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Darlington Livestock Auction

Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Darlington, South Carolina · Tue, May 6

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1956

← Apr 29May 6May 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

150 head

▼ 61 vs last sale 211▼ 34 vs year ago 184 · −18.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

31 head

▼ 39 vs last sale 70▼ 2 vs year ago 33 · −6.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 18▼ 6 vs year ago 17 · −35.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.77/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −72.14 against this barn's trailing median of $339.91.

Average price

$267.77

10 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,446

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

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

$48.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.67

vs SC average

−65.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	287.62	1,524	2thin
Medium and Large 2	541	276.96	1,498	5thin
Medium and Large 3	545	239.21	1,305	3thin

One grade step is worth $48.41/cwt here — about $220 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale10 hd

267.77

—

SC average6 barns · 141 hd

298.44

−30.67

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−65.05

This barn, trailing median22 sales

339.91

−72.14

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

22 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $381.92, low $268.91, median $339.91 across 22 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	—	Average	1,995	161.00	3,212	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,175	148.38	1,744	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,467	145.87	2,139	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,045	141.00	1,473	1thin

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
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,070	$2,000	1thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,320	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,224	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	516	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,961	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	530	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,895	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	355.02/cwt	342.50–362.50	1,903	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,770	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	620	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,674	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	660	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,881	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	840	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	255	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	816	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	282	357.87/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,009	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	310	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	884	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	349.94/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,106	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	347.08/cwt	332.50–362.50	1,249	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	390	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,190	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,274	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	324.94/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,430	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,528	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	300.39/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,412	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,330	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,350	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	500	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,238	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	287.62/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,524	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	279.91/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,498	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,623	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	568	235.07/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,335	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	585	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,521	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	291.24/cwt	287.50–292.50	1,829	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Full	670	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,608	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	675	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,688	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	677	235.07/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,591	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	730	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,752	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	275	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,018	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	293	395.04/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,157	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	399.18/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,245	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	373.40/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,225	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	369.86/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,368	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,216	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	428	320.23/cwt	300.00–342.50	1,371	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,595	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,676	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	474	329.33/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,561	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	475	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,710	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	330.01/cwt	327.50–332.50	1,676	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2Full	535	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,498	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,783	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	630	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,717	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,733	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	720	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,782	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,900	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3	317	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	840	5
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	354	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	850	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,620	176.35/cwt	174.00–178.00	2,857	2
Bulls	—	—	2,370	145.64/cwt	128.00–166.00	3,452	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,473	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,050	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,680	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,191	146.93/cwt	139.00–154.00	1,750	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,396	147.51/cwt	142.00–155.00	2,059	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,890	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	2,570	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,070	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	825	159.11/cwt	155.00–162.50	1,313	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	865	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,125	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,015	149.30/cwt	141.00–159.00	1,515	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,090	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,406	1

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 May 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 150Last week 211Year ago 184

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 70Year ago 33

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 18Year ago 17

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	305.00	305.00
1	450–500	495	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	500	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	585	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	625	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	675	250.00	250.00
2	700–750	730	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	285.00	285.00
1	450–500	475	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	500	247.50	247.50
2	550–600	568	230.00–240.00	235.07
3	650–700	677	230.00–240.00	235.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	282	340.00–370.00	357.87
4	300–350	316	335.00–365.00	349.94
2	350–400	360	332.50–362.50	347.08
2	400–450	440	320.00–330.00	324.94
3	450–500	463	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	530	275.00–300.00	287.62
4	600–650	628	287.50–292.50	291.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	320.00	320.00
1	350–400	395	322.50	322.50
4	450–500	470	290.00–310.00	300.39
2	500–550	535	275.00–285.00	279.91
1	550–600	550	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	390.00–400.00	395.04
5	300–350	312	390.00–405.00	399.18
2	500–550	508	327.50–332.50	330.01
1	600–650	620	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	320.00	320.00
4	400–450	428	300.00–342.50	320.23
4	450–500	474	315.00–340.00	329.33
1	600–650	630	272.50	272.50
1	700–750	720	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	370.00	370.00
3	300–350	328	370.00–380.00	373.40
3	350–400	370	350.00–380.00	369.86
1	400–450	440	362.50	362.50
3	450–500	453	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	745	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	700	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	516	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	530	357.50	357.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	605	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	660	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	400.00	400.00
8	500–550	536	342.50–362.50	355.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	317	265.00	265.00
7	350–400	354	240.00	240.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	2,000.00	2,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	825	155.00–162.50	159.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	865	130.00	130.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,015	141.00–159.00	149.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,090	129.00	129.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,620	174.00–178.00	176.35
2	—	2,370	128.00–166.00	145.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,191	139.00–154.00	146.93
1	—	1,050	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,396	142.00–155.00	147.51
1	—	1,890	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	141.00	141.00

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.