Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report, Darlington, SC

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, January 28, 2025

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $279.00/cwt ≈ $1,830/hd at 656 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	398	164	341
Feeder cattle	221	95	217
Slaughter cattle	54	14	41
Replacement cattle	18	7	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons made due to limited comparable sales. 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
290 fancy	290	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,218	—
330	330	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,304	+2.46
355–363	360	3	390.00–400.00	$396.72	$1,428	—
435	435	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,631	—
472	472	5	347.50	$347.50	$1,640	—
579	579	5	295.00	$295.00	$1,708	—
656 value added	656	27	279.00	$279.00	$1,830	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	352.50	$352.50	$1,216	—
410	410	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,496	—
460	460	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,518	+35.00
515	515	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,390	±0.00
550–595	573	2	252.50–270.00	$260.91	$1,495	—
610	610	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,342	-50.00
680	680	2	242.50–252.50	$247.50	$1,683	-7.50
795 value added	795	2	217.50	$217.50	$1,729	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–496	491	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,129	—
630	630	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,544	—

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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	280.00	$280.00	$658	—
345	345	2	245.00	$245.00	$845	-25.00
363	363	7	245.00	$245.00	$889	-26.72
350–390	370	2	280.00–290.00	$285.27	$1,055	+13.55
415	415	1	240.00	$240.00	$996	-31.86
445	445	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,246	+8.14
475	475	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,235	—
470–488	479	4	220.00–230.00	$224.91	$1,077	—
510–515	513	3	250.00–260.00	$256.69	$1,317	+4.17
510–535	527	3	210.00–230.00	$220.16	$1,160	-32.36
565–570	569	4	250.00–255.00	$253.76	$1,444	—
580	580	2	200.00–230.00	$215.00	$1,247	—
605	605	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,270	-20.00
680–695	688	2	195.00–200.00	$197.47	$1,359	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	310.00	$310.00	$713	—
285–295	288	3	322.50–335.00	$330.74	$953	—
310–330	323	4	310.00–335.00	$322.33	$1,041	—
428	428	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,348	+25.00
505–530	511	4	280.00–282.50	$280.65	$1,434	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	180.00	$180.00	$738	-80.00
450–495	475	3	180.00–190.00	$183.37	$871	-66.63
530–535	533	2	180.00	$180.00	$959	-20.00
550	550	2	180.00	$180.00	$990	—
605	605	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,089	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277	277	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,053	—
320	320	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,024	—
385–395	390	2	345.00–350.00	$347.53	$1,355	+7.53
420	420	1	332.50	$332.50	$1,396	+32.50
462–480	468	3	317.50–340.00	$332.31	$1,555	+29.17
563–590	578	5	242.50–257.50	$253.44	$1,465	-14.06
650–685	666	5	242.50–257.50	$251.89	$1,678	+11.89
730	730	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,624	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	4	237.50	$237.50	$810	—
368–395	373	6	280.00–285.00	$284.12	$1,060	-15.88
475–490	483	2	285.00–300.00	$292.62	$1,413	+0.12

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	410.00	$410.00	$984	—
265–285	282	6	380.00–405.00	$400.24	$1,129	+15.24
353	353	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,412	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1215	1083	80-85%	8	105.00–129.00	$122.80	$1,330	—
910–1450	1224	80-85%	17	131.00–151.00	$138.97	$1,701	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–865	815	85-90%	3	90.00–110.00	$97.06	$791	—
905–1325	1077	85-90%	6	121.00–125.00	$122.96	$1,324	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1580	1428	75-80%	6	134.00–149.00	$140.66	$2,009	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1915	1425	8	142.50–158.00	$152.71	$2,176	—
1970–2190	2080	2	165.00–169.00	$167.11	$3,476	-2.89

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Stock Cows

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–815	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	897.00–900.00	$898.47

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1235–1425	1319	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,750.00–1,950.00	$1,860.12
1275–1515	1391	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,050.00–2,225.00	$2,124.60

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1065	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,375.00–1,500.00	$1,441.90
1350	1350	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–1080	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	900.00–1,025.00	$947.87

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
104–198	137	11	82.50–110.00	$94.99	$130	—
210–230	216	4	90.00–100.00	$94.51	$204	+25.54

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	—	—	2	140.00	$140.00	-20.00
70	70	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-60.00
70	70	—	—	1	135.00	$135.00	-25.00
80	80	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	200.00	$200.00	+40.00
80	80	—	—	3	140.00	$140.00	-20.00
80	80	—	—	2	140.00	$140.00	-20.00
80	80	—	—	3	110.00–117.50	$113.33	-46.67
80	80	—	—	4	160.00–215.00	$187.50	+27.50
80	80	—	—	1	140.00	$140.00	-20.00
100	100	—	—	1	145.00	$145.00	-30.00
100	100	—	—	2	130.00–145.00	$137.50	-37.50
100–120	105	—	—	4	130.00–165.00	$141.25	-33.75
120	120	—	—	2	175.00–220.00	$197.50	+22.50

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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
1215	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—

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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	5	150.00–210.00	$186.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	1	65.00	$65.00	-42.50
50	50	2	42.50	$42.50	—
50	50	2	100.00–110.00	$105.00	—
50	50	1	27.50	$27.50	—
50	50	1	130.00	$130.00	—

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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	—	—	4	130.00–140.00	$137.50	-25.00
50	50	—	—	1	75.00	$75.00	-87.50
50	50	—	—	1	40.00	$40.00	-122.50
60	60	—	—	4	150.00–160.00	$155.00	-7.50
80	80	—	—	4	150.00–165.00	$157.50	-22.50
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	180.00–200.00	$190.00	+10.00
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	175.00–180.00	$176.67	—
100	100	—	—	1	105.00	$105.00	—
100–120	105	—	—	4	150.00–170.00	$156.25	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
6	6	3	67.50	$67.50	—
40–43	43	8	17.50–20.00	$19.71	—
75	75	1	80.00	$80.00	—
95	95	5	105.00	$105.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	102.50	$102.50	$430	—

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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.