Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report, Darlington, SC

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $203.75/cwt ≈ $1,070/hd at 525 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	551	483	494
Feeder cattle	251	230	185
Slaughter cattle	60	144	79
Replacement cattle	49	20	32

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week on all classes of feeder cattle due to limited sales. Slaughter cows and bulls were 4.00 higher. There was and average offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. A light demand for cattle with excessive hair.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	200.00	$200.00	$640	—
375–390	383	2	200.00–215.00	$207.65	$795	-12.35
415–431	428	6	215.00–220.00	$215.81	$924	+0.81
455	455	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,001	+10.00
512	512	2	203.00	$203.00	$1,039	—
580	580	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,160	-13.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	195.00	$195.00	$546	—
365–390	378	5	182.50–190.00	$187.05	$707	-15.43
410	410	1	180.00	$180.00	$738	-14.98
515	515	1	180.00	$180.00	$927	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	150.00	$150.00	$360	—
255–290	271	4	150.00–167.50	$154.68	$419	-5.32
300–315	307	3	150.00–152.50	$150.82	$463	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	3	176.00	$176.00	$642	-9.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	150.00	$150.00	$435	±0.00
305–325	315	2	150.00	$150.00	$472	—
405	405	1	152.50	$152.50	$618	—
475	475	4	160.00	$160.00	$760	+6.00
512	512	3	147.50	$147.50	$755	-2.50
553–590	562	5	160.00	$160.00	$899	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	180.00	$180.00	$396	—
290	290	1	190.00	$190.00	$551	+10.00
345	345	1	190.00	$190.00	$656	—
355–395	364	5	189.00–190.00	$189.41	$689	+6.94
415	415	1	187.50	$187.50	$778	—
450	450	1	185.00	$185.00	$832	+5.00
520	520	1	182.50	$182.50	$949	+2.50
555	555	1	180.00	$180.00	$999	-2.24

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	205.00	$205.00	$584	—
305	305	1	200.00	$200.00	$610	-7.50
360–363	362	3	200.00–210.00	$206.69	$748	—
441	441	1	191.00	$191.00	$842	-3.92
455	455	1	192.50	$192.50	$876	-1.27
545	545	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,090	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	170.00	$170.00	$561	-5.00
430	430	1	170.00	$170.00	$731	—
505	505	1	170.00	$170.00	$858	±0.00
588	588	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,000	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	409	4	200.00–215.00	$205.50	$840	-1.01
450–495	474	8	200.00–220.00	$205.52	$974	+2.90
500–540	525	10	195.00–206.00	$203.75	$1,070	—
595	595	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,160	—
665	665	3	190.00–195.00	$192.50	$1,280	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–430	423	4	180.00–190.00	$186.97	$791	+6.97
470–485	478	4	180.00–190.00	$186.22	$890	-4.87
510–530	520	2	190.00	$190.00	$988	+5.00
550–585	565	6	180.00–190.00	$186.22	$1,052	—
705	705	2	185.00–189.00	$187.00	$1,318	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	162.50	$162.50	$528	—
490	490	3	150.00	$150.00	$735	—
630	630	1	150.00	$150.00	$945	-7.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	170.00	$170.00	$722	-5.00
570	570	1	170.00	$170.00	$969	—
630	630	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,071	—
720	720	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,242	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1375	1375	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,746.00	$1,746.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975	975	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1280	1024	80-85%	13	80.00–92.00	$86.92	$890	—
960–1315	1187	80-85%	14	96.00–110.00	$103.45	$1,228	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–1120	891	85-90%	7	70.00–86.00	$77.69	$692	-14.37
650–1245	1092	85-90%	11	90.00–94.00	$92.50	$1,010	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1590	1468	75-80%	6	104.00–109.00	$106.20	$1,559	—
1570	1570	75-80%	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,476	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1370	1313	2	100.00–116.00	$108.35	$1,423	—
1030–1980	1610	3	130.00–139.00	$133.80	$2,154	—
1750–2030	1850	3	122.00–126.00	$123.78	$2,290	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,099.00	$1,099.00
815–855	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	709.00–770.00	$740.23

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–960	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	978.00–989.00	$983.56

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160–1285	1223	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,175.00–1,349.00	$1,266.45

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1090	1083	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,125.00	$1,125.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
120–182	151	8	82.50–97.50	$92.08	$139	—
255	255	2	80.00	$80.00	$204	+21.46
305–320	313	2	67.50	$67.50	$211	+16.67
330	330	1	40.00	$40.00	$132	-10.83

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	2.00	$2.00	$10	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	—	—	1	105.00	$105.00	-15.00
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	165.00	$165.00	+45.00
70	70	—	—	1	140.00	$140.00	-16.67
80	80	—	—	4	150.00	$150.00	-6.67
90	90	—	—	2	170.00	$170.00	+13.33
100	100	—	—	1	135.00	$135.00	-173.33
100	100	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-208.33
100–125	115	—	—	3	200.00–225.00	$208.33	-100.00
150	150	—	—	1	160.00	$160.00	—
150–170	157	—	—	3	250.00–300.00	$283.33	—

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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
660–970	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	1,125.00–1,425.00	$1,277.56	—
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
865–1060	967	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	1,575.00–1,925.00	$1,777.16	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900–1205	1026	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	1,550.00–1,750.00	$1,650.37	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
835–870	853	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,050.00–1,100.00	$1,075.51	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
725	725	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00	$750.00	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–130	123	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	165.00–230.00	$213.75	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	6	35.00–45.00	$40.42	+3.92
20	20	1	30.00	$30.00	-6.50
30	30	1	30.00	$30.00	-73.00
30	30	1	40.00	$40.00	-63.00
30	30	4	50.00–65.00	$55.00	-48.00
40	40	7	70.00–80.00	$72.14	-54.11
50	50	2	40.00–57.50	$48.75	-91.25
50	50	1	102.50	$102.50	-37.50
50	50	6	140.00–150.00	$145.00	+5.00
50	50	2	40.00	$40.00	-100.00
50	50	6	90.00–100.00	$97.50	-42.50
60	60	2	117.50–120.00	$118.75	-21.25
60	60	1	40.00	$40.00	-100.00
60	60	2	160.00–165.00	$162.50	+22.50
70	70	1	80.00	$80.00	-225.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	—	—	5	120.00–122.50	$120.50	-46.17
80	80	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	170.00	$170.00	+3.33
100	100	—	—	3	150.00–200.00	$183.33	-16.67
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	170.00	$170.00	-30.00
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	97.50–130.00	$113.75	-86.25
100	100	—	—	1	70.00	$70.00	-130.00
100	100	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	225.00	$225.00	+25.00
150	150	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	250.00–285.00	$267.50	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
27	27	11	42.50	$42.50	-12.50
35–37	36	12	35.00–45.00	$39.30	-15.70
41	41	1	30.00	$30.00	-25.00
61	61	4	57.50	$57.50	-45.00
67	67	2	40.00	$40.00	-62.50
75	75	10	72.50	$72.50	-30.00
75	75	1	40.00	$40.00	-62.50
82	82	2	40.00	$40.00	-62.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	57.50	$57.50	$230	—
405–480	443	2	30.00	$30.00	$133	—
630	630	1	42.50	$42.50	$268	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	3	150.00	$150.00	—
70	70	2	160.00	$160.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	2	200.00	$200.00	—
125	125	1	270.00	$270.00	+90.00

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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.