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Darlington Livestock Auction

Name: Darlington Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Darlington, South Carolina · Tue, Aug 5

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1956

← Jul 29Aug 5Aug 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

244 head

▲ 160 vs last sale 84▲ 155 vs year ago 89 · +174.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

22 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 19▼ 6 vs year ago 28 · −21.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 10▲ 0 vs year ago 6 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offerings of plain to 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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $333.35/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 9 of 22 comparable sales and sits −6.55 against this barn's trailing median of $339.91.

Average price

$333.35

29 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,772

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$532

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

$104.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.98

vs SC average

−17.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	344.35	1,804	23
Medium and Large 2	567	301.44	1,710	5thin
Medium and Large 3	530	240.00	1,272	1thin

One grade step is worth $104.35/cwt here — about $532 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 sale29 hd

333.35

—

SC average6 barns · 271 hd

331.37

+1.98

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

−17.22

This barn, trailing median22 sales

339.91

−6.55

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	—	Low	1,691	186.60	3,156	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,401	163.41	2,289	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,247	157.12	1,960	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,082	146.09	1,581	3thin

Every lot

79 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	272	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,224	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,163	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	340	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,088	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,221	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,463	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	399.39/cwt	397.50–400.00	1,578	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	397.97/cwt	395.00–401.00	1,711	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	308.35/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,341	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	443	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,706	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	315.16/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,481	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	480	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,452	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	333.85/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,612	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	369.45/cwt	365.00–372.50	1,954	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	356.65/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,019	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	312.50/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,775	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	353.14/cwt	330.00–358.00	2,182	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,267	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,013	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,324	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,246	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 3	225	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	630	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	255	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,020	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	263	285.14/cwt	280.00–290.00	750	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	334.77/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,071	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	367.16/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,212	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	330	321.21/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,060	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	366.25/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,319	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	409	373.25/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,527	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	340.65/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,424	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	327.25/cwt	312.50–342.50	1,584	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	517	363.93/cwt	352.50–370.00	1,882	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	337.75/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,766	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	530	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,272	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,661	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	574	299.92/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,722	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,929	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	310.27/cwt	302.50–317.50	1,933	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	662	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,251	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,823	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	771	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,120	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,030	1
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	218	429.01/cwt	400.00–450.00	935	3
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1Fancy	260	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,170	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	267	423.44/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,131	3
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	280	303.75/cwt	300.00–307.50	851	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	288	379.35/cwt	372.50–385.00	1,093	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	318	317.80/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,011	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	408.72/cwt	398.00–420.00	1,386	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,168	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	399.29/cwt	397.50–401.00	1,505	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	404	395.60/cwt	390.00–397.50	1,598	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	354.54/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,493	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	324.23/cwt	305.00–337.50	1,410	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	467	304.48/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,422	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	362.11/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,738	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	490	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,666	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	305.60/cwt	297.50–320.00	1,568	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	570	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,482	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,977	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	583	309.57/cwt	290.00–330.00	1,805	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	344.41/cwt	337.50–347.50	2,142	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,869	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	337.53/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,204	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	683	269.83/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,843	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	739	271.29/cwt	262.50–272.50	2,005	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	915	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,437	1
Bulls	—	—	1,728	185.53/cwt	184.00–187.00	3,206	2
Bulls	—	—	2,043	202.48/cwt	200.00–205.00	4,137	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,082	146.09/cwt	145.00–147.00	1,581	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,222	152.88/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,868	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,245	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,930	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,266	160.30/cwt	159.00–162.00	2,029	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,440	165.51/cwt	159.00–170.00	2,383	4
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	1,255	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,770	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	890	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,522	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,010	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,515	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,025	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,383	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,215	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,114	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,215	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,029	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 Aug 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 244Last week 84Year ago 89

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 19Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 10Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	330.00–340.00	334.77
8	400–450	418	335.00–347.50	340.65
6	450–500	484	312.50–342.50	327.25
1	500–550	540	307.50	307.50
4	550–600	574	295.00–310.00	299.92
1	650–700	675	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	280.00	280.00
2	250–300	263	280.00–290.00	285.14
2	300–350	330	320.00–322.50	321.21
1	500–550	530	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	400.00	400.00
2	300–350	330	360.00–375.00	367.16
2	350–400	360	357.50–375.00	366.25
7	400–450	409	362.50–375.00	373.25
16	500–550	523	320.00–345.00	337.75
1	550–600	580	332.50	332.50
2	600–650	623	302.50–317.50	310.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	771	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	517	352.50–370.00	363.93
16	650–700	662	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	300.00–307.50	303.75
2	300–350	318	305.00–330.00	317.80
1	350–400	365	320.00	320.00
3	400–450	435	305.00–337.50	324.23
6	450–500	467	290.00–320.00	304.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	288	372.50–385.00	379.35
5	400–450	421	350.00–372.50	354.54
2	450–500	480	350.00–375.00	362.11
4	500–550	513	297.50–320.00	305.60
2	550–600	583	290.00–330.00	309.57
2	600–650	623	300.00	300.00
3	650–700	683	265.00–280.00	269.83
8	700–750	739	262.50–272.50	271.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	218	400.00–450.00	429.01
3	250–300	267	415.00–435.00	423.44
5	300–350	339	398.00–420.00	408.72
9	350–400	377	397.50–401.00	399.29
4	400–450	404	390.00–397.50	395.60
2	550–600	573	345.00	345.00
8	600–650	622	337.50–347.50	344.41
2	650–700	653	330.00–345.00	337.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	340.00	340.00
2	550–600	570	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	515.00	515.00
1	250–300	260	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	272	450.00	450.00
4	350–400	395	397.50–400.00	399.39
2	400–450	430	395.00–401.00	397.97
9	500–550	529	365.00–372.50	369.45
6	550–600	566	350.00–360.00	356.65
11	600–650	618	330.00–358.00	353.14
3	650–700	657	345.00	345.00
1	700–750	715	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	387.50	387.50
1	350–400	385	380.00	380.00
2	400–450	443	385.00	385.00
2	450–500	483	327.50–340.00	333.85
3	550–600	568	300.00–325.00	312.50
1	650–700	660	305.00	305.00
2	750–800	755	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	320.00	320.00
1	350–400	370	330.00	330.00
3	400–450	435	300.00–315.00	308.35
2	450–500	470	310.00–320.00	315.16

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,255	141.00	141.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	232.50	232.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	174.00	174.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	167.00	167.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	150.00	150.00

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	1	—	890	171.00	171.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	157.00	157.00
2	—	1,728	184.00–187.00	185.53
2	—	2,043	200.00–205.00	202.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,266	159.00–162.00	160.30
3	—	1,222	150.00–157.00	152.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,440	159.00–170.00	165.51
1	—	1,245	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,082	145.00–147.00	146.09

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.