Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales . Average offering average to plain

quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.96/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$106.96

34 head · 445 lb average

Value per head Derived

$476

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

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

$29.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.84

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	390	122.19	476	6thin
Medium and Large 2	459	109.18	501	13thin
Small 1-2	434	105.99	460	7thin
Medium and Large 3	474	92.77	439	8thin

One grade step is worth $29.42/cwt here — about $37 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 sale34 hd

106.96

—

SC average5 barns · 415 hd

107.80

−0.84

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	1,428	72.19	1,031	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	841	55.78	469	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,153	52.07	600	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,513	49.90	755	2thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	117.56/cwt	115.00–120.00	494	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	588	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	110.00/cwt	109.00–111.00	812	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	107.03/cwt	104.00–110.00	557	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	737	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	319	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	140.47/cwt	140.00–141.00	454	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	108.62/cwt	106.00–111.00	833	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	500	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	416	93.04/cwt	90.00–97.00	387	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	106.51/cwt	106.00–107.00	621	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	108.28/cwt	105.00–110.00	466	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	108.55/cwt	105.00–112.00	510	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	91.00/cwt	90.00–92.00	471	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	113.49/cwt	110.00–115.00	642	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	118.89/cwt	115.00–122.50	315	2
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	746	73.42/cwt	68.00–80.00	548	6
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	939	620.04/cwt	550.00–675.00	5,822	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	837	900.95/cwt	875.00–925.00	7,541	3
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	745	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	3,539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	120.38/cwt	118.00–122.00	509	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	505	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	510	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	385	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	481	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	535	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	535	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	473	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	520	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	460	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	478	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	485	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	485	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	384	110.49/cwt	110.00–112.00	424	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	313	122.60/cwt	120.00–125.00	384	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	545	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	583	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,110	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	7,493	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,025	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	5,894	1
Bulls	—	—	1,743	75.49/cwt	75.00–76.00	1,316	2
Bulls	—	—	1,271	70.54/cwt	65.00–73.00	897	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	49.90/cwt	48.00–52.00	755	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	52.07/cwt	45.00–60.00	600	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	841	55.78/cwt	50.00–60.00	469	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,105	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	9,116	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	10,763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	432	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,170	794.32/cwt	700.00–900.00	9,294	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	10,286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	105.67/cwt	103.00–109.00	597	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 Oct 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 136Last week 261Year ago 338

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 57Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 15Year ago 4

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales . Average offering average to plain

quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	107.00	107.00
2	—	420	115.00–120.00	117.56
2	—	583	106.00–107.00	106.51
1	—	485	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	115.00	115.00
2	—	470	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	90.00	90.00
1	—	425	96.00	96.00
2	—	480	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	101.00	101.00
1	—	460	104.00	104.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	738	109.00–111.00	110.00
1	—	515	124.00	124.00
2	—	323	140.00–141.00	140.47
3	—	767	106.00–111.00	108.62
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	112.50	112.50
4	—	566	110.00–115.00	113.49
1	—	545	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	99.00	99.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	110.00	110.00
1	—	385	125.00	125.00
2	—	473	110.00	110.00
2	—	313	120.00–125.00	122.60
1	—	545	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	104.00–110.00	107.03
3	—	430	105.00–110.00	108.28
3	—	470	105.00–112.00	108.55
2	—	265	115.00–122.50	118.89
3	—	565	103.00–109.00	105.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	130.00	130.00
1	—	495	117.00	117.00
1	—	330	125.00	125.00
3	—	423	118.00–122.00	120.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	416	90.00–97.00	93.04
2	—	518	90.00–92.00	91.00
1	—	485	92.00	92.00
1	—	605	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	100.00	100.00
2	—	485	100.00	100.00
4	—	384	110.00–112.00	110.49

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	746	68.00–80.00	73.42
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	939	550.00–675.00	620.04
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	745	475.00	475.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	575.00	575.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,170	700.00–900.00	794.32
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,055	975.00	975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	837	875.00–925.00	900.95
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,105	825.00	825.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,025.00	1,025.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,743	75.00–76.00	75.49
4	—	1,271	65.00–73.00	70.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,513	48.00–52.00	49.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,153	45.00–60.00	52.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	841	50.00–60.00	55.78

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