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Darlington Livestock Auction

Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Darlington, South Carolina · Tue, Jul 29

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1956

← Jul 22Jul 29Aug 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

84 head

▼ 107 vs last sale 191▼ 122 vs year ago 206 · −59.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 30▼ 28 vs year ago 47 · −59.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 12▼ 15 vs year ago 25 · −60.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

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 $299.92/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 4 of 24 comparable sales and sits −50.10 against this barn's trailing median of $350.02.

Average price

$299.92

11 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$15.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.82

vs SC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	540	304.26	1,643	8thin
Medium and Large 3	545	288.33	1,571	3thin

One grade step is worth $15.93/cwt here — about $72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale11 hd

299.92

—

SC average6 barns · 62 hd

313.74

−13.82

This barn, trailing median24 sales

350.02

−50.10

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	—	Average	1,333	180.82	2,410	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,320	162.05	2,139	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,275	153.00	1,951	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	994	138.52	1,377	5thin

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)	1,540	$2,475	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,500	$2,471	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	745	$1,378	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	798	$1,950	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	723	$1,314	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	765	$1,454	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	700	$893	1thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,601	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	517	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,551	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	282	266.27/cwt	250.00–300.00	751	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	313	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	923	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,096	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	405	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,134	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	405	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,114	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,271	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	299.82/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,424	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	510	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,326	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,484	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	274.91/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,594	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	215	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	946	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	271	266.31/cwt	265.00–267.50	722	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	396.35/cwt	390.00–402.50	1,288	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	357.17/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,307	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,036	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,521	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	400	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,280	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	405	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,134	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	441	330.53/cwt	327.50–332.50	1,458	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	514	311.11/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,599	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,508	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	535	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,605	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	304.82/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,737	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	590	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,652	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	595	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,696	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	610	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,586	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,820	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	663	255.09/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,691	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,988	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,312	184.76/cwt	181.00–191.00	2,424	3
Bulls	—	—	1,395	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,358	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	985	135.40/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,334	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,555	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,275	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,951	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	162.05/cwt	161.00–163.00	2,139	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 1	745	1,378.00/head	1,378.00–1,378.00	1,378	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,500	2,471.25/head	2,050.00–2,800.00	2,471	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,540	2,475.00/head	2,475.00–2,475.00	2,475	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Small 2	700	893.00/head	893.00–893.00	893	1
Stock Cows	—	Small 2	765	1,454.00/head	1,454.00–1,454.00	1,454	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 2	675	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 3	723	1,313.67/head	1,300.00–1,325.00	1,314	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	920	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	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 Jul 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 84Last week 191Year ago 206

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 30Year ago 47

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 12Year ago 25

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	271	265.00–267.50	266.31
1	350–400	370	280.00	280.00
1	400–450	400	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	520	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	595	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	610	260.00	260.00
2	650–700	663	250.00–260.00	255.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	366	350.00–380.00	357.17
5	400–450	441	327.50–332.50	330.53
4	500–550	514	305.00–315.00	311.11
2	550–600	570	300.00–310.00	304.82
1	650–700	650	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	710	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	440.00	440.00
2	300–350	325	390.00–402.50	396.35
1	350–400	395	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	535	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	590	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	635	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	342.50	342.50
1	400–450	410	310.00	310.00
4	450–500	475	290.00–310.00	299.82
1	500–550	530	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	580	270.00–280.00	274.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	282	250.00–300.00	266.27
1	400–450	405	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	510	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	295.00	295.00
1	400–450	405	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	485	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	517	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	985	130.00–145.00	135.40
1	—	1,030	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,320	161.00–163.00	162.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,312	181.00–191.00	184.76
1	—	1,395	169.00	169.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,500	2,050.00–2,800.00	2,471.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,540	2,475.00	2,475.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	745	1,378.00	1,378.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	893.00	893.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	765	1,454.00	1,454.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	675	1,400.00	1,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	723	1,300.00–1,325.00	1,313.67

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	2,500.00	2,500.00

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.