Sale reports / South Carolina / Darlington Livestock Auction / 2021-02-16

Darlington Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Darlington, South Carolina · Tue, Feb 16
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1956
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
184 vs last sale 223 280 vs year ago 319 · 87.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
22 vs last sale 33 74 vs year ago 85 · 87.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
2 vs last sale 10 1 vs year ago 11 · +9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons this week due to limited comparable sales. There were light offerings of mostly average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $108.70/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits 82.48 against this barn's trailing median of $191.19.
Average price
$108.70
10 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$585
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Small 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$23.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.57
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small 1-2492118.355823thin
Medium and Large 2580109.256344thin
Small 2515105.005411thin
Medium and Large 353895.005112thin
One grade step is worth $23.35/cwt here — about $72 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
216196175155median 191.1912/1603/0305/1906/2307/07
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 sale10 hd
108.70
SC average5 barns · 151 hd
112.27
−3.57
This barn, trailing median8 sales
191.19
−82.48
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,39582.181,1466thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08576.008251thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05069.627314thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3790675.00/cwt675.00–675.005,3331
Bulls1,22073.05/cwt70.00–74.008913
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08576.00/cwt76.00–76.008251
Bulls1,57091.31/cwt87.00–94.001,4343
BullsMedium and Large 2470123.99/cwt123.00–125.005832
HeifersMedium and Large 290070.00/cwt70.00–70.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 2450112.50/cwt112.50–112.505061
BullsMedium and Large 267590.00/cwt90.00–90.006081
HeifersMedium and Large 2Full94566.00/cwt66.00–66.006241
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2240125.00/cwt125.00–125.003001
Stock CowsSmall 3543310.94/cwt275.00–350.001,6882
HeifersMedium and Large 3Fleshy77062.00/cwt62.00–62.004771
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy84070.03/cwt65.00–75.005882
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2878790.88/cwt725.00–850.006,9442
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2680850.00/cwt850.00–850.005,7801
Stock CowsLarge 3665372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,4741
HeifersSmall 358090.00/cwt90.00–90.005221
HeifersSmall 1-2515102.50/cwt102.50–102.505281
BullsSmall 2515105.00/cwt105.00–105.005411
BullsMedium and Large 3510110.00/cwt110.00–110.005611
BullsMedium and Large 356580.00/cwt80.00–80.004521
BullsMedium and Large 270599.00/cwt99.00–99.006981
CowsLean 85-90%1,05069.62/cwt62.00–76.007314
SteersMedium and Large 2250142.50/cwt142.50–142.503561
SteersMedium and Large 2205148.78/cwt147.50–150.003052
SteersMedium and Large 2455140.00/cwt140.00–140.006371
BullsSmall 1-2503115.02/cwt110.00–120.005792
BullsSmall 1-2470125.00/cwt125.00–125.005881

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.