—
550–565	558	2	73.00–76.00	$74.52	$416	—

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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.