Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, May 13, 2025

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	255	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,244	-5.00
350	350	4	398.00	$398.00	$1,393	—
465–480	475	3	390.00–392.50	$391.68	$1,860	—
525	525	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,942	+14.98
565	565	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,949	—
650	650	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,015	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–280	268	2	360.00–365.00	$362.38	$971	—
345	345	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,242	±0.00
420	420	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,596	—
450	450	2	352.50–375.00	$363.75	$1,637	—
525	525	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,575	—
565	565	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,752	—
605	605	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,906	+22.50
690	690	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,742	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	282.50	$282.50	$1,794	+12.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390–395	393	2	332.50–340.00	$336.23	$1,321	+13.73
410–430	420	2	342.50–347.50	$344.94	$1,449	—
455–470	463	2	282.50–295.00	$288.65	$1,336	-11.74
450–490	469	6	310.00–332.50	$319.37	$1,498	+18.98
510–525	515	3	300.00–317.50	$310.02	$1,597	+40.02
525	525	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,444	-4.91
553–595	570	6	292.50–307.50	$301.08	$1,716	+41.08
610	610	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,556	+5.00
645	645	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,790	+27.50
680	680	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,632	-10.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260 fancy	260	3	417.50–420.00	$418.33	$1,088	—
250–295	273	2	355.00–360.00	$357.29	$975	-0.58
300–340	319	5	350.00–370.00	$363.24	$1,159	+13.30
360–395	375	4	365.00–377.50	$369.58	$1,386	+22.50
445	445	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,736	+65.06
505	505	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,641	+37.38
565	565	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,822	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,310	-10.00
515	515	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,494	+42.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	387.50	$387.50	$1,027	+17.50
300–335	317	3	370.00–380.00	$373.32	$1,183	-0.08
345	345	1	352.50	$352.50	$1,216	-20.90
355	355	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,349	+10.14
425	425	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,530	-2.50
460	460	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,702	±0.00
490	490	1	332.50	$332.50	$1,629	-27.50
505	505	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,666	+50.00
550–590	573	3	300.00–315.00	$308.26	$1,766	—
575–580	578	2	280.00–285.00	$282.49	$1,633	—
680	680	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,666	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–265 fancy	263	2	447.50–450.00	$448.74	$1,180	—
285	285	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,197	+24.96
315	315	1	402.50	$402.50	$1,268	+3.32
350–360	355	2	390.00–405.00	$397.61	$1,412	—
405	405	2	395.00–400.00	$397.50	$1,610	—
425 fancy	425	1	432.50	$432.50	$1,838	—
505	505	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,793	+24.99

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–280	268	2	350.00	$350.00	$938	—
300–320	310	2	330.00–355.00	$342.90	$1,063	—
350–385	368	2	330.00–337.50	$333.93	$1,229	+13.93
410	410	1	337.50	$337.50	$1,384	+17.27

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1135	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,355.00	$2,355.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
735	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,058.00	$2,058.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1500	1393	75-80%	3	135.00–142.00	$138.81	$1,934	-8.70
1450	1450	75-80%	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,465	—
1440–1885	1606	75-80%	6	153.00–164.00	$160.31	$2,575	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110	1110	80-85%	1	188.00	$188.00	$2,087	—
1060–1390	1243	80-85%	6	145.00–164.00	$154.22	$1,917	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	85-90%	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,051	—
1205–1395	1300	85-90%	2	142.00–144.00	$143.07	$1,860	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1790	1395	4	185.00–190.00	$188.32	$2,627	—
1460–2130	1800	4	162.00–179.00	$167.81	$3,021	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690	690	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00
730–975	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,436.00–1,890.00	$1,706.27

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640–690	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,001.00–1,264.00	$1,127.56
765	765	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,014.00	$1,014.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,142.00	$1,142.00
770	770	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	982.00	$982.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	961.00	$961.00
730	730	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	821.00	$821.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,780.00	$1,780.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780	780	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,112.00	$1,112.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,125.00	$2,125.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
102–180	137	12	72.50–135.00	$101.92	$140	+2.94
200–265	234	12	85.00–127.50	$97.53	$228	+1.17
325–380	353	2	70.00–75.00	$72.70	$257	+32.70
485	485	1	60.00	$60.00	$291	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	60.00	$60.00	$117	—
535	535	1	5.00	$5.00	$27	—
750	750	1	5.00	$5.00	$38	—

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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	3	215.00	$215.00	+8.00
80	80	—	—	1	190.00	$190.00	-10.00
80	80	—	—	1	70.00	$70.00	-130.00
80	80	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	310.00	$310.00	+110.00
100	100	—	—	3	230.00–260.00	$248.33	-2.67
150	150	—	—	1	255.00	$255.00	-14.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
705	705	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	155.00	$155.00	+5.00
150	150	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	675.00	$675.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	67.50	$67.50	+7.50
50	50	6	80.00–90.00	$84.58	—

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Nannies/Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	230.00	$230.00	+100.00
100–120	105	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	240.00–280.00	$270.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
33	33	3	42.50	$42.50	—
40	40	6	47.50–55.00	$52.50	—
40	40	4	50.00	$50.00	—
53–55	54	5	57.50–60.00	$58.52	-15.41
60–67	64	8	55.00–67.50	$61.59	-1.82
70–71	71	11	65.00–85.00	$80.45	+17.04
80–87	84	5	60.00–82.50	$72.74	-19.94
90	90	2	70.00	$70.00	-35.63
90	90	1	45.00	$45.00	-60.63

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	92.50	$92.50	$180	—
450	450	1	56.00	$56.00	$252	—
625–695	660	2	56.00–58.00	$57.05	$377	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	140.00	$140.00	-80.00
80	80	1	130.00	$130.00	-90.00
80	80	2	175.00–200.00	$187.50	-32.50
120	120	1	260.00	$260.00	—

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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.