Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week due to sale being closed last week for holiday. Average offering

of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.16/cwt on 105 head.

Average price

$120.16

105 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$36.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.60

vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	481	130.88	630	50
Medium and Large 2	435	117.87	513	29
Small 1-2	443	107.47	477	15thin
Medium and Large 3	529	94.80	501	11thin

One grade step is worth $36.08/cwt here — about $128 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale105 hd

120.16

—

SC average3 barns · 540 hd

121.76

−1.60

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,479	83.44	1,234	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,528	58.06	887	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,118	56.32	630	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	908	51.83	470	29

Every lot, as filed

87 lots · USDA AMS · Low Country Livestock Exchange - Darlington, SC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	146.76/cwt	146.00–147.50	646	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	573	104.12/cwt	101.00–107.00	597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	122.53/cwt	120.00–125.00	769	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	293	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	142.56/cwt	140.00–145.00	460	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	122.49/cwt	120.00–125.00	726	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	330	110.52/cwt	110.00–111.00	365	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	93.52/cwt	90.00–96.00	494	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	118.35/cwt	115.00–120.00	441	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	130.30/cwt	126.00–138.00	612	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	513	103.77/cwt	102.50–105.00	532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	122.13/cwt	117.50–125.00	401	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	102.36/cwt	100.00–105.00	379	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	123.14/cwt	118.00–125.00	516	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	118.99/cwt	115.00–122.50	331	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	113.97/cwt	110.00–117.00	610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	132.41/cwt	130.00–135.00	377	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	562	94.00/cwt	93.00–95.00	528	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	576	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	749	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	91.01/cwt	90.00–92.00	582	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	682	116.65/cwt	115.00–120.00	796	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	678	91.52/cwt	90.00–93.00	621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	118.92/cwt	115.00–123.00	562	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	162.32/cwt	156.00–165.00	675	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	145.80/cwt	140.00–150.00	621	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	769	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	420	119.41/cwt	112.00–130.00	502	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	285	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	315	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	558	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	478	105.41/cwt	103.00–108.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	134.65/cwt	130.00–140.00	289	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	368	110.64/cwt	110.00–112.00	407	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	335	132.94/cwt	131.00–135.00	445	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	269	143.01/cwt	140.00–152.00	385	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	737	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	440	108.13/cwt	105.00–110.00	476	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	135.48/cwt	130.00–140.00	507	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	158.77/cwt	157.50–160.00	429	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	157.46/cwt	152.00–166.00	655	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	132.91/cwt	129.00–138.00	572	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	158.48/cwt	157.00–160.00	483	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	148.81/cwt	148.75–150.00	795	19
Steers	Small 1-2	—	453	112.49/cwt	110.00–115.00	510	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	148.86/cwt	145.00–153.00	540	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	144.84/cwt	140.00–150.00	449	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	115.53/cwt	107.50–120.00	373	4
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	813	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	756	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	164.83/cwt	162.50–167.00	607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	137.83/cwt	137.00–138.00	901	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	136.40/cwt	133.00–140.00	723	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	475	111.78/cwt	105.00–122.00	531	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	125.08/cwt	120.00–130.00	660	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	799	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	518	108.99/cwt	108.00–110.00	565	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	461	132.41/cwt	128.00–137.00	610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	112.09/cwt	111.00–113.00	697	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,075	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,213	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	725	730.43/cwt	700.00–775.00	5,296	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	901	747.23/cwt	650.00–825.00	6,733	4
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	1,010	743.65/cwt	675.00–800.00	7,511	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	743	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	4,644	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,210	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,378	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	790	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,740	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	770	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,965	1
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	958	663.71/cwt	500.00–800.00	6,358	2
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	788	85.14/cwt	80.00–90.00	671	3
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	830	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	3,943	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,193	828.07/cwt	750.00–925.00	9,879	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	852	787.57/cwt	775.00–800.00	6,710	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,010	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,313	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	790	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,123	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	640	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,112	1
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	890	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	3,783	1
Bulls	—	—	1,569	86.62/cwt	80.00–91.00	1,359	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	936	56.71/cwt	54.00–61.00	531	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	873	45.82/cwt	40.00–51.00	400	13
Bulls	—	—	1,210	73.90/cwt	70.00–76.00	894	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,083	48.16/cwt	45.00–52.00	522	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	57.72/cwt	55.00–64.00	649	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	58.06/cwt	55.00–61.00	887	2

How this sale compares

South Carolina weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

South Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Low Country Livestock Exchange - Darlington, SC

Tue Nov 30, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Columbia, SC (LS-CO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 309Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 105Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 0Year ago 0

No trends available this week due to sale being closed last week for holiday. Average offering

of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	146.00–147.50	146.76
4	—	269	140.00–152.00	143.01
1	—	580	127.00	127.00
1	—	505	135.00	135.00
2	—	363	145.00–153.00	148.86
2	—	310	140.00–150.00	144.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	175.00	175.00
1	—	315	177.00	177.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	131.00–135.00	132.94
2	—	453	110.00–115.00	112.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	270	157.50–160.00	158.77
3	—	498	151.00	151.00
5	—	416	152.00–166.00	157.46
2	—	305	157.00–160.00	158.48
19	—	534	148.75–150.00	148.81
2	—	368	162.50–167.00	164.83
6	—	654	137.00–138.00	137.83
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	323	107.50–120.00	115.53
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	101.00–107.00	104.12
2	—	330	110.00–111.00	110.52
2	—	513	102.50–105.00	103.77
2	—	478	103.00–108.00	105.41
3	—	368	110.00–112.00	110.64
4	—	440	105.00–110.00	108.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	120.00–125.00	122.53
2	—	323	140.00–145.00	142.56
2	—	593	120.00–125.00	122.49
1	—	665	117.00	117.00
7	—	470	126.00–138.00	130.30
2	—	285	130.00–135.00	132.41
2	—	215	130.00–140.00	134.65
8	—	374	130.00–140.00	135.48
5	—	531	128.00	128.00
4	—	430	129.00–138.00	132.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	122.00	122.00
3	—	373	115.00–120.00	118.35
1	—	650	105.00	105.00
3	—	328	117.50–125.00	122.13
5	—	419	118.00–125.00	123.14
5	—	278	115.00–122.50	118.99
3	—	535	110.00–117.00	113.97
3	—	473	115.00–123.00	118.92
5	—	622	111.00–113.00	112.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	528	90.00–96.00	93.52
2	—	370	100.00–105.00	102.36
3	—	562	93.00–95.00	94.00
2	—	640	90.00–92.00	91.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	576	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	682	115.00–120.00	116.65
6	—	426	140.00–150.00	145.80
1	—	615	125.00	125.00
1	—	735	104.00	104.00
6	—	528	120.00–130.00	125.08
4	—	461	128.00–137.00	132.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	135.00	135.00
4	—	416	156.00–165.00	162.32
2	—	530	133.00–140.00	136.40
1	—	610	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	678	90.00–93.00	91.52
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	420	112.00–130.00	119.41
4	—	475	105.00–122.00	111.78
2	—	518	108.00–110.00	108.99
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	813	93.00	93.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	950.00	950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,210	775.00	775.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	725	700.00–775.00	730.43
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	901	650.00–825.00	747.23
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	790	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,010	675.00–800.00	743.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	958	500.00–800.00	663.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	890	425.00	425.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	743	625.00	625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	790	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	852	775.00–800.00	787.57
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	770	385.00	385.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,193	750.00–925.00	828.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	625.00	625.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	788	80.00–90.00	85.14
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	475.00	475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	640	330.00	330.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,569	80.00–91.00	86.62
3	—	1,210	70.00–76.00	73.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	936	54.00–61.00	56.71
13	—	873	40.00–51.00	45.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,083	45.00–52.00	48.16
35	—	1,124	55.00–64.00	57.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,528	55.00–61.00	58.06

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Low Country Livestock Exchange - Darlington, SC

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle