Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average offerings of average to plain

quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.15/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −68.03 against this barn's trailing median of $191.19.

Average price

$123.15

41 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$23.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.19

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	459	133.33	613	10thin
Medium 2	505	120.55	609	29
Small 1-2	433	109.97	476	2thin

One grade step is worth $23.36/cwt here — about $136 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

8 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $202.41, low $168.64, median $191.19 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale41 hd

123.15

—

SC average5 barns · 351 hd

116.96

+6.19

This barn, trailing median8 sales

191.19

−68.03

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	1,559	82.82	1,291	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,660	58.00	963	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,159	51.66	599	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	847	45.40	385	8thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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 2	—	380	132.32/cwt	128.00–136.00	503	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	330	136.29/cwt	130.00–141.00	450	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	753	99.51/cwt	95.00–104.00	749	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	725	98.88/cwt	93.00–105.00	717	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	268	137.38/cwt	135.00–140.00	368	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	327	121.03/cwt	120.00–123.00	396	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	596	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	888	51.51/cwt	51.00–52.00	457	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,660	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	963	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	60.85/cwt	54.00–66.00	730	8
Bulls	—	—	1,680	87.09/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,463	3
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	675	380.80/cwt	325.00–435.00	2,570	4
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	690	376.63/cwt	350.00–400.00	2,599	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,635	1,036.93/cwt	1,000.00–1,075.00	16,954	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	698	607.08/cwt	550.00–675.00	4,237	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	359	120.61/cwt	120.00–122.50	433	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	220	137.39/cwt	135.00–140.00	302	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	405	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	486	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	361	115.74/cwt	115.00–118.00	418	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	280	119.07/cwt	115.00–123.00	333	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	420	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	100.99/cwt	100.00–102.00	538	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	806	39.29/cwt	35.00–45.00	317	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	39.41/cwt	35.00–45.00	435	6
Bulls	—	—	1,195	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	122.41/cwt	120.00–125.00	577	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	123.99/cwt	122.00–127.00	533	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	525	113.05/cwt	110.00–115.00	594	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	468	112.63/cwt	108.00–115.00	527	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	367	128.59/cwt	125.00–135.00	472	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	720	83.48/cwt	82.00–85.00	601	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	565	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	680	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	620	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	552	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	415	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	477	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	433	109.97/cwt	108.00–112.00	476	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	137.55/cwt	135.00–143.00	576	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	127.00/cwt	125.00–129.00	660	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	477	125.78/cwt	120.00–130.00	600	12
Bulls	Medium 2	—	419	123.82/cwt	120.00–130.00	519	8
Bulls	Medium 2	—	537	121.28/cwt	119.00–125.00	651	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	623	104.94/cwt	100.00–110.00	654	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	568	121.96/cwt	120.00–124.00	693	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	860	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	753	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	710	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	646	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 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 188Last week 246Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 31Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 33Year ago 0

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average offerings of average to plain

quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	380	128.00–136.00	132.32
3	—	330	130.00–141.00	136.29
2	—	753	95.00–104.00	99.51
2	—	725	93.00–105.00	98.88
2	—	268	135.00–140.00	137.38
2	—	220	135.00–140.00	137.39
1	—	405	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	327	120.00–123.00	121.03
4	—	359	120.00–122.50	120.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	361	115.00–118.00	115.74
2	—	280	115.00–123.00	119.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	100.00	100.00
2	—	533	100.00–102.00	100.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	471	120.00–125.00	122.41
4	—	430	122.00–127.00	123.99
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	110.00–115.00	113.05
3	—	468	108.00–115.00	112.63
3	—	367	125.00–135.00	128.59
2	—	720	82.00–85.00	83.48
2	—	565	108.00–110.00	109.00
1	—	680	85.00	85.00
1	—	620	89.00	89.00
1	—	415	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	108.00–112.00	109.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	419	135.00–143.00	137.55
4	—	520	125.00–129.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	477	120.00–130.00	125.78
8	—	419	120.00–130.00	123.82
3	—	537	119.00–125.00	121.28
2	—	623	100.00–110.00	104.94
2	—	568	120.00–124.00	121.96
1	—	860	87.50	87.50
1	—	710	91.00	91.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	888	51.00–52.00	51.51
4	—	806	35.00–45.00	39.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	58.00	58.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,199	54.00–66.00	60.85
6	—	1,105	35.00–45.00	39.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,680	84.00–90.00	87.09
1	—	1,195	70.00	70.00

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	4	—	675	325.00–435.00	380.80
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	690	350.00–400.00	376.63
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,635	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,036.93
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	698	550.00–675.00	607.08

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 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

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