Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report, Darlington, SC

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 8, 2026

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $325.44/cwt ≈ $1,660/hd at 510 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	373	426	461
Feeder cattle	168	210	295
Slaughter cattle	34	15	52
Replacement cattle	49	26	21

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate 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
325	325	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,202	±0.00
420–445	433	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,472	—
455–475	465	2	305.00–325.00	$314.78	$1,464	—
482	482	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,687	—
510–525	518	2	305.00–325.00	$314.86	$1,631	+19.23
635	635	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,842	+15.00
695	695	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,876	+2.50
760	760	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,052	—
830–845	838	2	270.00	$270.00	$2,263	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,134	—
410	410	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,640	—
615–630	623	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,994	—
670	670	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,943	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–235	233	2	440.00	$440.00	$1,025	—
265	265	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,113	-0.82
315–335	327	3	370.00–380.00	$373.37	$1,221	—
435	435	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,501	—
470	470	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,551	—
500–545	510	11	320.00–330.00	$325.44	$1,660	—
550–585	561	4	305.00–320.00	$312.62	$1,754	—
605–625	610	5	290.00–310.00	$303.95	$1,854	—
665	665	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,294	+70.00
710	710	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,024	+30.00
840	840	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,646	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–225	213	2	360.00–390.00	$374.12	$797	-25.88
325–340	334	5	335.00–350.00	$340.00	$1,136	+6.45
400–440	420	2	295.00–320.00	$308.10	$1,294	-11.90
400–435	421	7	325.00–350.00	$338.42	$1,425	+18.42
465–485	475	2	320.00–325.00	$322.55	$1,532	+30.64
500–545	515	3	285.00–305.00	$293.09	$1,509	+12.26
515	515	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,442	-0.83
560–585	570	3	260.00–290.00	$278.45	$1,587	+21.75
630	630	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,701	+20.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	250.00	$250.00	$800	—
595	595	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,250	-40.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	384	4	340.00–380.00	$355.68	$1,366	+8.43
405–440	420	6	330.00–360.00	$339.29	$1,425	+17.72
410–430	420	2	320.00–325.00	$322.56	$1,355	+0.99
450–480	464	4	330.00–360.00	$337.28	$1,565	+21.03
450–490	473	3	290.00–320.00	$299.51	$1,417	-16.74
505–540	526	4	280.00–310.00	$292.52	$1,539	+10.37
550–585	565	6	280.00–310.00	$299.93	$1,695	+34.93
590	590	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,475	-15.00
605–625	615	5	265.00–290.00	$283.00	$1,740	+54.64
605–635	622	3	250.00–260.00	$253.24	$1,575	+24.88
660–695	678	3	235.00–260.00	$244.82	$1,660	+14.82
725	725	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,812	+40.00
875	875	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,188	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–210	208	2	450.00–480.00	$464.82	$967	-11.50
270–295	283	2	420.00	$420.00	$1,189	+13.29
300–335	321	5	410.00–430.00	$419.60	$1,347	+39.60
435	435	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,653	—
525	525	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,759	—
635	635	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,905	—
655	655	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,834	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–385	383	2	315.00–320.00	$317.48	$1,216	-7.72
435	435	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,370	+15.00
455	455	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,433	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
830–910	870	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,661.00–1,743.00	$1,700.11	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1270	1138	80-85%	6	135.00–141.00	$138.98	$1,582	—
1200–1395	1295	80-85%	5	144.00–150.00	$145.98	$1,890	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1095	1018	85-90%	4	132.00–139.00	$135.88	$1,383	+13.73
950–1355	1113	85-90%	4	140.00–146.00	$142.68	$1,588	-5.32

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1695	1488	75-80%	2	147.00–148.00	$147.43	$2,194	—
1290–1760	1572	75-80%	3	150.00–157.00	$154.03	$2,421	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1535–2070	1803	2	199.00–201.00	$199.85	$3,603	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–885	866	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,189.00–1,362.00	$1,273.89
835–900	868	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,044.00–1,148.00	$1,097.95

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–840	800	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	2,014.00–2,100.00	$2,059.15
935	935	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,262.00	$1,262.00
925–1090	1008	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,665.00–1,690.00	$1,678.52

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–1003	967	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	2,193.00–2,225.00	$2,217.89

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,679.00	$1,679.00
735	735	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,838.00	$1,838.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–835	803	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,117.00–1,148.00	$1,133.13

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00
955–1035	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,600.00–2,900.00	$2,751.99
965–1065	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,650.00–2,850.00	$2,746.75
1000–1075	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	3,000.00–3,300.00	$3,184.96

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–910	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,400.00–2,500.00	$2,448.00
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00
1005–1185	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,350.00–2,450.00	$2,404.11

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780	780	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,034.00	$1,034.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	82.50	$82.50	$153	+21.50
220–273	242	7	70.00–82.50	$75.67	$183	+7.29

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	30.00	$30.00	$54	+6.00
425	425	1	7.50	$7.50	$32	—
735	735	1	5.00	$5.00	$37	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	55.00	$55.00	-45.00
50	50	2	130.00–135.00	$132.50	+32.50
70	70	2	150.00	$150.00	-10.00
80	80	1	140.00	$140.00	-35.00
80	80	2	190.00–200.00	$195.00	+20.00
90	90	2	235.00–255.00	$245.00	+70.00
100	100	1	275.00	$275.00	+175.00
130	130	1	230.00	$230.00	+50.00
150	150	1	250.00	$250.00	—

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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
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—
895	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,950.00	$2,950.00	—
935–955	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,800.00–2,900.00	$2,866.67	+1,066.67
830–1070	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,050.00	$3,050.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1345	1345	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	75.00	$75.00	-67.50
80	80	3	210.00–240.00	$220.00	+126.67
80	80	1	80.00	$80.00	-13.33
80	80	3	140.00–160.00	$146.67	+53.34

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	21	10.00	$10.00	-25.00
20	20	10	47.50	$47.50	+12.50
35	35	6	45.00	$45.00	+10.00
43	43	7	50.00	$50.00	+12.65
50	50	3	47.50	$47.50	+7.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
145	145	1	30.00	$30.00	$44	—
225	225	1	40.00	$40.00	$90	—
330	330	2	40.00	$40.00	$132	-10.86
415–420	418	2	45.00	$45.00	$188	-5.76
455	455	1	58.00	$58.00	$264	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	90.00	$90.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	3	250.00–300.00	$275.00	+30.00

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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.