Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report, Darlington, SC

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 13, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	348	148	449
Feeder cattle	208	89	269
Slaughter cattle	41	28	107
Replacement cattle	5	6	11

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 too few to trend. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for fleshy cattle, and cattle with excessive hair.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	270.00	$270.00	$945	—
400–425	411	5	265.00–272.50	$268.50	$1,104	—
478	478	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,195	-14.00
530	530	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,232	-17.50
530	530	3	272.50	$272.50	$1,444	+22.50
550–560	555	2	260.00–277.50	$268.67	$1,491	—
595	595	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,428	—
660	660	2	248.00	$248.00	$1,637	—
755	755	2	229.00	$229.00	$1,729	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	300.00	$300.00	$660	—
380–390	383	3	292.50–302.50	$299.11	$1,146	—
410	410	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,230	—
473–495	488	6	285.00–287.50	$286.69	$1,399	—
579	579	7	269.00	$269.00	$1,558	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	250.00	$250.00	$788	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	230.00	$230.00	$564	—
250–295	279	9	247.50–262.50	$256.87	$717	—
315–340	325	3	250.00	$250.00	$812	—
370–385	380	4	235.00–255.00	$245.07	$931	-1.74
415–440	424	7	240.00–258.00	$248.66	$1,054	+3.66
450	450	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,148	+5.00
495	495	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,101	—
505	505	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,111	—
544–545	544	6	230.00–241.00	$239.16	$1,301	—
550–559	557	5	235.00–238.00	$237.41	$1,322	+19.91
580–590	587	3	210.00–217.50	$215.03	$1,262	-2.47
612–615	613	3	215.00–216.00	$215.67	$1,322	+8.67
620	620	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,395	+18.00
675–680	678	2	190.00–200.00	$194.98	$1,322	+14.98

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268	268	2	275.00	$275.00	$737	—
315–328	324	3	280.00	$280.00	$907	—
380	380	5	265.00	$265.00	$1,007	—
425	425	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,105	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	215.00	$215.00	$796	—
430	430	2	220.00–230.00	$225.00	$968	+15.00
450	450	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,012	+10.00
560	560	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,204	—
635–638	637	3	211.00–212.50	$211.50	$1,347	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–325	306	5	280.00	$280.00	$857	—
350–385	369	4	265.00–290.00	$279.86	$1,033	+13.22
410–420	415	2	250.00–255.00	$252.53	$1,048	-14.84
415	415	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,162	+12.63
455–465	460	2	270.00–275.00	$272.47	$1,253	+16.51
475–493	489	5	235.00–250.00	$243.36	$1,190	-12.60
520–530	523	3	235.00–240.00	$238.31	$1,246	+58.31
575–590	585	3	231.00–240.00	$233.95	$1,369	—
590	590	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,357	—
615	615	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,353	+20.00
600–635	625	5	221.00–240.00	$224.95	$1,406	+24.95
660	660	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,452	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–298	286	5	230.00–250.00	$242.51	$694	—
500	500	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,050	—
590	590	5	222.50	$222.50	$1,313	+31.33
736	736	5	190.00	$190.00	$1,398	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200 fancy	200	1	345.00	$345.00	$690	—
275–290	283	6	315.00–330.00	$323.30	$915	—
315–340	330	3	295.00–315.00	$303.08	$1,000	—
360–372	369	4	300.00–320.00	$304.88	$1,125	—
430	430	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,247	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1020	938	85-90%	10	84.00–126.00	$111.71	$1,048	+6.66
810–1305	1134	85-90%	4	129.00–148.00	$137.72	$1,562	+4.25

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200	1200	80-85%	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,596	—
1045–1525	1274	80-85%	9	140.00–163.00	$149.23	$1,901	+12.06

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425	1425	75-80%	1	153.00	$153.00	$2,180	—
1665–1715	1690	75-80%	2	161.00–165.00	$162.97	$2,754	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–2180	1583	6	159.00–171.00	$165.66	$2,622	—
2025	2025	1	178.00	$178.00	$3,604	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
121–147	128	4	50.00–105.00	$65.85	$84	-6.72

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	1	7.50	$7.50	$53	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	—
70	70	—	—	6	120.00–150.00	$131.67	—
70	70	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	130.00	$130.00	—
70	70	—	—	1	40.00	$40.00	—
80	80	—	—	3	140.00	$140.00	—
80	80	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	150.00–157.50	$153.75	—
100	100	—	—	1	102.50	$102.50	—
120–130	125	—	—	2	235.00–245.00	$240.00	—
150	150	—	—	1	285.00	$285.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	40.00	$40.00	-18.00
20	20	1	20.00	$20.00	-38.00
30	30	3	40.00–50.00	$46.67	-53.33
30	30	1	20.00	$20.00	-80.00
30	30	1	32.50	$32.50	-67.50
30	30	1	50.00	$50.00	-50.00
40	40	1	35.00	$35.00	-30.00
40	40	2	72.50	$72.50	+7.50
40	40	2	37.50–40.00	$38.75	-26.25
50	50	1	40.00	$40.00	—
50	50	2	80.00	$80.00	—
50	50	1	45.00	$45.00	—
50	50	4	117.50–130.00	$126.88	—
60	60	1	90.00	$90.00	—
60	60	1	100.00	$100.00	—
60	60	1	130.00	$130.00	—
70	70	2	130.00–145.00	$137.50	—
80	80	2	130.00–135.00	$132.50	—

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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	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	125.00	$125.00	+15.00
50	50	—	—	1	57.00	$57.00	-53.00
60	60	—	—	1	50.00	$50.00	-45.00
80	80	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	+25.00
80	80	—	—	1	75.00	$75.00	-20.00
80	80	—	—	3	80.00–87.50	$83.33	-11.67
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	80.00	$80.00	-15.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	147.50–155.00	$151.25	+56.25
100	100	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	+25.00
100	100	—	—	1	95.00	$95.00	-30.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	42.50	$42.50	+12.50
68	68	3	90.00	$90.00	—
70	70	3	92.50	$92.50	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–360	353	4	40.00–52.50	$49.57	$175	—
440	440	1	60.00	$60.00	$264	—
620–655	638	2	53.00–57.00	$55.05	$351	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	27.50	$27.50	—

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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.