Sale reports / South Carolina / Darlington Livestock Auction / 2019-06-11

Darlington Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Darlington, South Carolina · Tue, Jun 11
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1956
Feeder Cattle receipts
188 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 246▲ 188 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 31▲ 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 33▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average offerings of average to plain

quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.15/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −71.73 against this barn's trailing median of $194.89.
Average price
$123.15
41 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$23.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.19
vs SC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2459133.3361310thin
Medium 2505120.5560929
Small 1-2433109.974762thin
One grade step is worth $23.36/cwt here — about $136 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale41 hd
123.15
—
SC average5 barns · 351 hd
116.96
+6.19
This barn, trailing median6 sales
194.89
−71.73
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 0–100 lb

6 sales
216202187172median 194.8903/0304/0706/1606/2307/07
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $202.41, low $186.01, median $194.89 across 6 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—Average1,55982.821,2914thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66058.009631thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15951.6659914
CowsLean 85-90%Average84745.403858thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 2220137.39/cwt135.00–140.003022
Steers—Medium 2268137.38/cwt135.00–140.003682
Steers—Small 1-2327121.03/cwt120.00–123.003963
Steers—Medium 2330136.29/cwt130.00–141.004503
Steers—Small 1-2359120.61/cwt120.00–122.504334
Steers—Medium 2380132.32/cwt128.00–136.005037
Steers—Medium 2405120.00/cwt120.00–120.004861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420142.00/cwt142.00–142.005961
Steers—Medium 272598.88/cwt93.00–105.007172
Steers—Medium 275399.51/cwt95.00–104.007492
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-2280119.07/cwt115.00–123.003332
Heifers—Small 1-2361115.74/cwt115.00–118.004184
Heifers—Medium 2367128.59/cwt125.00–135.004723
Heifers—Medium 2415115.00/cwt115.00–115.004771
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420100.00/cwt100.00–100.004203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430123.99/cwt122.00–127.005334
Heifers—Medium 2468112.63/cwt108.00–115.005273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471122.41/cwt120.00–125.005775
Heifers—Medium 2525113.05/cwt110.00–115.005943
Heifers—Medium and Large 3533100.99/cwt100.00–102.005382
Heifers—Medium 2565109.00/cwt108.00–110.006162
Heifers—Medium 262089.00/cwt89.00–89.005521
Heifers—Medium 268085.00/cwt85.00–85.005781
Heifers—Medium 272083.48/cwt82.00–85.006012
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2419137.55/cwt135.00–143.005766
Bulls—Medium 2419123.82/cwt120.00–130.005198
Bulls—Small 1-2433109.97/cwt108.00–112.004762
Bulls—Medium 2477125.78/cwt120.00–130.0060012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520127.00/cwt125.00–129.006604
Bulls—Medium 2537121.28/cwt119.00–125.006513
Bulls—Medium 2568121.96/cwt120.00–124.006932
Bulls—Medium 2623104.94/cwt100.00–110.006542
Bulls—Medium 271091.00/cwt91.00–91.006461
Bulls—Medium 286087.50/cwt87.50–87.507531
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,19570.00/cwt70.00–70.008371
Bulls——1,68087.09/cwt84.00–90.001,4633
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80639.29/cwt35.00–45.003174
Cows—Lean 85-90%88851.51/cwt51.00–52.004574
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10539.41/cwt35.00–45.004356
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19960.85/cwt54.00–66.007308
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66058.00/cwt58.00–58.009631
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 3675380.80/cwt325.00–435.002,5704
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 3690376.63/cwt350.00–400.002,5992
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,6351,036.93/cwt1,000.00–1,075.0016,9542
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 3698607.08/cwt550.00–675.004,2374

This sale against other markets

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.