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Darlington Livestock Auction

Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Darlington, South Carolina · Tue, Sep 10

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1956

← Sep 3Sep 10Sep 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

257 head

▼ 103 vs last sale 360▲ 257 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

28 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 38▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 6▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder cattle were 2.00 lower . Slaughter cows an bulls were steady to 2.00 lower.

Average offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand

for cattle with excessive hair.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.80/cwt on 65 head.

Average price

$108.80

65 head · 442 lb average

Value per head Derived

$481

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$27

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$27.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.83

vs SC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	488	116.80	570	12thin
Medium 2	448	113.36	508	23
Small 1-2	350	106.79	374	22
Medium and Large 3	610	89.20	544	8thin

One grade step is worth $27.60/cwt here — about $27 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 sale65 hd

108.80

—

SC average4 barns · 329 hd

106.96

+1.83

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	—	Low	1,615	84.96	1,372	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,227	57.39	704	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,360	55.11	749	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	859	41.27	354	7thin

Every lot

57 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 1-2	222	118.35/cwt	115.00–120.00	263	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	271	126.20/cwt	125.00–130.00	342	4
Steers	—	Small 1-2	281	112.40/cwt	110.00–117.50	316	4
Steers	—	Small 1-2	331	117.23/cwt	115.00–120.00	388	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	343	138.50/cwt	138.00–139.00	475	2
Steers	—	Small 1-2	369	112.58/cwt	110.00–120.00	415	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	138.13/cwt	135.00–140.00	517	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	385	128.00/cwt	125.00–130.00	493	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	133.96/cwt	133.00–135.00	569	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	473	117.51/cwt	115.00–120.00	556	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	131.35/cwt	127.50–135.00	634	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	130.54/cwt	127.00–135.00	679	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	525	119.09/cwt	112.00–123.00	625	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	741	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	230	112.16/cwt	110.00–115.00	258	3
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	268	108.24/cwt	105.00–110.00	290	6
Heifers	—	Medium 2	278	121.02/cwt	115.00–125.00	336	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	330	119.85/cwt	115.00–125.00	396	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	333	106.28/cwt	105.00–110.00	354	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	379	117.52/cwt	116.00–121.00	445	4
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	385	108.08/cwt	105.00–110.00	416	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	118.64/cwt	118.00–120.00	492	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	428	113.31/cwt	110.00–115.00	485	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	468	111.32/cwt	110.00–112.00	521	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	118.27/cwt	115.00–122.00	567	6
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	488	100.99/cwt	100.00–103.00	493	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	528	109.63/cwt	107.50–111.00	579	4
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	533	101.52/cwt	100.00–103.00	541	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	610	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	557	87.85/cwt	85.00–91.00	489	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	650	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	585	108.51/cwt	108.00–109.00	635	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	623	91.66/cwt	85.00–95.00	571	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	688	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	660	102.46/cwt	100.00–105.00	676	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	668	87.53/cwt	85.00–90.00	585	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	425	108.02/cwt	105.00–110.00	459	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	428	94.49/cwt	94.00–95.00	404	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	432	116.66/cwt	115.00–120.00	504	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	129.28/cwt	127.50–131.00	566	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	470	111.24/cwt	110.00–115.00	523	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	122.31/cwt	119.00–125.00	599	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	513	82.60/cwt	80.00–88.00	424	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	114.76/cwt	114.00–116.00	608	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2	530	111.33/cwt	110.00–112.00	590	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	570	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	627	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	650	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	627	99.27/cwt	95.00–103.00	622	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	745	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	726	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,423	91.57/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,303	3
Bulls	—	—	1,807	78.34/cwt	76.00–82.00	1,416	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	834	37.17/cwt	35.00–44.00	310	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	920	51.53/cwt	50.00–53.00	474	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,227	57.39/cwt	51.00–66.00	704	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,360	55.11/cwt	53.00–57.00	749	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Small 1-2	780	70.83/cwt	70.00–72.50	552	3

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.

South Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Low Country Livestock Exchange - Darlington, SC

Tue Sep 10, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 257Last week 360Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 38Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 6Year ago 0

Compared to last week feeder cattle were 2.00 lower . Slaughter cows an bulls were steady to 2.00 lower.

Average offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand

for cattle with excessive hair.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	343	138.00–139.00	138.50
1	—	615	120.00	120.00
1	—	570	130.00	130.00
4	—	520	127.00–135.00	130.54
4	—	374	135.00–140.00	138.13
2	—	483	127.50–135.00	131.35
2	—	425	133.00–135.00	133.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	385	125.00–130.00	128.00
4	—	271	125.00–130.00	126.20
3	—	525	112.00–123.00	119.09
2	—	473	115.00–120.00	117.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	369	110.00–120.00	112.58
4	—	331	115.00–120.00	117.23
4	—	281	110.00–117.50	112.40
3	—	222	115.00–120.00	118.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	268	105.00–110.00	108.24
4	—	385	105.00–110.00	108.08
4	—	333	105.00–110.00	106.28
3	—	488	100.00–103.00	100.99
3	—	230	110.00–115.00	112.16
2	—	533	100.00–103.00	101.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	623	85.00–95.00	91.66
3	—	557	85.00–91.00	87.85
2	—	668	85.00–90.00	87.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	479	115.00–122.00	118.27
3	—	415	118.00–120.00	118.64
1	—	625	110.00	110.00
1	—	575	113.00	113.00
1	—	540	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	528	107.50–111.00	109.63
4	—	379	116.00–121.00	117.52
3	—	468	110.00–112.00	111.32
3	—	428	110.00–115.00	113.31
3	—	278	115.00–125.00	121.02
2	—	660	100.00–105.00	102.46
2	—	585	108.00–109.00	108.51
2	—	330	115.00–125.00	119.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	105.00–110.00	108.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	80.00–88.00	82.60
2	—	428	94.00–95.00	94.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	530	114.00–116.00	114.76
3	—	490	119.00–125.00	122.31
2	—	438	127.50–131.00	129.28
1	—	580	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	110.00–115.00	111.24
3	—	627	95.00–103.00	99.27
3	—	530	110.00–112.00	111.33
3	—	432	115.00–120.00	116.66
1	—	745	97.50	97.50
1	—	570	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	834	35.00–44.00	37.17
2	—	920	50.00–53.00	51.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,360	53.00–57.00	55.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,227	51.00–66.00	57.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,807	76.00–82.00	78.34
3	—	1,423	90.00–93.00	91.57

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	780	70.00–72.50	70.83

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.