Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $341.54/cwt on 16 head, down $0.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 18 comparable sales and sits −10.08 against this barn's trailing median of $351.63.

Average price

$341.54

▼ 0.14 vs prior sale

16 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,891

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$60.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.41

vs SC average

−71.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	350.80	1,852	6thin
Medium and Large 2	567	341.10	1,935	9thin
Medium and Large 3	585	290.00	1,697	1thin

One grade step is worth $60.80/cwt here — about $156 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 sale16 hd

341.54

—

SC average6 barns · 132 hd

343.96

−2.41

National average188 barns · 26,809 hd

413.48

−71.94

This barn, trailing median18 sales

351.63

−10.08

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	1,663	177.37	2,949	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,582	159.54	2,524	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,231	151.25	1,862	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	975	135.02	1,316	4thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,195	$2,323	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,042	$2,132	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	970	$1,375	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	805	$1,107	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	835	$900	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,020	$1,775	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	860	$1,676	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	865	$1,600	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	833	$1,599	3thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	805	$2,335	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	993	$1,876	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	720	$2,250	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	954	$1,490	3thin
Stock Cows	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,015	$1,391	1thin

Every lot, as filed

81 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 2	400–450	430	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	315.19/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,277	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	405.49/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,691	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	260	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	490	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	437.10/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,771	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	350.80/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,852	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	395.11/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,296	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	220	499.55/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,099	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	313	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,471	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	576	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,999	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	260	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,984	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	424.96/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,517	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,664	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	358.00/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,858	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	448.33/cwt	440.00–452.50	1,923	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	427.50/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,411	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,096	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	460.00/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,753	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,354	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	342.45/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,781	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	309.08/cwt	309.00–310.00	1,919	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	436.75/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,210	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	427.54/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,411	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,927	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,381	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	379.17/cwt	370.00–392.50	1,611	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,234	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,211	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	366.72/cwt	345.00–377.50	2,083	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	685	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	545	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,153	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,497	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,370	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	329.92/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,062	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	423.32/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,040	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,865	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	227	564.04/cwt	550.00–575.00	1,280	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	326	536.07/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,748	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	269	570.46/cwt	550.00–580.00	1,535	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	368	499.52/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,838	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	162.67/cwt	154.00–178.00	2,749	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	135.02/cwt	120.00–144.00	1,316	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,150	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,691	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	515.00/cwt	510.00–520.00	1,494	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	340	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,241	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	465	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,978	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	805	2,335.00/head	2,335.00–2,335.00	2,335	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	993	1,875.72/head	1,753.00–1,985.00	1,876	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,025	1,845.00/head	1,845.00–1,845.00	1,845	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,365	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	833	1,598.85/head	1,400.00–1,775.00	1,599	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,015	1,391.00/head	1,391.00–1,391.00	1,391	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	865	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,020	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	720	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	838	1,138.92/head	1,118.00–1,161.00	1,139	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,185	2,192.00/head	2,192.00–2,192.00	2,192	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	970	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	805	1,107.00/head	1,107.00–1,107.00	1,107	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	835	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,023	1,822.43/head	1,625.00–2,050.00	1,822	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,080	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	860	1,676.31/head	1,600.00–1,750.00	1,676	2
Bulls	—	—	1,718	194.51/cwt	192.00–200.00	3,342	4
Bulls	—	—	1,626	165.95/cwt	159.00–175.00	2,698	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	158.70/cwt	156.00–161.00	2,131	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	142.74/cwt	117.50–151.00	1,574	7

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 13, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 192Last week 354Year ago 168

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 40Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 37Year ago 4

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	425.00	425.00
1	350–400	365	410.00	410.00
1	400–450	430	445.00	445.00
1	500–550	540	360.00	360.00
6	550–600	568	345.00–377.50	366.72
2	600–650	625	320.00–340.00	329.92
1	650–700	670	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	735	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	520.00	520.00
2	600–650	612	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	545	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	320.00	320.00
2	400–450	405	300.00–330.00	315.19
1	450–500	470	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	585	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	460.00	460.00
3	250–300	277	430.00–450.00	436.75
4	300–350	330	420.00–430.00	427.54
3	350–400	362	430.00–450.00	437.10
7	400–450	417	400.00–415.00	405.49
6	500–550	528	350.00–355.00	350.80
1	700–750	725	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	220	490.00–510.00	499.55
1	250–300	260	475.00	475.00
2	300–350	313	470.00	470.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	390.00–400.00	395.11
1	350–400	370	410.00	410.00
5	400–450	425	370.00–392.50	379.17
3	450–500	492	360.00	360.00
2	500–550	520	340.00–345.00	342.45
2	550–600	593	325.00	325.00
12	600–650	621	309.00–310.00	309.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	576	347.00	347.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	505	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	565	330.00	330.00
2	600–650	640	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	420.00–435.00	427.50
1	350–400	390	410.00	410.00
3	400–450	417	415.00–430.00	424.96
3	450–500	482	420.00–430.00	423.32
5	500–550	519	350.00–360.00	358.00
1	550–600	595	332.50	332.50
1	600–650	635	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	510.00–520.00	515.00
1	300–350	330	460.00	460.00
5	350–400	381	450.00–470.00	460.00
5	400–450	429	440.00–452.50	448.33
1	500–550	535	440.00	440.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	227	550.00–575.00	564.04
5	250–300	269	550.00–580.00	570.46
4	300–350	326	520.00–560.00	536.07
2	350–400	368	490.00–510.00	499.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	365.00	365.00
1	450–500	465	370.00	370.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,690	154.00–178.00	162.67
1	—	1,150	147.00	147.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	975	120.00–144.00	135.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,343	156.00–161.00	158.70
7	—	1,103	117.50–151.00	142.74
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,718	192.00–200.00	194.51
6	—	1,626	159.00–175.00	165.95

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	805	2,335.00	2,335.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	993	1,753.00–1,985.00	1,875.72
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	1,845.00	1,845.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	970	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,023	1,625.00–2,050.00	1,822.43
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,365	2,800.00	2,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,080	2,750.00	2,750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	805	1,107.00	1,107.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	835	900.00	900.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	833	1,400.00–1,775.00	1,598.85
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	865	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,020	1,775.00	1,775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	860	1,600.00–1,750.00	1,676.31
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	1,391.00	1,391.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	720	2,250.00	2,250.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	838	1,118.00–1,161.00	1,138.92
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,185	2,192.00	2,192.00

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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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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