Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 15, 2025

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $297.31/cwt +2.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,278/hd at 430 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	264	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,190	—
490	490	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,568	—
535	535	2	330.00–332.50	$331.25	$1,772	—
530–545	538	2	290.00–300.00	$295.07	$1,587	—
540	540	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,620	—
575	575	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,610	—
645	645	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,564	—
690	690	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,760	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–325	323	2	390.00–405.00	$397.56	$1,284	—
510–530	520	2	365.00–372.50	$368.68	$1,917	—
550	550	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,952	+50.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,188	—
430	430	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,333	+34.91
515	515	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,442	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	327	3	300.00–315.00	$308.21	$1,008	-5.63
350–390	367	6	292.50–320.00	$304.03	$1,116	+46.53
405–445	430	10	290.00–312.50	$300.27	$1,291	+5.36
430	430	2	280.00–285.00	$282.50	$1,215	-12.41
450–490	478	7	290.00–302.50	$296.75	$1,418	+0.20
510	510	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,364	+10.00
505–540	518	5	277.50–302.50	$291.25	$1,509	+58.75
600–643	618	8	245.00–265.00	$258.73	$1,599	+18.73
675–685	680	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,564	—
715	715	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,627	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	278	2	340.00–345.00	$342.66	$953	-7.34
330–340	337	3	320.00–335.00	$325.05	$1,095	-7.27
405–440	423	2	322.50–342.50	$332.09	$1,405	—
450–488	465	5	317.50–330.00	$324.20	$1,508	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	280.00	$280.00	$924	-17.50
485	485	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,346	-2.50
510–535	523	2	245.00–250.00	$247.44	$1,294	+9.94
560–570	565	2	242.50	$242.50	$1,370	+29.05
620	620	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,286	—
695	695	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,407	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	400.00	$400.00	$880	—
210–245 fancy	222	6	475.00–505.00	$493.68	$1,096	+63.68
250–260 fancy	257	3	480.00–500.00	$489.87	$1,259	—
255–265	260	2	400.00–425.00	$412.74	$1,073	+22.74
300–320	310	5	390.00–415.00	$400.71	$1,242	+12.10
515–520	518	2	315.00–330.00	$322.54	$1,671	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	375.00–390.00	$382.50	$937	—
285	285	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,083	+14.82
325	325	2	370.00–380.00	$375.00	$1,219	+6.25
375–380	378	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,323	-15.00
415	415	1	337.50	$337.50	$1,401	—
450–480	465	3	320.00–332.50	$324.30	$1,508	—
530	530	1	282.50	$282.50	$1,497	-2.43
565–575	570	2	280.00–292.50	$286.20	$1,631	+2.54
625	625	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,656	-15.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	340.00	$340.00	$833	—
320	320	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,120	+7.98
375	375	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,275	+20.00
460–465	463	2	300.00–310.00	$304.97	$1,412	-5.03
500	500	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,300	—
645	645	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,484	-30.00
680	680	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,496	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
840	840	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,394.00	$1,394.00	—
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,692.00	$1,692.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1225	1074	80-85%	4	120.00–135.00	$127.20	$1,366	+0.06
1050–1385	1229	80-85%	7	139.00–152.00	$144.64	$1,778	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–990	920	85-90%	3	117.00–124.00	$120.81	$1,111	—
1200	1200	85-90%	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,668	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1430	1430	75-80%	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,859	—
1565	1565	75-80%	1	140.00	$140.00	$2,191	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180	1180	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,322	—
1830	1830	1	165.00	$165.00	$3,020	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,204.00	$1,204.00

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Bred Cows

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–775	753	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,163.00–1,241.00	$1,200.83

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–190	151	12	72.50–110.00	$85.00	$128	-9.26
205–290	238	4	60.00–87.50	$78.04	$186	—

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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	—	—	1	70.00	$70.00	-77.00
70	70	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	150.00	$150.00	-15.00
80	80	—	—	4	130.00–180.00	$148.75	-82.25
80	80	—	—	1	90.00	$90.00	-141.00
80	80	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	-151.00
100–130	110	—	—	5	200.00–240.00	$218.00	—
150	150	—	—	1	265.00	$265.00	—

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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	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,475.00	$2,475.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	210.00	$210.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	37.50	$37.50	-47.50
30	30	1	35.00	$35.00	-50.00
30	30	2	55.00–57.50	$56.25	-28.75
40	40	7	47.50–57.50	$52.50	-32.50
50	50	5	55.00–65.00	$61.00	—
50	50	2	42.50–50.00	$46.25	—
60	60	3	70.00–90.00	$82.50	—
60	60	1	130.00	$130.00	—
70	70	2	110.00–120.00	$115.00	—
80	80	2	110.00–120.00	$115.00	—

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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	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	82.50	$82.50	—
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	90.00	$90.00	-45.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	155.00–160.00	$156.67	+16.67
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	82.50–105.00	$90.83	-49.17
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	140.00	$140.00	±0.00
80	80	—	—	1	110.00	$110.00	-30.00
80	80	—	—	3	120.00–130.00	$126.67	-13.33
100	100	—	—	1	75.00	$75.00	—
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	160.00	$160.00	—
100–130	115	—	—	2	160.00–180.00	$170.00	—
120	120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	110.00	$110.00	—
150	150	—	—	3	230.00–240.00	$236.67	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
53	53	4	65.00	$65.00	-22.50
62	62	6	65.00–80.00	$70.00	-17.50
70–71	71	5	70.00–87.50	$76.94	-10.56
81–85	82	7	82.50–95.00	$87.22	-0.28
93–95	94	5	60.00–100.00	$76.20	-11.30

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	100.00	$100.00	$230	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	150.00	$150.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	3	140.00–170.00	$156.67	—
100	100	1	220.00	$220.00	—

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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.