Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 11, 2022

566 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $137.50/cwt -21.50 vs last sale · ≈ $879/hd at 639 lb · 18 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $128.50/cwt -19.50 vs last sale · ≈ $941/hd at 732 lb · 14 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 steers $155.93/cwt -9.07 vs last sale · ≈ $579/hd at 371 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	566	1,045	468
Feeder cattle	346	845	269
Slaughter cattle	64	16	89
Replacement cattle	8	22	27

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average offerings of average to poor 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
325–345	335	2	170.00–175.00	$172.57	$578	-12.43
355–360	358	2	170.00–175.00	$172.52	$618	-2.48
442	442	4	169.00	$169.00	$747	—
480	480	1	165.00	$165.00	$792	—
511–531	520	9	152.00–153.00	$152.55	$793	—
560	560	1	141.00	$141.00	$790	—
639	639	18	137.50	$137.50	$879	—
732	732	14	128.50	$128.50	$941	-19.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	150.00	$150.00	$435	-19.41
320–330	325	2	150.00–155.00	$152.54	$496	-10.07
360–395	371	13	150.00–162.50	$155.93	$579	-9.07
465–485	469	6	143.00–151.00	$148.50	$696	-14.00
500–528	521	5	130.00–140.00	$137.08	$714	-20.89

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	120.00	$120.00	$294	—
280	280	1	120.00	$120.00	$336	+9.00
300–335	327	10	110.00–120.00	$112.43	$368	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–275	273	2	130.00–140.00	$134.95	$368	-8.78
330–345	337	3	130.00–140.00	$133.42	$450	-3.63
355	355	1	140.00	$140.00	$497	+7.64
475	475	1	123.00	$123.00	$584	—
655	655	1	115.00	$115.00	$753	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–275	273	2	140.00–150.00	$144.95	$396	-5.11
305–330	320	3	140.00–145.00	$141.69	$453	-10.65
365–395	377	3	141.00–145.00	$142.82	$538	-3.75
436–440	438	6	138.00–145.00	$142.15	$623	-5.46
460–463	463	6	135.00	$135.00	$625	-7.88
530–540	535	2	130.00–136.00	$132.97	$711	-5.43
560–592	588	8	131.00–133.00	$131.24	$772	-6.76
644	644	10	120.50	$120.50	$776	-22.00
665	665	1	120.00	$120.00	$798	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	125.00	$125.00	$425	-11.94
350–380	361	5	125.00–130.00	$127.52	$460	-11.20
405–440	419	4	120.00–130.00	$124.84	$523	-7.70
450–495	474	4	120.00–130.00	$124.14	$588	-2.46
500–545	522	8	118.00–123.00	$120.61	$630	-9.39
560–570	565	2	121.00–125.00	$122.98	$695	-6.19
615–630	623	2	112.00–115.00	$113.48	$707	-9.02
650	650	1	115.00	$115.00	$748	-5.00
710–715	712	3	110.00–115.00	$112.34	$800	-12.66

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–490	473	2	100.00–110.00	$105.19	$498	—
532–540	534	9	100.00–110.00	$101.35	$541	—
570–595	583	2	100.00–110.00	$104.89	$612	—
610–635	623	2	100.00–105.00	$102.45	$638	—
655–695	668	3	100.00–103.00	$101.86	$680	—
715	715	1	103.00	$103.00	$736	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610–635	623	2	110.00	$110.00	$685	±0.00
695	695	1	110.00	$110.00	$764	+3.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–425	411	7	140.00–151.00	$144.19	$593	-5.81
450–465	456	7	130.00–140.00	$135.39	$617	-4.50
505–540	529	7	120.00–135.00	$127.49	$674	-9.12
585	585	1	122.50	$122.50	$717	-8.29
610–640	622	3	112.00–125.00	$119.88	$746	-11.17
690	690	1	120.00	$120.00	$828	-10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	110.00	$110.00	$490	—
465	465	1	110.00	$110.00	$512	—
650–680	662	3	100.00–105.00	$101.65	$673	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–415	408	2	155.00–157.00	$156.02	$637	-20.23
550–585	568	2	130.00–137.00	$133.39	$758	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	120.00	$120.00	$558	-4.91
520–525	523	2	115.00	$115.00	$601	-10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035	1035	80-85%	1	84.00	$84.00	$869	—
880–1375	1152	80-85%	15	58.00–66.00	$63.21	$728	-0.02
925–1450	1161	80-85%	16	70.00–81.00	$73.59	$854	+10.36

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640–995	852	85-90%	12	50.00–64.00	$57.19	$487	—
740–990	887	85-90%	3	69.00–74.00	$71.03	$630	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265	1265	75-80%	1	76.00	$76.00	$961	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1285	1213	3	83.00–93.00	$86.87	$1,054	—
1425–2350	1811	4	96.00–105.00	$103.23	$1,869	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
620	620	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	95.00	$95.00	$589

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085–1130	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–750.00	$725.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	85.00	$85.00	$697

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
101–135	110	9	100.00–115.00	$104.10	$115	-15.10

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	7.50	$7.50	$29	-7.50
485	485	1	5.00	$5.00	$24	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	2	160.00	$160.00	+70.00
80	80	1	172.50	$172.50	+60.00
80	80	1	130.00	$130.00	+17.50
150–180	165	2	220.00–270.00	$245.00	-11.67
225	225	1	350.00	$350.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730–780	755	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	600.00–650.00	$624.17	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
560	560	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	525.00	$525.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	11	35.00–42.50	$39.09	-20.29
30	30	6	75.00–85.00	$80.00	+20.62
30	30	2	60.00–62.50	$61.25	+1.87
40	40	3	95.00	$95.00	+1.82
40	40	6	70.00–72.50	$70.83	-22.35
50	50	4	80.00–85.00	$82.50	-42.50
50	50	4	115.00–122.50	$118.75	-6.25
60	60	5	90.00	$90.00	-75.00
60	60	5	135.00–140.00	$137.00	-28.00
70	70	8	100.00–107.50	$103.75	-61.25

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	5	90.00–100.00	$92.00	-43.71
50	50	8	125.00–135.00	$129.38	-6.33
60	60	8	110.00–120.00	$113.75	-46.25
80	80	1	100.00	$100.00	-86.67
80	80	6	70.00–80.00	$71.67	-115.00
90	90	1	180.00	$180.00	-6.67
120–140	127	3	120.00–140.00	$130.00	-6.88

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	3	35.00	$35.00	-34.83
41–45	44	18	30.00–42.50	$31.93	-45.57
57–58	58	8	50.00–62.50	$56.30	-17.20
60	60	4	55.00	$55.00	+0.81
85–87	86	3	52.50–85.00	$63.17	-51.83

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	80.00	$80.00	$172	—
263	263	2	52.50	$52.50	$138	—
350–385	368	2	57.50–65.00	$61.07	$225	+31.07
570	570	1	65.00	$65.00	$370	—
610	610	1	69.00	$69.00	$421	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120	120	1	215.00	$215.00	—

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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.