Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report, Darlington, SC

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 4, 2022

1,045 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $169.89/cwt +3.26 vs last sale · ≈ $834/hd at 491 lb · 115 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $150.05/cwt +6.51 vs last sale · ≈ $660/hd at 440 lb · 74 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $146.57/cwt +11.57 vs last sale · ≈ $744/hd at 508 lb · 64 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,045	578	524
Feeder cattle	845	295	279
Slaughter cattle	16	119	120
Replacement cattle	22	15	11

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons made due to limited comparable sales. Heavy offering of average to good 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
205	205	1	182.50	$182.50	$374	—
332 value added	332	11	207.00	$207.00	$687	—
337	337	3	185.00	$185.00	$623	+14.00
370–380	375	2	175.00	$175.00	$656	+12.00
393 value added	393	6	188.50	$188.50	$741	—
407–415 value added	408	42	172.00–179.50	$178.95	$730	—
488–491 value added	491	115	169.50–172.50	$169.89	$834	—
514 value added	514	5	174.00	$174.00	$894	—
580–585 value added	584	26	157.00–159.00	$157.46	$920	—
648 value added	648	6	159.00	$159.00	$1,030	—
661	661	8	150.00	$150.00	$992	—
744	744	5	148.00	$148.00	$1,101	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–271	269	8	165.00–170.00	$169.41	$456	+14.41
310–338	324	4	160.00–165.00	$162.61	$527	+4.92
370	370	1	165.00	$165.00	$610	+10.00
400	400	1	160.00	$160.00	$640	±0.00
460	460	1	162.50	$162.50	$748	+21.50
501–538	518	22	156.00–159.50	$157.97	$818	—
557	557	12	144.00	$144.00	$802	—
606	606	11	140.00	$140.00	$848	—
677	677	4	139.00	$139.00	$941	-1.25
780–788 value added	783	5	138.00–141.00	$139.79	$1,095	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	135.00	$135.00	$331	—
285–295	290	2	142.50–145.00	$143.73	$417	—
310–325	319	5	132.50–142.50	$137.05	$437	-0.70
350–390	370	2	130.00–135.00	$132.36	$490	-5.82
400	400	1	140.00	$140.00	$560	—
520–525	523	7	133.00–134.00	$133.43	$698	—
562	562	1	125.00	$125.00	$702	—
750	750	1	120.00	$120.00	$900	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	111.00	$111.00	$311	-9.00
548	548	7	115.00	$115.00	$630	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210 fancy	210	1	170.00	$170.00	$357	—
230	230	1	150.00	$150.00	$345	±0.00
270–290	282	3	145.00–160.00	$150.06	$423	+7.06
310–345	319	16	145.00–154.00	$152.34	$486	+9.75
348 value added	348	27	153.50	$153.50	$534	—
350–369	363	8	145.00–147.50	$146.57	$532	+0.86
407 value added	407	13	161.50	$161.50	$657	—
410–448	447	61	147.50–155.00	$147.61	$660	+4.07
488–493	489	9	139.00–144.00	$142.88	$699	+5.87
500–539 value added	506	59	142.00–151.00	$147.26	$745	—
526–530	527	5	138.00–140.00	$138.40	$729	+3.40
563	563	10	138.00	$138.00	$777	+2.52
610	610	1	142.50	$142.50	$869	—
714 value added	714	1	136.50	$136.50	$975	—
709–719	716	7	131.00–134.00	$133.15	$953	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	130.00	$130.00	$306	±0.00
250–265	258	2	132.50–140.00	$136.36	$352	+6.36
310–325	318	4	130.00–140.00	$136.94	$435	+6.94
360–385	376	4	135.00–140.00	$138.72	$522	+6.19
405–435	426	4	130.00–135.00	$132.54	$565	+7.54
455–498	488	8	120.00–135.00	$126.60	$618	-2.73
505	505	3	130.00	$130.00	$656	+0.17
540 value added	540	8	135.50	$135.50	$732	—
580–586	585	6	125.00–130.00	$129.17	$756	-0.83
620	620	1	122.50	$122.50	$760	-3.32
650	650	1	120.00	$120.00	$780	-7.00
730	730	1	125.00	$125.00	$912	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	383	2	110.00–117.50	$113.87	$436	—
415–440	435	5	110.00–119.00	$117.28	$510	—
560–595	578	2	110.00–115.00	$112.58	$651	-7.42
645	645	1	110.00	$110.00	$710	—
675	675	1	107.00	$107.00	$722	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	150.00	$150.00	$652	+1.30
455–490	475	4	135.00–145.00	$139.89	$664	-1.76
502–545	519	11	130.00–140.00	$136.61	$709	-0.37
550–570	562	3	127.50–135.00	$130.79	$735	+0.79
600–640	624	10	120.00–135.50	$131.05	$818	+2.27
680	680	1	130.00	$130.00	$884	±0.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	418	2	132.00–135.00	$133.56	$558	+2.10
450–475	463	3	120.00–130.00	$124.91	$578	—
545	545	1	125.00	$125.00	$681	+2.58
556–592	571	13	125.00–127.00	$126.05	$720	—
674	674	2	128.00	$128.00	$863	—
730	730	1	125.00	$125.00	$912	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	115.00	$115.00	$621	-6.81
610	610	2	110.00–115.00	$112.50	$686	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	2	172.50–180.00	$176.25	$714	+8.72

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1285	1180	80-85%	3	60.00–65.00	$63.23	$746	-13.62
1055–1500	1277	80-85%	12	74.00–83.00	$76.74	$980	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–975	900	85-90%	10	55.00–66.00	$60.56	$545	—
930–970	950	85-90%	2	75.00–77.00	$75.98	$722	+12.86

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380–1680	1517	75-80%	3	74.00–76.00	$74.65	$1,132	-5.73

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1485	1415	3	95.00–104.00	$99.44	$1,407	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
807 fancy	807	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	140.00	$140.00	$1,130

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–910	801	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	110.00–117.00	$113.70	$911
809–1029	882	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	124.00–124.50	$124.31	$1,096

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Bred Cows

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
111–140	121	6	110.00–125.00	$119.20	$144	—
173	173	3	82.50	$82.50	$143	-5.29
210–225	215	3	90.00–100.00	$93.49	$201	—
275–285	280	2	58.00–72.50	$65.12	$182	-20.33
335–395	365	2	62.00–68.00	$65.25	$238	—
400	400	1	67.50	$67.50	$270	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	10.00	$10.00	$34	—
375	375	1	15.00	$15.00	$56	—
575	575	1	7.50	$7.50	$43	—
695	695	1	5.00	$5.00	$35	—
945	945	1	5.00	$5.00	$47	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	90.00	$90.00	-6.67
70	70	1	160.00	$160.00	+63.33
80	80	1	112.50	$112.50	+15.83
100	100	1	95.00	$95.00	+10.00
100–130	118	4	190.00–255.00	$221.25	+78.75
120	120	1	117.50	$117.50	-25.00
150–180	160	3	250.00–270.00	$256.67	+9.45

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
680	680	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	685.00	$685.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	82.50	$82.50	$536	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	220.00	$220.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	8	30.00–40.00	$33.13	-0.20
30	30	4	57.50–60.00	$59.38	+26.05
40	40	11	80.00–110.00	$93.18	+59.85
50	50	8	120.00–130.00	$125.00	+85.00
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	+40.00
60	60	2	162.50–167.50	$165.00	+125.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	—	—	7	130.00–140.00	$135.71	+55.71
50	50	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	±0.00
60	60	—	—	2	157.50–162.50	$160.00	+80.00
70	70	—	—	6	100.00–110.00	$104.17	+24.17
80	80	—	—	3	180.00–190.00	$186.67	+106.67
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	255.00	$255.00	+88.75
100–135	118	—	—	4	122.50–152.50	$136.88	+5.63

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
31–36	34	8	22.50–37.00	$27.44	—
33–37	35	11	65.00–75.00	$69.83	—
40–41	41	6	42.50–50.00	$46.30	—
43	43	6	77.50	$77.50	—
50	50	4	60.00	$60.00	+10.00
50–55	54	10	70.00–82.50	$73.50	+23.50
60–65	62	5	50.00–60.00	$54.19	+4.19
78	78	5	115.00	$115.00	+65.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	30.00	$30.00	$106	—
440–475	458	2	55.00–60.00	$57.60	$264	—
525	525	1	64.00	$64.00	$336	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	2	180.00–185.00	$182.50	—
80	80	2	200.00–220.00	$210.00	—

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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.