Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder cattle were unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.65/cwt on 84 head.

Average price

$117.65

84 head · 480 lb average

Value per head Derived

$564

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

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

$32.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.44

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	501	124.18	622	46
Medium and Large 2	437	117.78	515	19thin
Small 1-2	396	108.81	431	11thin
Medium and Large 3	574	91.93	528	8thin

One grade step is worth $32.26/cwt here — about $94 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 sale84 hd

117.65

—

SC average5 barns · 442 hd

117.21

+0.44

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	1,593	86.87	1,384	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,170	57.57	674	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,799	56.13	1,010	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	876	55.79	489	17

Every lot, as filed

73 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	—	1,130	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,780	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,120	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	7,952	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,799	56.13/cwt	55.00–57.00	1,010	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	800	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	695	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	660	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	57.57/cwt	54.00–64.00	674	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	205	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	318	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	865	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	822	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	790	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	93.85/cwt	91.00–97.00	436	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	129.35/cwt	127.00–131.00	737	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	134.09/cwt	133.00–135.00	720	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	136.62/cwt	130.00–145.00	380	3
Bulls	—	—	1,508	79.01/cwt	77.00–81.00	1,191	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	868	57.68/cwt	54.00–65.00	501	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	912	46.98/cwt	45.00–50.00	428	3
Bulls	—	—	1,662	87.40/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,453	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	325	112.93/cwt	110.00–120.00	367	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	443	108.74/cwt	107.50–110.00	482	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	265	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	331	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	470	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	470	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	430	106.29/cwt	105.00–107.50	457	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	383	110.86/cwt	110.00–112.50	425	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	866	507.32/cwt	400.00–600.00	4,393	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	675	708.33/cwt	625.00–775.00	4,781	2
Bulls	—	—	1,555	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,571	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	463	107.32/cwt	105.00–110.00	497	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	127.69/cwt	125.00–130.00	798	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	612	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	374	117.10/cwt	110.00–125.00	438	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	830	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	113.20/cwt	110.00–118.00	540	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	126.35/cwt	124.00–130.00	395	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	110.51/cwt	110.00–111.00	628	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	120.35/cwt	117.00–122.00	688	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	740	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	629	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	114.51/cwt	114.00–115.00	822	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	122.76/cwt	122.50–123.00	706	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	104.01/cwt	103.00–105.00	848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	238	133.22/cwt	130.00–137.50	317	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	121.58/cwt	119.00–128.00	692	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	110.51/cwt	110.00–112.00	579	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	127.03/cwt	123.00–130.00	655	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	128.84/cwt	125.00–133.00	410	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	128.09/cwt	125.00–130.00	602	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	113.24/cwt	112.50–114.00	711	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	139.97/cwt	135.00–145.00	550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	102.44/cwt	100.00–105.00	697	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	136.98/cwt	135.00–138.00	388	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	123.95/cwt	120.00–130.00	534	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	127.36/cwt	125.00–130.00	539	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	159.84/cwt	157.00–162.50	591	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	130.75/cwt	128.00–133.00	625	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	124.11/cwt	120.00–130.00	648	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	123.94/cwt	120.00–131.00	580	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	123.94/cwt	122.00–128.00	843	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	529	122.30/cwt	120.00–126.00	647	7
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	807	82.29/cwt	75.00–90.00	664	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	935	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	116.75/cwt	115.00–119.00	716	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	130.01/cwt	129.00–131.00	741	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	827	451.92/cwt	400.00–500.00	3,737	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	630	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	527	104.37/cwt	100.00–108.00	550	3

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 Jul 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 272Last week 364Year ago 264

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 50Year ago 74

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 8Year ago 7

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,120	710.00	710.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	866	400.00–600.00	507.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	827	400.00–500.00	451.92
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	675	625.00–775.00	708.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	800.00	800.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	807	75.00–90.00	82.29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,799	55.00–57.00	56.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,170	54.00–64.00	57.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	868	54.00–65.00	57.68
3	—	912	45.00–50.00	46.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,508	77.00–81.00	79.01
3	—	1,662	86.00–90.00	87.40
1	—	1,555	101.00	101.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	85.00	85.00
1	—	645	90.00	90.00
1	—	790	90.00	90.00
1	—	500	95.00	95.00
4	—	465	91.00–97.00	93.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	205	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	105.00	105.00
1	—	395	125.00	125.00
5	—	477	110.00–118.00	113.20
3	—	313	124.00–130.00	126.35
2	—	568	110.00–111.00	110.51
3	—	238	130.00–137.50	133.22
4	—	524	110.00–112.00	110.51
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	325	110.00–120.00	112.93
1	—	470	100.00	100.00
2	—	430	105.00–107.50	106.29
3	—	383	110.00–112.50	110.86
1	—	575	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	569	119.00–128.00	121.58
4	—	283	135.00–138.00	136.98
3	—	423	125.00–130.00	127.36
7	—	522	120.00–130.00	124.11
12	—	468	120.00–131.00	123.94
8	—	613	115.00–119.00	116.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	145.00	145.00
1	—	460	133.00	133.00
1	—	505	132.00	132.00
1	—	625	120.00	120.00
2	—	570	129.00–131.00	130.01
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	107.50–110.00	108.74
4	—	463	105.00–110.00	107.32
3	—	527	100.00–108.00	104.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	572	117.00–122.00	120.35
4	—	470	125.00–130.00	128.09
2	—	628	112.50–114.00	113.24
2	—	680	100.00–105.00	102.44
7	—	431	120.00–130.00	123.95
7	—	529	120.00–126.00	122.30
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	95.00	95.00
1	—	830	91.00	91.00
1	—	740	85.00	85.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	127.00–131.00	129.35
11	—	537	133.00–135.00	134.09
5	—	625	125.00–130.00	127.69
3	—	370	157.00–162.50	159.84
3	—	680	122.00–128.00	123.94
2	—	460	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	278	130.00–145.00	136.62
2	—	718	114.00–115.00	114.51
2	—	575	122.50–123.00	122.76
2	—	815	103.00–105.00	104.01
5	—	516	123.00–130.00	127.03
4	—	318	125.00–133.00	128.84
1	—	440	126.00	126.00
2	—	393	135.00–145.00	139.97
4	—	478	128.00–133.00	130.75
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	125.00	125.00
7	—	374	110.00–125.00	117.10

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle