Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 12, 2024

426 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $272.97/cwt ≈ $1,789/hd at 655 lb · 43 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $237.50/cwt ≈ $1,449/hd at 610 lb · 32 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $257.79/cwt ≈ $1,472/hd at 571 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	426	488	416
Feeder cattle	250	252	217
Slaughter cattle	57	52	86
Replacement cattle	14	12	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls 12.00 higher. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	325.00	$325.00	$959	+12.50
378	378	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,210	—
415	415	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,349	+5.00
490	490	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,421	±0.00
572 value added	572	14	296.00	$296.00	$1,693	—
579	579	7	287.50	$287.50	$1,665	+37.50
655 value added	655	42	273.40	$273.40	$1,791	—
675	675	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,721	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,012	—
460	460	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,150	—
625	625	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,438	+15.00
695	695	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,494	—
765	765	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,530	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,102	+10.00
445	445	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,246	—
470–480	475	2	270.00–280.00	$275.05	$1,306	+5.05
535	535	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,471	+15.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282 value added	282	3	290.00	$290.00	$818	—
325 fancy	325	2	280.00	$280.00	$910	—
365–395 fancy	380	2	287.50–290.00	$288.80	$1,097	+13.80
388 value added	388	3	289.00	$289.00	$1,121	—
400	400	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,090	—
415–420 fancy	418	2	295.00–297.50	$296.24	$1,238	—
490	490	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,200	—
500–545	523	2	252.50	$252.50	$1,321	—
550–573 value added	571	27	255.00–258.00	$257.79	$1,472	—
610 value added	610	32	237.50	$237.50	$1,449	—
650	650	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,430	—
712 value added	712	7	214.50	$214.50	$1,527	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	250.00	$250.00	$512	+15.00
299	299	5	260.00	$260.00	$777	—
315–330	325	3	220.00–235.00	$229.92	$747	-0.08
375–390	385	3	232.50–250.00	$240.71	$927	+10.71
420–445	433	3	225.00–232.50	$229.22	$993	+15.92
470–490	483	3	212.50–215.00	$213.31	$1,030	-4.19
500–520	514	4	220.00–237.50	$228.08	$1,172	-1.94
560	560	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,260	—
607	607	4	227.50	$227.50	$1,381	+27.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–270	268	2	210.00–220.00	$215.05	$576	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	325	4	320.00–335.00	$328.94	$1,069	+17.79
365–395	384	4	325.00–332.50	$329.35	$1,265	+20.65
400–445	419	5	310.00–325.00	$317.76	$1,331	+5.66
460–495	483	3	290.00–305.00	$300.24	$1,450	—
540	540	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,472	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	280.00	$280.00	$966	-18.15
375–390	382	3	280.00–300.00	$290.81	$1,111	+2.04
475	475	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,188	-40.00
535–545	540	2	250.00–270.00	$260.09	$1,404	—
555–585	572	3	240.00–250.00	$246.76	$1,411	-3.24
640	640	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,504	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	210.00	$210.00	$892	-47.50
538	538	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,130	-22.16
555	555	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,152	-22.41
630	630	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,323	-20.04
655	655	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,343	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
910	910	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665–880	785	85-90%	11	72.50–95.00	$86.91	$682	—
915–980	948	85-90%	2	107.00–113.00	$110.10	$1,044	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1145	1087	80-85%	3	89.00–102.00	$95.76	$1,041	-16.78
1100–1440	1254	80-85%	9	110.00–126.00	$116.66	$1,463	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435–1705	1602	75-80%	3	117.00–124.00	$121.55	$1,947	—
1670–1705	1688	75-80%	2	134.00–143.00	$138.45	$2,337	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1725	1415	4	104.00–126.00	$118.71	$1,680	—
1525–1930	1666	4	133.00–148.00	$142.42	$2,373	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,470.00	$1,470.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110–175	142	13	50.00–72.50	$64.79	$92	+22.75
148	148	3	80.00	$80.00	$118	+37.96

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	2	170.00–175.00	$172.50	+72.50
125	125	1	235.00	$235.00	+160.00
140	140	1	195.00	$195.00	+120.00
150	150	4	255.00–260.00	$257.50	+40.28

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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
780–1005	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,800.00–2,100.00	$1,979.72	—
980–1005	993	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,725.00–1,775.00	$1,749.69	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
795–860	826	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,025.00–1,200.00	$1,138.92	—

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
745	745	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	47.50	$47.50	+8.12
30	30	13	65.00–70.00	$65.38	+40.38
30	30	2	42.50–50.00	$46.25	+21.25
40	40	2	175.00–185.00	$180.00	+117.50
40	40	2	135.00–145.00	$140.00	+77.50
50	50	1	200.00	$200.00	+155.00
50	50	3	150.00–160.00	$155.00	+110.00
60	60	1	225.00	$225.00	+145.00
100	100	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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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	185.00	$185.00	+83.33
50	50	—	—	4	130.00–135.00	$133.75	+32.08
50	50	—	—	4	70.00–80.00	$75.00	-26.67
60	60	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	+18.33
60	60	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	+48.33
80	80	—	—	2	165.00	$165.00	+40.00
80	80	—	—	5	105.00–110.00	$109.00	-16.00
120	120	—	—	1	145.00	$145.00	+1.67

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–25	23	6	10.00–17.50	$14.17	-30.83
31–38	35	8	22.50–25.00	$23.88	-21.12
55	55	2	40.00	$40.00	-10.00
60–62	61	7	42.50	$42.50	-29.21
62–63	63	5	52.50–55.00	$53.49	-18.22
90–93	92	6	52.50	$52.50	-17.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	40.00	$40.00	$108	—
840	840	1	105.00	$105.00	$882	—

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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.