Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 29, 2025

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $401.76/cwt +11.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,583/hd at 394 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	318	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215 fancy	215	1	440.00	$440.00	$946	—
270–295	283	2	395.00–420.00	$406.95	$1,152	-18.05
320	320	2	395.00–400.00	$397.50	$1,272	-12.50
388–398 value added	394	14	400.00–405.00	$401.76	$1,583	—
420	420	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,638	—
450 value added	450	5	400.00	$400.00	$1,800	—
475	475	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,876	—
510 value added	510	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,785	—
645	645	3	321.00	$321.00	$2,070	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	380.00	$380.00	$874	—
305	305	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,159	—
390	390	1	387.50	$387.50	$1,511	+37.50
442	442	3	375.00	$375.00	$1,658	+37.50
450–485	468	2	340.00–342.50	$341.30	$1,597	+13.97
455–490	478	3	345.00–375.00	$356.22	$1,703	+28.89
515–545	533	5	300.00–330.00	$320.61	$1,709	+5.61
570–585	578	3	280.00–300.00	$293.26	$1,695	—
600–605	603	2	280.00–290.00	$284.98	$1,718	—
690	690	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,760	—
735	735	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,132	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,270	—
410–425	418	2	300.00–302.50	$301.23	$1,259	—
490	490	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,580	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255 fancy	255	1	390.00	$390.00	$994	—
275	275	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,018	+50.00
325	325	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,202	+34.09
355–395	374	6	330.00–350.00	$342.07	$1,279	+4.99
425	425	1	332.50	$332.50	$1,413	-2.38
428 value added	428	6	367.50	$367.50	$1,573	—
460–495	478	4	317.50–332.50	$323.74	$1,547	+22.86
500–525	510	5	310.00–317.50	$314.01	$1,601	+15.49
555–580	568	2	287.50–295.00	$291.33	$1,655	+16.33
615–637	631	7	262.50–275.00	$266.73	$1,683	+6.73
732	732	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,903	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	315.00	$315.00	$788	—
320–340	333	4	290.00–310.00	$299.92	$999	+4.92
350–395	367	3	300.00–320.00	$309.64	$1,136	-7.86
400–440	420	2	270.00–280.00	$274.76	$1,154	-26.09
415–440	434	4	300.00–330.00	$316.05	$1,372	+15.20
460–490	475	2	310.00–330.00	$319.68	$1,518	+12.31
505–535	517	3	280.00–297.50	$289.15	$1,495	+14.15
595	595	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,517	-2.41
615	615	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,461	-17.50
620	620	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,457	-20.00
760	760	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,786	+15.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	270.00–292.50	$281.25	$816	—
420	420	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,092	-20.00
455	455	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,069	-41.71
540	540	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,350	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,073	—
325	325	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,202	+0.22
350–360	355	2	370.00	$370.00	$1,314	+16.46
420–445	433	2	350.00–380.00	$365.43	$1,582	+15.43
455–485	473	3	310.00–330.00	$316.41	$1,497	-18.59
490	490	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,470	-10.00
505–515	510	2	280.00–310.00	$295.15	$1,505	-16.29
570	570	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,482	-36.09
575–590	583	4	270.00–292.50	$283.78	$1,654	-12.31
605–640	623	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,620	-20.00
665	665	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,629	-32.87
670	670	2	262.50–270.00	$266.25	$1,784	-11.62
705	705	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,674	-7.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	440.00	$440.00	$990	-7.99
260	260	1	432.50	$432.50	$1,124	-2.50
443	443	4	390.00	$390.00	$1,728	—
475	475	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,852	—
510–543	532	6	330.00–350.00	$336.39	$1,790	—
605–645	627	3	280.00–292.50	$284.02	$1,781	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	2	320.00–330.00	$324.73	$909	—
320	320	1	300.00	$300.00	$960	—
430	430	1	332.50	$332.50	$1,430	+8.37
540	540	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,458	-10.74
595	595	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,488	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1600	1463	75-80%	6	130.00–139.00	$133.51	$1,953	—
1275–1995	1528	75-80%	17	140.00–152.00	$144.96	$2,215	—
1435–1815	1603	75-80%	11	153.00–168.00	$157.34	$2,522	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1410	1135	80-85%	7	142.00–156.00	$146.74	$1,665	—
1165–1350	1233	80-85%	5	135.00–140.00	$136.87	$1,688	-13.59
1280–1540	1421	80-85%	4	159.00–166.00	$161.60	$2,296	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–965	910	85-90%	2	135.00–149.00	$142.42	$1,296	—
715–1140	928	85-90%	2	115.00–118.00	$116.84	$1,084	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1250	1235	2	136.00–163.00	$149.34	$1,844	—
1005–1960	1370	3	165.00–174.00	$168.49	$2,308	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–875	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,247.00–1,368.00	$1,306.80
955–970	963	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	1,862.00–1,916.00	$1,889.21
1005–1050	1028	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,450.00–2,035.00	$1,736.09

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090–1280	1164	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	2,371.00–2,784.00	$2,535.76

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,424.00	$1,424.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,142.00	$1,142.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
610	610	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	839.00	$839.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155	155	1	120.00	$120.00	$186	+59.27
220	220	2	90.00	$90.00	$198	—
430	430	1	42.50	$42.50	$183	—
455–470	460	3	50.00–52.50	$50.85	$234	-2.15
525	525	1	56.00	$56.00	$294	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	17.50	$17.50	$106	—
675	675	1	10.00	$10.00	$68	—

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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	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	130.00	$130.00	+5.83
70	70	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	170.00	$170.00	+31.25
80	80	—	—	1	142.50	$142.50	-100.00
80	80	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	245.00	$245.00	+2.50
80	80	—	—	1	125.00	$125.00	-117.50
100	100	—	—	1	190.00	$190.00	-5.00
100	100	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	190.00	$190.00	-5.00
150	150	—	—	1	220.00	$220.00	-70.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780	780	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	6	40.00–47.50	$42.92	-19.58
40	40	4	50.00–60.00	$52.50	-42.50
50	50	8	60.00–80.00	$66.25	-108.75
60	60	1	100.00	$100.00	-75.00
60	60	1	110.00	$110.00	-65.00
70	70	2	130.00	$130.00	-45.00

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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	2	122.50	$122.50	+22.50
50	50	—	—	1	50.00	$50.00	-50.00
60	60	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	72.50	$72.50	-10.00
60	60	—	—	1	70.00	$70.00	-12.50
80	80	—	—	2	80.00	$80.00	-97.50
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	140.00–160.00	$150.00	-27.50
80	80	—	—	1	145.00	$145.00	-32.50
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	175.00–185.00	$178.33	—
100	100	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	—
100–120	107	—	—	3	102.50–140.00	$117.50	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
61	61	3	57.50	$57.50	+7.50
93	93	2	110.00	$110.00	+20.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	1	52.50	$52.50	$362	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	80.00	$80.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	140.00	$140.00	+25.00
80	80	2	200.00	$200.00	+85.00
100–120	110	2	220.00–260.00	$240.00	—

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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.