Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 25, 2022

619 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 steers $147.17/cwt +1.55 vs last sale · ≈ $699/hd at 475 lb · 21 head

heavy 3-weight S 1-2 steers $142.91/cwt +10.34 vs last sale · ≈ $537/hd at 376 lb · 16 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $127.03/cwt -0.52 vs last sale · ≈ $535/hd at 421 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	619	638	345
Feeder cattle	353	303	190
Slaughter cattle	105	132	36
Replacement cattle	23	26	8

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average offerings of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	150.00	$150.00	$308	—
265–280	273	2	152.50–155.00	$153.78	$420	+5.95
300–345	317	9	150.00–160.00	$152.44	$483	+4.67
355–380	371	6	150.00–160.00	$155.92	$578	+7.48
400–445	423	2	145.00–153.00	$148.79	$629	+3.07
453–498	475	21	140.00–150.00	$147.17	$699	+1.55
545	545	1	140.00	$140.00	$763	-2.44

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240	235	2	135.00–140.00	$137.45	$323	—
275	275	1	140.00	$140.00	$385	—
305–345	322	11	130.00–140.00	$136.17	$438	+2.85
365–390	376	16	130.00–145.00	$142.91	$537	+10.34
455–485	470	2	125.00	$125.00	$588	—
540	540	2	120.00	$120.00	$648	-3.86
590	590	1	120.00	$120.00	$708	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432–446	440	7	160.00–173.00	$167.53	$737	—
458	458	9	160.00	$160.00	$733	—
620	620	1	146.00	$146.00	$905	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	125.00	$125.00	$306	+8.58
250	250	4	120.00	$120.00	$300	—
340–345	342	3	110.00–120.00	$116.68	$399	—
350–395	368	3	110.00–122.50	$116.10	$427	+0.96

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	230	3	127.50–135.00	$130.67	$301	+9.45
265–280	273	3	130.00–136.00	$133.73	$365	+9.90
305–345	318	3	125.00–130.00	$128.40	$408	+7.10
365–390	371	7	125.00–135.00	$128.22	$476	+1.12
400–445	421	15	120.00–132.50	$127.03	$535	-0.52
450–475	459	9	122.50–130.00	$124.94	$573	+4.09
540	540	1	123.00	$123.00	$664	+1.02
560–565	563	2	120.00–125.00	$122.49	$690	+1.49
615–630	623	2	115.00–122.50	$118.70	$740	+8.70
711	711	3	110.00	$110.00	$782	±0.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	288	4	140.00–145.00	$142.43	$410	+5.57
310–315	313	2	140.00	$140.00	$438	-1.22
410–424	421	8	135.00–140.00	$136.22	$573	-1.71
466–468	467	5	135.00–140.00	$137.01	$640	+4.30
522	522	7	135.00	$135.00	$705	+5.50
570	570	4	129.00	$129.00	$735	-1.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	120.00	$120.00	$402	+10.00
360–390	374	4	117.50–120.00	$119.36	$446	+5.98
435–445	442	3	112.50–115.00	$113.32	$501	-2.90
480–490	485	2	116.00–118.00	$117.01	$567	—
505–520	513	2	114.00–115.00	$114.49	$587	+4.49
585	585	1	112.50	$112.50	$658	+2.50
665	665	1	110.00	$110.00	$732	+10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	110.00	$110.00	$264	—
250	250	1	110.00	$110.00	$275	—
360	360	1	110.00	$110.00	$396	—
405	405	1	107.50	$107.50	$435	—
515–525	520	2	105.00–107.50	$106.24	$552	—
615	615	1	108.00	$108.00	$664	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	430	5	135.00–145.00	$139.51	$600	-0.53
460–495	472	3	140.00–145.00	$143.37	$677	+2.14
525–545	535	3	130.00–140.00	$134.10	$717	+5.24
560–580	573	5	125.00–135.00	$130.03	$745	+7.59
615–630	627	5	115.00–125.00	$119.98	$752	-1.26
680–685	683	2	115.00–120.00	$117.51	$803	-0.49
705–706	706	4	112.00–115.00	$112.75	$796	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–431	426	9	120.00–127.50	$120.81	$515	—
460–480	467	7	120.00–133.00	$126.28	$590	—
510–530	520	2	122.50–123.00	$122.75	$638	—
555–570	563	2	117.50–119.00	$118.24	$666	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	418	—	—	4	151.00–154.00	$153.21	$640	+2.37
457	457	—	—	5	150.00	$150.00	$686	±0.00
515	515	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	$772	+9.80
1575	1575	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,748	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	115.00	$115.00	$506	—
570	570	1	105.00	$105.00	$598	+5.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1480	1144	80-85%	24	52.00–69.00	$62.98	$720	—
930–1370	1159	80-85%	7	74.00–84.00	$76.41	$886	+15.30
1150–1205	1178	80-85%	2	86.00–88.00	$86.98	$1,025	+15.91

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1035	990	85-90%	2	64.00–66.00	$65.05	$644	—
835–1130	1015	85-90%	5	45.00–59.00	$52.94	$537	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1715	1333	75-80%	2	63.00–64.00	$63.64	$848	—
1275–1605	1437	75-80%	3	68.00–78.00	$73.38	$1,054	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1010	915	4	69.00–80.00	$74.41	$681	—
1390	1390	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,460	—
1295–1535	1415	4	90.00–94.00	$91.84	$1,300	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–780	778	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	519.00–546.00	$532.54
810	810	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	446.00–478.00	$462.00
870	870	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	340.00	$340.00
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	669.00	$669.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	441.00	$441.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	324.00	$324.00

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	479.00	$479.00
770–960	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	424.00–450.00	$438.43
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	465.00	$465.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–930	878	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	625.00–675.00	$651.50
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1270–1325	1298	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	825.00–861.00	$843.38

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
635	635	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	318.00	$318.00
860	860	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	350.00	$350.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110–170	137	13	92.50–112.50	$101.17	$139	+31.39
140	140	1	57.50	$57.50	$80	-12.28
210–280	243	5	82.50–92.50	$87.77	$213	+15.65
365	365	1	86.00	$86.00	$314	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	2	40.00	$40.00	$70	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	130.00	$130.00	+25.00
75	75	1	70.00	$70.00	-35.00
75	75	1	120.00	$120.00	+15.00
100	100	1	90.00	$90.00	—
100	100	2	140.00–145.00	$142.50	—
125	125	3	160.00–165.00	$162.50	—
150	150	2	250.00	$250.00	—
150	150	1	120.00	$120.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—
780	780	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	50.00–52.50	$51.25	-53.75
50	50	3	62.50–70.00	$67.50	-37.50
50	50	1	50.00	$50.00	-55.00
50	50	1	100.00	$100.00	-5.00
50	50	6	77.50–80.00	$79.17	-25.83
75	75	2	80.00	$80.00	-200.00

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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	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	+20.71
100–125	108	—	—	3	100.00–115.00	$109.17	-34.33
100–125	108	—	—	3	130.00–142.50	$137.50	-6.00
100–125	114	—	—	7	160.00–175.00	$169.29	+25.79
125	125	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	200.00	$200.00	+56.50
150	150	—	—	7	185.00–225.00	$205.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
18	18	6	25.00	$25.00	-5.00
20–22	21	21	27.50–32.50	$29.52	-0.48
32	32	4	40.00	$40.00	+10.00
48	48	14	40.00	$40.00	+0.11
55	55	2	67.50	$67.50	+28.36
60–65	62	11	65.00–80.00	$71.62	+6.11
100	100	1	90.00	$90.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	52.50	$52.50	$94	—
235–253	247	3	65.00–66.00	$65.32	$161	-2.18
255	255	1	82.50	$82.50	$210	—
400	400	1	55.00	$55.00	$220	-12.50
495	495	1	72.00	$72.00	$356	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	1	360.00	$360.00	—

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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.