Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week. Light offering of average to plain quality

cattle with active buyer participation

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $209.45/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$209.45

39 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,079

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

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

$21.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.85

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	518	211.11	1,093	36
Medium and Large 2	485	189.50	919	3thin

One grade step is worth $21.61/cwt here — about $174 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 sale39 hd

209.45

—

SC average4 barns · 209 hd

210.30

−0.85

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	1,294	122.55	1,586	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,520	100.91	1,534	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,212	95.96	1,163	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	752	79.33	596	6thin

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	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,073	$1,581	4thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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 1-2	—	472	227.89/cwt	215.00–234.00	1,076	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,314	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	227.10/cwt	225.00–240.00	952	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	631	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	530	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	782	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	575	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	920	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	416	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	624	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	615	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,134	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,020	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,125	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	835	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	889	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	299	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	571	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	703	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	666	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,032	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	169.95/cwt	165.00–175.00	904	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	228.54/cwt	220.00–242.50	743	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	200.98/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,260	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	919	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,056	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,209	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	660	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,003	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	581	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	100.91/cwt	99.00–104.00	1,534	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	80.23/cwt	73.00–87.00	846	2
Bulls	—	—	1,230	108.54/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,335	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	98.82/cwt	94.00–106.00	1,225	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	707	75.40/cwt	70.00–81.00	533	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	965	1
Bulls	—	—	1,333	130.95/cwt	124.00–138.00	1,746	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,264	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	1,699.57/head	1,675.00–1,725.00	1,700	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 May 30, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 97Last week 236Year ago 150

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 50Year ago 78

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 17Year ago 28

No comparisons made this week. Light offering of average to plain quality

cattle with active buyer participation

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	215.00–234.00	227.89
7	—	726	181.00	181.00
7	—	419	225.00–240.00	227.10
1	—	375	215.00	215.00
1	—	290	235.00	235.00
7	—	325	220.00–242.50	228.54
10	—	627	200.00–202.00	200.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	203.50	203.50
1	—	515	185.00	185.00
1	—	630	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	147.50	147.50
1	—	615	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	416	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	175.00	175.00
1	—	370	190.00	190.00
4	—	666	155.00	155.00
3	—	532	165.00–175.00	169.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	195.00	195.00
1	—	355	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	299	191.00	191.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	160.00	160.00
1	—	660	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	190.00	190.00
1	—	505	182.00	182.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	220.00	220.00
1	—	620	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	135.00	135.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	1,225.00	1,225.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,055	1,675.00–1,725.00	1,699.57
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	158.00	158.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,520	99.00–104.00	100.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,055	73.00–87.00	80.23
11	—	1,240	94.00–106.00	98.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	707	70.00–81.00	75.40
1	—	975	99.00	99.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,230	100.00–115.00	108.54
5	—	1,333	124.00–138.00	130.95

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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Steers · 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