Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 26, 2025

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	368	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,218	—
335–340	338	2	417.50–420.00	$418.74	$1,415	+3.48
395	395	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,580	-5.95
524–540	527	6	380.00–390.00	$388.29	$2,046	+28.29
635	635	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,350	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–385	382	3	380.00–385.00	$381.68	$1,458	-8.32
420	420	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,659	+65.24
480	480	1	352.50	$352.50	$1,692	+5.05
480	480	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,824	+32.55
550–575	563	2	345.00–350.00	$347.56	$1,957	—
630–645	638	2	297.50–330.00	$313.94	$2,003	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	350.00	$350.00	$858	—
345	345	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,242	—
360–395	378	3	355.00–370.00	$360.89	$1,364	—
400–445	422	3	347.50–377.50	$361.97	$1,528	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	380.00	$380.00	$836	—
340	340	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,207	-10.08
350–370	360	2	340.00–360.00	$349.72	$1,259	+2.99
355–385	371	6	365.00–370.00	$368.76	$1,368	+22.03
400–440	420	7	350.00–370.00	$359.50	$1,510	+3.77
415–425	420	2	332.50–347.50	$339.91	$1,428	-15.82
450–480	472	7	330.00–347.50	$340.70	$1,608	+50.66
515	515	1	317.50	$317.50	$1,635	+1.14
530	530	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,802	+51.43
570–590	580	2	300.00–310.00	$304.91	$1,768	-14.25
605–615	610	2	292.50–297.50	$294.98	$1,799	+3.27
696	696	5	287.50	$287.50	$2,001	—
738	738	3	275.00	$275.00	$2,030	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	400.00	$400.00	$880	-30.00
230 fancy	230	1	430.00	$430.00	$989	—
290 fancy	290	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,218	±0.00
305–345	326	7	380.00–400.00	$395.78	$1,290	—
365	365	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,442	+14.61
450	450	3	360.00–362.50	$361.67	$1,628	-8.33
535	535	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,872	+20.00
568	568	5	356.00	$356.00	$2,022	—
663	663	2	335.00	$335.00	$2,221	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	310.00	$310.00	$682	—
270	270	1	330.00	$330.00	$891	—
370–385	375	3	305.00–330.00	$318.16	$1,193	+2.43
400	400	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,320	+10.76
455	455	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,365	-6.59

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200 fancy	200	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,010	—
220–235	228	2	440.00–455.00	$447.25	$1,020	+17.25
280 fancy	280	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,288	+20.00
250–295	282	7	420.00–440.00	$428.92	$1,210	—
300–335	318	5	400.00–425.00	$411.15	$1,307	+6.80
350–380	364	4	400.00–425.00	$409.04	$1,489	+8.72
403	403	3	407.50	$407.50	$1,642	+7.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,140	—
360	360	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,404	+11.86
410–440	425	3	340.00–365.00	$351.96	$1,496	-28.04
430–440	435	2	367.50–380.00	$373.68	$1,626	-6.32
460–495	478	2	342.50–350.00	$346.11	$1,654	+1.11
510	510	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,734	+12.25
545	545	3	352.50	$352.50	$1,921	+24.75
550–585	564	6	320.00–347.50	$333.63	$1,882	+33.07
575–580	578	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,734	-0.56
620–630	625	2	302.50–317.50	$310.06	$1,938	+26.68

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	367.50	$367.50	$1,415	+54.74
515	515	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,545	+20.00
550–585	570	5	295.00–310.00	$303.91	$1,732	—
675	675	1	282.50	$282.50	$1,907	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1520	1520	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	4,050.00	$4,050.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1310	1206	80-85%	4	140.00–154.00	$147.75	$1,782	—
925–1390	1230	80-85%	13	155.00–170.00	$162.27	$1,996	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1160	938	85-90%	3	103.00–139.00	$125.75	$1,180	—
815–1395	1078	85-90%	4	144.00–156.00	$149.69	$1,614	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1695	1425	75-80%	4	146.00–155.00	$150.07	$2,138	—
1335–1630	1513	75-80%	3	165.00–175.00	$170.26	$2,576	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1725	1478	2	160.00–163.00	$161.25	$2,383	—
1200–1825	1518	3	187.00–210.00	$200.33	$3,041	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	2,200.00	$2,200.00
965–1085	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,809.00–2,170.00	$2,000.07

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,394.00	$2,394.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	867.00	$867.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	748.00	$748.00

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Bred Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110–185	140	11	95.00–110.00	$100.69	$141	+14.02
215	215	1	85.00	$85.00	$183	-25.00
200–285	231	16	90.00–117.50	$101.15	$234	-8.85

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125–175	150	2	65.00–70.00	$67.08	$101	—

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	65.00	$65.00	+18.75
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	3	60.00	$60.00	+13.75
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	47.50–50.00	$48.75	+2.50
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	3	107.50–140.00	$122.50	+2.50
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	50.00	$50.00	-70.00
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	3	60.00–67.50	$65.00	-55.00
50	50	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	-40.00
60	60	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	150.00	$150.00	-20.00
70	70	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	-75.00
80	80	—	—	2	95.00–102.50	$98.75	-56.25
80	80	—	—	1	105.00	$105.00	-50.00
100	100	—	—	2	150.00–170.00	$160.00	+10.00
100	100	—	—	1	70.00	$70.00	-80.00

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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
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,875.00	$2,875.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	4	80.00–120.00	$97.50	-35.00
60	60	1	95.00	$95.00	-37.50
60	60	1	62.50	$62.50	-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
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	2	120.00	$120.00	+70.00
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	62.50	$62.50	+12.50
80	80	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	+40.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	62.50–80.00	$71.25	-8.75
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	125.00–140.00	$135.00	+55.00
80	80	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	+70.00
80	80	—	—	1	90.00	$90.00	+10.00
80	80	—	—	2	90.00–120.00	$105.00	+25.00
100	100	—	—	1	85.00	$85.00	+5.00
100–130	110	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	185.00–220.00	$200.00	+8.33
120	120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	152.50	$152.50	-65.00
100–130	124	—	—	7	175.00–225.00	$205.00	-12.50
150	150	—	—	2	245.00–265.00	$255.00	+5.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	30.00	$30.00	—
30–35	32	26	20.00–35.00	$28.53	—
40	40	9	42.50–45.00	$43.89	—
50–58	52	9	52.50–77.50	$58.72	+8.72
60–68	65	7	60.00–62.50	$61.50	-13.50
70	70	2	72.50	$72.50	-2.50
80	80	1	75.00	$75.00	±0.00
80–82	81	3	85.00–87.50	$86.68	+11.68
95	95	1	92.50	$92.50	+17.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155	155	2	60.00	$60.00	$93	—
190	190	1	71.00	$71.00	$135	—
208–240	219	3	47.50–57.50	$53.84	$118	—
380	380	1	62.00	$62.00	$236	—
530	530	1	65.00	$65.00	$344	—
605	605	1	65.00	$65.00	$393	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	60.00	$60.00	-32.50
50	50	3	140.00	$140.00	+47.50
60	60	1	67.50	$67.50	-25.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	185.00	$185.00	-33.75
80	80	6	170.00–200.00	$183.33	-35.42
80	80	2	102.50–110.00	$106.25	-112.50

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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.