Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 17, 2024

488 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $290.22/cwt +0.22 vs last sale · ≈ $1,518/hd at 523 lb · 13 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $230.43/cwt -7.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,096/hd at 476 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	488	722	360
Feeder cattle	215	317	111
Slaughter cattle	57	146	55
Replacement cattle	16	59	22

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder steers and feeder bulls due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 1..00 higher, slaughter bulls too few to trend. Moderate offering of average to plain 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
295	295	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,092	—
330	330	1	402.50	$402.50	$1,328	+52.50
371–385	377	5	385.00–400.00	$391.13	$1,475	+21.13
410–433	425	3	325.00–345.00	$331.43	$1,409	-26.07
520–529	523	13	284.00–300.00	$290.22	$1,518	+0.22

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,104	—
390	390	1	332.50	$332.50	$1,297	—
425	425	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,402	+70.00
450–465	458	3	290.00–340.00	$316.51	$1,450	—
508	508	2	25.00	$25.00	$127	—
560	560	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,526	—
560	560	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,358	—
615	615	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,461	—
656	656	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,443	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	220.00	$220.00	$715	—
490	490	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,127	—
620–635	628	2	200.00–212.50	$206.18	$1,295	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	230.00	$230.00	$552	-20.00
330–335	333	2	225.00–232.50	$228.72	$762	-10.04
335	335	1	212.50	$212.50	$712	-26.26
395	395	1	230.00	$230.00	$908	—
400–445	429	4	230.00–250.00	$240.20	$1,030	+5.29
450–485	473	7	220.00–245.00	$238.48	$1,128	+0.94
475–490	482	3	210.00–215.00	$211.64	$1,020	-25.90
535	535	2	215.00–220.00	$217.50	$1,164	+19.24
545	545	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,144	+11.74
560–595	578	2	215.00–220.00	$217.42	$1,257	+15.27
580–590	585	2	190.00–210.00	$199.91	$1,169	-2.24
635	635	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,334	-2.90
650	650	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,365	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215 fancy	215	1	320.00	$320.00	$688	-97.47
308 fancy	308	2	297.50	$297.50	$916	—
365–383	378	7	257.50–277.50	$263.47	$996	-6.63
425	425	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,148	+10.68
473–478	474	7	252.50	$252.50	$1,197	+1.55
533	533	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,306	+12.50
560	560	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,302	+2.50
600–608	605	3	230.00–232.50	$230.83	$1,397	+0.85

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	230.00	$230.00	$518	+5.58
250	250	1	220.00	$220.00	$550	—
375	375	1	200.00	$200.00	$750	-5.21
545	545	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,036	-10.28

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200 fancy	200	1	405.00	$405.00	$810	-12.44
240–245	243	2	360.00–380.00	$370.10	$899	+2.67
280–295	288	2	370.00–392.50	$381.54	$1,099	+21.33
320 fancy	320	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,328	+20.90
300–335	324	4	360.00–385.00	$378.63	$1,227	+18.63
360–385	375	4	360.00–390.00	$376.63	$1,412	+9.38
437	437	7	365.00	$365.00	$1,595	+61.65
455–458	457	4	290.00–302.50	$296.27	$1,354	—
539	539	6	270.00	$270.00	$1,455	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240	235	2	320.00–350.00	$334.68	$786	+4.68
295	295	1	330.00	$330.00	$974	—
330	330	1	300.00	$300.00	$990	-45.00
340	340	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,190	+5.00
360	360	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,080	-42.58
385	385	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,328	+2.42
405	405	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,174	+3.31
405–435	421	5	315.00–332.50	$325.43	$1,370	+38.74
470–490	483	3	260.00–272.50	$267.47	$1,292	-15.98
510–545	531	4	245.00–260.00	$251.14	$1,334	-24.23
540	540	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,310	-32.87
570–580	574	4	210.00–232.50	$220.63	$1,266	-26.20
625–635	632	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,390	+5.00
680	680	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,462	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	220.00	$220.00	$462	—
285	285	1	250.00	$250.00	$712	—
425	425	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,020	-25.03
480	480	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,104	-30.81
585	585	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,331	—
653	653	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,241	-26.27

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1285	1139	80-85%	11	76.00–112.00	$101.93	$1,161	-7.16
1140–1190	1165	80-85%	2	115.00–121.00	$117.94	$1,374	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1135	1009	85-90%	4	100.00–113.00	$106.99	$1,080	-2.85
790–1145	1031	85-90%	8	60.00–102.00	$89.87	$927	-19.97

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1875	1626	75-80%	5	118.00–128.00	$121.86	$1,981	—
1710–1715	1713	75-80%	2	131.00–132.00	$131.50	$2,253	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1355	1292	3	105.00–125.00	$114.68	$1,482	—
1665–2105	1952	3	144.00–154.00	$149.73	$2,923	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–990	968	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,115.00–1,139.00	$1,127.28
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,527.00	$1,527.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	986.00	$986.00
715	715	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	965.00	$965.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00

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Bred Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670–785	728	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	670.00–730.00	$702.37

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110–130	120	2	100.00–105.00	$102.71	$123	—
115–195	140	19	85.00–100.00	$93.18	$130	—
240–263	250	5	62.50–92.50	$78.46	$196	—
250	250	1	40.00	$40.00	$100	—
350	350	1	50.00	$50.00	$175	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
137–180	146	5	52.50–55.00	$53.12	$78	—
260–265	263	2	57.50–60.00	$58.76	$155	—

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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	—	—	2	52.50–70.00	$61.25	-111.61
50	50	—	—	1	132.50	$132.50	-40.36
50	50	—	—	2	47.50–50.00	$48.75	-124.11
80	80	—	—	9	130.00–205.00	$157.78	-2.22
80	80	—	—	2	67.50–80.00	$73.75	-86.25
80	80	—	—	1	105.00	$105.00	-55.00
80	80	—	—	1	52.50	$52.50	-107.50
80	80	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	190.00	$190.00	+30.00
100–130	114	—	—	19	175.00–225.00	$196.84	-38.16
150–170	153	—	—	6	210.00–300.00	$240.83	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,975.00	$1,975.00	—
1115–1150	1133	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,550.00–1,675.00	$1,611.53	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—
1015	1015	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	-550.00
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	2	50.00–55.00	$52.50	-23.33
40	40	4	55.00–60.00	$58.13	-11.87
50	50	6	67.50–90.00	$75.00	—
50	50	13	120.00–142.50	$130.38	—
60	60	3	92.50–110.00	$100.00	—
60	60	6	122.50–150.00	$141.25	—
70	70	3	160.00–175.00	$165.00	—

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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	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	165.00	$165.00	-3.75
60	60	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	70.00	$70.00	-30.00
80	80	—	—	2	57.50–80.00	$68.75	-137.50
80	80	—	—	1	130.00	$130.00	-76.25
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	157.50	$157.50	-48.75
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	140.00–195.00	$155.00	-51.25
80	80	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	3	120.00–135.00	$125.00	-81.25
80	80	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	2	155.00–165.00	$160.00	-46.25
100	100	—	—	1	40.00	$40.00	-145.00
100–130	108	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	160.00–210.00	$177.50	-7.50
100–120	110	—	—	2	100.00–130.00	$115.00	-70.00
100–120	110	—	—	2	170.00–190.00	$180.00	-5.00
150	150	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	240.00	$240.00	—
150	150	—	—	1	250.00	$250.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	6	67.50	$67.50	-12.50
70–71	71	5	70.00–85.00	$72.97	-14.53
83	83	6	87.50–92.50	$89.17	+1.67
90	90	3	57.50	$57.50	-57.56
93–95	93	8	100.00–107.50	$100.96	-14.10

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–260	255	2	60.00–72.50	$66.13	$169	—
400–405	403	2	52.50–60.00	$56.23	$227	-18.77
645	645	1	77.50	$77.50	$500	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
200	200	1	380.00	$380.00	—

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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.