Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends this week due to limited comparable sales. There were moderate 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 $118.99/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$118.99

42 head · 395 lb average

Value per head Derived

$470

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$55.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.63

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	416	125.24	521	18thin
Small 1-2	496	118.00	585	1thin
Medium and Large 2	376	116.25	437	13thin
Medium and Large 3	353	116.01	409	9thin
Large 3	548	70.00	384	1thin

One grade step is worth $55.24/cwt here — about $137 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 sale42 hd

118.99

—

SC average5 barns · 409 hd

111.36

+7.63

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	1,134	72.49	822	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,164	58.85	685	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	952	47.58	453	27

Every lot, as filed

74 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 and Large 1-2	—	412	124.31/cwt	123.00–126.00	512	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	115.74/cwt	115.00–117.00	601	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	130.31/cwt	123.00–136.00	478	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,070	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,885	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	721	498.30/cwt	475.00–525.00	3,593	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	956	426.15/cwt	400.00–450.00	4,074	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	82.56/cwt	80.00–85.00	593	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	672	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	504	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	817	545.11/cwt	451.00–600.00	4,454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	502	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	396	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	487	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	864	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	236	125.98/cwt	125.00–127.00	297	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	409	119.01/cwt	116.00–122.00	487	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	274	118.26/cwt	110.00–125.00	324	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	117.85/cwt	112.50–121.00	397	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	374	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	112.55/cwt	110.00–115.00	544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	275	114.28/cwt	110.00–117.50	314	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	336	117.05/cwt	115.00–121.00	393	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	496	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	326	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	344	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	482	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	546	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	649	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	751	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	824	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	139.46/cwt	135.00–144.00	655	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	138.18/cwt	134.00–145.00	569	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	570	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	642	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	629	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	112.98/cwt	103.00–123.00	636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	128.18/cwt	125.00–130.00	552	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	514	119.75/cwt	113.00–125.00	616	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	466	125.33/cwt	116.00–130.00	584	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	586	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	461	120.49/cwt	119.00–122.00	555	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	466	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	527	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	535	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	615	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	561	119.95/cwt	117.00–126.00	673	3
Heifers	Large 3	—	548	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	131.01/cwt	130.00–132.00	440	2
Bulls	—	—	1,410	83.77/cwt	75.00–90.00	1,181	4
Bulls	—	—	914	63.47/cwt	57.50–65.00	580	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,342	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	845	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	53.74/cwt	44.00–60.00	543	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	38.63/cwt	30.00–42.00	334	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,119	57.81/cwt	56.00–59.00	647	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	746.69/cwt	650.00–825.00	8,811	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	898	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	7,858	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	924	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,468	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	693	785.68/cwt	775.00–800.00	5,445	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,094	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,932	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	9,410	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,194	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,448	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	972	950.44/cwt	910.00–1,035.00	9,238	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	559	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	392	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	510	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	278	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	512	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	563	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	332	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	398	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	238	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	298	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	133.56/cwt	132.00–135.00	431	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	872	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	802	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 May 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 153Last week 255Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 31Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 10Year ago 0

No trends this week due to limited comparable sales. There were moderate 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 and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	412	123.00–126.00	124.31
4	—	519	115.00–117.00	115.74
6	—	367	123.00–136.00	130.31
1	—	282	137.50	137.50
1	—	450	122.00	122.00
1	—	570	115.00	115.00
2	—	336	130.00–132.00	131.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	502	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	396	123.00	123.00
1	—	864	80.00	80.00
2	—	236	125.00–127.00	125.98
2	—	409	116.00–122.00	119.01
3	—	274	110.00–125.00	118.26
3	—	337	112.50–121.00	117.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	374	125.00	125.00
2	—	483	110.00–115.00	112.55
3	—	275	110.00–117.50	114.28
3	—	336	115.00–121.00	117.05
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	496	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	548	70.00	70.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	155.00	155.00
1	—	344	140.00	140.00
1	—	390	140.00	140.00
1	—	460	141.00	141.00
1	—	518	134.00	134.00
1	—	552	136.00	136.00
1	—	736	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	352	132.00	132.00
1	—	748	80.00	80.00
2	—	323	132.00–135.00	133.56
1	—	872	92.00	92.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	392	130.00	130.00
1	—	278	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	512	110.00	110.00
1	—	332	120.00	120.00
1	—	238	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	125.00	125.00
2	—	559	130.00	130.00
4	—	470	135.00–144.00	139.46
5	—	412	134.00–145.00	138.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	642	98.00	98.00
2	—	563	103.00–123.00	112.98
4	—	431	125.00–130.00	128.18
4	—	514	113.00–125.00	119.75
5	—	466	116.00–130.00	125.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	110.00	110.00
1	—	586	117.00	117.00
2	—	461	119.00–122.00	120.49
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	466	113.00	113.00
1	—	535	115.00	115.00
3	—	561	117.00–126.00	119.95

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,070	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	721	475.00–525.00	498.30
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	956	400.00–450.00	426.15
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,180	650.00–825.00	746.69
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	718	80.00–85.00	82.56
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	672	75.00	75.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	817	451.00–600.00	545.11
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	898	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	924	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	693	775.00–800.00	785.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,094	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	918	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,194	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	972	910.00–1,035.00	950.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	810	69.00	69.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,410	75.00–90.00	83.77
5	—	914	57.50–65.00	63.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,342	63.00	63.00
4	—	1,119	56.00–59.00	57.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,011	44.00–60.00	53.74
11	—	865	30.00–42.00	38.63

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

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