Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, January 17, 2023

447 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $129.44/cwt -3.79 vs last sale · ≈ $599/hd at 463 lb · 14 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $122.03/cwt ≈ $705/hd at 578 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	447	578	159
Feeder cattle	239	284	70
Slaughter cattle	58	80	42
Replacement cattle	16	37	10

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 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290 fancy	290	1	205.00	$205.00	$594	—
315–335	328	3	180.00–190.00	$183.40	$602	—
330–335 fancy	333	2	200.00	$200.00	$666	-12.69
360–380	367	3	182.50–193.00	$186.95	$686	+6.25
455–486	472	7	182.50–192.50	$186.83	$882	—
500–520	507	3	178.00–185.00	$182.61	$926	—
627 value added	627	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,035	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	165.00	$165.00	$396	-5.00
285	285	1	150.00	$150.00	$428	—
340–345	343	2	160.00–175.00	$167.45	$574	+0.95
350–390	379	5	160.00–170.00	$165.91	$629	-2.85
415–445	431	4	165.00–172.50	$169.41	$730	+6.08
485	485	1	167.50	$167.50	$812	+2.17
555–560	558	2	140.00	$140.00	$781	—
610–620	615	2	122.50–125.00	$123.74	$761	—
695	695	1	130.00	$130.00	$904	—
730	730	1	121.00	$121.00	$883	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	116.00	$116.00	$719	+1.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	130.00	$130.00	$416	-16.03

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	318	3	130.00–140.00	$135.33	$430	-6.41
360–395	378	2	130.00–139.00	$134.71	$509	-2.85
430–440	434	4	125.00–136.00	$132.15	$574	-2.90
450–495	463	14	125.00–134.00	$129.44	$599	-3.79
510–540	525	7	120.00–132.50	$128.09	$672	-6.93
550–595	578	10	118.00–133.00	$122.03	$705	—
605	605	1	115.00	$115.00	$696	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–275	268	2	150.00–153.00	$151.54	$406	-2.77
305	305	1	150.00	$150.00	$458	-4.30
362–395	371	8	149.00–155.00	$151.41	$562	-1.10
410–425	418	2	140.00–142.50	$141.27	$591	-12.44
475	475	2	140.00	$140.00	$665	-8.74
515–547	536	9	139.00–150.00	$145.56	$780	-0.94
560	560	1	145.00	$145.00	$812	—
605–613	611	6	128.00–135.00	$132.51	$810	—
655	655	1	122.50	$122.50	$802	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	120.00	$120.00	$270	—
345	345	1	122.50	$122.50	$423	—
405–420	413	2	115.00–122.00	$118.44	$489	-1.56
455–485	473	4	115.00–120.00	$116.46	$551	-4.31
555–585	572	3	110.00	$110.00	$629	—
695	695	1	110.00	$110.00	$764	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	110.00	$110.00	$280	—
435	435	1	110.00	$110.00	$478	—
580	580	1	100.00	$100.00	$580	—
615	615	1	100.00	$100.00	$615	—
695	695	1	100.00	$100.00	$695	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	428	4	177.50–185.00	$180.62	$773	+5.24
455–485	464	7	170.00–176.00	$173.72	$806	-0.32
500–515	504	6	165.00–176.00	$172.12	$867	—
618	618	2	139.00	$139.00	$859	—
660–690	668	4	135.00–142.50	$136.94	$915	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	424	7	150.00–170.00	$159.97	$678	+4.39
450–455	453	2	155.00–160.00	$157.49	$713	+2.38
500–545	523	6	135.00–145.00	$140.34	$734	—
565–580	571	4	130.00–150.00	$138.05	$788	+8.05
610–645	625	3	125.00–137.00	$132.43	$828	—
715	715	1	120.00	$120.00	$858	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	6	145.00	$145.00	$638	+5.87
460–495	482	3	130.00–140.00	$134.98	$651	+4.98
535–540	538	2	125.00–127.00	$126.00	$678	-4.60
560	560	1	120.00	$120.00	$672	-2.50
650–670	660	2	110.00–115.00	$112.46	$742	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–515	513	2	112.00–115.00	$113.49	$582	-6.51
580	580	1	110.00	$110.00	$638	+7.57
610–615	613	2	100.00–105.00	$102.51	$628	-12.49
740	740	1	105.00	$105.00	$777	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1540	1540	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,480.00	$1,480.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1410	1197	80-85%	9	50.00–67.00	$63.47	$760	-13.44
1015–1680	1276	80-85%	17	70.00–82.00	$75.86	$968	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–985	773	85-90%	7	50.00–64.00	$54.19	$419	—
755–985	910	85-90%	4	68.00–74.00	$69.88	$636	+9.32

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1395	1368	75-80%	2	75.00–77.00	$75.98	$1,039	+0.03

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1600	1453	4	95.00–99.00	$97.11	$1,411	—
1170–2335	1753	2	90.00–92.00	$91.33	$1,601	—
2070–2125	2098	2	105.00–109.00	$107.03	$2,245	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–770	728	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	90.00–100.00	$93.76	$683
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	91.00	$91.00	$692

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765	765	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	107.50	$107.50	$822

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
820–900	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–725.00	$713.08
885	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	505.00	$505.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
107–145	124	5	80.00–95.00	$89.19	$111	+31.86
183	183	3	65.00	$65.00	$119	—
212–271	248	7	67.50–75.00	$68.79	$171	—
410	410	1	75.00	$75.00	$308	-1.60

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	10.00	$10.00	$34	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	2	125.00–135.00	$130.00	+3.33
70	70	1	105.00	$105.00	-21.67
70	70	3	145.00–160.00	$151.67	+25.00
150	150	4	210.00–260.00	$247.50	—
200	200	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
695–895	795	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	575.00–875.00	$743.87	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	230.00	$230.00	+90.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	7	45.00–70.00	$57.14	+25.47
50	50	2	100.00–120.00	$110.00	-20.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	5	80.00–110.00	$96.00	-54.00
50	50	1	70.00	$70.00	-80.00
100	100	3	120.00–140.00	$130.00	-57.50
100	100	1	170.00	$170.00	-17.50
150	150	2	230.00–270.00	$250.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	35.00	$35.00	-2.50
37–39	38	9	45.00	$45.00	+7.50
42	42	6	35.00	$35.00	-3.40
40–45	43	6	42.50–57.50	$50.44	+12.04
53–55	54	6	25.00–40.00	$32.64	-8.28
62	62	2	37.50	$37.50	+5.00
65	65	1	57.50	$57.50	+25.00
73	73	4	42.50	$42.50	-15.00
80–85	81	9	37.50–52.50	$43.05	-14.45
90–92	91	10	42.50–45.00	$43.76	-13.74
97	97	5	95.00	$95.00	+37.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	55.00	$55.00	$176	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	2	160.00–210.00	$185.00	+60.00

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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.