Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, June 23, 2026

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	335	249	348
Feeder cattle	130	138	154
Slaughter cattle	22	33	51
Replacement cattle	4	16	28

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of 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
245	245	1	520.00	$520.00	$1,274	—
335	335	2	530.00	$530.00	$1,776	—
483	483	2	450.00	$450.00	$2,174	±0.00
568	568	3	455.00	$455.00	$2,584	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,716	—
408–420	411	4	420.00–450.00	$442.34	$1,818	-7.66
455	455	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,752	-37.27

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,418	—
425	425	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,721	-5.00
475	475	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,781	—
575	575	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,984	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–240 fancy	223	2	600.00	$600.00	$1,338	—
240	240	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,200	—
310–320	318	5	420.00–435.00	$432.08	$1,374	—
363–376	372	6	440.00	$440.00	$1,637	+10.00
410	410	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,640	—
450–463	455	5	395.00–405.00	$399.07	$1,816	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	285	5	380.00–400.00	$394.04	$1,123	—
305	305	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,220	+65.00
380	380	3	390.00	$390.00	$1,482	+55.60
410	410	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,620	+3.06
490	490	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,911	+4.00
505	505	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,616	-42.41
500–535	515	6	340.00–355.00	$348.28	$1,794	-14.13
630	630	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,984	-15.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	2	315.00–330.00	$322.50	$1,177	—
465–495	482	5	320.00–350.00	$330.10	$1,591	-29.90

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	370	2	435.00–450.00	$442.09	$1,636	+2.09
400–425	413	2	430.00–435.00	$432.42	$1,786	+13.70
450–475	466	4	410.00–430.00	$417.53	$1,946	+13.77
505–520	513	2	365.00–375.00	$370.07	$1,898	-8.32
545	545	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,771	-53.39
550	550	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,870	-9.82
575–595	585	2	355.00–360.00	$357.54	$2,092	+7.72
620–630	625	2	335.00–345.00	$339.96	$2,125	-5.08
650–665	658	2	320.00–335.00	$327.41	$2,154	+2.41
770	770	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,272	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	600.00	$600.00	$1,260	-10.00
260–295	274	6	520.00–540.00	$533.34	$1,461	+43.34
305	305	1	520.00	$520.00	$1,586	+20.00
505	505	2	410.00	$410.00	$2,070	+7.45
570	570	1	415.00	$415.00	$2,366	+16.26

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–270	257	3	400.00–450.00	$427.60	$1,099	—
390	390	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,599	+35.00
430	430	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,806	+40.00
545	545	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,935	-5.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1160	1055	80-85%	3	173.00–190.00	$181.48	$1,915	+11.91
1255–1275	1265	80-85%	2	169.00–170.00	$169.50	$2,144	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1205	1113	85-90%	2	168.00–170.00	$169.08	$1,882	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1790	1580	75-80%	2	166.00–169.00	$167.70	$2,650	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1500	1390	2	172.00–179.00	$175.78	$2,443	—
1250–2175	1648	9	186.00–220.00	$201.61	$3,323	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,352.00	$1,352.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,420.00	$1,420.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110–195	143	29	80.00–95.00	$88.74	$127	-3.37
203–293	246	17	65.00–87.50	$76.15	$187	-43.63
305–390	348	2	62.50–65.00	$63.90	$222	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	12.50	$12.50	$22	—
228	228	2	45.00	$45.00	$103	—

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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	3	40.00–45.00	$43.33	+20.00
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	5	50.00–75.00	$62.00	+38.67
50	50	—	—	3	140.00–149.99	$143.33	+8.33
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	3	85.00–100.00	$90.00	-45.00
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	80.00	$80.00	-55.00
50	50	—	—	2	100.00	$100.00	-35.00
60	60	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	150.00	$150.00	+15.00
60	60	—	—	1	65.00	$65.00	-70.00
60	60	—	—	1	135.00	$135.00	±0.00
60	60	—	—	4	160.00–195.00	$177.50	+42.50
60	60	—	—	1	115.00	$115.00	-20.00
70	70	—	—	2	130.00–140.00	$135.00	±0.00
70	70	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	+15.00
80	80	—	—	4	185.00–230.00	$211.25	+66.25
80	80	—	—	1	135.00	$135.00	-10.00
100–120	107	—	—	3	170.00–210.00	$196.67	-40.00
120–130	123	—	—	3	240.00–285.00	$265.00	+28.33
150–170	154	—	—	5	300.00–380.00	$336.00	+31.00

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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
1395	1395	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	180.00	$180.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	150.00	$150.00	—
60	60	1	160.00	$160.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–30	25	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	6	60.00–95.00	$71.67	—
40–50	45	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	2	95.00–105.00	$100.00	—
50	50	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	65.00	$65.00	-95.00
50	50	—	—	2	120.00	$120.00	-40.00
60	60	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	65.00	$65.00	-95.00
70	70	—	—	3	110.00–125.00	$118.33	-41.67
70	70	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	-40.00
70	70	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-60.00
70	70	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	120.00	$120.00	-40.00
70	70	—	—	2	130.00	$130.00	-30.00
80	80	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	-10.00
80	80	—	—	4	150.00–180.00	$167.50	+7.50
80	80	—	—	2	110.00	$110.00	-50.00
80	80	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-60.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	65.00	$65.00	-95.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	145.00–165.00	$155.00	-5.00
100	100	—	—	1	180.00	$180.00	+95.00
100	100	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	+35.00
100–120	110	—	—	4	150.00–220.00	$185.00	+100.00
120	120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	240.00	$240.00	+155.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
42	42	2	52.50	$52.50	+47.50
55	55	1	55.00	$55.00	-5.00
60–68	63	10	60.00–77.50	$68.24	+8.24
80	80	2	65.00	$65.00	+5.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	65.00	$65.00	$133	—
358	358	2	45.00	$45.00	$161	—
525	525	1	50.00	$50.00	$262	—
815	815	1	56.00	$56.00	$456	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	7	150.00–180.00	$175.71	—
70	70	2	190.00–195.00	$192.50	—
80	80	7	200.00–235.00	$212.86	—
100	100	1	310.00	$310.00	—

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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.