Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, February 6, 2024

579 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 3-weight M&L 1 bulls $317.87/cwt +6.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,014/hd at 319 lb · 18 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 3 heifers $189.24/cwt +9.24 vs last sale · ≈ $922/hd at 487 lb · 17 head

heavy 2-weight M&L 1 bulls $325.26/cwt +16.88 vs last sale · ≈ $883/hd at 272 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	579	341	459
Feeder cattle	360	217	198
Slaughter cattle	98	41	87
Replacement cattle	17	15	29

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week on all classes of feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows were steady. Slaughter bulls were 2.00 lower. There was an average offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	280.00	$280.00	$896	—
440	440	2	272.50	$272.50	$1,199	—
450 value added	450	6	270.00	$270.00	$1,215	—
480	480	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,248	+12.56
525	525	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,312	±0.00
570 value added	570	6	242.50	$242.50	$1,382	-6.50
695	695	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,320	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	200.00	$200.00	$930	—
520	520	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,092	—
720	720	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,224	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,276	-5.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	200.00	$200.00	$450	—
320–340	329	5	190.00–210.00	$200.90	$661	+15.90
360–365	362	3	195.00	$195.00	$706	+15.00
415–440	426	7	175.00–185.00	$182.17	$776	+7.23
450–499	487	17	180.00–193.00	$189.24	$922	+9.24
500–540	516	4	175.00–182.50	$178.06	$919	+7.44
553–575	561	5	170.00–175.00	$171.02	$959	-13.98
640	640	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,088	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	323	6	215.00–232.50	$221.99	$717	-0.84
375	375	1	210.00	$210.00	$788	-12.49
400–445	417	5	200.00–220.00	$210.20	$877	+9.24
470–485	480	9	200.00–212.50	$207.04	$994	+2.50
505–545	514	7	200.00–205.00	$203.54	$1,046	+13.54
555	555	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,138	+6.00
660	660	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,155	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	4	232.50	$232.50	$1,090	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–215 fancy	208	3	330.00–337.50	$334.93	$697	—
225–245	237	3	305.00–325.00	$318.10	$754	—
260–270 fancy	269	7	330.00–332.00	$330.28	$888	—
265–285	276	4	300.00–325.00	$316.47	$873	+8.09
301–345	313	12	300.00–322.50	$312.02	$977	+8.33
320–340 fancy	331	6	327.50–332.50	$329.56	$1,091	+7.94
420–440	427	6	285.00–290.00	$286.72	$1,224	+6.09
480	480	11	285.00–286.00	$285.36	$1,370	+9.17
515	515	3	257.50–267.50	$262.50	$1,352	-0.50
550	550	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,444	+15.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	220.00	$220.00	$649	—
305–330	320	4	240.00–280.00	$257.66	$825	—
360–370	364	4	250.00–280.00	$259.43	$944	-2.27
390 value added	390	7	280.00	$280.00	$1,092	—
405–445	422	9	240.00–277.50	$259.59	$1,095	-10.41
450–490	473	5	235.00–257.50	$245.04	$1,159	-7.46
505–535	523	4	220.00–232.50	$228.15	$1,193	—
550–595	566	7	210.00–242.50	$224.74	$1,272	-8.43
600	600	4	205.00	$205.00	$1,230	—
675	675	1	212.00	$212.00	$1,431	+22.00
735	735	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,323	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	227	3	220.00–230.00	$226.40	$514	-3.60
250–290	274	7	220.00–242.50	$227.53	$623	—
310–340	327	7	215.00–232.50	$220.35	$721	—
360–370	365	2	215.00–230.00	$222.40	$812	—
415–445	425	3	200.00–215.00	$205.24	$872	-9.76
485	485	2	200.00–217.50	$208.75	$1,012	+18.75
505–540	522	3	195.00–210.00	$201.50	$1,052	+21.50
560	560	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,064	+17.46

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–1055	890	85-90%	16	76.00–91.00	$83.80	$746	—
910–1090	989	85-90%	15	94.00–103.00	$99.02	$979	-1.15

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1175	1123	80-85%	2	90.00–94.00	$91.91	$1,032	—
1040–1590	1237	80-85%	21	100.00–116.00	$109.18	$1,351	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385–1470	1428	75-80%	2	108.00–112.00	$109.94	$1,570	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1760	1483	2	114.00–117.00	$115.78	$1,717	—
1150–2010	1514	5	119.00–128.00	$123.47	$1,869	—
1420–1770	1595	2	130.00–131.00	$130.45	$2,081	—

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Stock Cows

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–800	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	590.00–770.00	$655.16

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–990	913	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	1,190.00–1,310.00	$1,255.10

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110–195	153	4	80.00–90.00	$85.43	$131	+3.34
320–325	323	2	62.50–67.50	$64.98	$210	+4.98

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	10.00	$10.00	$50	-20.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	2	130.00–135.00	$132.50	-42.50
70	70	4	170.00–180.00	$177.50	+2.50
80	80	3	205.00–225.00	$215.00	+40.00
80	80	2	145.00–155.00	$150.00	-25.00

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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
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
850–895	873	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00–1,275.00	$1,262.82	—
935–1060	998	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00–1,350.00	$1,243.73	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
745–805	773	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,400.00–1,475.00	$1,432.92	—
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
880	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	155.00	$155.00	+35.00
50	50	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	135.00	$135.00	+15.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	5	30.00–45.00	$39.00	-11.00
30	30	4	90.00–100.00	$95.50	+45.50
30	30	5	40.00–55.00	$51.00	+1.00
40	40	2	110.00	$110.00	-10.00
40	40	4	60.00–70.00	$66.88	-53.12
50	50	2	152.50–160.00	$156.25	—
50	50	3	135.00–140.00	$138.33	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	7	130.00–140.00	$132.86	+52.86
50	50	7	60.00–80.00	$71.43	-8.57
80	80	1	170.00	$170.00	+45.00
80	80	7	100.00–110.00	$104.29	-20.71
100	100	5	100.00	$100.00	-95.00
100–120	113	3	125.00–140.00	$133.33	-16.67

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	35.00	$35.00	-22.83
50–58	56	9	50.00–67.50	$62.65	+15.15
60	60	2	62.50	$62.50	+15.00
70	70	1	62.50	$62.50	+15.00
80–81	81	6	60.00–62.50	$61.67	-3.33
95	95	1	105.00	$105.00	+40.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645–665	655	3	50.00–60.00	$55.99	$367	—
770	770	1	49.00	$49.00	$377	—
820	820	1	55.00	$55.00	$451	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	210.00	$210.00	—

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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.