Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Correction to Goats * No feeder cattle comparisons this week due to limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were mostly steady. There were light offerings of mostly average quality cattle with active buyer participation. There were many cow-calf pairs sold that were not weighed during the sale, and are not included in this report.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.83/cwt on 68 head.

Average price

$118.83

68 head · 438 lb average

Value per head Derived

$520

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

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

$67.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.25

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	412	141.69	584	10thin
Medium and Large 2	476	131.47	626	26
Small 1-2	358	119.69	429	8thin
Medium and Large 3	486	119.46	581	11thin
Large 3	353	80.00	282	2thin
Small 3	393	73.97	291	11thin

One grade step is worth $67.73/cwt here — about $293 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 sale68 hd

118.83

—

SC average5 barns · 520 hd

130.08

−11.25

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	1,418	102.52	1,454	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,258	83.16	1,046	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	999	66.80	667	22

Every lot, as filed

100 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
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	240	135.00/cwt	120.00–150.00	324	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	320	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	376	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	470	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	482	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	575	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	518	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	610	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	134.41/cwt	125.00–140.00	501	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	113.92/cwt	110.00–118.00	710	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	210	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	294	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	141.29/cwt	140.00–142.50	379	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	510	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	204	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	133.47/cwt	132.00–135.00	545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	583	116.61/cwt	115.00–120.00	680	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	290	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	355	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	729	1
Heifers	Large 3	—	250	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	582	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	126.84/cwt	122.50–131.00	460	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	270	88.89/cwt	70.00–110.00	240	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	371	73.69/cwt	60.00–90.00	273	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	1
Heifers	Large 3	—	455	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	364	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	535	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	721	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	851	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	430	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	598	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	125.01/cwt	122.50–127.50	535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	150.52/cwt	146.00–155.00	802	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	623	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	400	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	240	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	470	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	490	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	657	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	423	68.71/cwt	67.50–70.00	291	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	683	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	368	123.76/cwt	122.50–125.00	455	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	745	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	998	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	271	147.83/cwt	145.00–151.00	401	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	250	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	275	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	379	134.98/cwt	120.00–150.00	512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	282	146.51/cwt	140.00–150.00	413	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	136.17/cwt	132.50–140.00	494	2
Steers	Small 3	—	360	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	423	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	860	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,041	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	475	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	139.54/cwt	137.50–141.00	723	3
Steers	Small 3	—	245	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	221	1
Steers	Small 3	—	317	102.88/cwt	60.00–127.50	326	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	520	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	270	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	351	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	380	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	247	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	300	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	240	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	323	139.26/cwt	130.00–145.00	450	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	396	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	653	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	770	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	970	7
Steers	Small 1-2	—	245	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	368	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	290	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	174	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	410	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	185	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	938	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	479	129.41/cwt	125.00–132.50	620	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	500	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	600	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	428	126.01/cwt	110.00–135.00	539	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	517	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Full	—	505	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	760	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	859	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	650	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	764	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	665	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	333	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	513	90.15/cwt	80.00–100.00	462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Full	—	570	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	627	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	580	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	464	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	700	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	870	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	139.18/cwt	130.00–145.00	585	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	455	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	501	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	1,025.83/cwt	975.00–1,075.00	12,361	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	725	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	7,069	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	890	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,675	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	8,768	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	1,119.17/cwt	1,050.00–1,175.00	9,927	3
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	803	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,417	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	877	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	785	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,139	820.77/cwt	750.00–900.00	9,349	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,013	689.94/cwt	625.00–725.00	6,989	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	970	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,063	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	925	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	6,706	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	925	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	712	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	818	55.08/cwt	46.00–71.00	451	3
Bulls	—	—	1,412	105.31/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,487	7
Bulls	—	—	1,460	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,212	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	81.56/cwt	75.00–87.00	994	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,442	90.60/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,306	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	60.51/cwt	50.00–67.00	595	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	74.35/cwt	70.00–79.00	756	10

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 May 24, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 191Last week 210Year ago 226

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 96Year ago 51

Replacement CattleReceipts 75Last week 25Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	240	120.00–150.00	135.00
1	—	320	117.50	117.50
1	—	470	102.50	102.50
1	—	610	110.00	110.00
2	—	368	122.50–125.00	123.76
1	—	250	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	90.00	90.00
1	—	510	40.00	40.00
2	—	270	70.00–110.00	88.89
5	—	371	60.00–90.00	73.69
2	—	423	67.50–70.00	68.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	125.00–140.00	134.41
1	—	530	132.50	132.50
1	—	580	135.00	135.00
2	—	623	110.00–118.00	113.92
1	—	210	140.00	140.00
2	—	268	140.00–142.50	141.29
2	—	408	132.00–135.00	133.47
1	—	485	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	583	115.00–120.00	116.61
1	—	290	122.50	122.50
1	—	675	108.00	108.00
1	—	485	120.00	120.00
2	—	363	122.50–131.00	126.84
2	—	428	122.50–127.50	125.01
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	80.00	80.00
1	—	455	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	130.00	130.00
3	—	721	118.00	118.00
6	—	430	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	141.00	141.00
1	—	400	140.00	140.00
4	—	271	145.00–151.00	147.83
1	—	610	126.00	126.00
3	—	518	137.50–141.00	139.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	146.00–155.00	150.52
1	—	415	150.00	150.00
1	—	455	150.00	150.00
1	—	670	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	60.00	60.00
1	—	455	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	100.00	100.00
1	—	665	50.00	50.00
2	—	513	80.00–100.00	90.15
1	—	580	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	134.00	134.00
1	—	760	113.00	113.00
1	—	650	117.50	117.50
1	—	700	90.00	90.00
1	—	870	107.50	107.50
3	—	420	130.00–145.00	139.18
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	125.00–132.50	129.41
1	—	500	120.00	120.00
4	—	428	110.00–135.00	126.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	517	159.00	159.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	745	134.00	134.00
4	—	396	165.00	165.00
7	—	770	126.00	126.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	379	120.00–150.00	134.98
1	—	475	140.00	140.00
1	—	525	110.00	110.00
1	—	270	130.00	130.00
5	—	323	130.00–145.00	139.26
1	—	245	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	282	140.00–150.00	146.51
2	—	363	132.50–140.00	136.17
1	—	860	121.00	121.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	117.50	117.50
1	—	245	90.00	90.00
3	—	317	60.00–127.50	102.88
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	155.00	155.00
1	—	325	160.00	160.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	65.00	65.00
1	—	300	80.00	80.00
1	—	290	60.00	60.00
1	—	410	45.00	45.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,205	975.00–1,075.00	1,025.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	887	1,050.00–1,175.00	1,119.17
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	725	975.00	975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	890	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,013	625.00–725.00	689.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	625.00	625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	803	550.00	550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,139	750.00–900.00	820.77
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	82.00	82.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	70.00	70.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	77.00	77.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	818	46.00–71.00	55.08

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,412	102.00–107.00	105.31
1	—	1,460	83.00	83.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,219	75.00–87.00	81.56
3	—	1,442	88.00–95.00	90.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	984	50.00–67.00	60.51
10	—	1,017	70.00–79.00	74.35

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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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