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Darlington Livestock Auction

Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Darlington, South Carolina · Tue, Mar 11

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1956

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Feeder Cattle receipts

147 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 171▼ 103 vs year ago 250 · −41.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 21▼ 46 vs year ago 57 · −80.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 13▼ 2 vs year ago 14 · −14.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no comparisons made due to limited comparable sales. Light offering 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

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $273.78/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 2 of 24 comparable sales and sits −76.24 against this barn's trailing median of $350.02.

Average price

$273.78

10 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,495

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−18.45

vs SC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	546	273.78	1,495	10thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale10 hd

273.78

—

SC average6 barns · 63 hd

292.23

−18.45

This barn, trailing median24 sales

350.02

−76.24

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

24 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $411.46, low $271.08, median $350.02 across 24 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,471	179.12	2,635	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,185	143.86	1,705	7thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,165	$2,144	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	944	$1,898	7
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	835	$1,723	3thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,504	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	380	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,330	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	435	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,523	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,598	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	331.29/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,574	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,605	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	608	261.23/cwt	260.00–262.50	1,588	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	730	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,716	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,776	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	230	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	644	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	929	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	301.69/cwt	287.50–315.00	959	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	355	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	888	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,022	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,132	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	293.53/cwt	287.50–305.00	1,245	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,150	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,181	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	289.06/cwt	279.00–300.00	1,379	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	510	252.52/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,288	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	265.77/cwt	257.50–272.50	1,395	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,511	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	565	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,158	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,443	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,568	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,645	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	750	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,650	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 3	205	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	538	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	364.69/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,379	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	387.47/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,492	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,053	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,520	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	351.45/cwt	340.00–367.50	1,473	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	439	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,405	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,536	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	308.52/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,419	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,340	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	282.11/cwt	267.50–285.00	1,506	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	545	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,417	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	261.70/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,492	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	625	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,438	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	249.49/cwt	247.50–250.00	1,564	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	690	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,553	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	695	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,633	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,669	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	768	213.86/cwt	202.50–225.00	1,642	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,405	176.40/cwt	170.00–183.00	2,478	4
Bulls	—	—	1,735	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,297	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,174	146.50/cwt	141.00–158.00	1,720	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,600	1
Replacement Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	934	1,820.73/head	1,630.00–2,111.00	1,821	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	958	2,001.46/head	1,679.00–2,352.00	2,001	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	1,165	2,144.00/head	2,144.00–2,144.00	2,144	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	835	1,722.58/head	1,607.00–1,907.00	1,723	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 Mar 11, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 147Last week 171Year ago 250

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 21Year ago 57

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 13Year ago 14

Compared to last week no comparisons made due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	355.00–372.50	364.69
6	400–450	419	340.00–367.50	351.45
5	450–500	460	300.00–330.00	308.52
6	500–550	534	267.50–285.00	282.11
3	550–600	570	260.00–265.00	261.70
5	600–650	627	247.50–250.00	249.49
1	700–750	710	235.00	235.00
2	750–800	768	202.50–225.00	213.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	262.50	262.50
1	350–400	390	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	470	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	625	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	695	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	439	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	545	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	690	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	385.00–390.00	387.47
1	400–450	400	380.00	380.00
4	450–500	455	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	315.00	315.00
3	300–350	318	287.50–315.00	301.69
5	350–400	371	305.00	305.00
9	400–450	424	287.50–305.00	293.53
12	450–500	477	279.00–300.00	289.06
1	500–550	530	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	615	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	250.00	250.00
2	500–550	510	250.00–255.00	252.52
1	550–600	565	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	280.00	280.00
1	350–400	365	280.00	280.00
1	400–450	430	267.50	267.50
1	450–500	450	262.50	262.50
3	500–550	525	257.50–272.50	265.77
1	550–600	595	242.50	242.50
1	700–750	700	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	750	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	475	320.00–335.00	331.29
1	500–550	535	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	608	260.00–262.50	261.23
1	700–750	740	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	435	350.00	350.00
1	700–750	730	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	401.00	401.00
3	450–500	450	355.00	355.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	128.00	128.00
6	—	1,174	141.00–158.00	146.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,735	190.00	190.00
4	—	1,405	170.00–183.00	176.40

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	835	1,607.00–1,907.00	1,722.58

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,165	2,144.00	2,144.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	934	1,630.00–2,111.00	1,820.73

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	958	1,679.00–2,352.00	2,001.46

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.