Sale reports / South Carolina / Darlington Livestock Auction / 2026-10-06

Darlington Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Darlington, South Carolina · Tue, Oct 6
● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1956
Feeder Cattle receipts
223 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 207▼ 71 vs year ago 294 · −24.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 40▼ 35 vs year ago 54 · −64.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 19▲ 13 vs year ago 14 · +92.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $318.29/cwt on 28 head, down $33.22 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 25 comparable sales and sits −33.22 against this barn's trailing median of $351.51.
Average price
$318.29
▼ 33.22 vs prior sale
28 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,771
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$33.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.69
vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2556321.871,79125
Medium and Large 3557288.431,6073thin
One grade step is worth $33.44/cwt here — about $184 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale28 hd
318.29
—
SC average4 barns · 72 hd
323.98
−5.69
This barn, trailing median25 sales
351.51
−33.22
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales
425369313257median 351.5102/2405/0507/0709/0810/27
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $411.46, low $271.08, median $351.51 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,582152.092,4064thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,003130.561,3102thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,250126.041,57610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,508126.041,9013thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,015$2,1001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,185$1,8001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,048$1,7464thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,068$1,5743thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,248$1,5662thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,020$1,4132thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)800$1,8501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)710$1,6501thin
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,565$2,6501thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,060$2,4001thin
Open HeifersN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)747$1,5574thin
Open HeifersN/A(<2 yrs)750$1,5381thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)829$1,0224thin

Every lot, as filed

100 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335425.87/cwt420.00–445.001,4274
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5981
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2403390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5723
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420439.52/cwt420.00–450.001,8463
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455405.00/cwt400.00–410.001,8432
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3455300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3651
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added493390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9233
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy495330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6341
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added518390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0204
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585315.04/cwt310.00–320.001,8432
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added590340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0062
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy695280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9461
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2710283.15/cwt270.00–310.002,0103
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4341
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added785295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,3161
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2788280.03/cwt270.00–290.002,2072
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2845260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1971
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3230362.83/cwt355.00–370.008352
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2255410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,0461
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3290330.00/cwt330.00–330.009571
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy310335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0391
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323407.56/cwt400.00–415.001,3162
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2351
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366403.00/cwt400.00–410.001,47510
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy380455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7291
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3395360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4221
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416398.88/cwt390.00–410.001,6595
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2431370.06/cwt350.00–385.001,5955
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3861
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1457384.16/cwt380.00–385.001,7566
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy480445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,1361
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483327.05/cwt310.00–345.001,5802
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3485280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3581
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533364.79/cwt350.00–380.001,9442
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2538316.44/cwt310.00–320.001,7027
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573315.81/cwt300.00–320.001,8107
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3573237.42/cwt235.00–240.001,3602
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583326.97/cwt325.00–330.001,9065
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0583
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668307.47/cwt300.00–315.002,0542
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3770195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1215473.26/cwt450.00–500.001,0182
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2245430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,0541
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3250280.00/cwt280.00–280.007001
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275460.00/cwt450.00–470.001,2652
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2285400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3300345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,0351
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2322
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335451.12/cwt420.00–460.001,5116
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3380350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3301
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390451.73/cwt440.00–460.001,7623
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422427.67/cwt395.00–445.001,8055
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy430325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3981
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3435297.50/cwt280.00–315.001,2942
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7131
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470388.18/cwt380.00–390.001,8248
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479364.70/cwt350.00–375.001,7479
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3483313.24/cwt300.00–320.001,5133
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529335.12/cwt320.00–345.001,77310
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3535295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5781
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy545260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4171
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3568285.15/cwt280.00–290.001,6202
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy570280.09/cwt270.00–290.001,5972
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578322.95/cwt300.00–325.001,86712
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8001
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3630270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7011
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy635257.44/cwt250.00–265.001,6352
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1641320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0515
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3668252.53/cwt250.00–260.001,6874
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8903
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2Fleshy735250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8381
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2780250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9502
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2807250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0183
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,473147.12/cwt117.50–166.002,1673
Bulls——1,910167.00/cwt167.00–167.003,1901
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003130.56/cwt126.00–136.001,3102
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235130.24/cwt126.00–140.001,6085
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265121.84/cwt120.00–124.001,5415
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,508126.04/cwt125.00–127.001,9013
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,0602,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,5652,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0101,941.46/head1,750.00–2,100.001,9412
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0152,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0201,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Small 21,0201,326.00/head1,326.00–1,326.001,3261
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0551,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,0681,573.63/head1,400.00–1,850.001,5743
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0901,417.00/head1,417.00–1,417.001,4171
Bred Cows—Small 21,1151,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,1851,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4051,714.00/head1,714.00–1,714.001,7141
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small 27101,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Heifers—Small 28001,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Replacement Cattle · Open Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Open Heifers—Small 27251,341.00/head1,341.00–1,341.001,3411
Open Heifers—Small 17281,819.02/head1,813.00–1,825.001,8192
Open Heifers—Small 27501,538.00/head1,538.00–1,538.001,5381
Open Heifers—Small 38051,248.00/head1,248.00–1,248.001,2481
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 27201,026.00/head1,026.00–1,026.001,0261
Stock Cows—Small 3810915.65/head900.00–930.009162
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 39751,229.00/head1,229.00–1,229.001,2291

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.