Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 4, 2026

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	286	244	426
Feeder cattle	105	75	244
Slaughter cattle	15	18	22
Replacement cattle	8	1	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	430.00–460.00	$445.00	$1,958	—
628–633	632	8	347.50–362.50	$358.77	$2,267	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,826	—
490	490	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,862	-10.00
520	520	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,820	—
573–585	576	5	300.00–340.00	$332.01	$1,912	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,592	—
540	540	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,512	—
560	560	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,568	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	265	4	430.00–460.00	$444.43	$1,178	—
340	340	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,462	—
350–360	355	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,420	—
370 fancy	370	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,739	—
455–470	463	4	350.00–357.50	$353.15	$1,635	—
510–520	515	7	335.00–357.00	$345.42	$1,779	+30.52
553–555	554	4	330.00–332.50	$330.63	$1,832	—
605	605	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,936	+10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,180	+30.00
438–440	439	3	355.00–375.00	$368.31	$1,617	+18.31
470–495	487	5	330.00–335.00	$330.97	$1,612	—
590	590	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,888	—
620	620	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,736	-12.38

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	250.00	$250.00	$862	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–370	363	2	405.00–415.00	$409.90	$1,488	+9.90
400–405	403	2	380.00–400.00	$390.06	$1,572	-4.94
440	440	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,540	-45.00
455–485	470	3	370.00–385.00	$378.49	$1,779	+48.73
495	495	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,534	-19.76
505	505	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,591	-0.67
515 value added	515	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,648	—
560–565	563	2	300.00–320.00	$309.96	$1,745	+27.46
625	625	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,875	+35.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–275	270	3	545.00–560.00	$551.79	$1,490	+9.08
310–345	323	3	440.00–470.00	$452.84	$1,463	-4.57
365	365	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,679	+36.39
455	455	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,866	—
525	525	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,838	—
568	568	2	365.00	$365.00	$2,073	—
616	616	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,940	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,646	+40.00
495	495	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,386	-30.03
510	510	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,377	±0.00
575	575	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,610	—
635	635	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,651	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1230	1230	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,621.00	$2,621.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280	1280	80-85%	1	160.00	$160.00	$2,048	—
1205–1430	1308	80-85%	4	169.00–179.00	$172.67	$2,259	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1215	1089	85-90%	4	135.00–150.00	$140.52	$1,530	-16.38

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1415	1330	2	188.00–189.00	$188.47	$2,507	—
1335–1605	1504	5	202.00–219.00	$211.02	$3,174	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–1070	942	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	2,022.00–2,292.00	$2,156.46

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00
1335	1335	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,375.00	$2,375.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1435	1435	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,775.00	$2,775.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125–192	165	8	70.00–90.00	$72.55	$120	-7.45
200–290	244	25	65.00–82.50	$72.09	$176	-5.41
280	280	1	55.00	$55.00	$154	—
305–370	328	7	60.00–73.00	$69.79	$229	—
465	465	1	50.00	$50.00	$232	—

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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	1	35.00	$35.00	-11.67
20–30	27	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	3	40.00–65.00	$50.00	+3.33
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	50.00	$50.00	±0.00
40–50	45	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	75.00–105.00	$90.00	+40.00
50	50	—	—	2	150.00	$150.00	+15.00
50	50	—	—	1	110.00	$110.00	-25.00
50	50	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	-55.00
50	50	—	—	1	105.00	$105.00	-30.00
60	60	—	—	2	165.00–175.00	$170.00	+100.00
70	70	—	—	7	150.00–170.00	$162.14	-7.86
80	80	—	—	6	180.00–210.00	$200.00	+40.00
80	80	—	—	1	160.00	$160.00	±0.00
90	90	—	—	1	215.00	$215.00	+35.00
100	100	—	—	1	160.00	$160.00	-20.00
100	100	—	—	1	165.00	$165.00	-15.00
100	100	—	—	1	280.00	$280.00	+100.00
150	150	—	—	2	350.00–370.00	$360.00	+190.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	3	35.00–55.00	$45.00	-5.00
50	50	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	150.00	$150.00	+15.00
70	70	—	—	1	210.00	$210.00	+140.00
80	80	—	—	1	155.00	$155.00	-45.00
80	80	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-100.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	200.00	$200.00	±0.00
100	100	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	-80.00
120	120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	170.00	$170.00	+48.33

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	3	25.00	$25.00	-20.00
20	20	16	35.00–45.00	$41.25	-3.75
30	30	2	75.00	$75.00	+30.00
40–45	42	16	37.50–52.50	$46.53	+1.53

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	67.50	$67.50	$132	-20.00
215–270	243	2	60.00–63.00	$61.33	$149	—
300–305	303	2	51.00–54.00	$52.49	$159	—
500	500	1	45.00	$45.00	$225	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	4	35.00–45.00	$40.00	—
30	30	1	35.00	$35.00	—
50	50	1	65.00	$65.00	-75.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	2	175.00–200.00	$187.50	+32.50
80	80	3	235.00–260.00	$243.33	+88.33
100–130	115	2	359.99–390.00	$375.00	+82.50

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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.