Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-07-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and feeder heifers too few to trend, feeder bulls 2.00 higher, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 3.00 lower based on 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 $128.21/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$128.21

49 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$31.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.89

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	472	138.90	655	12thin
Medium and Large 2	516	128.26	661	25
Small 1-2	421	119.39	503	10thin
Medium and Large 3	435	107.50	468	2thin

One grade step is worth $31.40/cwt here — about $187 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 sale49 hd

128.21

—

SC average5 barns · 575 hd

132.10

−3.89

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	1,497	102.41	1,533	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,532	76.03	1,165	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,152	75.29	867	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,057	71.06	751	17

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
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$950	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,018	$925	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,060	$869	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,015	$750	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	875	$737	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	808	$727	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	720	$525	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,875	$2,225	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	977	$1,198	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	880	$713	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	772	$852	3thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	716	$377	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	651	$373	4thin

Every lot, as filed

83 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	215	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	792	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	295	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	354	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	380	132.43/cwt	130.00–135.00	503	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	138.26/cwt	137.50–139.00	426	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	365	121.49/cwt	121.00–122.00	443	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	139.44/cwt	138.00–141.00	660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	119.49/cwt	116.00–123.00	792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	131.21/cwt	125.00–135.00	564	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	121.46/cwt	118.00–125.00	745	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	132.70/cwt	130.00–136.00	632	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	790	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	136.21/cwt	135.00–137.50	501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	129.00/cwt	125.00–134.00	688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	280	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	308	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	785	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	942	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	120.51/cwt	120.00–121.00	819	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	822	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	620	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	713	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	440	126.26/cwt	125.00–127.50	556	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	132.84/cwt	130.00–137.50	608	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	410	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	492	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	141.33/cwt	139.00–145.00	603	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,875	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	775	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	780	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	985	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	213	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	256	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	137.75/cwt	137.00–138.00	569	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	149.31/cwt	147.00–153.00	642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	144.04/cwt	140.00–153.00	540	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	141.65/cwt	140.00–145.00	722	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	658	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	757	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	570	119.20/cwt	117.50–121.00	679	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	310	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	147.46/cwt	145.00–150.00	501	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	290	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	348	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	225	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	255	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	281	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	700	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	325	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	414	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	144.05/cwt	142.00–146.00	886	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	462	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	65.14/cwt	61.00–69.00	236	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,008	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	510	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	625	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	425	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	565	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	772	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	142.14/cwt	140.00–145.00	816	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	132.97/cwt	130.00–139.00	816	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	146.67/cwt	142.00–152.00	758	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	154.10/cwt	150.00–159.00	724	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	709	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	1,245.02/head	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,245	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,040	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,053	960.54/head	800.00–1,175.00	961	5
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	845	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Bred Heifers	Small 1-2	—	720	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	772	852.30/head	765.00–948.00	852	3
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	716	376.65/head	304.00–429.00	377	4
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	651	373.39/head	300.00–408.00	373	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	974	1,197.78/head	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,198	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	900	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	736.50/head	650.00–825.00	737	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	808	726.82/head	702.00–750.00	727	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,015	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,060	869.00/head	869.00–869.00	869	1
Bulls	—	—	1,497	102.41/cwt	95.00–109.00	1,533	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	72.66/cwt	69.00–76.00	791	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	63.62/cwt	60.00–66.00	576	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	77.44/cwt	74.00–83.00	911	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,089	69.93/cwt	65.00–72.00	762	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,532	76.03/cwt	74.00–78.00	1,165	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 Jul 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 158Last week 309Year ago 328

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 82Year ago 47

Replacement CattleReceipts 39Last week 6Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	215	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	150.00	150.00
1	—	435	161.00	161.00
2	—	615	142.00–146.00	144.05
1	—	705	143.00	143.00
1	—	495	156.00	156.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	120.00	120.00
2	—	380	130.00–135.00	132.43
1	—	325	127.50	127.50
1	—	510	122.50	122.50
1	—	425	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	147.00–153.00	149.31
3	—	375	140.00–153.00	144.04
1	—	570	140.00	140.00
2	—	340	145.00–150.00	147.46
1	—	225	150.00	150.00
1	—	650	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	110.00	110.00
1	—	315	111.00	111.00
1	—	385	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	308	137.50–139.00	138.26
1	—	555	130.00	130.00
2	—	663	116.00–123.00	119.49
4	—	430	125.00–135.00	131.21
2	—	613	118.00–125.00	121.46
4	—	476	130.00–136.00	132.70
2	—	368	135.00–137.50	136.21
5	—	533	125.00–134.00	129.00
3	—	715	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	121.00–122.00	121.49
2	—	213	120.00	120.00
2	—	658	115.00	115.00
2	—	570	117.50–121.00	119.20
1	—	310	122.50	122.50
1	—	290	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	138.00–141.00	139.44
1	—	360	142.00	142.00
2	—	585	135.00	135.00
4	—	413	137.00–138.00	137.75
3	—	510	140.00–145.00	141.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	105.00	105.00
1	—	280	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	133.00	133.00
1	—	785	120.00	120.00
2	—	680	120.00–121.00	120.51
1	—	625	125.00	125.00
3	—	458	130.00–137.50	132.84
3	—	427	139.00–145.00	141.33
1	—	555	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	115.00	115.00
1	—	410	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	125.00–127.50	126.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	574	140.00–145.00	142.14
6	—	614	130.00–139.00	132.97
6	—	517	142.00–152.00	146.67
4	—	470	150.00–159.00	154.10
1	—	665	133.00	133.00
1	—	435	163.00	163.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	61.00–69.00	65.14

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,875	2,225.00	2,225.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	650.00	650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	775.00	775.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,055	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,245.02
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,040	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	974	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,197.78
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,053	800.00–1,175.00	960.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,015	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,060	869.00	869.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	750.00	750.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	720	525.00	525.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	875	650.00–825.00	736.50
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	808	702.00–750.00	726.82
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	772	765.00–948.00	852.30
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	716	304.00–429.00	376.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	651	300.00–408.00	373.39

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,497	95.00–109.00	102.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,089	69.00–76.00	72.66
3	—	905	60.00–66.00	63.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,177	74.00–83.00	77.44
4	—	1,089	65.00–72.00	69.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,532	74.00–78.00	76.03

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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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

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle