Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 30, 2022

472 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $166.29/cwt -8.69 vs last sale · ≈ $992/hd at 596 lb · 14 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $143.58/cwt +6.77 vs last sale · ≈ $817/hd at 569 lb · 12 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $138.50/cwt +3.50 vs last sale · ≈ $888/hd at 641 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	472	634	407
Feeder cattle	174	302	205
Slaughter cattle	100	141	31
Replacement cattle	32	37	3

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers were 2.00 lower, feeder heifers were unevenly steady, feeder bulls to few too trend. Slaughter cows were 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were 2.00 lower. Average 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
350	350	1	171.00	$171.00	$598	-2.67
405–410	408	2	170.00	$170.00	$694	-8.57
465	465	1	171.00	$171.00	$795	-4.64
575 fancy	575	1	170.00	$170.00	$978	-10.00
598	598	13	166.00	$166.00	$993	-6.46
605	605	1	150.00	$150.00	$908	-0.49
716	716	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,074	+10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	335	2	147.50–150.00	$148.73	$498	-12.09
365–390	384	4	152.50–160.00	$156.23	$600	+3.33
465–485	478	3	150.00	$150.00	$717	-5.00
510–524	521	5	149.00–150.00	$149.20	$777	—
565–585	575	2	155.00	$155.00	$891	+14.34
650–665	658	2	130.00–135.00	$132.53	$872	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	130.00	$130.00	$312	—
285	285	1	120.00	$120.00	$342	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	137.50	$137.50	$337	—
280	280	1	137.50	$137.50	$385	-2.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	155.00	$155.00	$442	+4.17
305–325	313	3	151.00–160.00	$155.30	$486	-1.30
350–395	372	3	150.00–151.00	$150.33	$559	-13.00
425–430	427	3	150.00–155.00	$153.32	$655	-3.29
463–465	464	3	150.00–155.00	$153.33	$711	-0.83
510–545	523	3	140.00–141.00	$140.35	$734	-6.67
550–595	569	12	139.00–145.50	$143.58	$817	+6.77
641	641	11	138.50	$138.50	$888	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	132.00	$132.00	$389	-7.09
310	310	1	140.00	$140.00	$434	-2.83
360	360	2	143.00–145.00	$144.00	$518	+7.21
400–440	413	4	135.00–145.00	$139.97	$578	+1.04
455–460	458	2	130.00–143.00	$136.46	$625	+0.25
540	540	1	125.00	$125.00	$675	-10.26
555–595	578	4	125.00–135.00	$130.69	$755	-0.53
615	615	1	131.00	$131.00	$806	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	122.50	$122.50	$337	—
490	490	1	117.50	$117.50	$576	—
525–540	533	2	117.50	$117.50	$626	—
580	580	1	115.00	$115.00	$667	—
665	665	1	110.00	$110.00	$732	-1.72

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	123.00	$123.00	$609	+3.00
545	545	1	120.00	$120.00	$654	-1.62
575–595	585	2	120.00	$120.00	$702	±0.00
615–620	618	2	115.00–119.00	$117.01	$723	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–443	429	10	148.00–162.50	$155.04	$665	+4.28
510–520	515	2	140.00–145.00	$142.52	$734	-2.50
595	595	1	143.00	$143.00	$851	+5.37
675	675	1	132.50	$132.50	$894	+5.21
751	751	4	134.00	$134.00	$1,006	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	425	2	130.00–140.00	$135.18	$575	—
480–490	483	3	130.00–140.00	$136.69	$660	+19.69
510–540	525	3	125.00–135.00	$129.95	$682	+8.95
685	685	1	120.00	$120.00	$822	+7.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	120.00	$120.00	$516	—
515–535	525	2	110.00–117.50	$113.68	$597	—
575–595	585	2	117.00–120.00	$118.53	$693	—
615	615	1	115.00	$115.00	$707	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–415	408	2	170.00–180.00	$175.09	$714	+12.57
540	540	1	157.50	$157.50	$850	+3.04
565	565	1	155.00	$155.00	$876	-2.47

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1360	1190	80-85%	4	70.00–77.00	$75.03	$893	—
915–1430	1230	80-85%	33	78.00–88.00	$81.81	$1,006	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1140	943	85-90%	12	60.00–70.00	$65.36	$616	—
940–1295	1125	85-90%	13	71.00–78.00	$74.60	$839	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1555	1468	75-80%	5	81.00–85.00	$83.43	$1,225	—
1530	1530	75-80%	1	78.00	$78.00	$1,193	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1820	1574	5	100.00–113.00	$106.84	$1,682	-2.55

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–840	797	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	693.00–978.00	$846.18
940–970	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	752.00–757.00	$754.54

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–780	773	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	451.00–468.00	$459.58
775–835	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	616.00–736.00	$665.54

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
610–815	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	402.00–500.00	$463.35

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
810–890	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	608.00–650.00	$629.99
1085–1130	1108	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	825.00–875.00	$850.51

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–845	803	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	575.00–650.00	$614.49

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–805	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	475.00–550.00	$515.25

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630	630	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	626.00	$626.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
115–190	154	11	70.00–90.00	$80.94	$125	—
230	230	1	70.00	$70.00	$161	—
200–285	260	8	87.50–107.50	$99.62	$259	+29.62

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105	105	1	70.00	$70.00	$74	—
140	140	1	65.00	$65.00	$91	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	120.00	$120.00	-60.00
75	75	2	130.00–150.00	$140.00	-40.00
85	85	1	142.50	$142.50	-52.50
85	85	1	130.00	$130.00	-65.00
85	85	2	140.00–150.00	$145.00	-50.00
100	100	1	160.00	$160.00	—
100	100	1	130.00	$130.00	—
125–130	126	4	180.00–200.00	$195.00	—
175	175	2	265.00–270.00	$267.50	-52.50

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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
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
975	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	±0.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–805	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,100.00	$975.11	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
645	645	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—
800	800	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	12	55.00–65.00	$59.38	+15.49
40–45	43	4	70.00–75.00	$73.13	-54.37
45	45	5	100.00–110.00	$103.00	-24.50
45	45	1	40.00	$40.00	-87.50
50	50	2	40.00–60.00	$50.00	-95.00
50	50	4	110.00–115.00	$113.13	-31.87
50–55	52	6	80.00–85.00	$82.50	-62.50
75	75	11	120.00–145.00	$131.95	-113.05
75	75	7	90.00–105.00	$98.21	-146.79

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	—	—	2	140.00–145.00	$142.50	-47.50
75	75	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	2	162.50	$162.50	-27.50
80–85	83	—	—	3	120.00–125.00	$121.67	-93.33
80–85	83	—	—	2	80.00–85.00	$82.50	-132.50
85	85	—	—	6	150.00–160.00	$154.17	-60.83
85	85	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	125.00	$125.00	-90.00
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	245.00	$245.00	+65.00
100	100	—	—	2	95.00–107.50	$101.25	-78.75
120–125	123	—	—	2	130.00–132.50	$131.25	-48.75
100–135	128	—	—	5	170.00–195.00	$182.00	+2.00
135	135	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	140.00	$140.00	-40.00
150	150	—	—	2	235.00	$235.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
68	68	3	57.50	$57.50	+9.91
75	75	1	55.00	$55.00	+7.41
80	80	1	60.00	$60.00	-1.97
92–95	93	8	82.50–87.50	$86.22	+28.46

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	55.00	$55.00	$170	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	3	72.50–82.50	$76.67	—
75	75	1	140.00	$140.00	—
85	85	1	152.50	$152.50	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	162.50	$162.50	—
100–125	108	3	185.00–230.00	$205.00	—
150	150	3	250.00–265.00	$260.00	—

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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.