Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offerings of plain to 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 $295.38/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 2 of 22 comparable sales and sits −74.95 against this barn's trailing median of $370.32.

Average price

$295.38

12 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,606

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

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

$22.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.70

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	297.23	1,610	11thin
Medium and Large 3	565	275.00	1,554	1thin

One grade step is worth $22.23/cwt here — about $56 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

22 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $411.46, low $271.08, median $370.32 across 22 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 sale12 hd

295.38

—

SC average6 barns · 90 hd

297.07

−1.70

This barn, trailing median22 sales

370.32

−74.95

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	1,312	151.33	1,985	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,416	136.74	1,936	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,163	129.96	1,511	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	982	113.16	1,111	8thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	830	$1,000	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,080	$2,025	1thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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 2Fleshy	600–650	610	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,278	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	388.61/cwt	382.50–395.00	1,314	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,796	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	843	215.96/cwt	202.50–230.00	1,821	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	825	173.05/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,428	3
Bulls	Small 2	—	850	153.80/cwt	147.50–160.00	1,307	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,095	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,697	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	793	111.50/cwt	107.50–115.00	884	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	850	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,173	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	822	129.72/cwt	125.00–137.50	1,066	3
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	675	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	945	1
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	830	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,080	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	862	118.49/cwt	117.50–120.00	1,021	3
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	730	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	971	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,125	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,406	1
Bulls	—	—	1,275	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,040	1
Bulls	—	—	1,330	147.00/cwt	145.00–149.00	1,955	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,165	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,456	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	108.74/cwt	80.00–120.00	1,042	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,099	127.14/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,397	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	126.42/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,331	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	135.61/cwt	134.00–137.00	1,749	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	139.67/cwt	130.00–148.00	2,066	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	200	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	315.68/cwt	280.00–327.50	1,354	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	342.02/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,105	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	310.00/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,519	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	345.13/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,432	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	275.09/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,177	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	513	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,719	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	613	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,747	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	313.84/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,029	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	520	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	967	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700–750	730	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,734	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,795	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	273.77/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	550–600	595	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	833	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	296.55/cwt	295.00–298.00	1,409	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	625	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	350	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	530	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	213.45/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,206	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	963	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	365.18/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,004	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,223	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	332.32/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,057	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	294.91/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,277	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	235	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	893	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	283.66/cwt	260.00–302.50	1,640	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	368.75/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,235	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,396	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	311.25/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,584	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,152	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	538	284.93/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,533	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 Apr 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 107Last week 166Year ago 244

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 42Year ago 74

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 22Year ago 5

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	538	280.00–290.00	284.93
1	600–650	610	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	390.00	390.00
2	300–350	338	382.50–395.00	388.61
1	350–400	365	382.50	382.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	360.00–370.00	365.18
2	300–350	335	360.00–377.50	368.75
1	350–400	350	365.00	365.00
4	500–550	509	307.50–315.00	311.25
4	550–600	578	260.00–302.50	283.66
1	650–700	665	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	430.00	430.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	330.00–355.00	342.02
1	350–400	360	320.00	320.00
6	400–450	429	280.00–327.50	315.68
2	450–500	490	300.00–320.00	310.00
1	550–600	565	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	625	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	415	340.00–360.00	345.13
1	700–750	740	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	428	270.00–280.00	275.09
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	513	335.00	335.00
3	600–650	613	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	305.00	305.00
1	600–650	605	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	310.00–317.50	313.84
2	400–450	433	290.00–300.00	294.91
2	450–500	475	295.00–298.00	296.55
1	500–550	505	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	290.00	290.00
1	300–350	325	297.50	297.50
1	450–500	450	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	515	237.50	237.50
3	550–600	565	200.00–220.00	213.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	370.00	370.00
1	250–300	275	350.00	350.00
6	300–350	318	325.00–345.00	332.32
2	550–600	583	270.00–277.50	273.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	257.50	257.50
1	500–550	530	232.50	232.50
1	600–650	625	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	380.00	380.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	843	202.50–230.00	215.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	825	170.00–175.00	173.05
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	850	147.50–160.00	153.80
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,095	155.00	155.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	1,000.00	1,000.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	793	107.50–115.00	111.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	730	133.00	133.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	138.00	138.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	2,025.00	2,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	125.00	125.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	822	125.00–137.50	129.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	862	117.50–120.00	118.49
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	675	140.00	140.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	160.00	160.00
2	—	1,330	145.00–149.00	147.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	125.00	125.00
4	—	1,479	130.00–148.00	139.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	958	80.00–120.00	108.74
2	—	1,053	125.00–128.00	126.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,099	124.00–132.00	127.14
2	—	1,290	134.00–137.00	135.61

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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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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Low Country Livestock Exchange - Darlington, SC

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