Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 12, 2025

300 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $345.00/cwt -8.14 vs last sale · ≈ $2,087/hd at 605 lb · 14 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $368.87/cwt -4.38 vs last sale · ≈ $1,555/hd at 422 lb · 11 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $360.00/cwt -9.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,894/hd at 526 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	300	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361–395	370	4	390.00	$390.00	$1,443	+10.00
410–430	418	3	347.50–375.00	$357.45	$1,494	-27.55
460–495	478	2	350.00–357.50	$353.61	$1,690	+51.11
510	510	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,594	—
525–545	533	6	345.00–360.00	$356.27	$1,899	—
586	586	4	345.00	$345.00	$2,022	+32.50
595	595	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,919	+10.00
630–645	638	2	297.50–315.00	$306.15	$1,953	—
663–690	682	7	308.00–327.50	$313.41	$2,137	+8.41
705–720	708	5	295.00–300.00	$296.02	$2,096	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–388	380	4	400.00–420.00	$412.74	$1,568	+13.35
503–536	526	10	360.00	$360.00	$1,894	-9.45
605	605	14	345.00	$345.00	$2,087	-8.14

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	307.50	$307.50	$1,384	-7.66
530	530	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,696	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
203	203	3	435.00	$435.00	$883	—
310 fancy	310	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,240	—
335–345	340	4	375.00–380.00	$378.73	$1,288	+11.57
350–380	356	7	362.50–370.00	$368.86	$1,313	+2.61
405–416	414	8	362.50–365.00	$364.69	$1,510	-8.56
442 value added	442	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,680	—
550–585	568	2	330.00–340.00	$334.85	$1,902	+2.35
675 value added	675	2	302.50	$302.50	$2,042	-37.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	323	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,098	+5.23
390–395	393	2	330.00–360.00	$345.10	$1,356	—
420–435	427	3	340.00–350.00	$346.72	$1,480	+6.07
445	445	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,424	-20.65
455–470	463	4	310.00–325.00	$319.45	$1,479	-7.80
465	465	1	297.50	$297.50	$1,383	-29.75
505	505	1	292.50	$292.50	$1,477	-15.00
523–545	530	3	300.00–322.50	$314.79	$1,668	+7.29
545 value added	545	2	327.50	$327.50	$1,785	—
550–590	568	4	292.50–327.50	$311.72	$1,771	+11.80
635	635	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,905	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	340.00	$340.00	$867	+54.86
320	320	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,032	+1.29
460	460	1	302.50	$302.50	$1,392	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,121	+0.65
390	390	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,482	—
430	430	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,548	+5.46
431	431	4	390.00	$390.00	$1,681	+35.46
455–485	470	3	297.50–320.00	$310.59	$1,460	-51.52
490	490	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,666	±0.00
520	520	1	292.50	$292.50	$1,521	-13.10
535–545	540	2	317.50–320.00	$318.76	$1,721	+13.16
555–585	568	4	300.00–317.50	$307.62	$1,747	+47.62
577 value added	577	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,904	—
600–620	612	3	282.50–317.50	$298.32	$1,826	-1.68
685	685	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,952	+15.17
700	700	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,890	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	282	3	430.00	$430.00	$1,213	+6.56
315–325	318	3	400.00–425.00	$408.25	$1,298	-0.47
365	365	2	400.00–410.00	$405.00	$1,478	+5.71
473	473	3	377.50	$377.50	$1,786	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
885–1005	945	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	2,102.00–2,211.00	$2,159.96	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	378	2	312.50–345.00	$328.00	$1,240	+8.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1195	1115	80-85%	10	159.00–170.00	$162.64	$1,813	—
1040–1280	1176	80-85%	6	145.00–158.00	$153.55	$1,806	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1105	1040	85-90%	2	140.00–144.00	$142.13	$1,478	—
1080–1100	1090	85-90%	2	155.00–156.00	$155.50	$1,695	+9.41

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295	1295	75-80%	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,942	—
1545	1545	75-80%	1	178.00	$178.00	$2,750	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1855	1408	2	187.50–198.00	$194.42	$2,737	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,449.00	$1,449.00
775–1065	887	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	1,860.00–2,370.00	$2,088.79
840–1120	992	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,979.00–2,296.00	$2,160.91

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–890	870	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,233.00–1,246.00	$1,239.65

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1285	1285	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,030.00	$2,030.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
620	620	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	868.00	$868.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1195	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,210.00	$2,210.00
1235	1235	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,175.00	$2,175.00
1300–1350	1325	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,375.00–2,400.00	$2,387.26

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,839.00	$1,839.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
143–185	163	4	87.50–97.50	$90.26	$147	+12.76
250–278	271	6	85.00–90.00	$87.93	$238	-2.07
308–320	312	3	70.00–80.00	$73.42	$229	-2.45

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–30	27	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	7	30.00–52.50	$40.36	-22.85
50	50	—	—	2	50.00–80.00	$65.00	-70.00
60	60	—	—	1	90.00	$90.00	-45.00
60	60	—	—	1	85.00	$85.00	-50.00
70	70	—	—	2	110.00–130.00	$120.00	-25.00
70	70	—	—	1	140.00	$140.00	-5.00
80	80	—	—	2	150.00–175.00	$162.50	-37.50
100	100	—	—	1	122.50	$122.50	-142.50
100–130	114	—	—	5	225.00–260.00	$235.00	-30.00
150	150	—	—	1	330.00	$330.00	+60.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

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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	120.00	$120.00	±0.00
60	60	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	115.00	$115.00	-5.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	270.00	$270.00	+70.00

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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	22.50	$22.50	-41.00
20–30	28	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	4	40.00–90.00	$55.63	+24.80
50	50	—	—	1	62.50	$62.50	±0.00
50	50	—	—	1	110.00	$110.00	+47.50
50	50	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	2	120.00–135.00	$127.50	+65.00
60	60	—	—	3	110.00–120.00	$116.67	-63.33
60	60	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	97.50	$97.50	-82.50
60	60	—	—	1	115.00	$115.00	-65.00
60	60	—	—	2	40.00–80.00	$60.00	-120.00
80	80	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	90.00	$90.00	-105.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	130.00–160.00	$151.25	-43.75
80	80	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	265.00	$265.00	+70.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	100.00	$100.00	-95.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	70.00–100.00	$85.00	-110.00
80	80	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	105.00	$105.00	-90.00
100	100	—	—	3	120.00–145.00	$135.00	-135.00
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	120.00	$120.00	-150.00
100–120	110	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	140.00–180.00	$160.00	-110.00
120	120	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-170.00
120	120	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	140.00	$140.00	-130.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	47.50	$47.50	+7.50
83–85	84	9	57.50–87.50	$79.36	+29.36

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	65.00	$65.00	$315	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	180.00	$180.00	-80.00
100–120	110	2	265.00–310.00	$287.50	—

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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.