Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 1, 2026

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $286.16/cwt -52.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,350/hd at 472 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	426	436	280
Feeder cattle	210	184	160
Slaughter cattle	15	9	37
Replacement cattle	26	23	2

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
340	340	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,258	-10.00
380 value added	380	2	350.00–360.00	$355.00	$1,349	—
505–535	510	6	275.00–300.00	$295.63	$1,508	-34.37
575	575	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,552	-62.50
600 value added	600	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,590	—
620	620	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,705	-30.00
655 value added	655	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,801	—
667	667	2	267.50	$267.50	$1,784	-32.50
700	700	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,680	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	430.00	$430.00	$968	-70.00
705	705	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,904	—
798	798	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,995	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,254	-25.00
680	680	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,666	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	400.00	$400.00	$800	—
260–280	270	2	350.00–360.00	$354.81	$958	-22.35
320	320	1	310.00	$310.00	$992	-50.00
315–340	328	3	320.00–350.00	$333.55	$1,094	-26.45
375–380	378	2	315.00–325.00	$319.97	$1,209	-45.03
380 value added	380	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,273	—
420	420	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,344	-40.04
415–430	423	2	305.00	$305.00	$1,290	-55.04
460 value added	460	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,288	—
460–470	465	2	250.00–265.00	$257.58	$1,198	-88.40
450–495	474	11	275.00–305.00	$291.91	$1,384	-54.07
505–530	518	5	270.00–300.00	$280.83	$1,455	+10.83
550–565	558	3	250.00–265.00	$256.70	$1,432	-33.15
555–595	582	3	250.00–300.00	$273.87	$1,594	-15.98
600–645	628	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,570	-34.43
650–680	662	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,655	-20.00
760	760	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,824	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	300.00	$300.00	$840	—
350–370	361	4	280.00–300.00	$292.65	$1,056	-32.35
400–415	408	2	280.00–295.00	$287.64	$1,174	-27.36
450–470	463	3	275.00–285.00	$280.07	$1,297	—
500	500	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,250	—
560	560	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,400	-20.00
635	635	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,460	—
655–660	658	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,513	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	263	3	405.00–435.00	$420.82	$1,107	—
285	285	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,097	—
635 value added	635	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,714	—
667	667	3	275.00	$275.00	$1,834	-20.00
745	745	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,900	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	370.00	$370.00	$980	-30.00
315	315	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,166	—
355–385	370	2	315.00–325.00	$319.80	$1,183	-68.69
360–395	373	4	340.00–370.00	$347.25	$1,295	-41.24
415–430	425	3	315.00–330.00	$321.57	$1,367	-61.57
427 value added	427	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,409	—
450–455	451	4	300.00–325.00	$316.25	$1,426	-41.25
510–515	513	2	265.00–275.00	$270.02	$1,385	-51.33
505–538	531	5	270.00–285.00	$282.15	$1,498	-39.20
555–565	560	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,484	-27.67
620–635	628	3	225.00–230.00	$228.36	$1,434	-31.70
640	640	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,664	-0.06
675 value added	675	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,586	—
685	685	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,576	-30.00
710	710	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,633	-33.70
725	725	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,522	-53.70
750–755	753	2	220.00–230.00	$225.02	$1,694	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	330.00	$330.00	$874	-35.00
315	315	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,040	-9.85
355–385	370	2	320.00–330.00	$325.20	$1,203	-44.80
440	440	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,320	—
495	495	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,312	-45.00
545	545	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,254	-55.00
745	745	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,602	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–225	222	3	430.00–500.00	$476.32	$1,057	-63.68
270–275	273	3	400.00–420.00	$406.71	$1,110	-63.29
315	315	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,197	-75.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785	785	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,688.00	$1,688.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1170	1004	85-90%	8	97.50–140.00	$122.15	$1,226	—
1120	1120	85-90%	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,658	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1115	987	80-85%	3	152.00–164.00	$156.19	$1,542	—
1005–1130	1068	80-85%	2	135.00–137.00	$135.94	$1,452	-5.06

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1425	1345	75-80%	2	147.00–150.00	$148.59	$1,999	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1640	1261	6	180.00–190.00	$184.32	$2,324	—
1540	1540	1	176.00	$176.00	$2,710	—

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Stock Cows

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–910	782	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,115.00–1,278.00	$1,188.42
785–875	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,236.00–1,352.00	$1,296.46

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685	685	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,229.00	$1,229.00
760–830	809	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,005.00–1,187.00	$1,092.84

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,324.00	$1,324.00
770–995	883	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	1,660.00–1,891.00	$1,790.22
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,238.00	$1,238.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695	695	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	817.00	$817.00
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	844.00	$844.00
765	765	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	937.00	$937.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,749.00	$1,749.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,364.00	$1,364.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1480	1480	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,531.00	$1,531.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–175	149	13	60.00–82.50	$70.38	$105	—
155	155	3	61.00	$61.00	$95	-12.63
215–260	233	4	64.00–75.00	$68.38	$159	-6.07

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150	150	2	24.00	$24.00	$36	—
375	375	1	18.00	$18.00	$68	—
465	465	1	18.00	$18.00	$84	—
660	660	1	6.00	$6.00	$40	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–30	28	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	6	35.00–50.00	$44.17	-30.83
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	60.00	$60.00	-64.38
50	50	—	—	5	95.00–110.00	$105.00	+45.00
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	50.00	$50.00	-10.00
50	50	—	—	3	75.00–100.00	$91.67	+31.67
50	50	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	N/A	1	100.00	$100.00	+40.00
60	60	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	-25.00
70	70	—	—	2	150.00–170.00	$160.00	-19.38
80	80	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-57.50
80	80	—	—	2	175.00	$175.00	+17.50
80	80	—	—	9	190.00–270.00	$241.11	+83.61
80	80	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	-77.50
100	100	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-60.00
120	120	—	—	1	180.00	$180.00	-81.25

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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
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,606	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	3	120.00	$120.00	—

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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	5	40.00–45.00	$42.00	-8.00
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	2	75.00–100.00	$87.50	+7.50
50	50	—	—	3	100.00–120.00	$113.33	+53.33
50	50	—	—	1	40.00	$40.00	-20.00
60	60	—	—	2	130.00–155.00	$142.50	-6.25
70	70	—	—	1	140.00	$140.00	+60.00
80	80	—	—	1	190.00	$190.00	+110.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	135.00	$135.00	+55.00
80	80	—	—	6	80.00–100.00	$93.33	+13.33
100	100	—	—	1	230.00	$230.00	+48.33
100–120	105	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	220.00–290.00	$247.50	+23.33
100–120	107	—	—	6	100.00–170.00	$126.67	-55.83

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	9	30.00	$30.00	-37.50
30	30	4	35.00	$35.00	-32.50
40	40	17	35.00–40.00	$37.35	-20.15
50	50	1	40.00	$40.00	-32.50
50	50	3	55.00	$55.00	-17.50
55	55	5	80.00	$80.00	+7.50
60	60	5	60.00	$60.00	+5.00
65	65	1	70.00	$70.00	+15.00
80	80	3	75.00	$75.00	+17.50
85	85	1	75.00	$75.00	+10.00
100	100	7	75.00–90.00	$81.43	+31.43

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	270	3	40.00–44.00	$42.01	$113	-17.81
320–390	343	3	49.00–52.00	$50.86	$174	—
365	365	1	45.00	$45.00	$164	-7.50
400–485	433	6	48.00–56.00	$50.76	$220	-14.24
505–515	510	2	52.00–54.00	$53.01	$270	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	140.00	$140.00	—
70	70	1	245.00	$245.00	—

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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.