Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 22, 2024

353 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $234.80/cwt +1.53 vs last sale · ≈ $986/hd at 420 lb · 12 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 bulls $302.19/cwt +2.19 vs last sale · ≈ $1,100/hd at 364 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	353	282	387
Feeder cattle	174	146	171
Slaughter cattle	30	46	116
Replacement cattle	7	20	22

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons made due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. ***Correction to replacement cattle*** 10-23-24

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–380	375	2	280.00–300.00	$289.87	$1,087	-12.63
415–425	421	4	277.50–287.50	$281.22	$1,184	—
495	495	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,386	—
540	540	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,350	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	220.00	$220.00	$803	—
560	560	2	182.50	$182.50	$1,022	—
655	655	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,163	-25.00
708	708	4	170.00	$170.00	$1,204	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523–532	528	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,267	-7.81
660	660	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,419	-7.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	230.00	$230.00	$540	-20.00
275	275	1	230.00	$230.00	$632	-30.00
310–340	325	2	232.50	$232.50	$756	-9.22
367–395	374	5	242.50–250.00	$247.92	$927	+2.92
404–445	415	10	232.50–247.50	$241.76	$1,003	+8.49
445	445	2	200.00	$200.00	$890	—
455	455	1	210.00	$210.00	$956	-16.07
455–485	475	3	215.00–229.00	$220.56	$1,048	-5.51
512	512	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,152	-5.00
530–540	537	3	192.50–200.00	$197.48	$1,060	-32.52
560–578	569	2	210.00–224.00	$217.11	$1,235	+4.61
581	581	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,104	-22.50
615	615	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,230	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	285	4	260.00–280.00	$267.50	$762	-2.50
340	340	1	265.00	$265.00	$901	—
365	365	1	257.50	$257.50	$940	—
408	408	4	245.00	$245.00	$1,000	—
475	475	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,140	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	227.50	$227.50	$819	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	317	3	280.00	$280.00	$888	-15.00
355	355	1	270.00	$270.00	$958	-10.00
350–385	368	4	260.00–280.00	$270.07	$994	-9.93
415–442	435	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,174	+2.89
450–485	459	4	247.50–267.50	$256.70	$1,178	+9.20
510	510	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,071	-22.90
515–537	531	4	230.00–245.00	$234.38	$1,245	+1.48
600–615	608	2	180.00–195.00	$187.59	$1,141	-22.41
605–613	610	3	195.00–215.00	$208.39	$1,271	-1.61
665	665	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,247	—
685	685	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,199	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	—	—	2	295.00–310.00	$302.50	$1,044	—
350–378	364	—	—	11	295.00–307.50	$302.19	$1,100	+2.19
508–535	517	—	—	3	252.50–256.00	$254.79	$1,317	—
735	735	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,047	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	220.00	$220.00	$484	-30.00
365	365	1	230.00	$230.00	$840	-11.46
485	485	1	200.00	$200.00	$970	-27.42
505–517	513	5	200.00–217.50	$212.55	$1,090	—
550–580	572	5	192.50–235.00	$206.15	$1,179	+1.15
725	725	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,232	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1820	1820	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1115	951	80-85%	4	110.00–117.50	$113.97	$1,084	—
1000–1465	1258	80-85%	9	124.00–135.00	$128.16	$1,612	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1235	1027	85-90%	3	104.00–116.00	$110.04	$1,130	-9.46
870–1200	1052	85-90%	5	110.00–130.00	$119.82	$1,261	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1480–1860	1670	75-80%	2	115.00–128.00	$120.76	$2,017	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–2035	1508	4	142.50–156.00	$149.08	$2,248	—
1605	1605	1	136.00	$136.00	$2,183	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1235	1235	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,791

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
615	615	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	984.00	$984.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870	870	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,305

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	107.50	$107.50	$838

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1235	1235	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
138–155	147	9	92.50–117.50	$104.82	$154	—
180	180	1	67.50	$67.50	$122	-48.43

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	42.50	$42.50	$110	—
410	410	1	37.50	$37.50	$154	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	110.00	$110.00	-87.50
70	70	2	120.00	$120.00	-87.50
70	70	6	145.00–170.00	$160.00	-47.50
80	80	8	175.00–225.00	$194.38	+19.38
80	80	2	140.00–145.00	$142.50	-32.50
100	100	2	145.00–152.50	$148.75	-91.25
100–130	107	10	230.00–255.00	$241.00	+1.00
100–120	110	2	160.00–190.00	$175.00	-65.00
150–175	163	2	280.00–310.00	$295.00	—
200	200	2	400.00–420.00	$410.00	—

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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	3	190.00	$190.00	—
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	200.00	$200.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	42.50	$42.50	-52.50
30	30	1	37.50	$37.50	-57.50
40	40	3	60.00–77.50	$65.83	-34.17
50	50	2	25.00–37.50	$31.25	—
50	50	1	52.50	$52.50	—
50	50	1	55.00	$55.00	—
50	50	4	107.50–117.50	$112.50	—
50	50	2	80.00–97.50	$88.75	—
60	60	3	115.00–120.00	$118.33	—
60	60	1	85.00	$85.00	—
60	60	1	70.00	$70.00	—
70	70	7	130.00–150.00	$146.36	—
70	70	1	100.00	$100.00	—
80	80	2	170.00	$170.00	—

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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	107.50	$107.50	-62.50
70	70	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	-50.00
70	70	—	—	1	60.00	$60.00	-110.00
70	70	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	-90.00
80	80	—	—	2	112.50–125.00	$118.75	-126.25
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	142.50–167.50	$155.00	-90.00
80	80	—	—	1	105.00	$105.00	-140.00
80	80	—	—	2	120.00–127.50	$123.75	-121.25
80	80	—	—	3	145.00–157.50	$152.50	-92.50
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	185.00	$185.00	-45.00
100	100	—	—	1	157.50	$157.50	-72.50
100	100	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	-110.00
100–130	120	—	—	4	175.00–210.00	$187.50	-42.50
150	150	—	—	1	255.00	$255.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–23	22	7	32.50–42.50	$38.55	-18.95
30	30	5	45.00	$45.00	-12.50
40	40	7	50.00	$50.00	-7.50
55	55	1	62.50	$62.50	—
60	60	1	45.00	$45.00	-65.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	55.00	$55.00	$195	—
430	430	1	56.00	$56.00	$241	—
505	505	1	65.00	$65.00	$328	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	3	150.00–160.00	$156.67	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110	110	1	230.00	$230.00	—

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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.