Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, July 22, 2025

256 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $312.89/cwt +17.92 vs last sale · ≈ $1,340/hd at 428 lb · 14 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $302.72/cwt +12.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,395/hd at 461 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	256	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	357.50	$357.50	$1,591	—
475	475	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,520	-30.00
470–490	477	3	350.00–355.00	$353.29	$1,685	+3.29
520	520	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,664	+20.00
530	530	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,802	+40.00
575	575	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,898	+2.50
600–640	620	2	322.50–325.00	$323.79	$2,007	+53.79

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–480	478	2	310.00–320.00	$315.03	$1,506	+35.03
518	518	3	310.00	$310.00	$1,606	—
698	698	4	260.00	$260.00	$1,815	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	397.50	$397.50	$1,630	+7.53
462	462	5	390.00	$390.00	$1,802	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,015	+5.00
300	300	1	312.50	$312.50	$938	-13.94
410–448	427	13	300.00–320.00	$314.65	$1,344	+19.68
445	445	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,290	-4.97
450–458	455	11	290.00–317.50	$308.21	$1,402	+17.69
493	493	2	272.50	$272.50	$1,343	-18.02
515	515	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,313	-32.48
503–540	522	5	280.00–310.00	$301.78	$1,575	+14.30
560	560	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,498	—
585–598	589	6	280.00–310.00	$294.89	$1,737	—
610	610	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,586	—
615–625	620	2	285.00–295.00	$289.96	$1,798	—
665	665	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,762	-7.85
650–695	673	2	250.00–257.50	$253.88	$1,709	+8.88
715	715	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,859	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	380.00	$380.00	$912	—
245 fancy	245	2	420.00–435.00	$427.50	$1,047	—
419	419	6	352.50	$352.50	$1,477	—
530	530	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,749	+5.00
662	662	7	295.00	$295.00	$1,953	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–390	383	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,149	—
410	410	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,128	+25.00
485	485	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,358	—
500–543	532	4	240.00–260.00	$244.70	$1,302	—
647	647	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,488	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–280	275	2	415.00–430.00	$422.36	$1,161	+27.27
300–325	310	3	390.00–405.00	$398.33	$1,235	+4.83
350–373	364	4	395.00–402.50	$399.36	$1,454	+34.36
400–410	405	2	390.00–395.00	$392.53	$1,590	—
505	505	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,818	—
559	559	5	345.00	$345.00	$1,929	—
618	618	2	323.00	$323.00	$1,996	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–395	385	2	370.00–382.50	$376.09	$1,448	+28.10
466–480	471	6	360.00–362.50	$361.65	$1,703	+14.23
505	505	1	342.50	$342.50	$1,730	—
515–530	525	3	282.50–295.00	$289.11	$1,518	—
570–591	587	5	310.00–329.00	$313.69	$1,841	+36.26
675	675	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,924	+10.15

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,088	+55.00
410	410	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,312	+2.50
450–498	483	4	300.00–320.00	$309.82	$1,496	+7.32
540	540	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,458	-2.50
660	660	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,650	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
845	845	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
995	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,114.00	$2,114.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1110	1060	80-85%	2	145.00–147.00	$146.05	$1,548	—
990–1200	1094	80-85%	8	150.00–161.00	$154.43	$1,689	—
1230	1230	80-85%	1	182.00	$182.00	$2,239	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1020	975	85-90%	3	146.00–153.00	$149.07	$1,453	+22.07
1170	1170	85-90%	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,650	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525	1525	75-80%	1	154.00	$154.00	$2,348	-15.29
1755	1755	75-80%	1	130.00	$130.00	$2,282	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040	1040	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,664	—
1165–1870	1518	3	174.00–189.00	$183.93	$2,792	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–890	868	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,535.00–1,925.00	$1,724.94

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,712.00	$1,712.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,511.00	$1,511.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655	655	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	933.00	$933.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00
1020	1020	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690	690	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–570	543	2	5.00–8.00	$6.42	$35	—

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	12.50	$12.50	-41.04
20	20	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	7	20.00–32.50	$25.00	-28.54
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	30.00	$30.00	-12.50
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	3	47.50–52.50	$49.17	+6.67
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	60.00	$60.00	-6.50
50	50	—	—	1	65.00	$65.00	-7.50
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	40.00	$40.00	-32.50
50	50	—	—	3	72.50–80.00	$75.00	+2.50
50	50	—	—	1	170.00	$170.00	+97.50
60	60	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-17.50
70	70	—	—	1	90.00	$90.00	-27.50
80	80	—	—	1	130.00	$130.00	-35.00
80	80	—	—	2	150.00–160.00	$155.00	-10.00
100–120	110	—	—	2	140.00–175.00	$157.50	+2.50
100–130	115	—	—	2	200.00–260.00	$230.00	+75.00
150	150	—	—	1	285.00	$285.00	-5.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600	600	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	100.00	$100.00	+7.50
50	50	4	70.00–75.00	$72.50	-20.00
60	60	1	145.00	$145.00	+52.50

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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	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	10.00	$10.00	-150.00
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	2	35.00	$35.00	-125.00
40–50	48	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	6	37.50–100.00	$65.42	-94.58
50	50	—	—	3	87.50–90.00	$88.33	-36.67
70	70	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	2	170.00	$170.00	±0.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	140.00	$140.00	-60.00
80	80	—	—	1	75.00	$75.00	-125.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
22–25	23	10	35.00–37.50	$36.68	+6.68

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	50.00	$50.00	$142	—
455	455	1	50.00	$50.00	$228	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	90.00	$90.00	—
80	80	4	170.00–200.00	$186.88	—
100	100	2	200.00–225.00	$212.50	—

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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.