Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, there were too few comparable sales to establish trends. There were light offerings of mostly 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 $103.48/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$103.48

72 head · 424 lb average

Value per head Derived

$439

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$116

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

$32.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.81

vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small 1-2	247	120.00	296	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	432	119.14	515	7thin
Medium 2	415	106.57	442	44
Medium and Large 3	473	87.07	412	18thin

One grade step is worth $32.93/cwt here — about −$116 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 sale72 hd

103.48

—

SC average5 barns · 529 hd

111.29

−7.81

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	1,271	73.54	934	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,575	58.52	922	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,135	55.22	627	21

Every lot, as filed

69 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	Medium 2	—	610	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	647	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	655	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	642	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	274	109.32/cwt	107.50–112.50	300	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	473	104.45/cwt	92.50–113.00	494	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	370	102.19/cwt	87.50–117.00	378	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	425	103.26/cwt	95.00–115.00	439	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	519	110.45/cwt	95.00–117.00	573	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	329	110.28/cwt	95.00–120.00	363	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	118.51/cwt	117.00–120.00	555	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	119.39/cwt	117.00–124.00	499	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	643	87.01/cwt	85.00–89.00	559	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	84.19/cwt	80.00–87.50	360	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	316	92.57/cwt	80.00–100.00	293	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	383	90.60/cwt	82.50–97.50	347	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	671	79.98/cwt	70.00–87.50	537	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	295	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	354	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	223	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	268	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	225	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	248	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	445	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	498	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	595	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	684	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	615	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	633	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	735	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	853	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	475	110.50/cwt	105.00–116.00	525	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	281	113.26/cwt	110.00–115.00	318	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	358	118.73/cwt	100.00–133.00	425	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	325	126.72/cwt	105.00–136.00	412	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	58.52/cwt	58.00–59.00	922	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	58.19/cwt	53.00–64.00	653	16
Bulls	—	—	1,344	79.61/cwt	73.00–90.00	1,070	7
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	697	314.87/cwt	274.00–393.00	2,195	9
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	658	526.83/cwt	459.00–619.00	3,467	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	5,175	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	637.80/cwt	625.00–650.00	6,569	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	614.31/cwt	560.00–675.00	6,082	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	4,830	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,625	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,185	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	8,591	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	830	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	6,018	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	817	673.62/cwt	650.00–700.00	5,503	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,190	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	14,578	1
Steers	Small 2	—	283	121.64/cwt	112.50–130.00	344	2
Steers	Small 2	—	365	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	484	1
Steers	Small 2	—	335	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	402	1
Steers	Small 2	—	240	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	300	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	435	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	94.20/cwt	92.50–95.00	347	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	137.73/cwt	132.50–149.00	518	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	141.64/cwt	138.00–147.00	588	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	138.55/cwt	136.00–141.00	651	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	133.77/cwt	132.50–135.00	435	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	408	1
Bulls	—	—	1,168	65.05/cwt	60.00–67.00	760	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	45.70/cwt	40.00–50.00	537	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	420	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	610	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	625	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	477	109.60/cwt	97.00–119.00	523	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	564	115.73/cwt	112.00–118.00	653	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	519	112.95/cwt	95.00–119.00	586	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	122.33/cwt	122.00–123.00	636	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	120.65/cwt	118.00–124.00	702	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	128.41/cwt	121.00–136.00	600	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	133.12/cwt	130.00–140.00	563	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	690	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	718	82.45/cwt	78.00–87.00	592	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	89.40/cwt	82.50–92.50	384	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	565	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	605	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 Jun 4, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 246Last week 167Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 23Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 15Year ago 0

Compared to last week, there were too few comparable sales to establish trends. There were light offerings of mostly average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	106.00	106.00
1	—	655	98.00	98.00
4	—	274	107.50–112.50	109.32
6	—	473	92.50–113.00	104.45
7	—	370	87.50–117.00	102.19
7	—	425	95.00–115.00	103.26
7	—	519	95.00–117.00	110.45
10	—	329	95.00–120.00	110.28
1	—	565	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	117.00–120.00	118.51
5	—	418	117.00–124.00	119.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	88.00	88.00
2	—	643	85.00–89.00	87.01
3	—	428	80.00–87.50	84.19
4	—	316	80.00–100.00	92.57
4	—	383	82.50–97.50	90.60
4	—	671	70.00–87.50	79.98
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	120.00	120.00
2	—	223	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	110.00	110.00
1	—	445	112.00	112.00
1	—	595	115.00	115.00
1	—	615	103.00	103.00
1	—	735	116.00	116.00
2	—	475	105.00–116.00	110.50
4	—	281	110.00–115.00	113.26
7	—	358	100.00–133.00	118.73
21	—	325	105.00–136.00	126.72
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	283	112.50–130.00	121.64
1	—	365	132.50	132.50
1	—	335	120.00	120.00
1	—	240	125.00	125.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	92.50–95.00	94.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	376	132.50–149.00	137.73
3	—	415	138.00–147.00	141.64
2	—	470	136.00–141.00	138.55
2	—	325	132.50–135.00	133.77
1	—	595	125.00	125.00
1	—	255	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	125.00	125.00
1	—	610	102.50	102.50
3	—	477	97.00–119.00	109.60
4	—	564	112.00–118.00	115.73
5	—	519	95.00–119.00	112.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	122.00–123.00	122.33
3	—	582	118.00–124.00	120.65
6	—	467	121.00–136.00	128.41
8	—	423	130.00–140.00	133.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	88.00	88.00
1	—	690	90.00	90.00
2	—	718	78.00–87.00	82.45
4	—	430	82.50–92.50	89.40

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,575	58.00–59.00	58.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,123	53.00–64.00	58.19
5	—	1,174	40.00–50.00	45.70
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,344	73.00–90.00	79.61
5	—	1,168	60.00–67.00	65.05

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	697	274.00–393.00	314.87
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	658	459.00–619.00	526.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	900	575.00	575.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,030	625.00–650.00	637.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	990	560.00–675.00	614.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	920	525.00	525.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	500.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,185	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	725.00	725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	817	650.00–700.00	673.62
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,190	1,225.00	1,225.00

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

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle