Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering 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 $358.98/cwt on 10 head, up $10.45 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 19 comparable sales and sits −15.27 against this barn's trailing median of $374.25.

Average price

$358.98

▲ 10.45 vs prior sale

10 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,921

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$351

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

$93.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.67

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	410.00	2,050	1thin
Medium and Large 2	540	371.69	2,008	6thin
Medium and Large 3	537	316.54	1,699	3thin

One grade step is worth $93.46/cwt here — about $351 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 sale10 hd

358.98

—

SC average6 barns · 84 hd

383.65

−24.67

This barn, trailing median19 sales

374.25

−15.27

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	1,747	194.46	3,398	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,467	187.37	2,749	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,204	178.99	2,154	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,033	145.64	1,504	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,170	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	920	$2,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,173	$2,145	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	755	$1,600	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	950	$1,600	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	870	$3,750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	900	$2,450	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	974	$2,615	8
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,041	$2,510	8
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	823	$1,355	5
Stock Cows	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	810	$1,022	2thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	808	1,268.16/head	1,154.00–1,360.00	1,268	2
Bred Cows	Small 1	—	755	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	675	1,367.00/head	1,367.00–1,367.00	1,367	1
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	775	988.00/head	988.00–988.00	988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	314	558.63/cwt	550.00–565.00	1,754	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,074	2,701.86/head	2,281.00–2,970.00	2,702	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,013	1,946.30/head	1,850.00–2,050.00	1,946	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	833	1,413.33/head	1,378.00–1,466.00	1,413	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	895	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	920	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	563.52/cwt	545.00–575.00	1,561	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	845	1,056.00/head	1,056.00–1,056.00	1,056	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	900	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	870	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	220	509.55/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,121	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	355	532.39/cwt	525.00–540.00	1,890	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,961	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	487.45/cwt	485.00–490.00	1,794	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	432.53/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,990	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,377	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,535	1
Bulls	—	—	1,768	203.28/cwt	190.00–216.00	3,594	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	166.59/cwt	155.00–174.00	1,892	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,285	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	963	2,579.30/head	1,934.00–2,997.00	2,579	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	148.85/cwt	147.00–150.00	1,581	3
Bulls	—	—	1,685	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,831	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	187.37/cwt	186.00–189.00	2,749	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	191.39/cwt	180.00–202.00	2,433	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,848	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,280	2,278.17/head	2,172.00–2,400.00	2,278	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,005	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	2,861.00/head	2,861.00–2,861.00	2,861	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,120	2,635.24/head	2,165.00–2,955.00	2,635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	330.00/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	435.27/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,428	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	304.89/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,762	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	353.64/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	992	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,264	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	417.50/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,545	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	550	340.00/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,870	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	414.96/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,585	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	309.81/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	375.09/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,587	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	390.08/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,240	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	440	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,606	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,174	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,204	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	343.25/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,812	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	388.02/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,839	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,252	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	515	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,906	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	475	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,856	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	400.07/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,092	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	375.05/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	413.80/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,535	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,173	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	408	354.91/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,448	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	404.54/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,711	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	229	466.31/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,068	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	484.96/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,591	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	257	423.31/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,088	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	298.75/cwt	297.50–300.00	2,181	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	590.18/cwt	570.00–610.00	1,611	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	220	627.33/cwt	625.00–630.00	1,380	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	440.90/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,905	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	483	352.46/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	585.11/cwt	575.00–600.00	1,316	3

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 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 151Last week 82Year ago 173

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 13Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 8Year ago 9

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

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	808	1,154.00–1,360.00	1,268.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	1,056.00	1,056.00
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	675	1,367.00	1,367.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	988.00	988.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,074	2,281.00–2,970.00	2,701.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	833	1,378.00–1,466.00	1,413.33
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	963	1,934.00–2,997.00	2,579.30
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	2,861.00	2,861.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,120	2,165.00–2,955.00	2,635.24
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	755	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,013	1,850.00–2,050.00	1,946.30
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	895	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	920	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,170	2,750.00	2,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,280	2,172.00–2,400.00	2,278.17
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,350.00	1,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	2,450.00	2,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	3,750.00	3,750.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	625.00–630.00	627.33
4	300–350	314	550.00–565.00	558.63
2	350–400	355	525.00–540.00	532.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	575.00–600.00	585.11
3	250–300	277	545.00–575.00	563.52
2	300–350	328	480.00–490.00	484.96
2	350–400	368	485.00–490.00	487.45
6	400–450	432	435.00–445.00	440.90
2	450–500	460	430.00–435.00	432.53
1	500–550	500	410.00	410.00
1	700–750	715	332.50	332.50
1	750–800	780	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	467	340.00–370.00	353.64
2	500–550	525	300.00–320.00	309.81
1	550–600	560	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	610	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	510.00	510.00
4	300–350	328	410.00–450.00	435.27
3	350–400	382	405.00–430.00	414.96
9	400–450	423	390.00–425.00	404.54
6	450–500	474	380.00–405.00	388.02
2	500–550	523	395.00–405.00	400.07
1	550–600	580	380.00	380.00
1	600–650	630	345.00	345.00
2	700–750	730	297.50–300.00	298.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	365.00	365.00
1	450–500	475	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	515	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	550	330.00–350.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	500.00–520.00	509.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	229	440.00–480.00	466.31
3	250–300	257	420.00–430.00	423.31
1	300–350	320	420.00	420.00
5	350–400	371	400.00–430.00	413.80
2	400–450	420	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	450	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	530	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	320.00	320.00
2	400–450	440	310.00–350.00	330.00
1	450–500	480	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	578	300.00–310.00	304.89
1	600–650	605	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	405.00	405.00
2	300–350	318	380.00–400.00	390.08
2	400–450	423	370.00–380.00	375.09
2	450–500	470	370.00–380.00	375.05
3	500–550	528	330.00–350.00	343.25
3	550–600	580	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	350.00–360.00	354.91
2	450–500	483	350.00–355.00	352.46
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	410.00–425.00	417.50
1	400–450	405	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	570.00–610.00	590.18
1	450–500	495	455.00	455.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,768	190.00–216.00	203.28
1	—	1,685	168.00	168.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,136	155.00–174.00	166.59
7	—	1,271	180.00–202.00	191.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	136.00	136.00
3	—	1,062	147.00–150.00	148.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,467	186.00–189.00	187.37

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

Replacement Cattle

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