Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows steady. Light offerings of average to good quality cattle with active buyer participation. Supply impacted by tropical storm in the state.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $198.75/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −152.88 against this barn's trailing median of $351.63.

Average price

$198.75

2 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,053

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$318

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

$37.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−37.84

vs SC average

−46.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	560	217.50	1,218	1thin
Medium and Large 3	500	180.00	900	1thin

One grade step is worth $37.50/cwt here — about $318 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $381.92, low $338.37, median $351.63 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

198.75

—

SC average5 barns · 138 hd

236.59

−37.84

National average152 barns · 6,273 hd

245.07

−46.32

This barn, trailing median18 sales

351.63

−152.88

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,840	152.00	2,797	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,266	138.57	1,754	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,025	120.21	1,232	15

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
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	795	$1,125	1thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,034	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,021	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	255.96/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,180	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	267.37/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,139	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	266.64/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,005	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	560	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,218	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	246.81/cwt	245.00–248.00	891	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Full	450–500	460	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	909	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	780	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	680	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	627	207.00/cwt	205.00–207.50	1,298	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,368	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,241	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	727	219.15/cwt	200.00–223.00	1,593	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	245.00/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,056	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	223.94/cwt	217.50–230.00	925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Full	400–450	425	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	893	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,296	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	671	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,510	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	191.17/cwt	182.50–200.00	1,061	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,001	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	645	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	545	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	981	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	934	105.05/cwt	50.00–122.00	981	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	133.47/cwt	124.00–147.00	1,474	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	137.17/cwt	130.00–149.00	1,732	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,840	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,797	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,994	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	920	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,150	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	795	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,190	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,273	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	890	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	890	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	885	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	445	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,116	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	400–450	400	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	920	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	276.28/cwt	272.50–280.00	948	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 Aug 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 89Last week 206Year ago 338

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 47Year ago 47

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 25Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	235.00	235.00
1	300–350	300	230.00	230.00
1	350–400	375	250.00	250.00
1	400–450	435	230.00	230.00
1	450–500	470	220.00	220.00
2	500–550	538	207.50	207.50
2	550–600	555	182.50–200.00	191.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	272.50–280.00	276.28
3	350–400	377	260.00–280.00	266.64
5	400–450	426	260.00–275.00	267.37
5	450–500	461	250.00–260.00	255.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	180.00	180.00
1	600–650	645	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	217.50–230.00	223.94
2	450–500	475	215.00	215.00
1	500–550	500	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	361	245.00–248.00	246.81
9	400–450	431	240.00–247.50	245.00
1	450–500	450	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	210.00	210.00
1	550–600	560	217.50	217.50
5	600–650	627	205.00–207.50	207.00
1	650–700	680	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	197.50	197.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	240.00	240.00
4	650–700	671	225.00	225.00
6	700–750	727	200.00–223.00	219.15
1	750–800	780	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	264.00	264.00
3	500–550	547	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	934	50.00–122.00	105.05
8	—	1,104	124.00–147.00	133.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,263	130.00–149.00	137.17
1	—	1,295	154.00	154.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,840	152.00	152.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	125.00	125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	795	1,125.00	1,125.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	100.00	100.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	132.00	132.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,190	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	885	166.00	166.00

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 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 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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