Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate 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 $126.41/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$126.41

75 head · 476 lb average

Value per head Derived

$602

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

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

$32.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.50

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	457	136.67	625	19thin
Medium and Large 2	495	128.44	636	36
Small 1-2	485	117.71	571	13thin
Medium and Large 3	413	104.29	431	7thin

One grade step is worth $32.38/cwt here — about $194 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 sale75 hd

126.41

—

SC average5 barns · 527 hd

134.91

−8.50

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	1,352	100.09	1,353	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,058	79.18	837	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	923	63.38	585	11

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	859	$1,035	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	885	$1,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	880	$525	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	775	$827	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	679	$359	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	750	$325	1thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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	Small 1-2	—	570	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	210	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	131.20/cwt	127.50–135.00	466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	124.80/cwt	120.00–130.00	711	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	545	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	218	144.83/cwt	140.00–150.00	316	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	315	122.54/cwt	120.00–125.00	386	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	255	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	281	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	225	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	594	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	205	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	256	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	423	118.80/cwt	117.50–120.00	503	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	801	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	129.02/cwt	127.50–130.00	683	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	773	115.85/cwt	115.00–117.50	896	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	126.73/cwt	126.00–127.50	862	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	133.20/cwt	133.00–134.00	682	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	130.08/cwt	125.00–132.00	609	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	290	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	479	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	525	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	140.88/cwt	140.00–142.50	597	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	637	128.38/cwt	125.00–135.00	818	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	705	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	132.49/cwt	132.00–133.00	898	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	488	103.34/cwt	100.00–110.00	504	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	505	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	556	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	470	129.00/cwt	120.00–135.00	606	7
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	445	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	564	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	728	106.25/cwt	105.00–107.50	774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	602	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	813	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	493	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	408	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	748	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	323	131.34/cwt	130.00–135.00	424	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	448	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	290	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	830	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	374	133.23/cwt	125.00–140.00	498	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	220	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	330	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	454	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	160.81/cwt	155.00–162.00	913	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	643	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	993	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	250	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	154.42/cwt	150.00–160.00	565	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	160.47/cwt	160.00–161.00	518	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	357	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	420	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	162.39/cwt	160.00–165.00	771	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	868	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	142.51/cwt	140.00–145.00	891	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	538	126.23/cwt	122.50–130.00	679	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	680	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	816	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	529	134.57/cwt	130.00–145.00	712	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	760	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	874	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	134.01/cwt	130.00–140.00	771	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	563	124.99/cwt	120.00–130.00	704	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	725	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	852	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	390	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	429	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	440	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	495	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	880	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	860	1,049.32/head	950.00–1,150.00	1,049	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	885	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,040	1,367.79/head	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,368	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	808	899.77/head	825.00–975.00	900	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	730	365.00/head	365.00–365.00	365	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	775	826.62/head	788.00–861.00	827	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	670	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	780	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	750	325.00/head	325.00–325.00	325	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	662	356.36/head	304.00–387.00	356	3
Bulls	—	—	1,018	83.70/cwt	80.00–87.00	852	2
Bulls	—	—	1,396	102.28/cwt	89.00–113.00	1,428	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	61.10/cwt	50.00–69.00	561	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,096	85.08/cwt	80.00–88.00	932	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	981	67.37/cwt	48.00–76.00	661	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	73.63/cwt	71.00–76.00	698	2

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 Jun 7, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 234Last week 150Year ago 371

Slaughter CattleReceipts 63Last week 78Year ago 53

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 28Year ago 6

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate 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 — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	117.50	117.50
2	—	545	115.00	115.00
2	—	315	120.00–125.00	122.54
1	—	205	125.00	125.00
2	—	423	117.50–120.00	118.80
2	—	728	105.00–107.50	106.25
2	—	493	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	140.00	140.00
1	—	275	140.00	140.00
2	—	218	140.00–150.00	144.83
5	—	512	133.00–134.00	133.20
2	—	430	140.00	140.00
4	—	656	124.00	124.00
2	—	475	140.00	140.00
1	—	320	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	127.50–135.00	131.20
5	—	570	120.00–130.00	124.80
1	—	600	120.00	120.00
2	—	665	120.00–121.00	120.50
5	—	529	127.50–130.00	129.02
17	—	468	125.00–132.00	130.08
4	—	434	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	110.00	110.00
1	—	225	100.00	100.00
1	—	540	110.00	110.00
3	—	488	100.00–110.00	103.34
1	—	410	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	152.50	152.50
1	—	275	150.00	150.00
1	—	560	152.00	152.00
1	—	220	150.00	150.00
4	—	366	150.00–160.00	154.42
2	—	323	160.00–161.00	160.47
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	110.00	110.00
1	—	340	120.00	120.00
1	—	290	123.00	123.00
2	—	378	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	170.00	170.00
5	—	506	164.00	164.00
6	—	568	155.00–162.00	160.81
2	—	378	170.00	170.00
1	—	645	154.00	154.00
1	—	210	170.00	170.00
2	—	475	160.00–165.00	162.39
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	323	130.00–135.00	131.34
7	—	374	125.00–140.00	133.23
1	—	250	130.00	130.00
1	—	420	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	773	115.00–117.50	115.85
2	—	680	126.00–127.50	126.73
4	—	424	140.00–142.50	140.88
3	—	637	125.00–135.00	128.38
1	—	465	135.00	135.00
1	—	700	124.00	124.00
6	—	529	130.00–145.00	134.57
4	—	575	130.00–140.00	134.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	150.00	150.00
2	—	678	132.00–133.00	132.49
1	—	510	150.00	150.00
1	—	400	150.00	150.00
3	—	625	140.00–145.00	142.51
1	—	570	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	110.00	110.00
1	—	760	115.00	115.00
1	—	725	117.50	117.50
1	—	390	110.00	110.00
1	—	440	112.50	112.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	470	120.00–135.00	129.00
1	—	445	137.50	137.50
2	—	538	122.50–130.00	126.23
1	—	680	120.00	120.00
3	—	563	120.00–130.00	124.99

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	525.00	525.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	860	950.00–1,150.00	1,049.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,040	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,367.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	808	825.00–975.00	899.77
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	670	600.00	600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	900.00	900.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	730	365.00	365.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	325.00	325.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	775	788.00–861.00	826.62
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	662	304.00–387.00	356.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,018	80.00–87.00	83.70
15	—	1,396	89.00–113.00	102.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	918	50.00–69.00	61.10
2	—	948	71.00–76.00	73.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,096	80.00–88.00	85.08
7	—	981	48.00–76.00	67.37

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Low Country Livestock Exchange - Darlington, SC

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle