Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, February 7, 2023

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $142.24/cwt -2.76 vs last sale · ≈ $824/hd at 579 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	459	283	285
Feeder cattle	198	174	101
Slaughter cattle	87	19	72
Replacement cattle	29	2	51

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week. Average offering 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
295 fancy	295	1	205.00	$205.00	$605	—
300–330 fancy	315	2	207.50–217.50	$212.26	$669	—
330–340	335	2	180.00–190.00	$185.07	$620	—
365–385	377	6	177.50–185.00	$181.66	$685	—
405–420 fancy	411	4	200.00–215.00	$205.55	$845	—
415–430	420	3	187.50–192.50	$190.00	$798	+10.00
480–485	483	2	190.00	$190.00	$918	-5.00
548	548	3	180.00	$180.00	$986	—
574–595	577	7	179.00–183.00	$179.59	$1,036	+4.59
605	605	6	159.00	$159.00	$962	—
745	745	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,080	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	3	150.00	$150.00	$352	±0.00
300–340	315	3	142.50–157.50	$150.28	$473	+5.04
440	440	1	147.50	$147.50	$649	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	127.50	$127.50	$280	—
380–390	385	2	120.00–130.00	$124.94	$481	—
425	425	1	120.00	$120.00	$510	-5.00
525	525	1	125.00	$125.00	$656	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–385	370	2	162.50–167.50	$164.90	$610	-3.19
430	430	1	166.00	$166.00	$714	-2.52
675	675	1	141.00	$141.00	$952	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	288	2	155.00–160.00	$157.52	$454	+7.52
305–345	327	8	157.50–170.00	$164.12	$537	—
355	355	1	157.50	$157.50	$559	-5.00
405–445	418	3	157.00–161.00	$159.35	$666	+12.51
460–488	480	9	147.50–158.00	$153.08	$735	+10.64
510–535	531	7	145.00–150.00	$149.31	$793	—
560–592	579	14	140.00–145.00	$142.24	$824	-2.76
605–610	608	2	139.00–141.00	$140.00	$851	—
715	715	1	132.50	$132.50	$947	—
760	760	1	130.00	$130.00	$988	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	313	5	140.00–150.00	$144.58	$453	+12.36
380–385	383	2	140.00–150.00	$145.03	$555	+4.01
433	433	4	147.50	$147.50	$639	+12.26
460–470	466	4	132.50–145.00	$137.51	$641	+8.81
500–540	523	5	135.00–140.00	$136.42	$713	+11.48
550–580	562	3	127.50–135.00	$129.97	$730	-0.03
625	625	1	120.00	$120.00	$750	±0.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	140.00	$140.00	$350	+20.00
340	340	1	130.00	$130.00	$442	+10.00
475	475	1	121.00	$121.00	$575	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	120.00	$120.00	$468	—
445	445	1	120.00	$120.00	$534	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–495	470	5	170.00–176.00	$173.82	$817	+29.16
520–545	533	2	157.50–165.00	$161.16	$859	+25.24
570–576	575	5	155.00–162.50	$156.49	$900	+18.22
625	625	1	140.00	$140.00	$875	+5.00
670–695	685	5	130.00–138.00	$134.87	$924	+15.04
725	725	1	130.00	$130.00	$942	+15.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440–445	443	2	180.00–190.00	$184.97	$819	+13.74
450–470	460	5	187.50–192.50	$189.42	$871	—
503–535	516	5	170.00–185.00	$178.78	$923	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–490	477	—	—	3	137.50–142.50	$140.03	$668	+5.03
540	540	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	$810	—
565–585	575	—	—	3	137.50–147.50	$143.32	$824	—
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	87.00	$87.00	$896	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	130.00	$130.00	$578	—
510	510	1	120.00	$120.00	$612	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400	1400	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010	1010	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1205	1026	80-85%	4	65.00–76.00	$71.77	$736	—
845–1540	1133	80-85%	31	80.00–94.00	$88.49	$1,003	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1160	929	85-90%	8	65.00–75.00	$69.47	$645	-9.52
815–1430	1066	85-90%	9	78.00–89.00	$82.38	$878	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1500	1338	75-80%	3	89.00–91.00	$89.62	$1,199	—
1660	1660	75-80%	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,560	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000	1000	1	90.00	$90.00	$900	—
905–1380	1143	2	75.00–79.00	$77.42	$885	—
1710–2290	1954	4	106.00–116.00	$111.23	$2,173	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
650	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	67.50	$67.50	$439
625–765	695	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	50.00–58.00	$54.40	$378

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–800	768	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	55.00–57.50	$56.20	$432

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845	845	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	105.00	$105.00	$887

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	67.00	$67.00	$576

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	66.00	$66.00	$512

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
620	620	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	47.00	$47.00	$291

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1165–1335	1268	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,125.00–1,225.00	$1,187.28
1310	1310	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1430	1430	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
940–965	953	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	850.00–950.00	$900.66
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	830.00	$830.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	70.00	$70.00	$640
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	87.00	$87.00	$900

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110–160	143	3	62.50–67.50	$63.78	$91	—
112–195	156	9	82.50–105.00	$89.46	$140	+21.04
205	205	3	62.50	$62.50	$128	—
425–465	445	2	90.00	$90.00	$400	—
505	505	1	70.00	$70.00	$354	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	50.00	$50.00	$110	+20.00
380	380	1	15.00	$15.00	$57	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	115.00	$115.00	-115.00
100	100	1	135.00	$135.00	-95.00
100–125	113	6	165.00–275.00	$215.00	-15.00
125	125	1	165.00	$165.00	-65.00

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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
785–990	888	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,075.00	$1,061.06	—
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
660	660	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	3	57.50–70.00	$65.83	-2.92
50	50	2	100.00	$100.00	+1.11
50	50	3	120.00–145.00	$130.83	+31.94
75	75	9	150.00–170.00	$155.28	+56.39

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-46.67
100	100	—	—	2	170.00	$170.00	+23.33
100–125	105	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	140.00–250.00	$193.00	+46.33

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	4	32.50	$32.50	±0.00
45	45	1	55.00	$55.00	+22.50
54	54	6	50.00	$50.00	+18.03
60–65	61	8	55.00–60.00	$55.67	+23.70
65	65	5	40.00	$40.00	-20.00
70	70	1	35.00	$35.00	-25.00
70–78	75	5	70.00–72.50	$70.94	+10.94
83–89	87	17	60.00–67.50	$64.59	+24.59
95	95	5	100.00–145.00	$109.00	+31.50
91–98	96	12	57.50–67.50	$64.33	-13.17

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	62.50	$62.50	$212	+21.99
355–365	360	2	90.00–94.00	$92.03	$331	—
365	365	1	30.00	$30.00	$110	—
470	470	1	92.50	$92.50	$435	+25.00
595	595	1	92.50	$92.50	$550	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	107.50	$107.50	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	170.00	$170.00	—

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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.