Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 25, 2026

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heavy 6-weight M&L 2 steers $300.00/cwt ≈ $2,055/hd at 685 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	436	217	450
Feeder cattle	184	61	194
Slaughter cattle	9	16	42
Replacement cattle	23	8	8

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 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,273	—
350	350	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,120	—
425	425	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,615	—
450–470	460	5	360.00–370.00	$367.96	$1,693	—
475–495	485	2	295.00–330.00	$312.86	$1,517	—
508	508	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,676	—
575	575	2	332.50	$332.50	$1,912	—
600	600	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,830	—
685	685	14	300.00	$300.00	$2,055	—
880	880	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,288	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,125	—
328	328	2	430.00	$430.00	$1,410	—
360	360	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,512	+10.00
450	450	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,732	—
570	570	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,938	—
624	624	7	344.00	$344.00	$2,147	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,312	—
640	640	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,856	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	390.00	$390.00	$936	—
265–280	273	2	365.00–390.00	$377.16	$1,030	—
310	310	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,116	-5.00
360	360	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,314	+9.30
415	415	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,307	-10.00
400–435	417	5	355.00–365.00	$360.04	$1,501	+35.04
475–490	485	5	345.00–350.00	$345.98	$1,678	+23.52
490	490	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,470	-22.46
515	515	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,390	-10.00
520–535	528	2	315.00–320.00	$317.46	$1,676	+37.46
550–585	568	2	285.00–295.00	$289.85	$1,646	+4.85
605–620	607	9	280.00–285.00	$284.43	$1,726	—
680	680	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,836	—
725	725	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,704	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	495.00	$495.00	$1,089	-15.00
345	345	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,397	+5.00
360–390	375	2	380.00–385.00	$382.60	$1,435	—
555–557	557	9	325.00–334.00	$332.01	$1,849	—
660	660	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,947	—
810	810	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,106	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,072	—
350	350	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,138	—
415	415	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,307	—
590	590	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,593	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,160	—
376 value added	376	4	415.00	$415.00	$1,560	—
360–395	380	3	380.00–400.00	$388.49	$1,476	+8.49
405–435	418	3	335.00–360.00	$344.80	$1,441	-36.31
400–445	425	3	380.00–390.00	$383.14	$1,628	+2.03
465	465	2	355.00–360.00	$357.50	$1,662	-22.50
450–490	469	7	305.00–335.00	$314.83	$1,477	-11.77
500–545	519	4	315.00–325.00	$321.35	$1,668	+11.35
550–590	571	8	280.00–325.00	$292.67	$1,671	-12.33
615–630	623	2	255.00–265.00	$260.06	$1,620	-14.94
650–665	658	2	270.00–280.00	$275.06	$1,810	—
690	690	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,794	—
700–730	713	4	260.00–270.00	$263.70	$1,880	+13.70
810	810	1	252.50	$252.50	$2,045	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,004	—
320–340	330	2	335.00–345.00	$339.85	$1,122	-20.15
350	350	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,295	+46.76
495	495	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,534	—
530	530	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,510	—
585	585	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,433	—
780	780	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,716	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900–1245	1094	(<2 yrs)	N/A	7	2,215.00–2,913.00	$2,521.75	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	540.00	$540.00	$1,161	—
270	270	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,269	+10.27
310	310	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,410	+5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
945	945	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,819.00	$1,819.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085	1085	80-85%	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,530	—
965–1280	1117	80-85%	3	152.00–155.00	$153.52	$1,715	-11.86

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115	1115	75-80%	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,617	—
1495	1495	75-80%	1	166.00	$166.00	$2,482	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980	980	85-90%	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,519	-2.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,430	—
1500	1500	1	201.00	$201.00	$3,015	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–995	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,406.00–1,632.00	$1,551.30

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–750	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,331.00–1,425.00	$1,379.29

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,510.00	$1,510.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,179.00	$1,179.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,186.00	$1,186.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,696.00	$1,696.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1275–1420	1348	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,100.00–2,315.00	$2,213.28

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–193	153	14	60.00–80.00	$73.63	$113	-21.76
213–275	232	5	60.00–87.50	$74.45	$173	-20.51
335	335	1	67.50	$67.50	$226	-40.00

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
115–185	143	4	42.50–75.00	$58.40	$84	-19.10
250–255	252	3	37.50–72.50	$60.68	$153	—
345	345	1	35.00	$35.00	$121	—
410	410	1	32.50	$32.50	$133	—
705	705	1	17.50	$17.50	$123	—

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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	2	70.00–80.00	$75.00	—
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	50.00	$50.00	—
30	30	—	—	1	60.00	$60.00	—
40	40	—	—	8	115.00–135.00	$124.38	—
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	50.00	$50.00	—
50	50	—	—	1	60.00	$60.00	-50.00
50	50	—	—	1	70.00	$70.00	-40.00
60	60	—	—	5	130.00–150.00	$145.00	+15.00
60	60	—	—	1	55.00	$55.00	-75.00
60	60	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	130.00–140.00	$135.00	+5.00
70	70	—	—	8	160.00–195.00	$179.38	+79.38
70	70	—	—	3	115.00–125.00	$121.67	+21.67
80	80	—	—	2	150.00–165.00	$157.50	-15.00
80	80	—	—	1	195.00	$195.00	+22.50
80	80	—	—	2	85.00–95.00	$90.00	-82.50
80	80	—	—	1	125.00	$125.00	-47.50
90	90	—	—	3	210.00–220.00	$216.67	+44.17
100	100	—	—	1	160.00	$160.00	-98.33
100–130	115	—	—	8	240.00–300.00	$261.25	+2.92
150	150	—	—	2	350.00–380.00	$365.00	—

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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	1	50.00	$50.00	±0.00
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	80.00	$80.00	-31.25
40	40	—	—	2	80.00–90.00	$85.00	-26.25
50	50	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	60.00	$60.00	-50.00
50	50	—	—	1	85.00	$85.00	-25.00
50	50	—	—	1	50.00	$50.00	-60.00
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	50.00	$50.00	-60.00
50	50	—	—	1	70.00	$70.00	-40.00
50	50	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-10.00
60	60	—	—	4	140.00–155.00	$148.75	-39.58
70	70	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	80.00	$80.00	-105.00
70	70	—	—	3	110.00–115.00	$113.33	-71.67
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	80.00	$80.00	-160.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	160.00	$160.00	-80.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	130.00	$130.00	-110.00
80	80	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	4	155.00–200.00	$188.75	-51.25
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	100.00	$100.00	-140.00
80	80	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	-120.00
80	80	—	—	1	75.00	$75.00	-165.00
80	80	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	100.00	$100.00	-140.00
80	80	—	—	5	170.00–190.00	$176.00	-64.00
90	90	—	—	2	200.00–205.00	$202.50	-37.50
100	100	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	3	160.00–200.00	$181.67	+121.67
100	100	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	2	140.00–145.00	$142.50	+82.50
100–120	103	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	200.00–255.00	$224.17	+164.17
100–120	110	—	—	2	165.00–200.00	$182.50	-47.50
100–140	115	—	—	6	210.00–275.00	$237.50	+7.50
150	150	—	—	2	280.00–320.00	$300.00	-50.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	19	40.00	$40.00	+20.00
25	25	6	57.50	$57.50	+37.50
30–32	31	10	67.50	$67.50	+47.50
45	45	2	57.50	$57.50	-6.80
55	55	2	72.50	$72.50	+32.50
60	60	2	55.00	$55.00	-11.67
70	70	5	57.50	$57.50	-27.50
90	90	2	65.00	$65.00	-35.00
100	100	2	50.00	$50.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–283	260	3	55.00–72.50	$59.82	$156	—
355	355	1	67.50	$67.50	$240	—
365	365	1	52.50	$52.50	$192	—
400	400	1	65.00	$65.00	$260	—
520–590	555	4	50.00–55.00	$52.60	$292	—
640	640	1	20.00	$20.00	$128	—
715	715	1	45.00	$45.00	$322	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	60.00	$60.00	-30.00
50	50	2	150.00	$150.00	+60.00
50	50	1	165.00	$165.00	+75.00
70	70	1	175.00	$175.00	-90.00
80	80	1	235.00	$235.00	-30.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	290.00	$290.00	—
100	100	2	190.00	$190.00	—

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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.