Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 21, 2025

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 bulls $406.16/cwt -34.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,531/hd at 377 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	272	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	405.00	$405.00	$932	—
395	395	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,580	—
410–425	418	2	410.00–420.00	$414.91	$1,734	—
535	535	4	380.00	$380.00	$2,033	—
600	600	3	348.00	$348.00	$2,088	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,892	—
535	535	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,006	+25.00
583–595	587	3	350.00–352.50	$351.66	$2,064	+12.47
635	635	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,778	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,095	—
450	450	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,395	-45.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,045	-10.00
315–345	330	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,254	+0.71
355–375	362	3	350.00–360.00	$353.46	$1,280	-9.04
410–445	432	6	350.00–365.00	$357.92	$1,546	+2.17
455–485	464	4	330.00–345.00	$337.39	$1,565	-12.61
485	485	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,552	-30.00
500–543	523	4	310.00	$310.00	$1,621	-5.96
520–530	523	3	320.00–332.50	$328.28	$1,717	+12.32
550–595	573	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,834	—
575	575	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,782	—
620–645	628	3	287.50–290.00	$289.18	$1,816	-5.82

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–275	268	2	350.00	$350.00	$938	±0.00
300–345	327	5	330.00–350.00	$333.67	$1,091	—
351–365	355	5	307.50–335.00	$326.34	$1,159	+1.34
425–445	433	4	320.00–340.00	$324.91	$1,407	-5.09
485–498	494	3	310.00–315.00	$313.36	$1,548	+6.79
555	555	1	287.50	$287.50	$1,596	+17.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	405.00	$405.00	$810	—
320	320	4	390.00	$390.00	$1,248	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	387.50	$387.50	$833	—
325	325	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,284	-2.50
340	340	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,275	-22.50
350	350	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,295	-19.47
390	390	1	397.50	$397.50	$1,550	+8.03
440–448	443	6	380.00–397.50	$391.60	$1,735	+0.36
490–495	493	2	365.00–375.00	$369.97	$1,824	-15.15
495	495	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,708	-40.12
530–535	533	2	330.00–360.00	$345.07	$1,839	+16.31
555–590	570	5	320.00–330.00	$325.88	$1,858	-1.59
625	625	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,781	-26.21
647	647	3	320.00	$320.00	$2,070	+8.79
665–675	670	3	292.50–315.00	$302.48	$2,027	+17.48

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	420.00	$420.00	$882	-40.00
270–287	283	4	400.00	$400.00	$1,132	-30.00
330–348	341	5	400.00–417.50	$408.53	$1,393	-19.31
355–395	377	10	400.00–420.00	$406.16	$1,531	-34.69
405–435	420	2	400.00–410.00	$404.82	$1,700	-32.68
450	450	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,778	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,122	—
405	405	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,336	—
540	540	2	310.00–325.00	$317.50	$1,714	-2.50
585	585	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,638	+10.00
600	600	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,590	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
840–1110	975	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	2,016.00–2,650.00	$2,376.89	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
815	815	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,997.00	$1,997.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1240	1044	80-85%	8	132.50–146.00	$141.56	$1,478	—
840–1330	1126	80-85%	4	150.00–163.00	$156.95	$1,767	+18.22

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–975	935	85-90%	2	134.00–137.00	$135.56	$1,267	+20.48
810–1240	1009	85-90%	5	110.00–130.00	$118.58	$1,196	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1380	1345	75-80%	2	144.00–148.00	$146.05	$1,964	—
1335–1560	1448	75-80%	2	151.00–161.00	$156.39	$2,265	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1590	1345	5	150.00–179.00	$162.73	$2,189	—
870–1905	1418	5	182.50–186.00	$184.26	$2,613	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600–795	697	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	747.00–954.01	$831.52

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,127.00	$1,127.00
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,794.00	$1,794.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,177.00	$1,177.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1230	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00
1330	1330	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715	715	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–120	111	5	92.50–100.00	$95.33	$106	—
210–295	253	5	80.00–96.00	$86.87	$220	—
290	290	1	72.50	$72.50	$210	—
330	330	1	73.00	$73.00	$241	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
100–115	108	2	70.00	$70.00	$76	-5.00
130	130	1	82.50	$82.50	$107	+7.50
385	385	1	6.00	$6.00	$23	—
435	435	1	10.00	$10.00	$44	+7.00
515	515	1	10.00	$10.00	$52	—
700	700	1	8.00	$8.00	$56	—

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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	—	—	3	80.00	$80.00	-100.00
60	60	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-80.00
70	70	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-70.00
70	70	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	175.00	$175.00	+5.00
80	80	—	—	4	180.00–200.00	$187.50	+17.50
100	100	—	—	2	160.00–210.00	$185.00	+55.00
100	100	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-30.00
150	150	—	—	3	240.00–270.00	$253.33	+23.33

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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
810	810	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00	—
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

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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	100.00	$100.00	—
50	50	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	132.50	$132.50	—
50	50	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	85.00	$85.00	—
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	2	50.00–52.50	$51.25	—
70	70	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	70.00	$70.00	—
80	80	—	—	2	130.00	$130.00	—
80	80	—	—	2	140.00–150.00	$145.00	—
80	80	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	4	160.00–175.00	$163.75	—
80	80	—	—	5	50.00–110.00	$94.00	—
100	100	—	—	2	100.00–110.00	$105.00	—
100	100	—	—	1	165.00	$165.00	—
100	100	—	—	3	130.00–140.00	$135.00	—
100–120	110	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	2	150.00–175.00	$162.50	—
100–130	113	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	195.00–240.00	$208.75	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
37	37	2	20.00	$20.00	+2.50
65	65	1	45.00	$45.00	-25.00
65	65	1	25.00	$25.00	-45.00
80–85	83	2	75.00–87.50	$81.44	+6.44

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	40.00	$40.00	$148	—
445	445	1	70.00	$70.00	$312	—
620	620	1	100.00	$100.00	$620	—
755	755	1	60.00	$60.00	$453	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	100.00	$100.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	5	195.00–225.00	$217.00	—
120	120	1	170.00	$170.00	—

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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.