Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 25, 2025

628 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $271.35/cwt ≈ $1,997/hd at 736 lb · 46 head

light 6-weight M&L 2 heifers $246.91/cwt ≈ $1,522/hd at 617 lb · 40 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 2 heifers $255.95/cwt +25.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,690/hd at 660 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	628	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270 value added	270	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,080	—
335 value added	335	8	430.00	$430.00	$1,440	—
385–390	388	2	395.00–400.00	$397.52	$1,542	—
429 value added	429	5	375.00	$375.00	$1,609	—
435	435	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,610	-20.00
455–478	475	9	340.00–357.50	$341.86	$1,624	—
607	607	20	321.50	$321.50	$1,952	—
725	725	24	279.00	$279.00	$2,023	—
748 value added	748	22	263.00	$263.00	$1,967	—
784 value added	784	14	242.50	$242.50	$1,901	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387–395	389	5	331.00–340.00	$332.83	$1,295	—
440	440	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,452	-20.00
460	460	1	282.50	$282.50	$1,300	—
490	490	1	332.50	$332.50	$1,629	—
500	500	1	297.50	$297.50	$1,488	—
511–540	515	8	270.00	$270.00	$1,390	-30.00
565–587	579	5	290.00–310.00	$297.84	$1,724	+17.84
660	660	1	287.50	$287.50	$1,898	—
670	670	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,491	—
675	675	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,603	—
700	700	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,750	—
706 value added	706	11	242.50	$242.50	$1,712	—
732	732	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,647	—
785	785	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,747	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,054	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278 value added	278	2	355.00	$355.00	$987	—
300–335	321	5	330.00–345.00	$334.37	$1,073	+54.37
355–385	370	2	337.50–350.00	$343.50	$1,271	+42.56
380–388	384	2	290.00–300.00	$294.95	$1,133	+19.95
405–417	413	3	270.00–287.50	$281.78	$1,164	-7.08
410–440	422	3	307.50–322.50	$313.23	$1,322	+24.37
433 value added	433	21	311.00	$311.00	$1,347	—
455	455	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,138	-34.14
450–484	477	8	290.00–312.50	$301.21	$1,437	+17.07
512–515	512	7	293.00–300.00	$294.01	$1,505	+25.21
521 value added	521	15	280.00	$280.00	$1,459	—
522	522	3	247.50	$247.50	$1,292	-21.30
550–580	560	3	250.00–252.50	$250.82	$1,405	+14.11
550–595	573	3	235.00–240.00	$237.46	$1,361	+19.96
591 value added	591	8	266.00	$266.00	$1,572	—
610	610	24	255.00	$255.00	$1,556	—
618 value added	618	9	241.00	$241.00	$1,489	—
610–648	637	7	221.00–247.50	$226.79	$1,445	—
659 value added	659	26	260.00	$260.00	$1,713	—
665–680	672	3	215.00–230.00	$220.83	$1,484	-9.17
704	704	12	217.50	$217.50	$1,531	—
758–797 value added	762	29	222.00–242.50	$232.64	$1,773	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
281 value added	281	4	400.00	$400.00	$1,124	—
324 value added	324	14	403.00	$403.00	$1,306	—
340	340	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,258	+53.74
445 value added	445	10	340.00	$340.00	$1,513	—
495	495	7	315.00	$315.00	$1,559	+21.09

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	307.50	$307.50	$1,015	+54.29
365–390	378	2	280.00–315.00	$298.08	$1,127	—
415–425	419	4	285.00–302.50	$295.59	$1,239	+45.59
450–475	465	3	275.00–290.00	$281.76	$1,310	+42.77
500	500	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,175	—
640	640	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,280	—
770	770	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,463	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	2	380.00–390.00	$384.73	$1,077	+14.73
340–345	343	2	380.00–390.00	$385.04	$1,321	+35.04
350–395	380	5	360.00–395.00	$378.07	$1,437	+38.07
430	430	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,505	+10.01
415–447	431	2	355.00–375.00	$364.63	$1,572	-1.86
500–525	511	4	310.00–332.50	$319.94	$1,635	-1.00
550–582	571	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,656	+14.26
645	645	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,806	+16.31
655	655	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,654	-20.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	273	2	300.00–315.00	$307.16	$839	+7.16
345	345	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,087	+25.00
380	380	1	382.50	$382.50	$1,454	+81.19
410–440	425	2	340.00–345.00	$342.59	$1,456	+47.57
455–490	464	6	310.00–330.00	$320.74	$1,488	+20.27
505–520	513	2	270.00–280.00	$274.93	$1,410	+4.93
550–585	565	3	260.00–270.00	$265.89	$1,502	—
635	635	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,635	—
690	690	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,449	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210 fancy	210	1	445.00	$445.00	$934	—
205–240	225	3	400.00–415.00	$404.56	$910	+4.56
260–295	278	4	410.00–430.00	$419.01	$1,165	-15.27
300–335	318	2	435.00–440.00	$437.64	$1,392	+10.92
350–365 fancy	358	2	430.00–445.00	$437.66	$1,567	—
355–395	372	3	400.00–417.50	$405.73	$1,509	+3.22
415–435	423	3	385.00–390.00	$386.63	$1,635	-14.66

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
865–1050	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,444.00–1,628.00	$1,512.71	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1180	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,805.00	$1,805.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1475	1103	80-85%	12	130.00–142.00	$137.57	$1,517	-22.43
830–1495	1158	80-85%	24	144.00–160.00	$149.12	$1,727	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1620	1392	75-80%	5	150.00–158.00	$152.83	$2,127	-0.60
1285–1630	1463	75-80%	6	135.00–146.00	$142.15	$2,080	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–885	853	85-90%	3	91.00–125.00	$103.00	$879	—
860–1175	1006	85-90%	4	130.00–142.00	$137.68	$1,385	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1010	973	2	123.00–147.00	$134.54	$1,309	—
1590–2155	1855	5	174.00–188.00	$180.70	$3,352	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–795	765	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00–1,399.00	$1,327.42
800–915	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,360.00–1,551.00	$1,463.93
850–955	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,161.00–1,404.00	$1,303.22

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
605	605	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	802.00	$802.00
625	625	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	766.00	$766.00
675–765	718	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	861.00–979.00	$938.95

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630–785	728	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,008.00–1,078.00	$1,051.35
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,192.00	$1,192.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625–735	675	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,141.00–1,250.00	$1,188.12

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,795.00	$1,795.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,674.00	$1,674.00
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1245	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125–175	158	3	80.00–92.50	$83.29	$132	-10.40
160	160	1	67.50	$67.50	$108	-26.19
218–275	232	4	75.00–77.50	$75.74	$176	—
305–370	338	2	50.00–72.50	$60.17	$203	—
560	560	1	55.00	$55.00	$308	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	45.00	$45.00	$140	—
360	360	1	17.50	$17.50	$63	—
575	575	1	43.00	$43.00	$247	—
575	575	1	15.00	$15.00	$86	—

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	3	135.00–150.00	$145.00	+35.00
50	50	5	170.00–195.00	$182.00	+12.00
60	60	1	210.00	$210.00	+150.00
60	60	1	80.00	$80.00	+20.00
80	80	1	160.00	$160.00	-75.00
80	80	1	225.00	$225.00	-10.00
90	90	1	195.00	$195.00	-40.00
100	100	2	180.00–190.00	$185.00	-25.00
100–120	110	2	110.00–137.50	$123.75	-86.25
180	180	1	275.00	$275.00	—
210–220	215	2	230.00–430.00	$330.00	—
280	280	1	200.00	$200.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,625.00–2,650.00	$2,637.50	+124.86
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,675.00	$2,675.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1145	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,475.00	$2,475.00	-33.62

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,275.00	$2,275.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
805	805	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	295.00	$295.00	+50.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	85.00	$85.00	+2.50
40	40	3	47.50–60.00	$52.50	-67.50
50	50	1	42.50	$42.50	—
50	50	2	102.50–110.00	$106.25	—
50	50	1	95.00	$95.00	—
50	50	1	40.00	$40.00	—

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Nannies/Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	40.00	$40.00	-60.00
40	40	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-55.00
40	40	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	90.00	$90.00	-65.00
40	40	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	50.00	$50.00	-105.00
40–50	45	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	2	120.00–160.00	$140.00	-15.00
120	120	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	180.00	$180.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
38	38	2	32.50	$32.50	-22.50
40	40	1	45.00	$45.00	-10.00
63	63	5	60.00	$60.00	-7.50
88	88	4	65.00	$65.00	-12.50
90	90	1	95.00	$95.00	+17.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	50.00	$50.00	$118	—
260	260	1	80.00	$80.00	$208	+23.69
335–365	350	2	51.00–57.50	$54.39	$190	—
625–640	635	3	60.00–69.00	$62.95	$400	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	130.00	$130.00	—

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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.