Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 8, 2024

845 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $253.00/cwt ≈ $1,351/hd at 534 lb · 35 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $223.10/cwt +11.99 vs last sale · ≈ $1,062/hd at 476 lb · 34 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 steers $238.49/cwt -9.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,114/hd at 467 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	845	521	454
Feeder cattle	600	318	225
Slaughter cattle	75	63	83
Replacement cattle	35	18	21

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to no market report last week. Heavy offerings of average to good 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
321	321	2	245.00	$245.00	$786	—
390–398	396	10	242.50–265.00	$260.57	$1,032	+8.07
430	430	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,075	-6.87
455–470	467	33	235.00–251.00	$238.49	$1,114	-9.01
538	538	10	240.00	$240.00	$1,291	±0.00
565–575	574	7	219.00–220.00	$219.14	$1,258	-5.86
633	633	6	222.50	$222.50	$1,408	+7.50
679	679	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,460	+0.28
732	732	8	208.00	$208.00	$1,523	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513–546	534	35	250.00–255.00	$253.00	$1,351	—
550	550	6	250.00	$250.00	$1,375	—
619–630	621	12	240.00–248.00	$246.65	$1,532	+11.97

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	220.00	$220.00	$550	—
320	320	1	210.00	$210.00	$672	—
420	420	1	205.00	$205.00	$861	—
480–495	488	2	217.50–220.00	$218.73	$1,067	-1.27
540	540	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,148	—
550	550	3	213.00	$213.00	$1,172	+3.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	275	3	230.00–240.00	$236.73	$651	-3.27
308–337	325	16	220.00–245.00	$235.31	$765	-4.34
350–385	372	3	230.00–240.00	$235.13	$875	+5.13
408–444	432	18	220.00–235.00	$231.85	$1,002	+1.70
463	463	2	207.50	$207.50	$961	-14.82
471–496	477	32	220.00–235.00	$224.08	$1,069	+46.58
515–541	534	26	220.00–232.00	$228.05	$1,218	+22.53
589	589	12	210.00	$210.00	$1,237	+4.91
590	590	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,077	-22.59
629–630	630	8	212.50–220.00	$217.75	$1,372	+13.10
664–682	681	24	216.00–225.00	$224.27	$1,527	+33.02

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–205	203	2	280.00	$280.00	$568	—
255	255	4	260.00	$260.00	$663	-20.00
300–345	315	17	251.00–256.00	$253.90	$800	+1.40
395	395	1	252.50	$252.50	$997	-1.29

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306	306	2	190.00	$190.00	$581	—
355–365	360	2	212.50–215.00	$213.77	$770	+11.27
400–425	419	4	195.00–212.50	$203.62	$853	-0.04
460	460	2	210.00–215.00	$212.50	$978	+2.50
510	510	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,071	+43.63
655	655	7	194.00	$194.00	$1,271	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	4	270.00–290.00	$274.95	$654	—
319	319	2	252.50	$252.50	$805	—
361–387	372	11	240.00–262.50	$249.32	$927	-24.03
405	405	1	220.00	$220.00	$891	-30.34
402–444	427	14	247.50–262.50	$252.46	$1,078	+2.12
470	470	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,010	-18.35
469–478	472	11	230.00–235.00	$231.84	$1,094	-1.51
500–540	517	12	220.00–240.00	$232.66	$1,203	+7.17
530–535	533	2	205.00–213.00	$208.98	$1,114	-16.51
550–558	555	5	217.50–225.00	$222.52	$1,235	+7.40
555–590	570	4	205.00–210.00	$208.14	$1,186	-6.98
660	660	4	190.00	$190.00	$1,254	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	283	3	220.00–232.50	$226.68	$642	—
325–340	335	3	200.00–220.00	$206.47	$692	—
355–380	368	8	207.50–230.00	$216.73	$798	-13.27
405–445	421	6	210.00–232.50	$218.66	$921	—
465–498	484	5	210.00–220.00	$217.10	$1,051	+7.27
540–545	543	2	212.50	$212.50	$1,154	+7.59
555	555	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,166	—
615	615	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,292	—
680–688	684	4	180.00–195.00	$183.73	$1,257	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
610–1070	785	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	800.00–1,475.00	$1,148.25	—
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—

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	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1195	1033	80-85%	6	98.00–112.00	$108.84	$1,124	—
910–1370	1161	80-85%	32	114.00–124.00	$118.24	$1,373	-2.62

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610–960	840	85-90%	4	60.00–96.00	$83.32	$700	—
1120–1210	1172	85-90%	3	100.00–116.00	$108.90	$1,276	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1415–1810	1623	75-80%	6	120.00–130.00	$125.81	$2,042	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715	715	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,216	—
880–1710	1134	4	130.00–135.00	$132.47	$1,502	—
695–2080	1372	11	142.00–157.00	$149.75	$2,055	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–970	914	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,058.00–1,116.00	$1,091.23
970–1055	1011	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	1,154.00–1,463.00	$1,283.71

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
563–950	795	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	1,238.00–1,375.00	$1,336.20

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	984.00	$984.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	727.00	$727.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645	645	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	464.00	$464.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1175–1205	1189	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,575.00–1,700.00	$1,637.54
1350	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00
990–1095	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,175.00–1,300.00	$1,243.60

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
114–195	151	20	62.50–117.50	$82.85	$125	+5.35
201–238	216	10	60.00–85.00	$67.58	$146	-4.92

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
116	116	4	62.50	$62.50	$72	-13.15
470	470	1	22.50	$22.50	$106	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	5	50.00–72.50	$58.00	—
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	3	92.50–112.50	$102.50	—
30	30	—	—	1	135.00	$135.00	—
40	40	—	—	3	120.00–145.00	$136.67	—
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	117.50–127.50	$122.50	—
50	50	—	—	2	120.00–145.00	$132.50	+12.50
60	60	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	±0.00
70	70	—	—	3	185.00–200.00	$195.00	+55.00
80	80	—	—	2	160.00–165.00	$162.50	-5.42
80	80	—	—	3	160.00–200.00	$185.00	+17.08
90	90	—	—	1	190.00	$190.00	+22.08
100–140	108	—	—	8	200.00–275.00	$244.38	+41.88

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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
910–970	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00–1,450.00	$1,425.80	—
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1145	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	1	37.50	$37.50	-3.13
20	20	2	50.00–60.00	$55.00	+14.37
30	30	1	80.00	$80.00	+29.00
30	30	2	107.50	$107.50	+56.50
40	40	1	100.00	$100.00	+33.33
40	40	4	75.00–92.50	$85.63	+18.96

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	8	50.00–90.00	$68.13	—
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	3	100.00–122.50	$110.00	—
40	40	—	—	2	120.00	$120.00	—
40	40	—	—	2	62.50	$62.50	—
50	50	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	137.50	$137.50	-35.00
50	50	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	120.00–155.00	$135.00	-37.50
50	50	—	—	1	110.00	$110.00	-62.50
60	60	—	—	2	130.00–160.00	$145.00	-27.50
80	80	—	—	1	140.00	$140.00	+67.50
80	80	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	167.50	$167.50	+95.00
120–130	125	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	195.00–265.00	$230.00	+130.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80–85	83	6	77.50–100.00	$84.70	-3.52
90	90	3	115.00	$115.00	+26.78

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	20.00	$20.00	$65	—
465–470	468	2	58.00–59.00	$58.50	$274	-1.50
515–575	545	2	60.00–63.00	$61.58	$336	+11.58

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	2	57.50–70.00	$63.75	—
20	20	1	90.00	$90.00	—
30	30	1	127.50	$127.50	—
40	40	3	115.00–140.00	$128.33	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	150.00	$150.00	—

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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.