Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 3, 2024

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $258.80/cwt +5.68 vs last sale · ≈ $1,092/hd at 422 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	448	515	445
Feeder cattle	238	233	192
Slaughter cattle	60	94	71
Replacement cattle	55	17	23

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons' made this week due to no sale last week due to Thanksgiving holiday, Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330 fancy	330	1	402.50	$402.50	$1,328	—
335	335	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,172	—
375 fancy	375	1	377.50	$377.50	$1,416	—
410–415 fancy	413	2	352.50–367.50	$360.05	$1,487	—
415	415	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,390	+45.00
455–483	472	5	300.00–325.00	$309.64	$1,462	—
502–545	511	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,533	+45.00
650	650	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,560	—
790	790	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,698	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	3	285.00	$285.00	$1,382	+7.50
515	515	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,249	+11.27
570	570	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,496	—
600–615	608	2	240.00–250.00	$245.06	$1,490	—
698	698	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,536	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257	257	5	237.50	$237.50	$610	—
340	340	1	220.00	$220.00	$748	+20.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205 fancy	205	1	365.00	$365.00	$748	—
255–280	266	4	250.00–280.00	$268.47	$714	+3.47
315–318	317	3	250.00–257.50	$252.48	$800	-1.55
350–395	369	7	250.00–270.00	$262.65	$969	+12.58
403–440	422	29	240.00–267.50	$258.80	$1,092	+7.29
455–495	480	6	240.00–260.00	$248.53	$1,193	-1.04
600	600	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,290	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	3	230.00	$230.00	$586	-7.43
325	325	1	230.00	$230.00	$748	—
395	395	1	220.00	$220.00	$869	-10.00
440	440	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,012	+3.32
500–520	508	3	180.00–182.50	$180.83	$919	-39.17
518	518	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,088	-10.00
573–590	580	5	212.50–220.00	$216.95	$1,258	+24.45
680	680	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,309	—
715	715	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,323	+15.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	220.00	$220.00	$440	—
380	380	1	185.00	$185.00	$703	—
425–445	435	5	180.00–205.00	$194.97	$848	+20.09
465–495	486	4	180.00–205.00	$186.36	$906	+5.15
515	515	1	172.50	$172.50	$888	-18.48
745	745	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,304	—
755	755	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,284	—

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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
205	205	—	—	1	280.00	$280.00	$574	+16.70
375	375	—	—	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,050	+13.73
430	430	—	—	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,226	+50.72
460–486	479	—	—	7	280.00–292.50	$283.10	$1,356	+19.94
520–525	523	—	—	2	267.50–275.00	$271.23	$1,419	+34.42
555–565	560	—	—	8	260.00–280.00	$271.24	$1,519	+32.48
610	610	—	—	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,464	+19.05
680	680	—	—	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,632	—
1330	1330	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,835	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–235 fancy	228	—	—	2	405.00–410.00	$407.58	$929	—
260–295 fancy	283	—	—	3	405.00–412.50	$407.60	$1,154	—
312 fancy	312	—	—	2	407.00	$407.00	$1,270	—
320	320	—	—	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,024	+20.00
350–385 fancy	368	—	—	2	370.00–410.00	$389.05	$1,432	+69.05
443 fancy	443	—	—	3	345.00	$345.00	$1,528	—
525	525	—	—	1	287.50	$287.50	$1,509	—
1680–2325	2003	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	137.00–153.00	$143.71	$2,879	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	—	—	1	230.00	$230.00	$472	-10.00
430–440	435	—	—	2	240.00–250.00	$244.94	$1,065	+4.94
625	625	—	—	2	202.50–217.50	$210.00	$1,312	+5.79
675	675	—	—	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,350	—
825	825	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,155	—
895	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	127.50	$127.50	$1,141	—
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,234	—

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1070	919	85-90%	14	72.00–99.00	$86.90	$799	—
930–1085	1027	85-90%	9	100.00–115.00	$106.18	$1,090	+12.54

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1260	1137	80-85%	5	115.00–121.00	$118.41	$1,346	+13.55
930–1315	1206	80-85%	6	105.00–112.00	$110.74	$1,336	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1460	1300	75-80%	2	112.00–114.00	$113.12	$1,471	—
1175–1835	1433	75-80%	6	116.00–122.00	$119.30	$1,710	—
1360–1655	1508	75-80%	2	132.00–140.00	$135.61	$2,045	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1530	1437	3	141.00–150.00	$145.57	$2,092	—
1535	1535	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,842	-22.65

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–990	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	100.00–130.00	$115.08	$955
890–1005	928	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	81.00–107.50	$90.86	$843

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–900	854	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	117.50–135.00	$128.00	$1,093
955–1005	977	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	105.00–119.00	$110.01	$1,075

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1115–1175	1142	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	116.00–121.00	$118.17	$1,350

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1215	1031	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,500.00–1,800.00	$1,639.21
1155–1225	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,150.00	$2,150.00
1030–1490	1221	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,600.00–2,220.00	$1,930.20

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1025	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	95.00	$95.00	$974

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745	745	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	100.00	$100.00	$745

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–1050	968	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,275.00–2,125.00	$1,736.24
990–1030	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,800.00–2,075.00	$1,934.78

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	70.00	$70.00	$497

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
100–170	141	12	70.00–110.00	$101.80	$144	+16.12
258	258	3	90.00	$90.00	$232	—
315	315	1	90.00	$90.00	$284	—
655	655	1	57.50	$57.50	$377	+20.00

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
101–105	102	5	60.00–105.00	$69.28	$71	—
255	255	1	10.00	$10.00	$26	—
375	375	1	27.50	$27.50	$103	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	50.00	$50.00	—
30	30	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	—
40	40	—	—	3	90.00–127.50	$108.33	—
50	50	—	—	1	130.00	$130.00	+10.00
70	70	—	—	4	170.00–175.00	$171.25	+51.25
80	80	—	—	1	105.00	$105.00	+15.00
100	100	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	-50.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	60.00	$60.00	-2.50
30	30	1	42.50	$42.50	+7.50
30	30	5	52.50–77.50	$68.00	+33.00
40	40	1	90.00	$90.00	-5.00

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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	110.00–125.00	$117.50	—
40	40	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	2	100.00	$100.00	—
50	50	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	125.00	$125.00	+32.50
60	60	—	—	2	145.00–165.00	$155.00	+62.50
70	70	Young (2-4 yrs)	Bred	1	135.00	$135.00	+15.00
80	80	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	150.00	$150.00	+5.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Exposed	1	175.00	$175.00	+30.00
90	90	—	—	1	210.00	$210.00	+65.00
90	90	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	260.00	$260.00	+115.00
90	90	Young (2-4 yrs)	Bred	1	152.50	$152.50	+7.50

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
34–38	36	12	32.50–37.50	$35.14	-22.63
41	41	6	67.50	$67.50	+9.73
80–87	84	4	95.00–115.00	$107.50	+25.52

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	2	42.50	$42.50	$79	—
295	295	1	52.00	$52.00	$153	-5.50
320	320	1	70.00	$70.00	$224	—
415–475	453	3	60.00–71.00	$66.26	$300	-6.24
810	810	1	60.00	$60.00	$486	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	42.50	$42.50	—
40	40	1	87.50	$87.50	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	1	160.00	$160.00	—
50	50	3	150.00–180.00	$170.00	—
90	90	1	255.00	$255.00	—

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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.