Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, May 23, 2023

440 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $193.57/cwt +3.57 vs last sale · ≈ $809/hd at 418 lb · 11 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 steers $193.52/cwt +3.42 vs last sale · ≈ $759/hd at 392 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	440	709	407
Feeder cattle	236	354	191
Slaughter cattle	50	144	50
Replacement cattle	17	57	75

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers 2.00 higher, feeder heifers and feeder bulls too few to trend, slaughter cows 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls too few to trend.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	4	195.00	$195.00	$546	+2.49
305–325	320	4	190.00–205.00	$195.08	$624	+7.69
370–395	392	10	190.00–195.00	$193.52	$759	+3.42
405–420	409	7	189.00–200.00	$190.76	$780	+8.36
480–490	485	2	180.00–185.00	$182.47	$885	-8.30
500–520	510	3	180.00–185.00	$182.65	$932	-5.70
690	690	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,294	+7.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	200.00	$200.00	$490	—
255–280	268	3	210.00	$210.00	$563	-5.00
310–325	318	3	215.00–230.00	$221.65	$705	+13.04
350–380	370	4	215.00–230.00	$221.39	$819	+19.53
430	430	1	230.00	$230.00	$989	—
520	520	4	225.00	$225.00	$1,170	+13.53
563–565	563	6	210.00–223.00	$220.83	$1,243	+8.33
620–630	625	2	195.00–202.50	$198.78	$1,242	+0.78
673	673	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,279	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	180.00	$180.00	$369	-5.00
275	275	1	180.00	$180.00	$495	+10.00
330	330	1	185.00	$185.00	$610	+12.75
390	390	1	180.00	$180.00	$702	+7.50
460	460	2	180.00	$180.00	$828	+10.00
585	585	1	170.00	$170.00	$994	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	170.00	$170.00	$586	+10.00
395	395	1	170.00	$170.00	$672	+5.76
440	440	1	160.00	$160.00	$704	±0.00
610	610	1	155.00	$155.00	$946	+5.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	190.00	$190.00	$399	-2.45
265–285	275	2	200.00	$200.00	$550	+1.26
345	345	1	190.00	$190.00	$656	-4.94
350–380	368	4	200.00–202.50	$200.64	$738	+5.77
402–427	418	11	190.00–200.00	$193.57	$809	+3.57
455–490	477	3	190.00	$190.00	$906	—
500	500	1	192.50	$192.50	$962	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	185.00	$185.00	$527	+5.00
350–390	377	3	180.00–185.00	$183.27	$691	-0.48
430–445	438	2	175.00–185.00	$179.91	$788	-7.59
485–490	488	6	173.00–182.50	$174.90	$854	-5.10
505–540	520	4	177.00–182.50	$179.88	$935	—
565–575	571	5	169.00–170.00	$169.60	$968	—
630–635	633	2	165.00–170.00	$167.49	$1,060	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	170.00	$170.00	$459	—
440	440	1	160.00	$160.00	$704	-10.00
470–495	483	3	160.00–170.00	$165.03	$797	+0.03
535	535	1	160.00	$160.00	$856	—
550	550	1	160.00	$160.00	$880	—
630	630	1	155.00	$155.00	$976	—
666	666	4	150.00	$150.00	$999	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	150.00	$150.00	$322	—
385	385	1	155.00	$155.00	$597	±0.00
405–425	413	3	150.00–155.00	$151.65	$626	—
460	460	1	150.00	$150.00	$690	-1.66
520	520	1	150.00	$150.00	$780	—
555–590	567	3	150.00–155.00	$153.37	$870	+8.37
670	670	1	140.00	$140.00	$938	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	420	2	185.00	$185.00	$777	+1.70
455–480	472	3	180.00–185.00	$181.70	$858	-5.93
505	505	4	180.00	$180.00	$909	-2.50
660	660	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,122	—
710–723	719	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,222	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	420	3	195.00–210.00	$203.55	$855	+3.55
470–480	475	2	190.00–202.50	$196.32	$933	—
495 fancy	495	2	222.50	$222.50	$1,101	—
528	528	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,082	+6.20

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	150.00	$150.00	$728	-3.33
510–545	528	2	150.00–155.00	$152.58	$806	—
620–645	633	2	140.00–145.00	$142.55	$902	-7.45

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	165.00	$165.00	$676	-3.75
455	455	1	165.00	$165.00	$751	—
555–570	563	2	160.00	$160.00	$901	-2.50
620	620	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,070	+9.50

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610–985	815	85-90%	13	67.00–83.00	$76.65	$625	—
970–980	975	85-90%	2	94.00–100.00	$96.98	$946	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1260	1119	80-85%	7	80.00–90.00	$86.48	$968	+5.45
1005–1210	1139	80-85%	4	92.00–108.00	$98.01	$1,116	+16.98
1330–1365	1348	80-85%	2	115.00–116.00	$115.49	$1,557	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1415–1440	1428	2	116.00–118.00	$117.01	$1,671	—
1480	1480	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,835	+21.00

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
709–800	746	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	133.00–141.50	$137.72	$1,027

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	106.00	$106.00	$874

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	705.00	$705.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
106	106	3	50.00	$50.00	$53	—
116–185	135	15	70.00–90.00	$78.04	$105	+27.82
215–270	243	2	65.00–70.00	$67.78	$165	-1.12
210–298	276	4	50.00–52.50	$52.02	$144	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	2.00	$2.00	$12	—
650	650	1	2.00	$2.00	$13	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	160.00	$160.00	-5.00
80	80	1	190.00	$190.00	+25.00
110	110	1	110.00	$110.00	-65.00
100–140	120	5	210.00–280.00	$249.00	+74.00
150–175	163	2	330.00–360.00	$345.00	+97.50

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825–850	838	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00	$900.00	+187.01
810–895	853	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–925.00	$911.88	+111.88

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
855	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	-69.42

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	240.00	$240.00	+63.75

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	20.00	$20.00	-14.64
20	20	10	25.00–45.00	$34.25	-0.39
30	30	15	50.00–72.50	$61.50	+26.86
30	30	4	25.00–30.00	$26.25	-8.39
40	40	12	90.00–110.00	$102.50	+67.86
50	50	6	50.00–72.50	$62.92	-47.08
50	50	6	115.00–130.00	$124.17	+14.17
60	60	2	140.00	$140.00	+30.00
70	70	2	190.00–197.50	$193.75	+48.75
100	100	1	230.00	$230.00	—

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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	—	—	2	150.00–160.00	$155.00	-75.00
50	50	—	—	4	110.00–125.00	$117.50	-112.50
50	50	—	—	4	92.50–105.00	$98.75	-131.25
50	50	—	—	3	50.00–70.00	$60.00	-170.00
80	80	—	—	1	170.00	$170.00	-5.00
80	80	—	—	4	130.00–140.00	$136.25	-38.75
80	80	—	—	3	80.00–85.00	$81.67	-93.33
120	120	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	300.00	$300.00	+131.43

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	3	25.00	$25.00	-20.00
40	40	1	25.00	$25.00	-20.00
40	40	5	42.50	$42.50	-2.50
60–68	65	8	37.50–45.00	$43.27	+0.77
75	75	2	37.50	$37.50	-5.00
88	88	3	40.00	$40.00	-2.50
95	95	4	40.00	$40.00	-2.50
100	100	4	72.50	$72.50	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	32.50	$32.50	$67	—
430	430	1	30.00	$30.00	$129	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	160.00	$160.00	—
150	150	1	390.00	$390.00	—

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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.