Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 29, 2024

670 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 2 steers $245.00/cwt ≈ $1,460/hd at 596 lb · 21 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $257.00/cwt +7.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,321/hd at 514 lb · 19 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $237.50/cwt ≈ $1,230/hd at 518 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	670	353	284
Feeder cattle	289	174	128
Slaughter cattle	90	30	92
Replacement cattle	12	7	14

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher based on limited comparable sales. Moderate offerings of plain to 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
390	390	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,043	—
427	427	2	272.50	$272.50	$1,164	—
450–492	478	3	240.00–247.50	$245.15	$1,172	—
535	535	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,338	+10.00
596 value added	596	21	245.00	$245.00	$1,460	—
620	620	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,178	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,136	+5.13
412	412	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,133	-6.22
514 value added	514	19	257.00	$257.00	$1,321	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	2	237.50	$237.50	$1,133	—
585	585	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,170	+17.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–270	264	4	237.50–242.50	$241.29	$637	+11.29
315–342	335	6	237.50–255.00	$247.18	$828	+14.68
360–390	375	2	240.00	$240.00	$900	-7.92
415–425	420	3	222.50–230.00	$227.53	$956	-14.23
440	440	1	210.00	$210.00	$924	+10.00
454–470	461	8	220.00–233.00	$227.44	$1,048	+17.44
505	505	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,010	-25.00
515–536	531	4	210.00–228.00	$223.63	$1,187	+26.15
560	560	2	180.00–182.50	$181.25	$1,015	-35.86
590	590	6	213.00	$213.00	$1,257	+23.00
620	620	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,271	+5.00
625–642	635	11	180.00–190.00	$185.49	$1,178	-14.51

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	2	265.00	$265.00	$827	±0.00
400–425	408	3	242.50–245.00	$244.13	$996	-0.87
468	468	9	240.00	$240.00	$1,123	±0.00
518	518	17	237.50	$237.50	$1,230	—
620 value added	620	10	230.00	$230.00	$1,426	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	2	210.00–220.00	$214.95	$512	—
255–295	278	3	200.00–227.50	$212.44	$591	—
350	350	2	210.00	$210.00	$735	-17.50
415	415	1	210.00	$210.00	$872	—
453–495	475	8	200.00–215.00	$206.43	$981	—
525–535	528	3	180.00–200.00	$193.38	$1,021	—
585	585	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,053	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	—	—	1	257.50	$257.50	$631	—
280	280	—	—	1	280.00	$280.00	$784	—
305–345	325	—	—	2	265.00–290.00	$276.73	$899	-3.27
353–395	371	—	—	11	267.50–285.00	$280.36	$1,040	+10.29
435–440	437	—	—	3	260.00–272.50	$266.69	$1,165	-3.31
455–483	470	—	—	6	250.00–267.50	$259.50	$1,220	+2.80
515	515	—	—	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,107	+5.00
530	530	—	—	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,060	-34.38
985	985	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,359	—
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,387	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230	217	3	227.50–245.00	$234.31	$508	+14.31
260	260	1	250.00	$250.00	$650	—
320	320	1	237.50	$237.50	$760	—
385–395	390	2	220.00–240.00	$230.13	$898	+0.13
410–425	420	3	220.00–240.00	$226.51	$951	—
465–475	470	2	210.00–235.00	$222.37	$1,045	+22.37
525–545	537	3	200.00–210.00	$203.39	$1,092	-9.16
575	575	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,150	-6.15

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	2	297.50	$297.50	$943	-5.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1210	934	85-90%	22	61.00–115.00	$102.14	$954	—
920–1335	1093	85-90%	19	116.00–133.00	$120.14	$1,313	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1280	1183	80-85%	10	118.00–129.00	$123.33	$1,459	—
1140–1525	1258	80-85%	6	114.00–117.00	$115.64	$1,455	-12.52

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220	1220	75-80%	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,366	—
1225–1515	1354	75-80%	5	120.00–133.00	$126.36	$1,711	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1210	1193	3	135.00–136.00	$135.66	$1,618	—
1715	1715	1	151.00	$151.00	$2,590	—
1925	1925	1	164.00	$164.00	$3,157	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–875	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	116.00–120.00	$118.06	$1,004

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,391

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,080

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	125.00	$125.00	$838

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00
1225–1295	1260	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,475.00–1,700.00	$1,590.63

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1060	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,198

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–188	150	52	60.00–110.00	$88.25	$132	+20.75
217–295	250	7	65.00–72.50	$68.71	$172	—
370	370	1	70.00	$70.00	$259	—
425–430	428	2	70.00–77.50	$73.77	$316	—
510	510	1	77.50	$77.50	$395	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
100–120	109	8	77.50–90.00	$82.26	$90	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–30	25	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	4	27.50–102.50	$56.88	—
30	30	—	—	1	115.00	$115.00	—
40	40	—	—	1	92.50	$92.50	—
40	40	—	—	6	100.00–130.00	$117.92	—
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	8	90.00–140.00	$109.38	—
40	40	—	—	1	95.00	$95.00	—
50	50	—	—	2	120.00–125.00	$122.50	+12.50
50	50	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	-30.00
50	50	—	—	10	130.00–175.00	$143.75	+33.75
60	60	—	—	1	165.00	$165.00	+55.00
60	60	—	—	2	165.00	$165.00	+55.00
70	70	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	+30.00
80	80	—	—	3	150.00–170.00	$156.67	-37.71
90	90	—	—	2	230.00	$230.00	+35.62
100	100	—	—	1	130.00	$130.00	-18.75
120	120	—	—	1	210.00	$210.00	+35.00
150	150	—	—	4	300.00–380.00	$322.50	+27.50

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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	225.00	$225.00	+35.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	11	20.00–37.50	$32.95	-9.55
20	20	10	40.00–57.50	$49.75	+7.25
20	20	1	20.00	$20.00	-22.50
30	30	2	27.50–30.00	$28.75	-13.75
30	30	8	70.00–92.50	$78.44	+35.94
30	30	3	110.00–120.00	$116.67	+74.17
40	40	2	80.00–90.00	$85.00	+19.17

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	2	100.00	$100.00	—
40	40	—	—	4	100.00–135.00	$114.38	—
40	40	—	—	1	90.00	$90.00	—
40–50	44	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	5	70.00–155.00	$111.50	—
50	50	—	—	1	125.00	$125.00	+17.50
50	50	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	95.00	$95.00	-12.50
50	50	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	152.50–160.00	$156.25	+48.75
50	50	—	—	3	45.00–70.00	$61.67	-45.83
50	50	—	—	3	125.00–130.00	$126.67	+19.17
60	60	—	—	4	60.00–95.00	$81.25	-26.25
60	60	—	—	3	140.00–150.00	$143.33	+35.83
60–70	67	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	65.00–95.00	$80.00	-40.00
70	70	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	135.00–190.00	$171.43	+51.43
70	70	—	—	1	110.00	$110.00	-10.00
70	70	—	—	2	120.00–125.00	$122.50	+2.50
80	80	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	+1.25
80	80	—	—	1	110.00	$110.00	-8.75
80–90	88	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	120.00–210.00	$175.25	+56.50
90	90	—	—	3	140.00	$140.00	+21.25
90	90	Young (2-4 yrs)	Bred	1	190.00	$190.00	+71.25
90	90	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-18.75
100	100	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	-105.00
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	220.00	$220.00	+35.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
33–34	34	14	50.00–57.50	$53.16	+8.16
50	50	1	37.50	$37.50	-25.00
85	85	1	75.00	$75.00	+30.00

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	3	90.00–127.50	$106.67	—
40	40	1	75.00	$75.00	—
40	40	5	90.00–145.00	$120.50	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	2	120.00–142.50	$131.25	—
50	50	2	185.00	$185.00	—
60	60	1	200.00	$200.00	—
80	80	1	280.00	$280.00	—

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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.