Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, June 18, 2024

542 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $291.47/cwt ≈ $1,527/hd at 524 lb · 16 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $255.00/cwt ≈ $1,300/hd at 510 lb · 10 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $221.94/cwt -24.65 vs last sale · ≈ $1,146/hd at 516 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	542	595	483
Feeder cattle	225	295	230
Slaughter cattle	98	60	144
Replacement cattle	22	49	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 3.00 lower based on limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair, and fleshy cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,036	—
440	440	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,100	-38.85
460–485	473	2	240.00–250.00	$244.87	$1,158	-55.13
505	505	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,414	-11.99
510–548	535	3	240.00–262.50	$247.15	$1,322	-44.84
585	585	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,550	—
625–630	628	2	247.50–250.00	$248.75	$1,562	-8.75
630–640	637	6	220.00–240.00	$233.38	$1,487	-24.12
673	673	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,548	—
675–695	685	2	245.00–247.50	$246.23	$1,687	—
718	718	3	236.00	$236.00	$1,694	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	282.50	$282.50	$1,356	—
510–530	524	16	290.00–300.00	$291.47	$1,527	—
600	600	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,650	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,112	±0.00
475–485	480	2	240.00–250.00	$245.05	$1,176	+5.42
505–545	525	2	242.50–260.00	$251.58	$1,321	+8.60
605	605	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,467	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	290.00	$290.00	$580	+30.00
295	295	1	280.00	$280.00	$826	+6.25
325–340	333	2	265.00–270.00	$267.44	$891	-5.06
415–445	432	3	240.00–265.00	$251.45	$1,086	-2.85
470–490	477	9	220.00	$220.00	$1,049	-21.68
504–530	508	6	205.00–222.50	$208.04	$1,057	-38.55
500–545	529	4	232.50–249.00	$242.78	$1,284	-3.81
550–578	568	9	235.00–247.50	$239.63	$1,361	—
600–620	610	2	212.50–222.50	$217.58	$1,327	+0.08
600–630	615	2	195.00–197.50	$196.22	$1,207	-21.28

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	300.00	$300.00	$720	—
260–290	271	4	290.00–315.00	$296.22	$803	+2.13
315–330	323	2	300.00–302.50	$301.22	$973	—
510	510	10	255.00	$255.00	$1,300	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	237.50	$237.50	$499	-12.50
305–335	320	2	225.00–235.00	$230.23	$737	—
402	402	4	230.00	$230.00	$925	+2.03
450–455	453	2	195.00–215.00	$204.94	$928	-30.06
520–545	530	4	190.00–202.50	$193.21	$1,024	-29.87
560	560	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,134	-22.34

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	263	3	270.00–290.00	$280.44	$738	-9.56
325	325	1	290.00	$290.00	$942	+18.71
350–380	365	2	260.00–270.00	$264.79	$966	-7.21
455	455	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,092	—
460–493	483	6	255.00–270.00	$264.28	$1,276	-6.81
520–535	528	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,320	-16.27
545	545	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,213	-43.77
555	555	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,388	-10.05
555–570	562	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,293	-30.05
615	615	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,292	-46.69
605–640	623	2	215.00–232.50	$224.00	$1,396	-32.69

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	217.50	$217.50	$924	-27.60
455	455	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,046	-12.07
530–535	533	2	230.00–235.00	$232.51	$1,239	—
565–585	575	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,322	-2.47
605–620	613	2	217.50–220.00	$218.73	$1,341	-16.27
680	680	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,428	-20.47

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	300.00	$300.00	$600	—
240 fancy	240	1	340.00	$340.00	$816	—
265 fancy	265	1	340.00	$340.00	$901	—
305–325	317	3	295.00–310.00	$302.66	$959	+11.82

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1180	986	80-85%	20	100.00–139.00	$124.03	$1,223	—
945–1385	1213	80-85%	9	140.00–149.00	$145.52	$1,765	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1080	954	85-90%	12	60.00–120.00	$103.33	$986	—
815–1125	1001	85-90%	7	125.00–140.00	$132.09	$1,322	+14.98

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1675	1453	75-80%	8	137.00–149.00	$141.31	$2,053	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1515	1410	2	103.00–149.00	$124.29	$1,752	—
1360–2260	1674	6	163.00–173.00	$167.25	$2,800	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–865	843	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	853.00–972.00	$926.59
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650	650	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,040.00	$1,040.00
755–785	770	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	849.00–922.00	$886.21

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	776.00	$776.00
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	732.00	$732.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
390	390	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	662.00	$662.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1170	1053	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,175.00–1,300.00	$1,244.48

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	863.00	$863.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
120–188	166	17	62.50–87.50	$76.70	$127	-10.56
163–190	177	2	55.00	$55.00	$97	-32.26
200–225	218	6	67.00–72.50	$69.50	$152	—
241–275	258	2	27.00–35.00	$31.26	$81	-41.00
330–345	338	2	25.00–30.00	$27.44	$93	—
355	355	1	40.00	$40.00	$142	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	77.50	$77.50	-82.50
70	70	1	70.00	$70.00	-110.00
80	80	1	87.50	$87.50	-137.50
80	80	1	75.00	$75.00	-150.00
80	80	5	82.50–112.50	$93.00	-132.00
100	100	3	85.00–110.00	$95.83	-191.67
100	100	1	225.00	$225.00	-62.50
100–110	103	3	72.50–102.50	$89.17	-198.33
120	120	1	160.00	$160.00	-127.50
180	180	2	210.00–300.00	$255.00	+5.00

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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
825–840	833	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,550.00–1,650.00	$1,600.45	—
890–910	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,825.00–1,875.00	$1,850.28	—
1000–1110	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,575.00–1,600.00	$1,586.85	-513.15

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
665–775	720	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00–1,575.00	$1,540.36	+65.36

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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	2	175.00	$175.00	-45.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	20.00–22.50	$21.25	-1.25
20	20	1	32.50	$32.50	+10.00
30	30	6	40.00–57.50	$44.17	-10.83
40	40	3	65.00–75.00	$68.33	+12.91
40	40	6	30.00–47.50	$35.42	-20.00
50	50	1	67.50	$67.50	-47.50
50	50	8	40.00–60.00	$52.81	-62.19
50	50	9	65.00–75.00	$68.06	-46.94
50	50	1	22.50	$22.50	-92.50
60	60	1	62.50	$62.50	-52.50
60	60	1	60.00	$60.00	-55.00
70	70	1	72.50	$72.50	-42.50

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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	72.50	$72.50	-27.50
60	60	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	57.50	$57.50	-92.50
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	90.00–135.00	$111.00	-84.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Exposed	1	90.00	$90.00	-105.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	60.00–85.00	$75.00	-120.00
80	80	—	—	1	45.00	$45.00	-150.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	60.00–82.50	$71.25	-123.75
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	90.00–100.00	$95.00	-100.00
80	80	—	—	2	77.50–82.50	$80.00	-115.00
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	100.00–120.00	$110.00	-50.00
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	145.00–150.00	$147.50	-12.50
100	100	—	—	1	137.50	$137.50	-22.50

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
26	26	3	20.00	$20.00	-25.00
45	45	1	22.50	$22.50	-22.50
52–58	54	15	65.00–67.50	$65.90	+15.90
60–65	63	2	50.00–62.50	$56.50	-11.65
70–76	73	8	60.00–77.50	$68.91	+0.78
72–73	73	5	35.00–40.00	$38.02	-30.11
80	80	1	55.00	$55.00	-13.13
80	80	1	80.00	$80.00	+11.87

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257	257	2	35.00	$35.00	$90	—
385	385	1	40.00	$40.00	$154	—
470–490	480	2	50.00	$50.00	$240	—
515	515	1	50.00	$50.00	$258	—
600–635	618	2	50.00	$50.00	$309	—
720	720	1	50.00	$50.00	$360	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	5	130.00	$130.00	—
80	80	1	82.50	$82.50	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	70.00	$70.00	-130.00
80	80	2	102.50–145.00	$123.75	-76.25
100	100	2	155.00–195.00	$175.00	—

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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.