Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report, Darlington, SC

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, July 8, 2025

315 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $298.49/cwt -0.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,579/hd at 529 lb · 12 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $315.29/cwt +2.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,468/hd at 465 lb · 11 head

light 6-weight M&L 2 bulls $268.37/cwt +18.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,660/hd at 619 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	315	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,645	+45.00
685	685	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,815	-27.50
726 value added	726	6	287.00	$287.00	$2,084	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541 value added	541	4	362.50	$362.50	$1,961	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	2	277.50	$277.50	$896	—
350	350	1	285.00	$285.00	$998	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	335.00	$335.00	$804	—
281	281	8	340.00	$340.00	$955	±0.00
320	320	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,056	+33.34
345	345	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,018	-1.66
355–390	368	3	320.00–330.00	$324.06	$1,193	+17.86
425–445	433	4	290.00–297.50	$294.33	$1,274	+10.31
440	440	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,408	+35.98
460–480	467	3	320.00–322.50	$320.86	$1,498	+40.86
470–490	477	6	270.00–290.00	$284.25	$1,356	+4.25
520–540	529	12	280.00–307.50	$298.49	$1,579	+18.49
580	580	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,798	+62.50
590	590	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,578	+20.00
695	695	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,668	±0.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235 fancy	235	1	390.00	$390.00	$916	—
335	335	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,156	—
350–385	365	4	345.00–370.00	$355.22	$1,297	—
535	535	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,685	+10.00
550–580	565	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,808	—
610–620	615	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,845	-2.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,037	—
350–360	355	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,207	+0.40
395	395	1	302.50	$302.50	$1,195	-37.10
400–415	403	5	332.50–350.00	$346.40	$1,396	-3.60
410–435	420	3	285.00–315.00	$294.88	$1,238	-55.12
453–490	463	10	300.00–335.00	$318.32	$1,474	+0.35
490	490	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,396	-5.16
520–532	527	5	300.00–317.49	$306.90	$1,617	+53.15
565–575	572	5	265.00–277.50	$273.52	$1,565	+17.22
550–588	578	4	290.00–310.00	$299.82	$1,733	+43.52
600–635	618	9	260.00–280.00	$269.58	$1,666	+19.58
625	625	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,609	+7.50
650–655	653	2	270.00–280.00	$274.98	$1,796	+14.98
680–695	688	2	240.00–245.00	$242.53	$1,669	-17.47
708–735	717	3	255.00–265.00	$261.58	$1,876	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	335.00	$335.00	$904	—
315–345	329	4	302.50–315.00	$309.84	$1,019	-0.16
355–385	375	3	295.00–320.00	$310.40	$1,164	—
400–440	427	3	300.00–320.00	$306.88	$1,310	-23.12
520–545	532	3	250.00–270.00	$258.18	$1,374	—
570	570	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,425	—
610	610	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,479	—
675–682	681	6	235.00–255.00	$238.30	$1,623	—
710–720	715	3	235.00–247.50	$239.98	$1,716	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230 fancy	214	4	420.00–437.50	$426.78	$913	—
215	215	1	420.00	$420.00	$903	—
265	265	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,060	—
325	325	2	402.50	$402.50	$1,308	—
480	480	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,680	—
500–525	513	2	325.00–335.00	$330.12	$1,694	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1285	1285	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,262.00	$2,262.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–980	875	85-90%	3	110.00–130.00	$118.09	$1,033	+42.09
865–990	938	85-90%	4	144.00–152.50	$149.20	$1,399	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1045	1000	80-85%	2	168.00–170.00	$168.96	$1,690	—
995–1160	1078	80-85%	2	177.50–178.00	$177.77	$1,916	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1610	1610	75-80%	1	145.00	$145.00	$2,334	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1300	1184	5	155.00–170.00	$163.13	$1,931	-6.87
955–1705	1231	11	174.00–194.00	$180.96	$2,228	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–870	756	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	1,609.00–1,871.00	$1,725.19
785–835	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,359.00–1,766.00	$1,556.22

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,114.00	$1,114.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
615	615	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	584.00	$584.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
108–195	162	12	67.50–97.50	$74.60	$121	—
213–240	229	13	77.50–80.00	$79.30	$182	-11.08
610	610	1	62.50	$62.50	$381	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	7.50	$7.50	$25	—
430	430	1	5.00	$5.00	$22	—

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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	190.00	$190.00	+145.00
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	60.00	$60.00	+15.00
50	50	—	—	1	160.00	$160.00	+115.00
60–70	67	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	3	150.00–170.00	$163.33	+88.33
60–70	67	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	3	185.00–205.00	$196.67	+121.67
70	70	—	—	1	140.00	$140.00	+65.00
80	80	—	—	2	165.00–180.00	$172.50	-27.50
80	80	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	180.00	$180.00	-20.00
80	80	—	—	3	125.00–130.00	$128.33	-71.67
100	100	—	—	1	140.00	$140.00	+40.00
100–120	110	—	—	4	210.00–270.00	$242.50	+46.25
150	150	—	—	2	295.00–400.00	$347.50	+147.50

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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	1	175.00	$175.00	-15.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	40.00	$40.00	-5.00
20	20	1	60.00	$60.00	+15.00
30	30	2	37.50	$37.50	-7.50
30	30	1	40.00	$40.00	-5.00
40	40	4	50.00–60.00	$53.75	+8.75
40	40	1	127.50	$127.50	+82.50
40	40	2	80.00	$80.00	+35.00
50	50	1	75.00	$75.00	-30.00
50	50	1	50.00	$50.00	-55.00
50	50	2	105.00–117.50	$111.25	+6.25
60	60	2	115.00–117.50	$116.25	+11.25
70	70	1	125.00	$125.00	+20.00

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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	1	72.50	$72.50	+10.00
60–70	67	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	120.00–140.00	$133.33	+48.33
80	80	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	150.00	$150.00	+55.00
80	80	—	—	1	130.00	$130.00	+35.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	87.50	$87.50	-7.50
80	80	—	—	1	70.00	$70.00	-25.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	140.00–150.00	$143.33	+48.33

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70–75	72	6	75.00–77.50	$76.63	-39.84
90	90	2	67.50	$67.50	-32.02
92	92	6	80.00	$80.00	-19.52

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–395	385	2	55.00–62.00	$58.41	$225	—
460	460	1	65.00	$65.00	$299	—
510–585	551	4	55.00–60.00	$58.84	$324	—
595	595	1	35.00	$35.00	$208	—
765	765	1	59.00	$59.00	$451	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	1	130.00	$130.00	—
50	50	2	107.50	$107.50	—
50	50	2	35.00–47.50	$41.25	—
60	60	2	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	2	180.00–190.00	$185.00	+10.00

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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.