Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $296.91/cwt on 14 head, down $10.14 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 23 comparable sales and sits −72.71 against this barn's trailing median of $369.62.

Average price

$296.91

▼ 10.14 vs prior sale

14 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$37.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.53

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	554	302.23	1,673	12thin
Medium and Large 3	558	265.00	1,477	2thin

One grade step is worth $37.23/cwt here — about $196 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $411.46, low $271.08, median $369.62 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale14 hd

296.91

—

SC average6 barns · 98 hd

319.45

−22.53

This barn, trailing median23 sales

369.62

−72.71

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	1,425	190.50	2,715	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,305	155.50	2,029	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	980	155.00	1,519	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,109	150.39	1,668	4thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,348	$2,213	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,010	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,025	$1,498	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	820	$1,250	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,075	$2,434	8
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	874	$1,427	9

Every lot, as filed

85 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	—	1,080	1,696.00/head	1,696.00–1,696.00	1,696	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,010	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	332.01/cwt	325.00–334.00	1,849	9
Stock Cows	Small 1	—	730	1,379.29/head	1,331.00–1,425.00	1,379	2
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	730	1,186.00/head	1,186.00–1,186.00	1,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,410	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,089	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	469	314.83/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,477	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	1,510.00/head	1,510.00–1,510.00	1,510	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	820	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,947	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,161	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	310	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	623	260.06/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,620	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,269	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,147	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	780	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,273	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,535	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,307	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,138	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,615	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	945	1,819.00/head	1,819.00–1,819.00	1,819	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	960	1,551.30/head	1,406.00–1,632.00	1,551	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	925	1,179.00/head	1,179.00–1,179.00	1,179	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	970	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,094	2,521.75/head	2,215.00–2,913.00	2,522	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,348	2,213.28/head	2,100.00–2,315.00	2,213	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,519	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,530	1
Bulls	—	—	1,350	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,430	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,115	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,617	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,117	153.52/cwt	152.00–155.00	1,715	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,482	1
Bulls	—	—	1,500	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	3,015	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	275.06/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,810	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	690	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	382.60/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,435	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,411	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	350	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	490	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	321.35/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	345.98/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,678	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,397	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	418	344.80/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,441	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	357.50/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,662	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	936	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,045	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	485	312.86/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,517	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	515	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,391	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,314	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	383.14/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,676	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	388.49/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,476	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	263.70/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,880	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	415	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,307	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	360.04/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,501	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	376	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,560	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	292.67/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,671	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	377.16/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,030	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	317.46/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,676	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	339.85/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,122	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,433	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	607	284.43/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,726	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	367.96/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,693	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,912	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,004	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,073	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,055	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	289.85/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,312	1

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 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 184Last week 61Year ago 194

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 16Year ago 42

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 8Year ago 8

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,080	1,696.00	1,696.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	1,700.00	1,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	820	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	970	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,348	2,100.00–2,315.00	2,213.28
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	730	1,331.00–1,425.00	1,379.29
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	730	1,186.00	1,186.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	1,510.00	1,510.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	960	1,406.00–1,632.00	1,551.30
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	1,179.00	1,179.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	945	1,819.00	1,819.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	7	—	1,094	2,215.00–2,913.00	2,521.75

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	500.00	500.00
2	300–350	328	430.00	430.00
1	350–400	360	420.00	420.00
1	450–500	450	385.00	385.00
1	550–600	570	340.00	340.00
7	600–650	624	344.00	344.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	425	380.00	380.00
5	450–500	460	360.00–370.00	367.96
2	500–550	508	330.00	330.00
2	550–600	575	332.50	332.50
1	600–650	600	305.00	305.00
14	650–700	685	300.00	300.00
1	850–900	880	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	640	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	485	295.00–330.00	312.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	495.00	495.00
1	300–350	345	405.00	405.00
2	350–400	375	380.00–385.00	382.60
9	550–600	557	325.00–334.00	332.01
1	650–700	660	295.00	295.00
1	800–850	810	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	415	315.00	315.00
1	450–500	490	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	515	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	350	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	415	315.00	315.00
1	550–600	590	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	390.00	390.00
2	250–300	273	365.00–390.00	377.16
1	350–400	360	365.00	365.00
5	400–450	417	355.00–365.00	360.04
5	450–500	485	345.00–350.00	345.98
2	500–550	528	315.00–320.00	317.46
2	550–600	568	285.00–295.00	289.85
9	600–650	607	280.00–285.00	284.43
1	650–700	680	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	725	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	335.00–360.00	344.80
7	450–500	469	305.00–335.00	314.83
2	600–650	623	255.00–265.00	260.06
1	650–700	690	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	540.00	540.00
1	250–300	270	470.00	470.00
1	300–350	310	455.00	455.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	365.00	365.00
2	300–350	330	335.00–345.00	339.85
1	350–400	350	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	495	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	530	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	585	245.00	245.00
1	750–800	780	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	400.00	400.00
3	350–400	380	380.00–400.00	388.49
3	400–450	425	380.00–390.00	383.14
2	450–500	465	355.00–360.00	357.50
4	500–550	519	315.00–325.00	321.35
8	550–600	571	280.00–325.00	292.67
2	650–700	658	270.00–280.00	275.06
4	700–750	713	260.00–270.00	263.70
1	800–850	810	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	415.00	415.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	155.00	155.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	141.00	141.00
3	—	1,117	152.00–155.00	153.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	145.00	145.00
1	—	1,495	166.00	166.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	180.00	180.00
1	—	1,500	201.00	201.00

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

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Low Country Livestock Exchange - Darlington, SC

Replacement Cattle

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