Low Country Livestock Exchange Market Report, Darlington, SC

Darlington, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 13, 2026

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	365	415	323
Feeder cattle	192	223	164
Slaughter cattle	24	19	15
Replacement cattle	13	27	11

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 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,411	—
380	380	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,558	—
415–440 value added	421	4	395.00–420.00	$413.47	$1,741	—
470	470	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,645	+20.00
486 value added	486	5	345.00	$345.00	$1,677	—
575	575	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,811	-0.04
575	575	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,696	-20.04
615–645	632	5	285.00–320.00	$299.96	$1,896	—
670	670	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,675	-30.00
695 value added	695	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,738	—
735	735	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,205	+16.85
805	805	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,334	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	440.00	$440.00	$1,430	+14.13
385	385	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,694	+25.00
423 value added	423	2	460.00	$460.00	$1,946	—
440	440	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,936	+0.48
500	500	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,800	—
503 value added	503	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,911	-10.00
550–580 value added	570	3	345.00–370.00	$353.04	$2,012	+13.04
623	623	2	335.00	$335.00	$2,087	—
680 value added	680	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,142	—
693	693	2	310.00	$310.00	$2,148	—
755 value added	755	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,378	—
820 value added	820	2	300.00–310.00	$305.00	$2,501	—
890 value added	890	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,626	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,556	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	420.00	$420.00	$861	—
268–295	277	3	400.00–410.00	$406.45	$1,126	-3.55
345	345	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,363	+15.00
355	355	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,349	—
400–415	408	2	380.00–385.00	$382.45	$1,560	+12.39
445 value added	445	4	395.00	$395.00	$1,758	—
450 value added	450	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,575	—
460–470	465	3	360.00–365.00	$361.67	$1,682	+34.62
490	490	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,446	-32.05
570–595	583	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,749	-15.81
600–635	615	3	265.00–280.00	$275.12	$1,692	—
650–677	667	6	270.00–295.00	$284.32	$1,896	—
720	720	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,088	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,058	—
320–340	330	4	415.00–420.00	$417.42	$1,377	+9.86
360–385	373	2	415.00	$415.00	$1,548	+12.00
565	565	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,808	-6.97
597 value added	597	6	340.00	$340.00	$2,030	—
625	625	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,969	-5.00
636 value added	636	5	335.00	$335.00	$2,131	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	365.00	$365.00	$931	+35.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	238	2	385.00–390.00	$387.42	$922	-42.58
265–285	275	2	390.00–400.00	$394.82	$1,086	-5.18
400–430	410	4	385.00–410.00	$397.36	$1,629	+72.36
460	460	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,610	-14.70
470–485 value added	478	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,816	—
515	515	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,596	-25.12
500–540	525	3	330.00–345.00	$338.19	$1,775	+3.07
580 value added	580	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,769	—
585	585	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,638	-42.95
605–620	613	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,747	-15.00
680	680	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,700	-30.00
770 value added	770	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,079	—
800–815 value added	810	3	250.00–260.00	$256.65	$2,079	—
805–825	817	3	230.00–260.00	$246.67	$2,015	-3.33
865 value added	865	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,162	—
930 value added	930	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,139	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	480.00	$480.00	$960	+6.74
305–345	318	8	440.00–450.00	$444.35	$1,413	-6.77
355	355	3	445.00–455.00	$450.00	$1,598	-1.73
400–445	419	6	420.00–460.00	$433.25	$1,815	+5.58
500–510	505	2	350.00–385.00	$367.33	$1,855	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1390	1390	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,294.00	$2,294.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,054	+90.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1265	1084	85-90%	6	92.50–124.00	$111.88	$1,213	—
1130	1130	85-90%	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,537	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1440	1239	80-85%	6	136.00–144.00	$139.36	$1,727	+9.12

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425	1425	75-80%	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,824	—
1395–1520	1458	75-80%	2	138.00–148.00	$142.79	$2,082	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1760	1327	3	161.00–165.00	$162.36	$2,155	—
1750	1750	1	172.00	$172.00	$3,010	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,248.00	$1,248.00
903	903	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,375.00	$1,375.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780	780	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,872.00	$1,872.00
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,957.00	$1,957.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600	600	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,080.00	$1,080.00
935	935	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,613.00	$1,613.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1425	1425	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,266.00	$2,266.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,532.00	$1,532.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,553.00	$1,553.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,785.00	$1,785.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645	645	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 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
140–197	176	3	80.00–145.00	$100.87	$178	+19.29
230	230	1	75.00	$75.00	$172	-5.39
313–335	324	2	50.00	$50.00	$162	-32.48
410–460	435	2	60.00	$60.00	$261	—

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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	5	25.00–40.00	$33.00	-5.33
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	6	40.00–55.00	$47.50	+9.17
40	40	—	—	1	60.00	$60.00	+2.50
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	50.00	$50.00	-50.00
50	50	—	—	1	55.00	$55.00	-45.00
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	40.00	$40.00	-60.00
50	50	—	—	4	75.00–115.00	$95.00	-5.00
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	65.00–95.00	$80.00	-20.00
60	60	—	—	2	130.00–140.00	$135.00	+35.00
60	60	—	—	1	65.00	$65.00	-35.00
70	70	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	-50.00
70	70	—	—	11	150.00–170.00	$158.18	-11.82
80	80	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	N/A	1	245.00	$245.00	+130.00
80	80	—	—	2	160.00–170.00	$165.00	+50.00
80	80	—	—	3	125.00–140.00	$131.67	+16.67
80	80	—	—	9	190.00–220.00	$202.22	+87.22
100	100	—	—	2	175.00–195.00	$185.00	-35.00
100	100	—	—	2	145.00–170.00	$157.50	-62.50
100–130	110	—	—	3	235.00–310.00	$261.67	+88.54
150	150	—	—	2	320.00–340.00	$330.00	+90.00

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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	28	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	6	40.00–65.00	$45.83	+15.83
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	35.00	$35.00	+5.00
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	10.00	$10.00	-20.00
40–50	47	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	3	50.00–75.00	$60.00	+20.00
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	45.00	$45.00	-60.00
50	50	—	—	1	145.00	$145.00	+40.00
60	60	—	—	2	110.00–130.00	$120.00	+15.00
60	60	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	100.00	$100.00	-5.00
60	60	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	190.00	$190.00	+85.00
70	70	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	110.00	$110.00	+5.00
80	80	—	—	2	175.00–195.00	$185.00	+80.00
80	80	—	—	2	130.00–150.00	$140.00	+35.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	225.00–245.00	$235.00	+130.00
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	220.00	$220.00	+60.00
100	100	—	—	1	175.00	$175.00	+15.00
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	290.00	$290.00	+130.00
100–120	113	—	—	3	210.00–225.00	$218.33	+58.33
120	120	—	—	1	135.00	$135.00	-25.00
150	150	—	—	1	330.00	$330.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
21	21	4	27.50	$27.50	-22.50
30	30	2	5.00	$5.00	-45.00
45	45	2	37.50	$37.50	-31.92
50	50	5	42.50	$42.50	-23.06

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–230	225	2	42.50–47.50	$44.94	$101	—
340	340	1	60.00	$60.00	$204	—
400–445	423	2	50.00	$50.00	$212	—
615	615	2	60.00	$60.00	$369	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	1	100.00	$100.00	—
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	240.00	$240.00	+90.00
130	130	1	400.00	$400.00	+160.00

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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.