Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 24, 2024

521 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $228.66/cwt -6.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,187/hd at 519 lb · 26 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $250.34/cwt ≈ $1,059/hd at 423 lb · 19 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $224.35/cwt -2.48 vs last sale · ≈ $947/hd at 422 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	521	436	312
Feeder cattle	318	249	159
Slaughter cattle	63	30	71
Replacement cattle	18	33	11

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 8.00 higher based on limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average 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
395	395	2	247.50–257.50	$252.50	$997	+1.32
405–430	418	2	230.00	$230.00	$961	—
433–435	434	4	252.50–260.00	$256.87	$1,115	—
450	450	3	247.50	$247.50	$1,114	—
501–520	511	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,226	+5.13
550	550	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,238	-20.00
610–620	615	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,322	-5.00
650–667	663	4	213.00–220.00	$214.72	$1,424	-1.63

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	300.00	$300.00	$825	—
360–370	365	2	290.00–302.50	$296.16	$1,081	—
466	466	9	271.00	$271.00	$1,263	—
598	598	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,435	—
610–637	634	8	225.00–236.00	$234.68	$1,488	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	203.00	$203.00	$447	—
480	480	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,056	—
580	580	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,218	—
680	680	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,360	-5.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	280.00	$280.00	$714	—
345	345	2	252.50	$252.50	$871	—
358–383	371	4	252.50–255.00	$253.79	$942	—
414	414	7	247.00	$247.00	$1,023	—
495	495	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,188	—
503–535	519	26	225.00–230.00	$228.66	$1,187	-3.84
590	590	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,357	-5.00
636	636	9	225.00	$225.00	$1,431	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–225	217	3	240.00–250.00	$243.15	$528	-6.85
250	250	1	240.00	$240.00	$600	—
310–345	330	3	230.00–250.00	$239.65	$791	—
385	385	1	230.00	$230.00	$886	-11.20
380–395	388	2	237.50–240.00	$238.73	$926	-2.47
410–415	413	2	190.00–195.00	$192.48	$795	-17.52
400–447	424	11	220.00–240.00	$230.15	$976	+0.51
458–460	459	3	215.00–226.00	$222.32	$1,020	-2.68
475	475	1	177.50	$177.50	$843	-47.50
505–540	519	5	202.50–210.00	$205.52	$1,067	-18.70
560–568	564	4	212.50–213.00	$212.75	$1,200	-14.75
560–580	570	2	200.00–210.00	$205.09	$1,169	-22.41
605–636	626	10	200.00–217.50	$204.65	$1,281	-10.35
625–645	635	2	180.00–190.00	$185.08	$1,175	-29.92
650–655	653	2	190.00–192.50	$191.25	$1,249	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	210.00	$210.00	$724	+10.00
375–390	383	2	202.50	$202.50	$776	+10.00
400–446	434	6	190.00–210.00	$203.66	$884	+21.16
460–465	463	2	210.00	$210.00	$972	+5.00
505–525	515	2	160.00–172.50	$166.37	$857	—
570	570	1	165.00	$165.00	$940	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–355	353	3	270.00–280.00	$273.35	$965	-6.65
402–440	423	19	240.00–260.00	$250.34	$1,059	—
470–478	475	3	230.00–235.00	$233.35	$1,108	-14.07
512–536	528	9	220.00–230.00	$225.49	$1,191	+35.49
575–595	585	3	210.00–218.00	$215.12	$1,258	+3.56
600	600	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,080	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210 fancy	210	1	340.00	$340.00	$714	—
295	295	2	307.50–312.50	$310.00	$914	+10.00
310–330	318	5	285.00–317.50	$300.17	$955	-7.27
350–365	356	4	290.00–297.50	$293.10	$1,043	-4.43
455	455	3	267.00	$267.00	$1,215	—
600	600	3	227.00	$227.00	$1,362	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	230.00	$230.00	$908	+30.00
470–495	482	3	200.00–220.00	$209.83	$1,011	-11.57
520–540	530	2	200.00–210.00	$204.91	$1,086	-5.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
650–870	760	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,186.00–1,392.00	$1,303.91	—
895–910	903	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,165.00–1,320.00	$1,241.86	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1500	1076	80-85%	5	105.00–114.00	$109.82	$1,182	—
1015–1485	1194	80-85%	24	116.00–139.00	$120.86	$1,443	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1215	970	85-90%	14	50.00–109.00	$82.48	$800	—
1050–1055	1053	85-90%	2	111.00–112.00	$111.50	$1,174	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1620	1333	75-80%	3	107.00–112.00	$109.39	$1,458	—
1140–1600	1447	75-80%	6	114.00–119.00	$116.16	$1,681	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1590	1199	4	137.50–146.00	$142.50	$1,709	—
1395–1710	1552	7	151.00–165.00	$159.19	$2,471	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	746.00	$746.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1290	1290	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1290–1340	1315	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,484.00–1,575.00	$1,530.37
1355	1355	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,707.00	$1,707.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1595	1595	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150	150	2	77.50	$77.50	$116	+2.76
203	203	2	72.50	$72.50	$147	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
102–120	108	3	72.50–77.50	$75.65	$82	—

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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	120.00	$120.00	-12.50
70	70	—	—	1	140.00	$140.00	+60.00
70	70	—	—	2	120.00–145.00	$132.50	+52.50
80	80	—	—	6	150.00–182.50	$167.92	+2.92
80	80	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	3	185.00–205.00	$198.33	+33.33
80	80	—	—	2	130.00	$130.00	-35.00
80	80	—	—	1	105.00	$105.00	-60.00
100	100	—	—	2	195.00–210.00	$202.50	-72.50
100	100	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	335.00	$335.00	+60.00
150	150	—	—	3	230.00–255.00	$243.33	+23.33

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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	1	175.00	$175.00	—
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	175.00	$175.00	-165.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	4	30.00–45.00	$40.63	+5.19
30	30	5	50.00–52.50	$51.00	-21.50
30	30	1	40.00	$40.00	-32.50
40	40	3	65.00–70.00	$66.67	-43.33
50	50	3	80.00–90.00	$85.00	—
50	50	2	105.00–110.00	$107.50	—
60	60	5	120.00–150.00	$141.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	172.50	$172.50	+67.50
60	60	—	—	3	100.00	$100.00	-5.00
60	60	—	—	1	172.50	$172.50	+67.50
60	60	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	137.50	$137.50	+32.50
70	70	—	—	1	115.00	$115.00	-13.33
70	70	—	—	1	170.00	$170.00	+41.67
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	72.50	$72.50	-51.67
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	155.00–175.00	$167.50	+43.33
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	135.00	$135.00	+10.83
80	80	—	—	4	155.00–200.00	$172.50	+48.33
80	80	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	-4.17
80	80	—	—	2	80.00	$80.00	-44.17
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	220.00	$220.00	+90.00
100	100	—	—	1	50.00	$50.00	-80.00
100–120	110	—	—	4	160.00–220.00	$188.75	+58.75
120	120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	100.00	$100.00	-30.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
51	51	8	37.50	$37.50	—
70–78	75	4	60.00–77.50	$69.61	—
90–91	90	7	70.00–92.50	$88.22	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	2	80.00	$80.00	$208	—
495	495	1	60.00	$60.00	$297	—
515	515	1	50.00	$50.00	$258	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	160.00	$160.00	—
80	80	1	125.00	$125.00	—
80	80	1	130.00	$130.00	—

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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.