Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, February 28, 2023

398 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $206.87/cwt -7.54 vs last sale · ≈ $964/hd at 466 lb · 18 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $190.00/cwt +1.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,087/hd at 572 lb · 15 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $174.16/cwt +5.02 vs last sale · ≈ $787/hd at 452 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	398	555	394
Feeder cattle	241	323	254
Slaughter cattle	57	81	47
Replacement cattle	13	23	22

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate 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
220–225	223	2	180.00	$180.00	$401	—
252–285 fancy	263	5	215.00–220.00	$217.95	$573	—
295	295	1	190.00	$190.00	$560	-7.46
320	320	1	202.50	$202.50	$648	+5.58
310–327 fancy	321	3	210.00–215.00	$213.39	$685	+4.01
355–371 fancy	368	6	212.50–215.00	$214.60	$790	-1.88
355–390	373	4	190.00–205.00	$198.29	$740	+1.38
410	410	1	195.00	$195.00	$800	—
460–463 value added	462	14	209.00–213.00	$211.01	$975	—
450–495	481	4	190.00–197.50	$192.38	$925	+3.63
505–515	510	3	187.50–195.00	$190.84	$973	-6.66
517 value added	517	3	206.00	$206.00	$1,065	—
572	572	15	190.00	$190.00	$1,087	+1.00
645	645	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,129	±0.00
710	710	7	172.00	$172.00	$1,221	+13.00
775	775	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,259	—
810	810	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,215	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	150.00	$150.00	$368	—
255–280	268	2	140.00–150.00	$145.23	$389	—
355–395	373	7	140.00–150.00	$143.84	$537	-6.16
400	400	1	147.50	$147.50	$590	-2.50
680	680	1	142.50	$142.50	$969	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	160.00	$160.00	$528	-15.04
425	425	1	170.00	$170.00	$722	—
466–490	471	5	170.00–177.00	$175.54	$827	—
535	535	1	170.00	$170.00	$910	—
575	575	1	160.00	$160.00	$920	-6.19
660	660	1	151.00	$151.00	$997	-4.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–275	273	2	172.50–180.00	$176.22	$481	—
300–310	305	2	175.00–180.00	$177.54	$541	+14.83
380–388	386	4	175.00–175.50	$175.12	$676	—
405–437	427	8	170.00–180.00	$174.00	$743	+5.20
452–455	452	12	165.00–175.00	$174.16	$787	+6.38
560	560	7	167.00	$167.00	$935	—
608	608	5	151.00	$151.00	$918	—
650	650	1	149.00	$149.00	$968	+4.00
745	745	1	133.00	$133.00	$991	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	150.00	$150.00	$375	—
305–345	322	5	155.00–167.50	$162.51	$523	+4.18
380–395	387	3	160.00–170.00	$164.13	$635	+7.04
400–445	420	3	150.00–155.00	$153.41	$644	-11.68
455–470	462	3	147.50–157.50	$151.72	$701	+0.90
505–545	518	9	150.00–161.00	$159.19	$825	+10.04
555–575	563	3	140.00–152.50	$145.81	$821	+1.37
605–645	618	4	131.00–145.00	$139.62	$863	+9.62
680–690	687	3	130.00–140.00	$135.00	$927	—
725	725	1	131.00	$131.00	$950	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	235	2	132.50–140.00	$136.09	$320	—
375	375	1	140.00	$140.00	$525	+5.91
480–495	485	3	132.50–140.00	$136.62	$663	+0.24
520	520	1	142.50	$142.50	$741	+10.52
585	585	1	130.00	$130.00	$760	-5.09
620	620	1	123.00	$123.00	$763	-1.99
665	665	1	117.00	$117.00	$778	-3.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	120.00	$120.00	$486	+6.89
455	455	1	120.00	$120.00	$546	-2.50
525	525	1	125.00	$125.00	$656	+15.00
565	565	1	110.00	$110.00	$622	—
610–645	628	2	100.00–115.00	$107.71	$676	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–420	417	3	190.00–197.50	$193.36	$806	+2.51
455–480	465	4	180.00–190.00	$183.75	$854	+3.75
470 fancy	470	1	200.00	$200.00	$940	-3.05
505 fancy	505	1	195.00	$195.00	$985	+3.50
500–540	519	5	175.00–190.00	$180.93	$939	+9.69
615	615	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,015	—
670–680	677	3	147.50–160.00	$151.69	$1,027	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–425	420	2	160.00–177.50	$168.65	$708	+6.64
505	505	1	150.00	$150.00	$758	-9.86
595	595	1	150.00	$150.00	$892	+0.87
620	620	1	140.00	$140.00	$868	-17.50
690	690	1	135.00	$135.00	$932	—
770	770	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,070	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	130.00	$130.00	$559	-20.00
490	490	1	130.00	$130.00	$637	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030	1030	80-85%	1	77.00	$77.00	$793	—
1000–1475	1180	80-85%	16	80.00–98.00	$87.54	$1,033	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–995	826	85-90%	8	63.00–76.00	$70.95	$586	—
825–970	891	85-90%	4	79.00–87.00	$82.18	$732	+10.11

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1135	1078	2	90.00	$90.00	$970	—
1020–2065	1693	8	103.00–115.00	$109.83	$1,859	—
1895	1895	1	120.00	$120.00	$2,274	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1245	1093	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,128.47
1395	1395	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
112	112	2	60.00	$60.00	$67	-4.29
105–170	144	9	70.00–97.50	$88.31	$127	+24.02
275	275	1	64.00	$64.00	$176	—
300	300	1	72.50	$72.50	$218	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
106–150	115	5	37.50	$37.50	$43	—
665	665	1	3.00	$3.00	$20	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	9	125.00–150.00	$134.44	—
70	70	1	100.00	$100.00	—
150	150	2	320.00–380.00	$350.00	—
150	150	17	175.00–245.00	$197.65	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–810	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00–1,300.00	$1,275.96	—
845–1000	923	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,125.00–1,175.00	$1,152.10	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
920–985	953	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00–1,025.00	$999.15	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
745	745	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	525.00	$525.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715	715	1	87.00	$87.00	$622	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	5	50.00–65.00	$54.50	-6.75
50	50	3	100.00	$100.00	+17.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	70.00	$70.00	-70.00
50	50	2	130.00	$130.00	-10.00
120	120	2	205.00–210.00	$207.50	+132.50
150	150	5	285.00–310.00	$293.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	4	80.00	$80.00	+40.00
40	40	1	55.00	$55.00	+15.00
55	55	1	52.50	$52.50	-7.50
68	68	3	77.50	$77.50	+17.50
70	70	1	87.50	$87.50	+27.50
89	89	6	90.00	$90.00	+30.00
90	90	2	77.50	$77.50	+17.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	66.00	$66.00	$396	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	3	150.00–160.00	$153.33	—

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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.