Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales . Average offering of 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 $123.60/cwt on 115 head.

Average price

$123.60

115 head · 464 lb average

Value per head Derived

$574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$13

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

$38.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.72

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	459	131.22	603	66
Medium and Large 2	433	119.16	516	33
Small 1-2	510	105.42	538	11thin
Medium and Large 3	639	92.29	590	5thin

One grade step is worth $38.93/cwt here — about $13 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 sale115 hd

123.60

—

SC average5 barns · 733 hd

124.32

−0.72

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	1,525	85.51	1,304	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,426	59.97	855	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,197	58.59	701	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	886	53.17	471	29

Every lot, as filed

87 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	—	630	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	578	92.45/cwt	90.00–95.00	534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	122.76/cwt	120.00–126.00	773	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	137.45/cwt	130.00–141.00	448	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	127.56/cwt	124.00–133.00	667	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	132.13/cwt	130.00–135.00	563	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	118.84/cwt	115.00–124.00	566	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	410	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	118.70/cwt	116.00–120.00	614	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	311	121.78/cwt	120.00–125.00	379	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	132.98/cwt	130.00–140.00	495	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	130.94/cwt	127.00–137.50	622	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	92.18/cwt	90.00–94.00	627	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	140.81/cwt	135.00–149.00	736	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	154.89/cwt	150.00–162.50	649	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	227	118.09/cwt	115.00–125.00	268	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	472	106.61/cwt	105.00–110.00	503	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	117.21/cwt	114.00–120.00	660	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	127.88/cwt	120.00–130.00	668	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	858	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	798	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	678	90.66/cwt	90.00–92.00	615	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	465	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	120.98/cwt	115.00–125.00	517	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	120.35/cwt	118.00–122.50	455	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	678	110.97/cwt	110.00–112.00	752	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	620	90.99/cwt	90.00–92.00	564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	590	92.02/cwt	90.00–94.00	543	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	130.58/cwt	125.00–137.00	800	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	415	119.82/cwt	115.00–125.00	497	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	524	105.00/cwt	100.00–110.00	550	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	733	103.11/cwt	100.00–107.50	756	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	770	94.30/cwt	90.00–97.00	726	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	141.75/cwt	140.00–145.00	533	6
Steers	Small 1-2	—	430	122.56/cwt	120.00–125.00	527	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	400	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	320	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	560	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	433	108.46/cwt	107.00–110.00	470	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	368	108.95/cwt	108.00–110.00	401	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	143.33/cwt	140.00–145.00	613	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	111.01/cwt	110.00–112.00	844	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	321	129.41/cwt	125.00–135.00	415	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	261	141.24/cwt	140.00–145.00	369	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	127.47/cwt	123.00–133.00	725	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	658	101.01/cwt	100.00–102.00	665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	266	173.57/cwt	170.00–175.00	462	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	162.05/cwt	150.00–167.50	525	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	155.35/cwt	150.00–165.00	575	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	681	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	363	175.10/cwt	172.50–180.00	636	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	638	101.48/cwt	100.00–103.00	647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	112.48/cwt	110.00–115.00	737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	160.92/cwt	155.00–167.00	698	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	147.74/cwt	145.00–150.00	768	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	385	124.18/cwt	120.00–130.00	478	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	132.48/cwt	130.00–135.00	762	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	458	120.08/cwt	115.00–125.00	550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	141.02/cwt	140.00–142.00	881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	167.55/cwt	165.00–170.00	402	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	141.16/cwt	140.00–145.00	807	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	151.54/cwt	149.00–154.00	694	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	137.52/cwt	135.00–142.50	773	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	471	111.83/cwt	110.00–117.00	527	8
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	567	103.24/cwt	100.00–110.00	585	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	620	102.44/cwt	100.00–105.00	635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	400	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	139.07/cwt	130.00–145.00	591	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	124.07/cwt	120.00–130.00	717	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	138.91/cwt	125.00–144.00	671	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	115.90/cwt	112.00–120.00	719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	4,763	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,141	930.14/cwt	700.00–1,350.00	10,613	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	970	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	8,973	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	690	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	4,485	1
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	830	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	4,358	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,250	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	9,063	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	869.86/cwt	675.00–950.00	5,115	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	907	1
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	965	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,273	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,063	616.85/cwt	600.00–625.00	6,557	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	118.82/cwt	82.50–145.00	879	2
Bulls	—	—	1,058	75.57/cwt	73.00–78.00	800	2
Bulls	—	—	1,659	88.35/cwt	82.00–94.00	1,466	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	60.52/cwt	55.00–68.00	735	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,086	46.62/cwt	45.00–50.00	506	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,426	59.97/cwt	53.00–64.00	855	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	838	47.49/cwt	42.00–52.00	398	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	58.48/cwt	54.00–66.00	544	15

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 Dec 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 369Last week 309Year ago 275

Slaughter CattleReceipts 97Last week 105Year ago 73

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 34Year ago 16

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales . Average offering of average to plain

quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	110.00	110.00
9	—	476	115.00–124.00	118.84
3	—	517	116.00–120.00	118.70
4	—	311	120.00–125.00	121.78
3	—	227	115.00–125.00	118.09
4	—	563	114.00–120.00	117.21
5	—	427	115.00–125.00	120.98
4	—	378	118.00–122.50	120.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	90.00–95.00	92.45
3	—	680	90.00–94.00	92.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	630	120.00–126.00	122.76
7	—	326	130.00–141.00	137.45
6	—	523	124.00–133.00	127.56
9	—	426	130.00–135.00	132.13
12	—	372	130.00–140.00	132.98
17	—	475	127.00–137.50	130.94
9	—	569	123.00–133.00	127.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	143.00	143.00
1	—	465	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	105.00–110.00	106.61
2	—	433	107.00–110.00	108.46
2	—	368	108.00–110.00	108.95
2	—	658	100.00–102.00	101.01
2	—	638	100.00–103.00	101.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	523	135.00–149.00	140.81
12	—	419	150.00–162.50	154.89
4	—	613	125.00–137.00	130.58
2	—	458	149.00–154.00	151.54
5	—	562	135.00–142.50	137.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	522	120.00–130.00	127.88
2	—	678	110.00–112.00	110.97
3	—	733	100.00–107.50	103.11
9	—	425	130.00–145.00	139.07
5	—	578	120.00–130.00	124.07
11	—	483	125.00–144.00	138.91
2	—	620	112.00–120.00	115.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	858	93.00	93.00
3	—	678	90.00–92.00	90.66
2	—	620	90.00–92.00	90.99
2	—	590	90.00–94.00	92.02
4	—	770	90.00–97.00	94.30
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	115.00–125.00	119.82
6	—	524	100.00–110.00	105.00
8	—	471	110.00–117.00	111.83
3	—	567	100.00–110.00	103.24
2	—	620	100.00–105.00	102.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	376	140.00–145.00	141.75
3	—	428	140.00–145.00	143.33
2	—	760	110.00–112.00	111.01
4	—	261	140.00–145.00	141.24
2	—	655	110.00–115.00	112.48
2	—	575	130.00–135.00	132.48
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	120.00–125.00	122.56
4	—	321	125.00–135.00	129.41
9	—	385	120.00–130.00	124.18
2	—	458	115.00–125.00	120.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	175.00	175.00
1	—	320	175.00	175.00
3	—	363	172.50–180.00	175.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	266	170.00–175.00	173.57
6	—	324	150.00–167.50	162.05
7	—	370	150.00–165.00	155.35
6	—	454	150.00	150.00
5	—	434	155.00–167.00	160.92
4	—	520	145.00–150.00	147.74
2	—	625	140.00–142.00	141.02
2	—	240	165.00–170.00	167.55
5	—	572	140.00–145.00	141.16

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	635	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,141	700.00–1,350.00	930.14
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	830	525.00	525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	965	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,063	600.00–625.00	616.85
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	650.00	650.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	588	675.00–950.00	869.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,295	70.00	70.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	740	82.50–145.00	118.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,058	73.00–78.00	75.57
7	—	1,659	82.00–94.00	88.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,215	55.00–68.00	60.52
5	—	1,086	45.00–50.00	46.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,426	53.00–64.00	59.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	838	42.00–52.00	47.49
15	—	930	54.00–66.00	58.48

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