Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $309.81/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −41.82 against this barn's trailing median of $351.63.

Average price

$309.81

24 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,740

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$4.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.37

vs SC average

−24.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	588	311.35	1,831	15thin
Medium and Large 2	518	307.25	1,590	9thin

One grade step is worth $4.10/cwt here — about $241 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale24 hd

309.81

—

SC average6 barns · 118 hd

309.44

+0.37

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

−24.30

This barn, trailing median18 sales

351.63

−41.82

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	1,668	185.11	3,088	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,260	157.27	1,981	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,087	136.11	1,479	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
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,025	$1,804	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,020	$1,626	1thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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	650–700	660	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	366.97/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,193	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fancy	300–350	330	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	376.31/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,219	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,252	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	495	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	325.03/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,407	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	345.17/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,305	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	311.35/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,831	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	294.81/cwt	282.50–312.50	1,389	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	245	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	980	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,110	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	317.20/cwt	297.50–337.50	1,063	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	319.49/cwt	302.50–337.50	1,383	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,965	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	377.05/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,067	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	463	326.18/cwt	312.50–340.00	1,510	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	413	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,404	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	504	309.32/cwt	282.50–314.00	1,559	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,695	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,949	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	312.02/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	373.86/cwt	370.00–377.50	1,234	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,341	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,273	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	310.00/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,411	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	370	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,443	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,926	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	355.80/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,505	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	314.91/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,364	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	325.49/cwt	312.50–340.00	1,911	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	301.57/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,900	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	352.80/cwt	340.00–362.50	1,319	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	287	369.00/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,059	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	351.28/cwt	350.00–352.50	1,616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	289.97/cwt	287.50–292.50	1,792	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	465	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,418	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,203	149.69/cwt	142.00–158.00	1,801	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	122.52/cwt	99.00–138.00	1,188	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	161.07/cwt	147.00–168.00	1,994	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	145.36/cwt	142.00–149.00	1,807	3
Bulls	—	—	1,668	185.11/cwt	175.00–189.00	3,088	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,420	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,471	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,025	1,804.00/head	1,804.00–1,804.00	1,804	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,020	1,626.00/head	1,626.00–1,626.00	1,626	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	314.98/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,899	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	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 Jun 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 138Last week 212Year ago 225

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 33Year ago 98

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 19Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	660	257.50	257.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	287	357.50–375.00	369.00
3	300–350	325	360.00–380.00	366.97
8	350–400	374	340.00–362.50	352.80
2	400–450	423	340.00–370.00	355.80
2	450–500	460	350.00–352.50	351.28
1	500–550	500	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	590	297.50	297.50
2	600–650	618	287.50–292.50	289.97
1	650–700	655	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	395.00	395.00
2	300–350	313	400.00	400.00
2	600–650	603	310.00–320.00	314.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	283	375.00–385.00	377.05
7	300–350	324	355.00–380.00	376.31
2	350–400	378	340.00–350.00	345.17
2	400–450	433	320.00–330.00	325.03
15	550–600	588	310.00–312.50	311.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	287.50	287.50
1	300–350	320	302.50	302.50
1	350–400	370	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	297.50–337.50	317.20
2	350–400	365	295.00–330.00	312.02
2	400–450	433	302.50–337.50	319.49
7	450–500	471	282.50–312.50	294.81
7	500–550	504	282.50–314.00	309.32
2	550–600	565	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	380.00	380.00
5	500–550	531	370.00	370.00
3	550–600	553	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	340.00	340.00
2	450–500	463	312.50–340.00	326.18
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	370.00–377.50	373.86
2	350–400	383	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	520	337.50	337.50
5	550–600	587	312.50–340.00	325.49
3	600–650	630	295.00–310.00	301.57
1	650–700	670	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	315.00	315.00
2	400–450	433	300.00–330.00	314.91
2	450–500	455	300.00–320.00	310.00
1	550–600	565	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	390.00	390.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,203	142.00–158.00	149.69
3	—	970	99.00–138.00	122.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,238	147.00–168.00	161.07
3	—	1,243	142.00–149.00	145.36
1	—	1,420	174.00	174.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,668	175.00–189.00	185.11

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	1,804.00	1,804.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	1,626.00	1,626.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle