Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to too few comparable sales. Moderate 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 $193.14/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$193.14

61 head · 473 lb average

Value per head Derived

$914

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$12.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.84

vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	470	200.00	940	2thin
Medium and Large 2	471	196.67	927	34
Medium and Large 3	477	187.80	895	25

One grade step is worth $12.20/cwt here — about $45 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 sale61 hd

193.14

—

SC average5 barns · 518 hd

201.99

−8.84

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	—	Low	1,377	118.01	1,624	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,515	106.14	1,608	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,142	98.19	1,121	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	883	89.37	789	20

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,121	$1,356	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,063	$1,249	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,106	$1,132	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	813	$942	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	877	$1,238	8

Every lot, as filed

57 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	813	941.54/head	850.00–1,025.00	942	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	900	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	935	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	900	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	905	1,539.78/head	1,400.00–1,675.00	1,540	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1	—	745	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	863	1,262.83/head	1,225.00–1,300.00	1,263	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	721	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	382	216.12/cwt	200.00–220.00	826	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	204.09/cwt	200.00–215.00	982	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	211.35/cwt	200.00–225.00	881	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	295	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	693	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	219.38/cwt	211.00–225.00	731	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	195.01/cwt	189.00–200.00	930	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	258	211.58/cwt	203.00–220.00	546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,157	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	263	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	870	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	619	180.52/cwt	180.00–182.50	1,117	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	581	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,046	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	949	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	182.65/cwt	177.50–187.50	1,047	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,207	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	275	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	191.56/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,002	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	835	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	221.76/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,264	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	222.46/cwt	207.50–230.00	950	19
Steers	Medium 1	—	515	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,107	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,124	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	203.45/cwt	200.00–210.00	962	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,212	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,280	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	839	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	522	186.68/cwt	185.00–190.00	974	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,012	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,112	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	577	185.83/cwt	185.00–187.50	1,072	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	673	176.21/cwt	175.00–177.50	1,186	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	745	161.28/cwt	155.00–170.00	1,202	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,121	1,355.70/head	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,356	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,106	1,132.17/head	950.00–1,250.00	1,132	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,063	1,248.82/head	1,150.00–1,325.00	1,249	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	103.99/cwt	100.00–106.00	991	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,584	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,112	90.03/cwt	81.00–96.00	1,001	17
Bulls	—	—	1,278	112.27/cwt	108.00–116.00	1,435	7
Bulls	—	—	1,475	123.74/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,825	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,368	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	871	86.79/cwt	80.00–92.00	756	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	104.04/cwt	98.00–117.00	1,205	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	108.67/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,671	4

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 Aug 29, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 275Last week 201Year ago 174

Slaughter CattleReceipts 97Last week 41Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 33Year ago 32

No comparisons made this week due to too few comparable sales. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation,

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	813	850.00–1,025.00	941.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,121	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,355.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,106	950.00–1,250.00	1,132.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,063	1,150.00–1,325.00	1,248.82
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	905	1,400.00–1,675.00	1,539.78
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	863	1,225.00–1,300.00	1,262.83
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	800.00	800.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	745	155.00–170.00	161.28

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	365	197.50	197.50
2	—	263	190.00	190.00
2	—	458	190.00	190.00
5	—	619	180.00–182.50	180.52
3	—	581	180.00	180.00
6	—	513	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	477	189.00–200.00	195.01
2	—	258	203.00–220.00	211.58
2	—	612	189.00	189.00
5	—	523	185.00–200.00	191.56
3	—	393	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	200.00	200.00
1	—	425	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	382	200.00–220.00	216.12
6	—	481	200.00–215.00	204.09
6	—	417	200.00–225.00	211.35
4	—	295	235.00	235.00
3	—	333	211.00–225.00	219.38
1	—	585	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	225.00	225.00
1	—	460	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	522	185.00–190.00	186.68
3	—	577	185.00–187.50	185.83
2	—	673	175.00–177.50	176.21
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	177.50–187.50	182.65
1	—	635	190.00	190.00
1	—	400	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	570	215.00–230.00	221.76
19	—	427	207.50–230.00	222.46
1	—	335	206.00	206.00
1	—	505	222.50	222.50
3	—	473	200.00–210.00	203.45
1	—	640	200.00	200.00
1	—	390	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	953	100.00–106.00	103.99
17	—	871	80.00–92.00	86.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	120.00	120.00
17	—	1,112	81.00–96.00	90.03
20	—	1,158	98.00–117.00	104.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	96.00	96.00
4	—	1,538	108.00–110.00	108.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,278	108.00–116.00	112.27
7	—	1,475	120.00–130.00	123.74

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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Darlington Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Low Country Livestock Exchange - Darlington, SC

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle