Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, May 21, 2024

365 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $270.53/cwt +10.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,122/hd at 415 lb · 18 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $259.50/cwt +19.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,480/hd at 570 lb · 12 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $262.00/cwt ≈ $1,302/hd at 497 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	365	298	440
Feeder cattle	146	139	236
Slaughter cattle	55	38	50
Replacement cattle	7	4	17

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 15.00 higher and slaughter bulls, 4.50 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
275	275	1	332.50	$332.50	$914	—
350	350	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,120	+20.00
391 value added	391	3	315.00	$315.00	$1,232	—
450	450	1	307.50	$307.50	$1,384	—
528	528	2	301.00	$301.00	$1,589	+1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,176	-35.00
525–535	530	2	252.00–270.00	$261.08	$1,384	—
590	590	2	262.50	$262.50	$1,549	-5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,368	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	296.00	$296.00	$651	+1.00
320	320	1	300.00	$300.00	$960	+15.00
414 value added	414	17	271.00	$271.00	$1,122	—
425	425	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,116	+2.50
497 value added	497	11	262.00	$262.00	$1,302	—
531	531	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,328	+7.50
561 value added	561	7	271.00	$271.00	$1,520	—
581–590	583	5	243.00–245.00	$243.40	$1,419	+3.40

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	277.50	$277.50	$930	—
410–445	418	8	252.50–259.00	$257.17	$1,075	+7.17
440	440	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,067	-7.50
465–490	478	2	242.50–257.50	$250.20	$1,196	-2.30
520–525	523	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,229	+7.50
550–587	575	10	232.50–243.00	$240.41	$1,382	+12.30

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252	252	3	240.00	$240.00	$605	+10.00
305	305	1	192.50	$192.50	$587	—
375–380	378	2	207.50–210.00	$208.74	$789	-16.26
445	445	1	220.00	$220.00	$979	-3.31
460	460	1	200.00	$200.00	$920	-23.10

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	262.50	$262.50	$840	-37.50
365	365	1	260.00	$260.00	$949	—
415	415	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,038	—
485	485	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,212	-10.00
507–518	513	7	252.50	$252.50	$1,295	+14.91
568–575	571	5	252.50	$252.50	$1,442	-17.50
610	610	6	250.00	$250.00	$1,525	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	3	310.00	$310.00	$1,187	—
455–470	460	3	290.00–292.50	$290.85	$1,338	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,018	-7.50
500	500	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,200	—
680	680	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,513	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
795	795	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,391.00	$1,391.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1195	973	85-90%	5	77.50–114.00	$99.14	$965	—
820–1280	1057	85-90%	10	121.00–131.00	$126.23	$1,334	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1195	1039	80-85%	4	127.00–132.00	$129.16	$1,342	—
990–1345	1225	80-85%	6	137.00–150.00	$144.07	$1,765	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1720	1488	75-80%	3	138.00–144.00	$141.52	$2,106	+11.52

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785	785	1	122.50	$122.50	$962	—
1045–1650	1359	7	137.00–154.00	$145.87	$1,982	—
1695–2270	1983	2	157.00–162.00	$159.86	$3,170	—

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Stock Cows

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660–755	718	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	888.00–974.00	$940.61
810	810	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,094.00	$1,094.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1260	1260	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,529.00	$1,529.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	748.00	$748.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–180	147	14	62.50–82.50	$73.34	$108	-10.93
225–295	257	5	60.00–70.00	$62.90	$162	—
260	260	1	47.50	$47.50	$124	—
350	350	1	62.50	$62.50	$219	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	5.00	$5.00	$17	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	190.00	$190.00	—
50	50	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	-40.00
50	50	—	—	2	120.00–130.00	$125.00	+5.00
50	50	—	—	1	165.00	$165.00	+45.00
60	60	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	170.00	$170.00	+70.00
80	80	—	—	1	160.00	$160.00	+60.00
80	80	—	—	5	200.00–240.00	$216.00	+116.00
80	80	—	—	2	120.00–140.00	$130.00	+30.00
100–120	111	—	—	7	225.00–270.00	$250.71	-37.62
150	150	—	—	4	285.00–370.00	$313.75	+13.75

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	265.00–395.00	$343.00	+133.00
100–130	106	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	380.00–550.00	$446.00	+296.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	1	30.00	$30.00	-25.00
20	20	2	52.50–55.00	$53.75	+3.75
30	30	1	30.00	$30.00	-34.17
40	40	1	35.00	$35.00	-65.00
40	40	12	60.00–80.00	$65.83	-34.17
40	40	1	102.50	$102.50	+2.50
50	50	3	120.00–130.00	$125.00	-11.67
50	50	7	80.00–102.50	$91.79	-44.88
50	50	4	50.00–52.50	$51.25	-85.42
50	50	2	50.00–52.50	$51.25	-85.42
60	60	2	100.00–130.00	$115.00	+15.00
60	60	1	70.00	$70.00	-30.00

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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	—	—	1	70.00	$70.00	-5.00
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	150.00	$150.00	+75.00
60	60	—	—	2	105.00	$105.00	+30.00
70	70	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	102.50	$102.50	-67.50
70	70	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	150.00	$150.00	-20.00
70	70	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	185.00	$185.00	+15.00
70	70	—	—	2	140.00	$140.00	-30.00
80	80	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	-20.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	180.00–230.00	$190.00	+20.00
80	80	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	-90.00
80	80	—	—	2	117.50–120.00	$118.75	-51.25
80	80	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	215.00	$215.00	+45.00
100	100	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	3	200.00	$200.00	+70.00
100	100	—	—	1	70.00	$70.00	-60.00
100–120	110	—	—	2	102.50–130.00	$116.25	-108.75

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	1	20.00	$20.00	-10.00
42–45	44	4	42.50–47.50	$45.09	+15.09
52	52	2	52.50	$52.50	-12.50
62–65	63	5	45.00–50.00	$47.06	-6.69
85	85	2	72.50	$72.50	+12.50
93	93	3	75.00	$75.00	+15.00

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	137.50	$137.50	—
60	60	2	100.00	$100.00	—
80	80	1	122.50	$122.50	—
100	100	1	120.00	$120.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	320.00	$320.00	+170.00

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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.