Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report, Darlington, SC

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, July 11, 2023

526 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $219.37/cwt ≈ $899/hd at 410 lb · 23 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $204.30/cwt ≈ $735/hd at 360 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	526	551	546
Feeder cattle	280	251	309
Slaughter cattle	50	60	82
Replacement cattle	12	49	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to no sale last week. Moderate offering of average to poor quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	220.00	$220.00	$660	—
388	388	2	215.00	$215.00	$834	—
400–429	410	23	211.00–221.00	$219.37	$899	—
450–490	470	2	210.00–215.00	$212.61	$999	—
505–545	531	4	210.00–215.00	$211.84	$1,125	—
550–588	570	5	202.50–222.50	$209.61	$1,195	—
600–640	620	2	207.50–215.00	$211.37	$1,310	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	210.00	$210.00	$578	+15.00
345	345	2	180.00–200.00	$190.00	$656	—
375–380	378	2	190.00–200.00	$195.03	$737	+7.98
410–445	431	6	180.00–195.00	$189.53	$817	+9.53
450–490	473	5	185.00–200.00	$194.01	$918	—
500–540	520	3	180.00–197.50	$190.64	$991	+10.64
565	565	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,102	—
630	630	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,134	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	170.00	$170.00	$536	+19.18
350	350	1	170.00	$170.00	$595	—
455	455	1	170.00	$170.00	$774	—
630	630	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,024	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	180.00	$180.00	$558	-10.00
350–365	358	3	180.00–190.00	$186.65	$668	-2.76
450	450	2	180.00–182.00	$181.00	$814	-4.00
510–545	539	7	180.00–190.00	$183.09	$987	+0.59
581	581	3	173.00	$173.00	$1,005	-7.00
600–635	609	4	167.50–175.00	$169.46	$1,032	—
665–680	669	4	161.00–175.00	$164.56	$1,101	—
715	715	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,144	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–380	360	12	201.00–205.00	$204.30	$735	—
406	406	4	197.50	$197.50	$802	—
477–498	488	5	192.50–199.00	$195.15	$952	—
515	515	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,043	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	3	160.00	$160.00	$504	+10.00
395	395	1	170.00	$170.00	$672	—
525	525	1	167.50	$167.50	$879	+20.00
615	615	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,061	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	2	210.00	$210.00	$834	—
420	420	3	200.00	$200.00	$840	—
467–470	467	8	200.00–208.00	$206.99	$967	—
525–540	533	2	197.50–200.00	$198.73	$1,059	—
567	567	3	197.50	$197.50	$1,120	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–390	382	5	195.00–200.00	$195.97	$749	—
410–445	430	4	180.00–190.00	$183.75	$790	-3.22
455	455	2	180.00–195.00	$187.50	$853	+1.28
536–540	537	4	180.00	$180.00	$967	-10.00
550	550	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,100	+13.78

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	160.00	$160.00	$608	—
430	430	1	166.00	$166.00	$714	—
475	475	1	170.00	$170.00	$808	+20.00
590	590	1	167.50	$167.50	$988	—
630	630	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,040	+15.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
685–1000	843	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	828.00–1,075.00	$974.59	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1110	930	85-90%	6	60.00–83.00	$74.61	$694	—
1010	1010	85-90%	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,050	—
925–1275	1075	85-90%	12	87.00–96.00	$91.14	$980	-1.36

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1140	1133	80-85%	2	88.00–91.00	$89.51	$1,014	—
1085–1355	1199	80-85%	11	93.00–108.00	$100.45	$1,204	-3.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1520	1520	75-80%	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,459	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1670	1365	2	103.00–115.00	$110.34	$1,506	—
1425–2090	1675	6	119.00–127.00	$123.44	$2,068	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690	690	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	966.00	$966.00
785–810	798	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,134.00–1,282.00	$1,206.84

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	736.00	$736.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
128	128	2	42.50	$42.50	$54	—
106–197	147	8	60.00–77.50	$70.31	$103	—
207–240	217	6	60.00–77.50	$70.54	$153	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	3.00	$3.00	$17	—
835	835	1	2.00	$2.00	$17	—

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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	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	3	172.50–200.00	$184.17	+79.17
70	70	—	—	1	165.00	$165.00	+25.00
70	70	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	130.00–245.00	$187.50	+47.50
80	80	—	—	1	170.00	$170.00	+20.00
100	100	—	—	2	150.00–170.00	$160.00	+25.00
150–170	160	—	—	2	175.00–265.00	$220.00	-63.33

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
660–780	720	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–750.00	$727.08	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	-227.56

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
640	640	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
645	645	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	40.00–50.00	$45.00	+4.58
30	30	8	60.00–80.00	$68.75	+38.75
40	40	9	80.00–100.00	$86.67	+14.53
50	50	11	110.00–130.00	$117.27	+68.52
50	50	2	150.00	$150.00	+101.25
60	60	5	140.00–145.00	$142.00	+23.25
70	70	2	170.00	$170.00	+90.00
80	80	1	130.00	$130.00	+50.00
80	80	2	140.00	$140.00	+60.00
90	90	1	150.00	$150.00	+70.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	2	157.50	$157.50	—
70	70	—	—	2	140.00–150.00	$145.00	+24.50
70–75	72	—	—	3	95.00–105.00	$100.00	-20.50
80	80	—	—	3	165.00–170.00	$166.67	-3.33
80	80	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	190.00	$190.00	+20.00
90	90	—	—	2	180.00–190.00	$185.00	+15.00
100–110	105	—	—	2	130.00–140.00	$135.00	-48.33

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	5	25.00	$25.00	-5.00
43	43	3	37.50	$37.50	+7.50
52	52	3	57.50	$57.50	±0.00
53–55	54	6	35.00–37.50	$36.23	-21.27
60	60	6	60.00	$60.00	+2.50
79	79	5	50.00	$50.00	+10.00
82–88	86	5	47.50–50.00	$48.46	+8.46
92–97	93	11	47.50–65.00	$56.32	+16.32

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	30.00	$30.00	$74	—
250–295	265	3	67.00–70.00	$68.11	$180	—
300	300	1	60.00	$60.00	$180	—
305–310	308	2	30.00–37.50	$33.72	$104	—
405	405	1	10.00	$10.00	$40	-47.50
455–485	466	5	30.00	$30.00	$140	—
515	515	1	30.00	$30.00	$154	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	2	170.00–180.00	$175.00	-25.00

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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.