Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 3, 2023

876 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 3 heifers $170.26/cwt ≈ $1,153/hd at 677 lb · 44 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 2 steers $212.79/cwt -12.21 vs last sale · ≈ $1,408/hd at 662 lb · 42 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $245.46/cwt ≈ $1,137/hd at 463 lb · 39 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	876	312	1,045
Feeder cattle	758	159	845
Slaughter cattle	50	71	16
Replacement cattle	7	11	22

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Heavy 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 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334 value added	334	11	230.00	$230.00	$768	—
355–390	375	3	230.00	$230.00	$862	—
457 value added	457	6	230.00	$230.00	$1,051	—
465–490	484	12	210.00–220.00	$215.06	$1,041	—
510–545	527	3	210.00–215.00	$211.61	$1,115	+11.61
565–580	573	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,232	-2.50
657	657	29	214.00	$214.00	$1,406	-11.00
655–691 value added	672	13	208.00–212.00	$210.10	$1,412	—
770	770	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,540	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,003	±0.00
448 value added	448	11	256.00	$256.00	$1,147	—
453–461 value added	460	32	242.00–253.00	$244.03	$1,123	—
477	477	7	252.00	$252.00	$1,202	—
515	515	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,184	—
560–593 value added	574	7	230.00–235.00	$232.79	$1,336	—
613	613	3	226.00	$226.00	$1,385	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324–326	324	21	210.00–212.50	$212.02	$687	—
380	380	1	190.00	$190.00	$722	—
430–440	435	2	195.00–200.00	$197.47	$859	—
460–490	468	7	192.50–207.50	$202.15	$946	—
500–540	523	3	190.00–205.00	$198.22	$1,037	—
565	565	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,088	—
605	605	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,240	+10.00
652–693	676	9	190.00–200.00	$196.20	$1,326	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	8	197.50	$197.50	$587	+10.00
305–345	325	2	180.00–190.00	$185.31	$602	—
360–395	376	11	185.00–200.00	$191.22	$719	-1.71
420 value added	420	4	180.00	$180.00	$756	—
435	435	1	190.00	$190.00	$826	-1.49
480	480	1	180.00	$180.00	$864	-8.18
505–525	515	3	175.00–185.00	$178.40	$919	-9.10
508–526 value added	520	17	180.00	$180.00	$936	—
550–585	568	2	185.00–190.00	$187.42	$1,065	—
617 value added	617	12	174.00	$174.00	$1,074	—
650–696	677	44	169.00–180.00	$170.26	$1,153	—
703	703	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,195	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	205.00	$205.00	$472	+12.50
275–280	276	4	210.00–215.00	$213.73	$590	+13.73
310	310	1	220.00	$220.00	$682	+16.94
350 value added	350	6	220.00	$220.00	$770	—
375	375	6	215.00–218.00	$217.50	$816	+3.90
405–438	418	15	200.00–211.00	$207.58	$868	-2.42
464 value added	464	8	210.00	$210.00	$974	—
544	544	35	208.50	$208.50	$1,134	—
552–575 value added	569	11	210.00	$210.00	$1,195	—
565–592	586	17	190.00–193.00	$192.32	$1,127	-6.27

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	230.00	$230.00	$472	—
285 value added	285	10	240.00	$240.00	$684	—
285	285	1	225.00	$225.00	$641	+5.00
350–393	384	5	222.50–225.00	$224.54	$862	—
390 value added	390	15	229.00	$229.00	$893	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	230.00	$230.00	$621	-3.33
320–340	330	2	220.00–222.50	$221.29	$730	+1.29
350	350	1	220.00	$220.00	$770	—
405–435	419	6	215.00–225.00	$217.86	$913	-8.39
460–478	475	6	205.00–210.00	$209.19	$994	-1.56
515 value added	515	12	215.00	$215.00	$1,107	—
505–545	520	4	200.00–210.00	$206.26	$1,073	+1.80
555–570	563	3	200.00–212.50	$205.86	$1,159	+1.32

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–346	341	4	200.00–205.00	$203.81	$695	—
350–390	369	5	200.00–210.00	$207.97	$767	+7.97
405–445	424	8	190.00–210.00	$199.37	$845	+6.65
470	470	1	200.00	$200.00	$940	+10.00
541 value added	541	5	195.00	$195.00	$1,055	—
575	575	2	185.00–190.00	$187.50	$1,078	—
600–620	607	3	180.00–195.00	$189.07	$1,148	—
658–670	661	4	177.50–180.00	$179.37	$1,186	-8.13

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1235	1076	80-85%	8	79.00–85.00	$82.39	$887	—
1025–1490	1271	80-85%	13	87.00–99.00	$91.78	$1,167	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–970	927	85-90%	3	89.00–92.00	$90.38	$838	+7.99
850–1230	949	85-90%	6	75.00–85.00	$79.64	$756	-2.75

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1670	1519	75-80%	4	90.00–92.00	$91.03	$1,383	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1670	1343	3	112.00–114.00	$113.09	$1,519	—
1855–1880	1868	2	118.00–122.00	$120.01	$2,242	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	774.00	$774.00
955	955	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	860.00	$860.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630–835	733	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	662.00–685.00	$675.11

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	774.00	$774.00
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	876.00	$876.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	735.00	$735.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
122–170	146	4	107.50–122.50	$113.77	$166	—
147–175	156	3	75.00–95.00	$82.46	$129	—
230–290	264	4	77.50–92.50	$84.03	$222	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	20.00	$20.00	$48	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	125.00	$125.00	-128.75

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563	563	4	100.00	$100.00	$563	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	85.00	$85.00	-70.00
60	60	5	127.50–130.00	$129.50	-25.50
70	70	7	140.00–150.00	$144.29	-63.21
80	80	2	183.00	$183.00	-24.50

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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	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	220.00	$220.00	+41.67
100–140	120	—	—	3	165.00–180.00	$171.67	—
120	120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	300.00–390.00	$357.50	—
150	150	—	—	1	175.00	$175.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
37	37	7	30.00	$30.00	-5.71
62	62	6	22.50	$22.50	+2.50
72	72	2	45.00	$45.00	-12.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	60.00	$60.00	$174	—
345	345	1	60.00	$60.00	$207	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	145.00	$145.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	3	150.00	$150.00	—
80	80	1	120.00	$120.00	—
100	100	1	200.00	$200.00	—

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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.