Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 19, 2024

415 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $258.94/cwt +18.23 vs last sale · ≈ $992/hd at 383 lb · 12 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 3 bulls $275.90/cwt ≈ $1,286/hd at 466 lb · 11 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $248.04/cwt +34.73 vs last sale · ≈ $1,153/hd at 465 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	415	426	1,267
Feeder cattle	238	250	1,155
Slaughter cattle	54	57	58
Replacement cattle	34	14	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons made this week on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Moderate 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	300.00	$300.00	$960	—
415–445	423	4	300.00–310.00	$302.63	$1,280	+22.63
490	490	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,470	+24.95
605–615	610	3	250.00–255.00	$252.49	$1,540	—
650–667	661	3	237.50–240.00	$239.18	$1,581	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	290.00	$290.00	$740	—
420	420	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,176	+30.00
470	470	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,198	+5.00
530	530	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,458	—
575–595	582	3	240.00–270.00	$259.77	$1,512	—
700	700	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,382	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	302.50	$302.50	$1,664	+15.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	335	2	257.50–265.00	$261.14	$875	+31.22
360–392	383	12	247.50–265.00	$258.94	$992	+18.23
400–440	411	7	240.00–255.00	$248.14	$1,020	+18.92
450–485	465	10	240.00–260.00	$248.04	$1,153	+34.73
510–535	520	5	220.00–237.50	$226.39	$1,177	-1.69
550–595	568	6	217.50–231.00	$225.01	$1,278	+0.01
615	615	2	232.50	$232.50	$1,430	+5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	242.50	$242.50	$655	+27.45
320–325	323	2	240.00–245.00	$242.52	$783	—
375	375	1	235.00	$235.00	$881	—
400–445	430	3	220.00–230.00	$226.04	$972	—
455–495	474	8	202.50–230.00	$218.99	$1,038	—
515–545	530	5	200.00–215.00	$209.52	$1,110	—
560–575	568	2	200.00–205.00	$202.53	$1,150	—
640	640	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,200	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 fancy	250	1	290.00	$290.00	$725	—
280–290	285	2	285.00–290.00	$287.54	$819	—
325	325	1	285.00	$285.00	$926	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	325.00	$325.00	$812	—
320	320	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,024	—
350–395	373	6	262.50–315.00	$295.16	$1,101	—
416–430	419	6	275.00–290.00	$286.60	$1,201	+76.60
450–495	466	11	265.00–285.00	$275.90	$1,286	—
500–545	524	8	245.00–260.00	$250.58	$1,313	+40.58
550–585	568	5	240.00–250.00	$245.01	$1,392	+37.51
605–625	617	3	220.00–225.00	$222.51	$1,373	+12.51
655–690	677	5	210.00–220.00	$216.00	$1,462	+11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	288	2	332.50–335.00	$333.76	$961	—
310–325	318	2	295.00–335.00	$315.47	$1,003	+35.47
360–398	384	6	320.00–330.00	$326.74	$1,255	+35.93
615–622	620	4	237.50–245.00	$240.00	$1,488	+5.00
675	675	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,519	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	342.50	$342.50	$976	—
410	410	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,353	+12.24

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
765	765	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,301.00	$1,301.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1210	1030	80-85%	3	116.00–118.00	$116.78	$1,203	—
995–1610	1199	80-85%	18	120.00–135.00	$124.25	$1,490	—
1545	1545	80-85%	1	143.00	$143.00	$2,209	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1590	1413	75-80%	11	120.00–134.00	$126.00	$1,780	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–970	915	85-90%	2	90.00–97.00	$93.71	$857	-16.39
925–1315	1117	85-90%	3	109.00–116.00	$111.60	$1,247	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1235	1090	6	109.00–126.00	$118.28	$1,289	—
920–1835	1251	7	132.00–146.00	$140.88	$1,762	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–740	713	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	1,052.00–1,240.00	$1,145.73
655–825	733	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	876.00–999.00	$957.22

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
610–725	670	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	763.00–804.00	$790.27

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–880	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,020.00–1,074.00	$1,039.09

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,178.00	$1,178.00
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,280.00	$1,280.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	684.00	$684.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640	640	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	720.00	$720.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1030–1110	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,525.00–1,625.00	$1,582.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745–750	748	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–950.00	$824.58
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
132–135	133	3	72.50–82.50	$75.88	$101	+11.09
240–252	246	8	72.50–82.50	$75.62	$186	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	4	80.00–95.00	$87.50	-85.00
80	80	1	75.00	$75.00	-97.50
100	100	1	110.00	$110.00	-125.00
100	100	1	115.00	$115.00	-120.00
100–120	105	4	155.00–175.00	$167.50	-67.50
150	150	1	160.00	$160.00	-97.50

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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
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00	—

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
650	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	70.00	$70.00	+4.62
30	30	4	30.00–35.00	$33.75	-31.63
40	40	2	35.00	$35.00	-145.00
40	40	1	95.00	$95.00	-85.00
50	50	1	85.00	$85.00	-115.00
60	60	1	120.00	$120.00	-105.00

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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	—	—	2	105.00	$105.00	-15.00
80	80	—	—	2	100.00–150.00	$125.00	-40.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	150.00	$150.00	-15.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40–42	42	9	30.00–47.00	$43.36	+19.48
50–56	52	22	50.00–70.00	$63.45	+23.45
57	57	6	40.00–45.00	$41.67	+1.67
95	95	1	110.00	$110.00	+57.50

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	2	265.00	$265.00	—
150	150	1	160.00	$160.00	—

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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.