Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report, Darlington, SC

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, January 10, 2023

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $152.51/cwt +5.84 vs last sale · ≈ $567/hd at 372 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	578	304	763
Feeder cattle	284	159	437
Slaughter cattle	80	59	104
Replacement cattle	37	4	62

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
215	215	1	170.00	$170.00	$366	+20.00
305–345	320	6	157.50–175.00	$166.50	$533	+3.84
350–376	372	8	160.00–170.00	$168.76	$628	+13.78
425	425	3	160.00–165.00	$163.33	$694	—
450–480	460	4	163.00–170.00	$165.33	$761	+5.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	180.00	$180.00	$423	—
330–340 fancy	335	2	200.00–225.00	$212.69	$713	+12.69
365 fancy	365	1	200.00	$200.00	$730	+10.00
355–385	373	4	177.50–185.00	$180.70	$674	+5.80
410 fancy	410	1	200.00	$200.00	$820	+5.00
405–427	422	4	180.00–185.00	$183.80	$776	+6.25
612	612	2	149.00	$149.00	$912	+2.28
725	725	1	137.50	$137.50	$997	—
750	750	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,012	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	232	3	120.00–135.00	$128.38	$298	—
270–295	287	3	120.00–132.50	$127.72	$367	—
330–335	333	3	120.00–137.50	$130.89	$436	—
350–365	356	4	125.00–135.00	$131.21	$467	+16.21
550	550	1	120.00	$120.00	$660	—
630	630	1	115.00	$115.00	$724	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	155.00	$155.00	$434	+25.00
300–325	314	5	142.50–150.00	$146.03	$459	—
375–385	380	2	145.00–152.50	$148.70	$565	+11.20
550–595	573	2	140.00–142.50	$141.20	$809	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	294	7	150.00–155.00	$154.31	$454	+5.72
305–345	328	7	150.00–160.00	$154.30	$506	+5.59
355–395	372	18	150.00–165.00	$152.51	$567	+12.51
405–425	418	6	150.00–155.00	$153.71	$643	+8.27
468–472	469	8	145.00–150.00	$148.74	$698	+4.75
530	530	2	143.00–150.00	$146.50	$776	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	140.00	$140.00	$322	—
260	260	1	140.00	$140.00	$364	+14.79
300–345	330	3	140.00–145.00	$141.74	$468	—
350–395	375	4	135.00–140.00	$137.56	$516	+12.13
400–415	408	2	132.50–137.50	$135.05	$551	+7.05
455–495	471	6	127.50–142.50	$133.23	$628	+4.95
535–540	537	3	132.50–140.00	$135.02	$725	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	2	125.00–127.50	$126.25	$499	—
405	405	1	120.00	$120.00	$486	+10.00
450–485	471	6	115.00–125.00	$120.77	$569	—
500–540	522	5	117.50–120.00	$119.49	$624	+8.23

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–230	218	3	110.00	$110.00	$240	—
315	315	1	116.00	$116.00	$365	—
380	380	1	110.00	$110.00	$418	—
465	465	1	110.00	$110.00	$512	+9.52
535	535	1	110.00	$110.00	$588	—
655	655	1	107.50	$107.50	$704	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400 fancy	400	1	195.00	$195.00	$780	—
405–435	413	7	175.00–177.50	$175.38	$724	+2.70
460–480	467	9	172.50–175.00	$174.04	$813	+4.75

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–415	408	3	137.50–142.50	$139.13	$568	-0.87
495	495	1	130.00	$130.00	$644	-10.00
525–543	535	8	120.00–133.00	$130.60	$699	—
550	550	1	122.50	$122.50	$674	-4.96
610	610	1	122.00	$122.00	$744	—
720	720	1	125.00	$125.00	$900	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–440	438	2	120.00–125.00	$122.51	$537	+2.51
490	490	1	127.50	$127.50	$625	—
515	515	1	120.00	$120.00	$618	—
560–583	577	4	100.00–110.00	$102.43	$591	—
640	640	1	115.00	$115.00	$736	—
650–685	672	3	110.00–112.50	$110.81	$745	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	419	4	150.00–162.50	$155.58	$652	-6.92
455–475	465	2	150.00–160.00	$155.11	$721	-4.89
575	575	1	130.00	$130.00	$748	—
691	691	3	141.00	$141.00	$974	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970–980	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,075.00–1,200.00	$1,137.82	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1235	1098	80-85%	9	63.00–69.00	$66.03	$725	—
900–1470	1165	80-85%	24	70.00–83.00	$76.91	$896	+14.02
1100–1345	1223	80-85%	2	87.00–92.00	$89.75	$1,098	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1085	945	85-90%	5	56.00–64.00	$60.56	$572	—
860–1160	972	85-90%	3	68.00–70.00	$68.90	$670	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1475	1373	75-80%	5	73.00–78.00	$75.95	$1,043	—
1555	1555	75-80%	1	84.00	$84.00	$1,306	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1235	1099	4	82.00–87.00	$83.88	$922	—
860–1995	1341	7	94.00–105.00	$100.42	$1,347	—
1825	1825	1	110.00	$110.00	$2,008	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	805.00	$805.00
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	608.00	$608.00
945–1095	1043	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	621.00–734.00	$661.44

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	575.00	$575.00
840–855	848	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	504.00–675.00	$590.26

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–900	883	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	433.00–540.00	$487.56

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–740	728	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	370.00–554.00	$460.42

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1400	1400	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,078.00	$1,078.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	65.00	$65.00	$624

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715	715	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	447.00	$447.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	93.00	$93.00	$795

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–915	898	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,150.00–1,300.00	$1,223.54
990–1185	1088	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,227.24

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–855	812	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	650.00–700.00	$676.13

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
102–140	119	7	50.00–62.50	$57.33	$68	-39.04
101–180	139	10	72.50–87.50	$78.00	$108	-18.37
205–220	212	5	69.00–80.00	$75.75	$161	-16.57
405–460	433	2	75.00–78.00	$76.60	$332	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	7.50	$7.50	$33	—
750	750	1	5.00	$5.00	$38	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-60.00
75	75	—	—	3	120.00–130.00	$126.67	-33.33
75	75	—	—	2	150.00	$150.00	-10.00
75	75	—	—	1	135.00	$135.00	-25.00
100	100	—	—	1	140.00	$140.00	-50.00
100	100	—	—	1	127.50	$127.50	-62.50
100	100	—	—	3	200.00–230.00	$210.00	+20.00
100–125	113	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	180.00–240.00	$210.00	+20.00

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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
705–940	828	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	825.00–1,050.00	$927.01	—
880–1025	953	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–950.00	$857.61	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
660	660	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	1	60.00	$60.00	$444	—

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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	2	140.00	$140.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	9	20.00–45.00	$31.67	-20.41
50	50	5	60.00–80.00	$68.00	-44.50
50	50	1	130.00	$130.00	+17.50
50	50	2	30.00–45.00	$37.50	-75.00
50	50	1	25.00	$25.00	-87.50
75	75	1	165.00	$165.00	+52.50
75	75	1	60.00	$60.00	-52.50

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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	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	150.00	$150.00	+90.00
75	75	—	—	2	100.00–110.00	$105.00	-18.13
75	75	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	205.00	$205.00	+81.87
75	75	—	—	4	145.00–150.00	$148.75	+25.62
75	75	—	—	4	120.00	$120.00	-3.13
100–125	113	—	—	2	175.00–200.00	$187.50	+4.17
100–125	113	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	130.00–255.00	$192.50	+9.17

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
17	17	4	30.00	$30.00	-10.00
35	35	12	37.50	$37.50	-2.50
45–49	47	27	35.00–42.50	$38.40	+3.40
50–59	54	30	32.50–52.50	$40.92	—
65	65	2	32.50	$32.50	—
74–75	75	17	45.00–70.00	$57.50	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–270	247	3	39.00–41.00	$39.93	$99	—
402–462	432	4	70.00–77.00	$73.74	$319	+6.24
455	455	1	60.00	$60.00	$273	—
760	760	1	64.00	$64.00	$486	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	125.00	$125.00	—
125	125	1	200.00	$200.00	-38.33
150–175	163	2	350.00–420.00	$385.00	—

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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.