Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 21, 2020

415 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $130.55/cwt -19.45 vs last sale · ≈ $564/hd at 432 lb · 13 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $110.25/cwt -3.91 vs last sale · ≈ $526/hd at 477 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	415	361	465
Feeder cattle	296	241	265
Slaughter cattle	28	54	81
Replacement cattle	20	28	90

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373–395	380	3	130.00	$130.00	$494	-23.76
425–433	432	13	125.00–132.00	$130.55	$564	-19.45
450–490	470	2	125.00–130.00	$127.39	$599	-17.61
500–505	503	3	125.00	$125.00	$629	-8.43
635	635	1	115.00	$115.00	$730	-9.00
710–730	720	2	103.00–104.00	$103.51	$745	-10.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	330	2	122.50–127.50	$124.89	$412	—
365–390	378	2	120.00–125.00	$122.42	$463	-7.58
420–440	430	2	117.50–120.00	$118.78	$511	-13.72
455	455	1	113.00	$113.00	$514	-13.70
550–580	562	5	107.50–115.00	$113.33	$637	-7.37
600–615	606	4	105.00–113.00	$107.66	$652	-12.34
690–695	693	2	94.00–100.00	$96.99	$672	-17.34
720	720	1	95.00	$95.00	$684	-15.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	317	3	110.00–112.50	$110.82	$351	-9.18
350–390	373	7	103.00–112.50	$108.89	$406	-11.11
510–525	520	3	100.00–113.00	$104.38	$543	—
565–585	575	2	100.00–107.50	$103.82	$597	—
600–645	623	2	90.00–100.00	$94.82	$591	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–370	362	3	90.00–95.00	$91.71	$332	-18.29
450–465	458	2	94.00–95.00	$94.51	$433	-10.33

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	266	4	117.50–120.00	$118.79	$316	—
310–315	313	2	110.00–117.00	$113.47	$355	-6.53
350–375	362	3	108.00–115.00	$110.75	$401	—
400–445	419	5	107.00–112.50	$109.90	$460	-9.16
460–495	477	11	105.00–114.00	$110.25	$526	-3.91
500–545	521	7	100.00–110.00	$106.27	$554	-5.40
565–585	575	4	100.00–110.00	$105.98	$609	-4.99
610–615	613	2	100.00	$100.00	$613	-10.00
655–660	658	2	102.50–103.00	$102.75	$676	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	112.00	$112.00	$291	+2.27
350–390	368	7	100.00–107.50	$103.54	$381	+3.54
400–420	410	4	95.00–99.00	$96.87	$397	-5.30
500–515	507	3	95.00–100.00	$97.51	$494	-8.74
570	570	1	95.00	$95.00	$542	—
605–645	625	5	90.00–97.50	$93.44	$584	-13.56

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–275	268	2	125.00–130.00	$127.57	$342	+0.07
335–345	340	2	125.00–127.50	$126.23	$429	-1.53
360	360	1	125.00	$125.00	$450	-3.43
425	425	1	115.00	$115.00	$489	—
475	475	1	110.00	$110.00	$522	—
505	505	1	111.00	$111.00	$561	-12.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	95.00	$95.00	$294	—
395	395	1	96.00	$96.00	$379	—
485	485	1	90.00	$90.00	$436	-8.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	420	2	110.00–120.00	$114.76	$482	-5.24
455–490	473	2	117.50–119.00	$118.28	$559	+0.28
515–530	523	2	110.00–113.00	$111.52	$583	-4.72
570–575	573	2	110.00	$110.00	$630	-3.02
605–640	618	6	100.00–112.00	$104.48	$646	-8.52

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	430	3	97.50–100.00	$99.22	$427	-16.78
475–485	480	3	100.00–105.00	$101.65	$488	—
555–580	570	3	100.00–110.00	$104.99	$598	-5.01
625–640	633	3	99.00–102.50	$100.49	$636	-9.51
715–745	730	2	90.00–93.00	$91.47	$668	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	125.00	$125.00	$550	-21.83
460–480	467	5	120.00–125.00	$122.00	$570	-16.50
520	520	1	115.00	$115.00	$598	-11.97
560–585	575	4	115.00	$115.00	$661	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	92.00	$92.00	$377	-12.73
465	465	1	92.50	$92.50	$430	-17.50
520–525	523	2	90.00	$90.00	$471	-13.26
640	640	2	95.00–97.00	$96.00	$614	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1000	963	80-85%	2	44.00–48.00	$46.08	$444	—
1160–1380	1265	80-85%	3	54.00–64.00	$60.94	$771	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1545–1925	1708	75-80%	3	50.00–64.00	$55.90	$955	-1.10

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880	880	85-90%	1	44.00	$44.00	$387	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1515	1413	2	55.00–85.00	$68.91	$974	—
1325–1955	1640	2	83.00–93.00	$88.96	$1,459	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–780	760	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	335.00–392.00	$362.75
783	783	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	500.00	$500.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630	630	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	300.00	$300.00
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	565.00	$565.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
610	610	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	300.00	$300.00
675	675	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	375.00	$375.00
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
650–810	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	300.00–525.00	$448.97
775–840	808	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	475.00–500.00	$487.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1140–1335	1238	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	735.00–800.00	$770.06

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	3	97.50–112.50	$104.17	+9.17
50–55	53	2	155.00–200.00	$177.50	+82.50
65	65	1	117.50	$117.50	+22.50
85	85	1	157.50	$157.50	+10.00
100	100	1	155.00	$155.00	+20.00
100–125	115	5	175.00–300.00	$232.50	+43.50
150	150	2	280.00–300.00	$290.00	±0.00

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	3	60.00	$60.00	$399	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	2	100.00	$100.00	—
40	40	2	50.00	$50.00	—
50	50	1	145.00	$145.00	—
50	50	6	70.00–80.00	$76.25	—
50–55	53	4	75.00–90.00	$81.25	—
65	65	1	122.50	$122.50	—
75	75	1	92.50	$92.50	—
75	75	3	107.50–130.00	$116.67	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	112.50–130.00	$121.25	-28.75
75	75	2	120.00–155.00	$137.50	-11.25
85	85	2	140.00–150.00	$145.00	-3.75
95	95	1	135.00	$135.00	-13.75
100	100	3	105.00–112.50	$110.00	-30.00
100–125	107	7	127.50–230.00	$168.93	+28.93

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	1	112.50	$112.50	-50.00
75	75	1	127.50	$127.50	-35.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	2	167.50–210.00	$188.75	-11.25
85	85	2	162.50–167.50	$165.00	-35.00
100–125	106	9	200.00–390.00	$277.22	+44.22

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.