Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 17, 2023

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light 5-weight M&L 3 heifers $184.09/cwt +14.09 vs last sale · ≈ $989/hd at 537 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	625	454	638
Feeder cattle	308	225	303
Slaughter cattle	129	83	132
Replacement cattle	31	21	26

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week on all classes of feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows were 3.00 higher, slaughter bull were 2.00 lower. There was an 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 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	4	220.00	$220.00	$920	—
450	450	1	205.00	$205.00	$922	—
583–595	589	6	215.00–219.00	$217.02	$1,278	+7.02
675	675	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,367	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–486	477	4	237.50–250.00	$240.45	$1,147	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,046	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	190.00	$190.00	$532	—
300–345	329	4	185.00–195.00	$188.73	$621	-2.56
380	380	1	185.00	$185.00	$703	-2.60
400–440	423	6	180.00	$180.00	$761	+4.03
486–493	489	8	183.00–187.00	$184.51	$902	-0.76
510–547	537	10	177.50–187.50	$184.09	$989	—
550–565	557	3	175.00–185.00	$179.99	$1,003	-0.01

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	200.00	$200.00	$400	—
360–370	361	7	197.50–201.00	$200.49	$724	-5.40
400–435	420	3	190.00–205.00	$198.21	$832	+1.98
460–485	470	5	190.00–199.00	$195.87	$921	-4.13
505–520	510	3	190.00–201.00	$197.26	$1,006	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	217.50	$217.50	$652	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	220.00	$220.00	$572	+13.99
300–345	334	6	197.50–217.50	$203.92	$681	—
350–395	378	9	187.50–210.00	$202.69	$766	-3.60
455–493	478	5	207.50	$207.50	$992	+27.50
565–595	580	2	190.00–199.00	$194.38	$1,127	—
607	607	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,184	+20.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–280	275	4	230.00–240.00	$237.59	$653	—
345	345	1	235.00	$235.00	$811	+20.00
350–368	362	3	220.00–235.00	$224.83	$814	+5.74
405–445	425	3	212.50–230.00	$219.80	$934	+9.74
480	480	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,056	+14.28
540	540	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,134	+4.25

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,102	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1320	1073	80-85%	15	66.00–87.00	$82.52	$885	—
820–1390	1181	80-85%	25	88.00–98.00	$91.14	$1,076	-1.18
1280	1280	80-85%	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,472	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1250	958	85-90%	12	60.00–86.00	$75.28	$721	—
900–1105	1004	85-90%	4	89.00–94.00	$90.58	$909	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1660	1454	75-80%	5	88.00–94.00	$91.07	$1,324	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1505	1356	4	99.00–110.00	$105.88	$1,436	—
1460–2005	1773	5	116.00–123.00	$119.29	$2,115	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665–785	717	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	898.00–1,000.00	$939.15
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	756.00	$756.00
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	759.00	$759.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	637.00	$637.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	420.00	$420.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–850	815	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	671.00–680.00	$675.69
740–985	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	696.00–847.00	$770.15
835–1335	1062	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	825.00–1,275.00	$1,083.16
875–1240	1078	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	990.00–1,200.00	$1,096.48
1145	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,053.00	$1,053.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	540.00	$540.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125–185	159	16	80.00–115.00	$92.55	$147	—
190	190	1	72.50	$72.50	$138	—
220–295	258	2	100.00	$100.00	$258	+34.69

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–395	372	5	5.00–7.50	$5.95	$22	—
460	460	1	7.50	$7.50	$34	—

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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	1	185.00	$185.00	+90.00
80	80	—	—	6	140.00	$140.00	-16.43
80	80	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	230.00	$230.00	+73.57
80	80	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	-76.43
100–130	110	—	—	3	120.00–130.00	$126.67	-5.83
100–130	114	—	—	5	145.00–220.00	$172.00	+39.50
140	140	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	340.00	$340.00	+207.50
150	150	—	—	1	390.00	$390.00	+140.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
1165	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,160.00	$1,160.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	35.00–37.50	$36.25	+16.25
30	30	1	42.50	$42.50	-8.33
30	30	1	20.00	$20.00	-30.83
30	30	1	30.00	$30.00	-20.83
40	40	5	35.00–40.00	$37.50	-32.50
40	40	2	60.00	$60.00	-10.00
50	50	5	70.00–80.00	$78.00	-82.00
50	50	8	100.00–120.00	$107.50	-52.50
50	50	4	50.00–60.00	$52.50	-107.50
70	70	4	120.00–140.00	$125.00	-35.00

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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	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	140.00	$140.00	+82.50
50	50	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	+42.50
60	60	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	+13.89
70	70	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	97.50	$97.50	+11.39
80	80	—	—	4	50.00–72.50	$60.63	-25.48
80	80	—	—	2	87.50–100.00	$93.75	+7.64
80	80	—	—	3	130.00–135.00	$131.67	+45.56
80	80	—	—	1	75.00	$75.00	-11.11
80	80	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	260.00	$260.00	+173.89
100	100	—	—	3	142.50–152.50	$148.33	-1.67
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	152.50–200.00	$170.83	+20.83
100	100	—	—	2	57.50–67.50	$62.50	-87.50
100	100	—	—	1	110.00	$110.00	-40.00
150	150	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	210.00–240.00	$231.25	+51.25

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–28	23	18	10.00–30.00	$18.95	-13.55
25	25	12	37.50–52.50	$46.25	+13.75

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	85.00	$85.00	$242	—
430	430	1	62.50	$62.50	$269	—
450–485	468	2	30.00–57.50	$43.24	$202	—
590	590	1	47.50	$47.50	$280	—
640–660	650	2	40.00–47.50	$43.69	$284	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	180.00	$180.00	-21.43
100	100	1	230.00	$230.00	-28.33

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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.