Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows 4.00 higher based on limited comparable sales, slaughter bulls too few to trend. Light offerings of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $251.25/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −123.00 against this barn's trailing median of $374.25.

Average price

$251.25

6 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,397

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$18.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.97

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	553	263.75	1,457	2thin
Medium and Large 3	558	245.00	1,367	4thin

One grade step is worth $18.75/cwt here — about $90 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $411.45, low $307.05, median $374.25 across 19 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 sale6 hd

251.25

—

SC average6 barns · 93 hd

274.22

−22.97

This barn, trailing median19 sales

374.25

−123.00

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	—	High	1,648	155.50	2,562	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,369	142.93	1,956	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,083	133.33	1,443	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	980	124.68	1,222	3thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,020	$1,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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	450–500	460	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,346	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	558	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,367	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	303.14/cwt	297.50–310.00	1,458	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,144	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	540	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,215	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	271.72/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,027	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	630	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	252.52/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,298	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	271.86/cwt	270.00–272.50	1,155	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,472	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	392.54/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,315	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	318.76/cwt	302.50–330.00	1,192	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,372	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,647	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700–750	700	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,218	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,474	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,059	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	389.09/cwt	380.00–412.50	1,253	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	535	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,391	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	124.68/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,222	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	147.89/cwt	146.00–150.00	2,149	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,040	131.00/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,362	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,200	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,596	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,878	1
Bulls	—	—	2,080	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	3,536	1
Bulls	—	—	1,215	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,713	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	740	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	592	1
Stock Cows	Small 1	—	785	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	707	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,235	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,667	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	825	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	850	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	990	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,386	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,020	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	885	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,580	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,586	1

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 Jan 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 95Last week 168Year ago 151

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 43Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 4Year ago 14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	460	292.50	292.50
4	550–600	558	245.00	245.00
2	600–650	645	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	655	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	705	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	440	300.00	300.00
7	450–500	481	297.50–310.00	303.14
1	550–600	570	267.50	267.50
1	600–650	630	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	670	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	385.00	385.00
7	300–350	322	380.00–412.50	389.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	250.00	250.00
1	400–450	440	260.00	260.00
1	450–500	490	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	525	200.00	200.00
1	550–600	590	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	630	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	300.00	300.00
1	300–350	310	270.00	270.00
3	350–400	378	270.00–275.00	271.72
4	400–450	425	270.00–272.50	271.86
4	500–550	514	245.00–260.00	252.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	340.00	340.00
7	350–400	374	302.50–330.00	318.76
1	400–450	420	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	295.00	295.00
2	500–550	545	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	610	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	660	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	390.00–395.00	392.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	235.00	235.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	980	119.00–130.00	124.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,453	146.00–150.00	147.89
1	—	1,200	133.00	133.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,040	125.00–140.00	131.00
1	—	1,295	145.00	145.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,080	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,215	141.00	141.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	740	80.00	80.00
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	90.00	90.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,235	135.00	135.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	103.00	103.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	140.00	140.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	885	190.00	190.00

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

Bulls · 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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