Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 28, 2026

348 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $406.52/cwt -8.23 vs last sale · ≈ $1,923/hd at 473 lb · 20 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $359.17/cwt -15.83 vs last sale · ≈ $2,636/hd at 734 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	348	438	375
Feeder cattle	215	300	211
Slaughter cattle	27	32	70
Replacement cattle	12	7	18

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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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	565.00	$565.00	$1,300	—
350	350	1	515.00	$515.00	$1,802	—
430 value added	430	2	525.00	$525.00	$2,258	—
585	585	1	445.00	$445.00	$2,603	—
670–694	691	9	340.00–353.00	$350.71	$2,423	-29.29
710–735	734	19	325.00–361.00	$359.17	$2,636	-15.83
840	840	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,688	—
850	850	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,635	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	450.00	$450.00	$2,002	+10.00
505	505	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,020	-46.71
735	735	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,690	-70.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–230	218	2	500.00–510.00	$504.71	$1,100	—
250–295	278	4	420.00–470.00	$448.47	$1,247	—
315–345	328	3	400.00–450.00	$427.41	$1,402	-12.59
360–390	370	3	400.00–445.00	$415.81	$1,538	-18.23
405–420	410	3	400.00–420.00	$413.17	$1,694	+23.17
461–490	473	20	400.00–412.50	$406.52	$1,923	-13.18
505–545	520	3	310.00–350.00	$336.03	$1,747	-37.50
590–595	593	2	300.00–330.00	$314.94	$1,868	-5.06
705	705	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,622	-70.00
765	765	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,817	—
815 value added	815	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,119	—
890	890	2	262.00	$262.00	$2,332	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	2	530.00–580.00	$555.00	$1,193	+16.32
265	265	1	590.00	$590.00	$1,564	+54.81
315–335	327	3	460.00–480.00	$466.43	$1,525	+6.43
405	405	2	430.00–445.00	$437.50	$1,772	-32.50
505–510	508	2	395.00–400.00	$397.49	$2,019	—
724 value added	724	9	309.00	$309.00	$2,237	—
791	791	7	292.50	$292.50	$2,314	—
888	888	2	280.00	$280.00	$2,486	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	400.00	$400.00	$920	—
300–320	310	4	350.00–365.00	$354.86	$1,100	+4.86
395	395	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,382	-26.46
410	410	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,353	-62.03
480	480	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,332	-115.03
540	540	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,566	-49.71
750	750	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,212	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	435.00	$435.00	$892	—
345	345	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,449	-25.00
360–392	382	8	400.00–480.00	$431.36	$1,648	-48.64
415	415	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,660	-75.20
410–445	431	4	405.00–460.00	$431.58	$1,860	+31.58
450–470	459	5	420.00–460.00	$437.15	$2,007	+13.82
520–525	523	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,830	-79.33
570–595	583	2	360.00–375.00	$367.34	$2,142	-45.66
608–635	615	4	300.00–330.00	$307.75	$1,893	-56.73
645	645	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,806	-60.00
675–690	680	3	300.00–330.00	$316.76	$2,154	-24.68
700	700	3	283.00	$283.00	$1,981	-49.55

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–235	228	2	600.00–605.00	$602.42	$1,374	+2.42
265–275	268	3	550.00–605.00	$568.11	$1,523	-4.58
320–345	333	2	545.00–555.00	$549.81	$1,831	+19.83
360–365	362	3	500.00	$500.00	$1,810	-25.00
550–560	555	4	380.00–440.00	$398.65	$2,213	—
605	605	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,238	—
720	720	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,304	—
920	920	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,668	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	300.00	$300.00	$930	—
365–380	372	3	330.00–380.00	$362.96	$1,350	—
405–445	425	4	350.00–380.00	$372.15	$1,582	-47.85
455–495	480	6	350.00–380.00	$368.39	$1,768	-36.56
535	535	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,712	-14.72
675–680	678	2	250.00–290.00	$270.07	$1,831	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,910.00	$1,910.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1310	1047	80-85%	7	140.00–160.00	$150.56	$1,576	—
1055	1055	80-85%	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,815	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1300	1240	75-80%	4	169.00–176.00	$171.96	$2,132	—
1475–1640	1558	75-80%	2	150.00–158.00	$154.21	$2,403	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1155	1143	85-90%	2	142.00–152.00	$146.95	$1,680	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1255	1193	2	180.00–186.00	$183.16	$2,185	—
1320	1320	1	174.00	$174.00	$2,297	—
1980	1980	1	211.00	$211.00	$4,178	+39.00

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1285	1285	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,429.00	$2,429.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,864.00	$1,864.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685	685	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,404.00	$1,404.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1335	1335	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,075.00	$2,075.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,496.00	$1,496.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
140–150	143	3	60.00–75.00	$65.23	$93	+12.73
110–183	145	8	10.00–20.00	$16.86	$24	-35.64
135–180	161	5	80.00–88.00	$83.60	$135	—
205–220	215	3	83.00	$83.00	$178	-10.56
300	300	1	60.00	$60.00	$180	—
365	365	3	48.00	$48.00	$175	-12.00

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
130–180	147	3	20.00	$20.00	$29	-24.68
170	170	1	33.00	$33.00	$56	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	8	55.00–65.00	$57.50	+2.50
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	6	110.00–130.00	$116.67	-3.89
50	50	—	—	1	185.00	$185.00	+120.00
60	60	—	—	1	155.00	$155.00	+90.00
70	70	—	—	2	170.00–185.00	$177.50	+37.50
100–120	110	—	—	4	255.00–300.00	$281.25	+33.12
100–140	113	—	—	4	180.00–230.00	$206.25	-41.88
180	180	—	—	2	370.00–375.00	$372.50	—
200	200	—	—	2	370.00–385.00	$377.50	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785	785	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	1	105.00	$105.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	110.00	$110.00	-10.00
60	60	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	150.00	$150.00	+30.00
80	80	—	—	1	155.00	$155.00	+67.50
100	100	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	140.00	$140.00	-140.00
120	120	—	—	1	140.00	$140.00	-140.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	3	30.00	$30.00	-42.50
50	50	4	42.50	$42.50	-30.00
60	60	4	55.00	$55.00	-17.50
70–75	72	10	60.00–75.00	$68.32	-4.18
95	95	1	25.00	$25.00	-31.88
95	95	1	85.00	$85.00	+28.12

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	290	2	30.00–36.00	$33.05	$96	—
455	455	1	55.00	$55.00	$250	—
635	635	1	59.00	$59.00	$375	—

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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.