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Darlington Livestock Auction

Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Darlington, South Carolina · Tue, Jan 14

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1956

← Jan 7Jan 14Jan 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

352 head

▼ 62 vs last sale 414▲ 352 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 29 vs last sale 59▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

47 head

▲ 31 vs last sale 16▲ 47 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 mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Moderate offerings of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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 $116.36/cwt on 98 head.

Average price

$116.36

98 head · 466 lb average

Value per head Derived

$542

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$80

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

$32.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.84

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	453	125.90	570	38
Medium and Large 2	516	111.25	574	40
Small 1-2	359	110.12	395	18thin
Medium and Large 3	695	93.50	650	2thin

One grade step is worth $32.40/cwt here — about −$80 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 sale98 hd

116.36

—

SC average5 barns · 626 hd

118.20

−1.84

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	1,226	71.21	873	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,055	53.36	563	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	812	43.51	353	11

Every lot

77 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 1-2	215	120.00/cwt	115.00–125.00	258	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	230	167.87/cwt	166.00–170.00	386	2
Steers	—	Small 1-2	270	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	338	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	273	170.81/cwt	167.00–174.00	466	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	275	150.92/cwt	145.00–155.00	415	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	285	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	534	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	307	146.74/cwt	140.00–150.00	450	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	313	181.16/cwt	177.00–185.00	567	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	166.66/cwt	160.00–172.00	538	4
Steers	—	Small 1-2	330	121.69/cwt	120.00–125.00	402	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	364	149.70/cwt	140.00–155.00	545	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	368	163.90/cwt	160.00–170.00	603	7
Steers	—	Small 1-2	387	122.48/cwt	120.00–125.00	474	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	405	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	567	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	419	160.00/cwt	155.00–165.00	670	4
Steers	—	Small 1-2	450	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	536	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	459	155.19/cwt	150.00–160.00	712	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	135.94/cwt	134.00–138.00	653	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	517	129.06/cwt	125.00–137.00	667	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	149.43/cwt	147.00–152.00	777	2
Steers	—	Small 1-2	565	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	650	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	567	133.05/cwt	128.00–137.00	754	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	605	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	771	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	765	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	842	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	263	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	342	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	285	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	342	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	312	137.34/cwt	134.00–140.00	429	3
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	324	112.46/cwt	110.00–115.00	364	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	363	130.83/cwt	120.00–138.00	475	3
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	378	109.99/cwt	107.50–112.50	416	6
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	415	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	436	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	424	112.26/cwt	110.00–115.00	476	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	125.99/cwt	120.00–132.50	543	6
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	450	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	450	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	472	113.22/cwt	110.00–116.00	534	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	125.20/cwt	120.00–131.00	593	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	122.84/cwt	119.00–130.00	638	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	528	110.56/cwt	105.00–115.00	584	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	118.65/cwt	117.00–121.00	673	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	571	111.60/cwt	107.00–115.00	637	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	635	104.06/cwt	100.00–108.00	661	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	655	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	635	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	735	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	662	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	415	115.78/cwt	110.00–122.50	480	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	415	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	394	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	419	157.78/cwt	150.00–165.00	661	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	424	128.36/cwt	125.00–132.00	544	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	148.01/cwt	140.00–152.50	715	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	483	136.98/cwt	136.00–138.00	662	2
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	490	112.49/cwt	105.00–117.50	551	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	508	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	483	4
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	520	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	598	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	133.63/cwt	130.00–138.00	710	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	131.57/cwt	128.00–134.00	754	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	625	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	656	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	628	93.51/cwt	90.00–97.00	587	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	122.52/cwt	120.00–125.00	772	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	726	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	685	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	692	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	705	101.24/cwt	100.00–102.50	714	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	790	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	711	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,038	63.09/cwt	59.00–67.00	655	2
Bulls	—	—	1,352	76.63/cwt	75.00–78.00	1,036	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	790	37.41/cwt	35.00–39.00	296	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	820	45.80/cwt	42.00–51.00	376	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,055	53.36/cwt	45.00–57.00	563	4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Small 1-2	638	390.93/cwt	345.00–425.00	2,494	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	657	589.80/cwt	585.00–600.00	3,875	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	726	528.07/cwt	475.00–575.00	3,834	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	750	641.00/cwt	625.00–675.00	4,808	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	657.36/cwt	600.00–725.00	5,081	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	780	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	4,485	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	906	853.04/cwt	750.00–975.00	7,729	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,120	805.00/cwt	800.00–810.00	9,016	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	745	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	7,264	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	1,063.36/cwt	1,025.00–1,100.00	8,167	2

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 Jan 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 352Last week 414Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 59Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 47Last week 16Year ago 0

Compared to last week feeder cattle were mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Moderate offerings of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	323	160.00–172.00	166.66
4	—	419	155.00–165.00	160.00
3	—	273	167.00–174.00	170.81
2	—	230	166.00–170.00	167.87
2	—	520	147.00–152.00	149.43
4	—	459	150.00–160.00	155.19
7	—	368	160.00–170.00	163.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	140.00	140.00
1	—	605	127.50	127.50
1	—	765	110.00	110.00
2	—	480	134.00–138.00	135.94
3	—	275	145.00–155.00	150.92
3	—	307	140.00–150.00	146.74
3	—	517	125.00–137.00	129.06
5	—	364	140.00–155.00	149.70
5	—	567	128.00–137.00	133.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	177.00–185.00	181.16
1	—	285	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	125.00	125.00
1	—	450	119.00	119.00
1	—	565	115.00	115.00
2	—	215	115.00–125.00	120.00
3	—	330	120.00–125.00	121.69
3	—	387	120.00–125.00	122.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	531	130.00–138.00	133.63
10	—	483	140.00–152.50	148.01
6	—	419	150.00–165.00	157.78
5	—	573	128.00–134.00	131.57
2	—	630	120.00–125.00	122.52
1	—	660	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	115.00	115.00
3	—	490	105.00–117.50	112.49
3	—	415	110.00–122.50	115.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	508	95.00	95.00
2	—	628	90.00–97.00	93.51
1	—	790	90.00	90.00
1	—	415	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	705	100.00–102.50	101.24
2	—	483	136.00–138.00	136.98
1	—	685	101.00	101.00
1	—	625	105.00	105.00
5	—	424	125.00–132.00	128.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	474	120.00–131.00	125.20
6	—	431	120.00–132.50	125.99
9	—	519	119.00–130.00	122.84
3	—	567	117.00–121.00	118.65
2	—	263	130.00	130.00
3	—	312	134.00–140.00	137.34
3	—	363	120.00–138.00	130.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	472	110.00–116.00	113.22
6	—	424	110.00–115.00	112.26
10	—	571	107.00–115.00	111.60
12	—	528	105.00–115.00	110.56
1	—	285	120.00	120.00
1	—	705	100.00	100.00
2	—	635	100.00–108.00	104.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	105.00	105.00
9	—	324	110.00–115.00	112.46
1	—	450	100.00	100.00
6	—	378	107.50–112.50	109.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	97.00	97.00
1	—	735	90.00	90.00

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	—	638	345.00–425.00	390.93

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	657	585.00–600.00	589.80

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	750	625.00–675.00	641.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	780	575.00	575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	726	475.00–575.00	528.07

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	773	600.00–725.00	657.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	906	750.00–975.00	853.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,120	800.00–810.00	805.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	768	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,063.36

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	975.00	975.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,352	75.00–78.00	76.63
2	—	1,038	59.00–67.00	63.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	820	42.00–51.00	45.80
3	—	790	35.00–39.00	37.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,055	45.00–57.00	53.36

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.