Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder cattle were steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls were steady 3.00 lower. Average 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 $117.48/cwt on 52 head.

Average price

$117.48

52 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$36.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.88

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	470	128.88	606	22
Medium and Large 2	537	114.18	613	19thin
Small 1-2	532	105.14	560	7thin
Medium and Large 3	544	92.12	501	4thin

One grade step is worth $36.76/cwt here — about $105 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 sale52 hd

117.48

—

SC average5 barns · 524 hd

115.60

+1.88

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	1,307	84.35	1,102	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	851	58.76	500	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,113	57.90	644	14

Every lot, as filed

53 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 2	—	575	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	115.91/cwt	112.50–120.00	547	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	432	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	915	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	92.82/cwt	90.00–97.50	495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	808	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	122.42/cwt	120.00–125.00	569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	110.67/cwt	109.00–113.00	692	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	157.96/cwt	153.00–163.00	531	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	366	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	131.49/cwt	130.00–133.00	809	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	130.75/cwt	125.00–135.00	558	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	121.49/cwt	119.00–124.00	673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	134.26/cwt	131.00–137.50	490	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	865	872.82/cwt	870.00–875.00	7,550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	117.50/cwt	115.00–120.00	517	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	127.67/cwt	126.00–130.00	658	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	136.52/cwt	133.00–139.00	782	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	144.48/cwt	140.00–148.00	675	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	285	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	436	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	475	111.01/cwt	110.00–112.00	527	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	1,030	626.21/cwt	600.00–650.00	6,450	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	775	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	4,844	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	875	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	5,031	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	503	122.33/cwt	122.00–123.00	615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	137.58/cwt	135.00–141.00	724	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	111.48/cwt	110.00–113.00	764	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	705	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	627	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,005	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	8,392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	132.66/cwt	130.00–136.00	707	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	134.34/cwt	132.50–138.00	619	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	123.00/cwt	122.00–124.00	855	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	59.29/cwt	55.00–64.00	665	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	127.39/cwt	125.00–130.00	599	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	595	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	619	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	490	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	527	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	660	100.99/cwt	100.00–102.00	667	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	368	121.67/cwt	115.00–130.00	448	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	533	108.36/cwt	107.00–110.00	578	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	518	106.26/cwt	105.00–107.50	550	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	859	59.87/cwt	55.00–69.00	514	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	790	50.43/cwt	50.00–51.00	398	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	49.53/cwt	49.00–50.00	527	2
Bulls	—	—	1,258	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	944	2
Bulls	—	—	1,331	89.02/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,185	4

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 Sep 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 146Last week 191Year ago 257

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 50Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 5Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	114.00	114.00
6	—	472	112.50–120.00	115.91
1	—	360	120.00	120.00
1	—	755	107.00	107.00
3	—	625	109.00–113.00	110.67
1	—	305	120.00	120.00
2	—	440	115.00–120.00	117.50
2	—	685	110.00–113.00	111.48
1	—	710	108.00	108.00
1	—	545	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	533	90.00–97.50	92.82
1	—	575	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	427	125.00–135.00	130.75
4	—	554	119.00–124.00	121.49
4	—	365	131.00–137.50	134.26
1	—	670	127.00	127.00
3	—	515	126.00–130.00	127.67
1	—	305	143.00	143.00
1	—	645	120.00	120.00
2	—	470	125.00–130.00	127.39
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	110.00	110.00
1	—	595	104.00	104.00
1	—	490	107.50	107.50
2	—	660	100.00–102.00	100.99
2	—	518	105.00–107.50	106.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	122.00	122.00
4	—	336	153.00–163.00	157.96
2	—	615	130.00–133.00	131.49
6	—	573	133.00–139.00	136.52
6	—	467	140.00–148.00	144.48
7	—	526	135.00–141.00	137.58
2	—	695	122.00–124.00	123.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	115.00–130.00	121.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	120.00–125.00	122.42
1	—	435	135.00	135.00
3	—	503	122.00–123.00	122.33
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	110.00–112.00	111.01
3	—	533	107.00–110.00	108.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	127.00	127.00
3	—	533	130.00–136.00	132.66
4	—	461	132.50–138.00	134.34

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	865	870.00–875.00	872.82
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,030	600.00–650.00	626.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	775	625.00	625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	875	575.00	575.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,005	835.00	835.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,121	55.00–64.00	59.29
2	—	1,065	49.00–50.00	49.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	859	55.00–69.00	59.87
2	—	790	50.00–51.00	50.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,258	75.00	75.00
4	—	1,331	88.00–90.00	89.02

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle