Sale reports / South Carolina / Darlington Livestock Auction / 2021-06-29

Darlington Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Darlington, South Carolina · Tue, Jun 29
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1956
Feeder Cattle receipts
162 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 118▲ 162 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 34▲ 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 16▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales . Average offering of average to plain

quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.91/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$154.91
63 head · 406 lb average
Value per head Derived
$628
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$23.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.87
vs SC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2408160.1265349
Medium and Large 2398136.6854414thin
One grade step is worth $23.44/cwt here — about $109 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 sale63 hd
154.91
—
SC average4 barns · 286 hd
138.04
+16.87
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,38192.071,2714thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17465.8477331
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59565.721,0483thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low90564.585847thin

Every lot

58 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
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy220180.00/cwt180.00–180.003961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy265174.33/cwt170.00–179.004622
Steers—Medium and Large 2290140.00/cwt140.00–140.004061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2295170.00/cwt170.00–170.005021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy312170.46/cwt170.00–171.0053211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2333157.52/cwt155.00–160.005252
Steers—Medium and Large 2343139.03/cwt135.00–143.004772
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2364154.82/cwt150.00–162.505647
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370170.00/cwt170.00–170.006291
Steers—Medium and Large 2371139.69/cwt135.00–145.005188
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added408166.79/cwt166.00–167.006815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added461160.06/cwt155.00–162.0073811
Steers—Medium and Large 2510134.00/cwt133.00–135.006832
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561143.37/cwt140.00–145.008045
Steers—Medium and Large 2605110.00/cwt110.00–110.006661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2638136.00/cwt136.00–136.008682
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725120.00/cwt120.00–120.008701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy220170.00/cwt170.00–170.003741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2317140.00/cwt140.00–140.0044410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378130.57/cwt127.50–133.004944
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378100.98/cwt100.00–102.003822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2406133.68/cwt127.50–135.0054311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415115.00/cwt115.00–115.004771
Heifers—Medium and Large 2450120.00/cwt120.00–120.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466132.01/cwt125.00–135.006156
Heifers—Small 1-2485104.95/cwt100.00–110.005092
Heifers—Medium and Large 2508117.54/cwt115.00–120.005972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523125.58/cwt123.00–128.006572
Heifers—Medium and Large 354592.50/cwt92.50–92.505041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575122.50/cwt122.50–122.507041
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575112.54/cwt110.00–115.006472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630121.00/cwt121.00–121.007621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665105.00/cwt105.00–105.006982
Heifers—Medium and Large 2710100.00/cwt100.00–100.007102
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1-2380120.00/cwt120.00–120.004561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415132.59/cwt130.00–135.005502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2416140.74/cwt140.00–141.005854
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2463137.75/cwt137.50–138.006382
Bulls—Small 1-2470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005171
Bulls—Medium and Large 2526123.73/cwt120.00–125.006514
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2530133.99/cwt133.00–135.007102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575132.00/cwt131.00–133.007594
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578121.48/cwt120.00–123.007022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2616121.23/cwt120.00–125.007474
Bulls—Medium and Large 2663112.97/cwt110.00–119.007494
Bulls—Medium and Large 378597.50/cwt97.50–97.507651
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,38192.07/cwt88.00–96.001,2714
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87554.50/cwt51.00–58.004772
Cows—Lean 85-90%91768.61/cwt65.00–72.006295
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12156.89/cwt53.00–60.006389
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19669.50/cwt65.00–78.0083122
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59565.72/cwt65.00–67.001,0483
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2770632.79/cwt550.00–700.004,8722
Bred Cows—Small 2840475.00/cwt475.00–475.003,9901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,105800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,8401
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,225925.00/cwt925.00–925.0011,3311
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 2745375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,7941
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,07788.70/cwt86.00–93.009553

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.