Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report, Darlington, SC

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 29, 2022

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heavy 4-weight S 1-2 bulls $120.00/cwt -8.77 vs last sale · ≈ $572/hd at 477 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	653	388	568
Feeder cattle	308	223	309
Slaughter cattle	113	48	105
Replacement cattle	13	13	34

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to no sale last week. Moderate offering 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
275	275	1	170.00	$170.00	$468	±0.00
310–335	319	7	170.00–183.00	$178.76	$570	+5.39
410 fancy	410	1	185.00	$185.00	$758	—
415	415	1	180.00	$180.00	$747	+13.08
490	490	1	170.00	$170.00	$833	—
517	517	2	161.00	$161.00	$832	—
555–565	560	2	152.50–155.00	$153.76	$861	—
620–621	621	6	140.00–142.00	$141.00	$876	—
650	650	1	140.00	$140.00	$910	—

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	—
310–342	326	5	150.00–165.00	$155.80	$508	-6.70
355–385	370	3	160.00–163.00	$161.00	$596	+0.80
510	510	1	140.00	$140.00	$714	-7.00
565	565	1	130.00	$130.00	$734	-18.80
620	620	1	130.00	$130.00	$806	±0.00
735	735	1	130.00	$130.00	$956	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	130.00	$130.00	$306	—
290	290	1	130.00	$130.00	$377	—
380	380	2	130.00–145.00	$137.50	$522	-2.50
455	455	1	120.00	$120.00	$546	-19.88
520–540	526	4	120.00–130.00	$126.29	$664	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–220	213	2	107.00–120.00	$113.27	$241	—
380	380	1	115.00	$115.00	$437	+3.66
485	485	1	110.00	$110.00	$534	—
510	510	1	110.00	$110.00	$561	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	140.00	$140.00	$329	±0.00
280	280	1	145.00	$145.00	$406	—
310–334	330	6	145.00–147.50	$147.11	$485	—
365–380	373	2	140.00	$140.00	$522	—
405–445	425	2	137.50–140.00	$138.69	$589	+3.69
475–498	481	8	135.00–136.00	$135.74	$653	—
505–520	513	2	130.00	$130.00	$667	—
555	555	1	130.00	$130.00	$722	—
628	628	3	125.00	$125.00	$785	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	120.00	$120.00	$336	±0.00
360–390	373	4	120.00	$120.00	$448	—
405–435	420	4	120.00	$120.00	$504	+2.56
460	460	1	120.00	$120.00	$552	+10.00
513	513	6	110.00	$110.00	$564	—
570	570	1	110.00	$110.00	$627	—
605–610	608	2	110.00–112.50	$111.26	$676	+11.26
685–690	688	4	107.50–110.00	$109.38	$753	—
770	770	1	110.00	$110.00	$847	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	110.00	$110.00	$242	—
285	285	1	100.00	$100.00	$285	-10.00
310	310	1	100.00	$100.00	$310	±0.00
355–385	379	8	110.00	$110.00	$417	±0.00
440	440	1	110.00	$110.00	$484	+10.00
455–495	482	3	100.00–110.00	$103.43	$499	—
500	500	1	100.00	$100.00	$500	—
595	595	1	100.00	$100.00	$595	±0.00
605–640	623	2	100.00–102.50	$101.21	$631	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	127.50	$127.50	$325	-4.41
320–340	330	2	130.00	$130.00	$429	+1.27
355–365	360	2	130.00	$130.00	$468	+4.30
455	455	1	130.00	$130.00	$592	+6.84
535–545	541	7	120.00–125.00	$122.88	$665	-0.62
590	590	1	120.00	$120.00	$708	-3.00

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Feeder Bulls

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–478	477	17	120.00	$120.00	$572	-8.77
550–585	568	2	120.00	$120.00	$682	+2.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	426	4	150.00–157.00	$151.66	$646	+2.35
455–460	458	2	142.50–155.00	$148.72	$681	-6.91
500–530	517	5	130.00–140.00	$136.01	$703	-7.67
580–595	587	3	130.00–132.00	$130.68	$767	+2.68
635	635	4	115.00	$115.00	$730	-9.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–418	414	5	169.00–170.00	$169.19	$700	-0.45
450–465	458	3	160.00–167.00	$164.04	$751	+0.05
560	560	1	150.00	$150.00	$840	—
645	645	1	130.00	$130.00	$838	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–540	533	2	100.00–110.00	$105.07	$560	+5.07

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1440	1135	80-85%	27	53.00–65.00	$62.37	$708	+0.75
935–1550	1182	80-85%	16	67.00–76.00	$71.90	$850	+1.45

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1215	1040	85-90%	2	63.00–65.00	$64.17	$667	—
910–1360	1071	85-90%	7	48.00–61.00	$58.38	$625	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1535–1815	1614	75-80%	4	69.00–79.00	$73.05	$1,179	—
1710	1710	75-80%	1	83.00	$83.00	$1,419	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1510	1262	9	65.00–88.00	$82.45	$1,041	—
1500–1810	1661	6	90.00–104.00	$95.56	$1,587	—

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–740	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	410.00–445.00	$427.14
735–835	785	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	350.00–495.00	$427.12
830–950	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	375.00–500.00	$443.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
985–1135	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	650.00–750.00	$686.20

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	290.00	$290.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
120–175	132	8	80.00–110.00	$98.10	$129	+38.10
130–187	168	3	70.00	$70.00	$118	-38.08
205–240	221	5	80.00–90.00	$84.80	$187	-6.06
315	315	1	45.00	$45.00	$142	—
360	360	1	80.00	$80.00	$288	+24.00
400	400	1	70.00	$70.00	$280	—
595	595	1	50.00	$50.00	$298	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	37.50	$37.50	$64	—
480	480	1	10.00	$10.00	$48	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	2	100.00	$100.00	—
100	100	1	80.00	$80.00	-43.75
100	100	1	100.00	$100.00	-23.75
100	100	1	82.50	$82.50	-41.25
100	100	1	60.00	$60.00	-63.75
100–125	113	6	170.00–225.00	$192.50	+23.61
150–175	160	5	280.00–365.00	$323.00	+64.25

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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
840	840	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	120.00	$120.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	5	67.50–75.00	$71.50	—
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	+4.17
50	50	3	40.00–50.00	$43.33	-32.50
50	50	2	80.00–90.00	$85.00	+9.17
50	50	1	40.00	$40.00	-35.83
50	50	4	117.50–120.00	$118.75	+42.92
75	75	8	120.00–142.50	$131.56	-30.94
75	75	2	100.00	$100.00	-62.50
100	100	1	100.00	$100.00	—

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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	—	—	2	115.00	$115.00	—
75	75	—	—	9	140.00–175.00	$148.89	—
75	75	—	—	1	70.00	$70.00	—
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	210.00–300.00	$248.33	+148.33
100	100	—	—	2	110.00–115.00	$112.50	+12.50
100–125	105	—	—	15	155.00–200.00	$176.33	+76.33
100–125	106	—	—	4	115.00–135.00	$127.50	+27.50
125	125	—	—	1	90.00	$90.00	-100.00
150	150	—	—	2	105.00–117.50	$111.25	-58.75
150	150	—	—	3	240.00–295.00	$260.00	+90.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–25	23	13	30.00–37.50	$35.53	-11.97
31–37	33	14	22.50–42.50	$30.47	-19.53
43–45	44	13	55.00	$55.00	+5.00
58–59	59	19	60.00–62.50	$61.33	-11.17
65	65	1	67.50	$67.50	-5.00
75–77	76	3	80.00–82.50	$81.68	+9.18
80	80	1	82.50	$82.50	+7.50
90	90	5	87.50–102.50	$96.50	+21.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	320	4	65.00–85.00	$72.58	$232	—
365	365	1	53.00	$53.00	$193	-32.00
405–465	435	2	60.00	$60.00	$261	—
420–450	435	4	50.00–53.00	$51.55	$224	—
540	540	1	57.00	$57.00	$308	—
555	555	1	60.00	$60.00	$333	-9.00
650	650	1	54.00	$54.00	$351	—
795	795	1	55.00	$55.00	$437	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	100.00	$100.00	-8.75
75	75	3	125.00–140.00	$131.67	+22.92
75	75	2	100.00–122.50	$111.25	+2.50

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	2	180.00–200.00	$190.00	—
100	100	1	150.00	$150.00	-60.00
100–125	113	2	200.00–250.00	$225.00	+15.00
150	150	2	265.00–310.00	$287.50	+57.50

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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.