Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 10, 2023

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heavy 3-weight M&L 2 bulls $219.09/cwt -0.91 vs last sale · ≈ $813/hd at 371 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	454	876	566
Feeder cattle	225	758	346
Slaughter cattle	83	50	64
Replacement cattle	21	7	8

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with limited comparable sales.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	3	207.50	$207.50	$1,027	-7.56
515	515	4	222.50	$222.50	$1,146	+10.89
570	570	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,197	-5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–320	308	5	190.00–200.00	$197.92	$610	-14.10
490	490	1	190.00	$190.00	$931	-12.15

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	320	2	190.00–192.50	$191.29	$612	+5.98
370–395	380	3	185.00–192.50	$187.60	$713	-3.62
400–435	419	5	170.00–180.00	$175.97	$737	-14.03
462–490	469	8	180.00–187.50	$185.27	$869	+5.27
500	500	3	170.00	$170.00	$850	-8.40
575	575	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,035	-7.42
610–620	613	4	172.50–180.00	$178.10	$1,092	—
669	669	8	173.00	$173.00	$1,157	+2.74

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–395	370	3	205.00–207.50	$205.89	$762	-11.61
410–425	418	2	195.00–197.50	$196.23	$820	-11.35
455	455	1	200.00	$200.00	$910	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	3	220.00	$220.00	$653	-5.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	215.00	$215.00	$742	-6.29
355–385	371	10	211.00–222.00	$219.09	$813	-0.91
405–445	423	3	205.00–215.00	$210.06	$889	-7.80
450–485	471	7	200.00–210.00	$205.72	$969	-3.47
515–535	523	5	200.00–208.00	$205.75	$1,076	-0.51
570–575	573	3	195.00–202.50	$197.51	$1,132	-8.35

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–270	260	2	200.00–212.50	$206.01	$536	—
360–385	373	2	205.00–207.50	$206.29	$769	-1.68
415	415	1	197.50	$197.50	$820	-1.87
480	480	1	180.00	$180.00	$864	-20.00
500–525	515	8	175.00–190.00	$185.02	$953	—
605–640	623	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,090	-14.07

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1180	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1330	1134	80-85%	12	75.00–85.00	$82.38	$934	—
1015–1435	1175	80-85%	19	88.00–96.00	$92.32	$1,085	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–995	839	85-90%	20	70.00–85.00	$78.57	$659	—
900–995	935	85-90%	5	88.00–90.00	$88.59	$828	-1.79

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1445	1445	75-80%	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,286	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1630	1237	6	105.00–117.00	$111.18	$1,375	—
1565–1575	1570	2	121.00–122.00	$121.50	$1,908	—

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Stock Cows

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
600–645	623	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	90.00–97.50	$93.61	$583

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,015

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Bred Cows

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–905	807	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	600.00–725.00	$656.38
815	815	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
915	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
115	115	1	42.50	$42.50	$49	-71.27
118–190	138	9	80.00–87.50	$82.19	$113	-31.58
215	215	1	80.00	$80.00	$172	—
230–295	263	2	62.50–67.50	$65.31	$172	-18.72
325–395	360	2	52.50–67.50	$59.27	$213	—
430–475	453	2	57.50–62.50	$60.12	$272	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	95.00	$95.00	-30.00
70	70	7	150.00–175.00	$156.43	+31.43
100–130	115	2	120.00–145.00	$132.50	—
150	150	1	250.00	$250.00	—
150	150	1	310.00	$310.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–835	793	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,075.00	$1,048.66	—
840–950	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00–1,275.00	$1,113.26	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
765	765	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	320.00	$320.00	—

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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	—
30	30	12	45.00–60.00	$50.83	—
30	30	10	30.00–35.00	$32.50	—
40	40	3	70.00	$70.00	—
40	40	2	120.00	$120.00	—
50	50	2	155.00–165.00	$160.00	+75.00
50	50	2	65.00	$65.00	-20.00
50	50	6	90.00–110.00	$100.00	+15.00

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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	50.00–65.00	$57.50	-162.50
50	50	—	—	6	140.00–150.00	$146.67	-73.33
50	50	—	—	4	120.00–125.00	$123.75	-96.25
60	60	—	—	9	80.00–90.00	$86.11	-133.89
60	60	—	—	1	170.00	$170.00	-50.00
60	60	—	—	2	130.00	$130.00	-90.00
100	100	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	-21.67
100–120	110	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	190.00–220.00	$205.00	+33.33
150	150	—	—	1	180.00	$180.00	+5.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
26	26	6	32.50	$32.50	+2.50
95	95	2	102.50	$102.50	+57.50

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	7	200.00–210.00	$201.43	+51.43
100–115	110	3	235.00–280.00	$258.33	+58.33
150	150	1	340.00	$340.00	—

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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.