Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 2, 2020

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $152.55/cwt +10.11 vs last sale · ≈ $782/hd at 512 lb · 47 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	489	529	406
Feeder cattle	325	348	280
Slaughter cattle	68	65	69
Replacement cattle	34	38	57

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available this week due to sale being closed last week for Thanksgiving holiday. 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
285	285	1	150.00	$150.00	$428	—
355–395	379	4	152.50–165.00	$159.94	$606	—
400	400	1	145.00	$145.00	$580	-9.00
455	455	1	145.00	$145.00	$660	-9.72
512 value added	512	45	153.50	$153.50	$786	—
520	520	2	130.00–132.50	$131.25	$682	-11.19
630–645	633	5	120.00–122.00	$121.59	$770	+0.08

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–235	225	2	130.00–132.50	$131.19	$295	—
250–275	263	2	127.50–140.00	$134.05	$353	-7.60
340	340	1	130.00	$130.00	$442	-11.58
360–390	377	5	135.00–142.50	$137.67	$519	-6.43
430	430	2	126.00–132.00	$129.00	$555	—
470–495	483	3	124.00–135.00	$129.70	$626	—
510–530	518	4	121.00–127.00	$124.52	$645	+4.57
560	560	1	120.00	$120.00	$672	+1.71
605–633	623	4	115.00–118.00	$115.75	$721	—
650	650	1	112.50	$112.50	$731	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	120.00	$120.00	$330	-5.00
360–385	375	4	117.50–126.00	$120.92	$453	+2.13
420	420	1	127.50	$127.50	$536	—
545	545	1	118.00	$118.00	$643	—
680	680	1	110.00	$110.00	$748	—
770	770	1	100.00	$100.00	$770	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	278	3	100.00–110.00	$106.77	$297	—
360	360	1	110.00	$110.00	$396	—
445	445	1	110.00	$110.00	$490	—
485	485	1	110.00	$110.00	$534	+6.56
515	515	1	110.00	$110.00	$566	—
690	690	1	97.00	$97.00	$669	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	120.00	$120.00	$252	—
270–290	280	2	120.00–122.50	$121.21	$339	+1.21
325–330	328	3	116.00–121.00	$119.02	$390	+1.35
365–395	383	3	115.00–118.00	$116.03	$444	-1.42
415–445	436	6	114.00–119.00	$116.32	$507	+7.22
450–495	463	9	113.00–117.50	$115.04	$533	+5.66
510–540	523	6	110.00–115.00	$113.75	$595	+5.75
585–595	590	7	105.00–112.00	$109.28	$645	+0.35
605–635	620	2	102.50–109.00	$105.83	$656	+1.84
660	660	1	100.00	$100.00	$660	-6.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	235	2	110.00–117.50	$113.91	$268	+3.91
270–295	278	3	109.00–112.50	$110.46	$307	+2.95
305–315	312	3	102.50–110.00	$107.47	$335	+3.13
355–385	365	3	110.00	$110.00	$402	+2.60
405	405	1	107.50	$107.50	$435	+7.01
450–495	476	9	105.00–110.00	$107.64	$512	—
510–540	525	2	105.00–110.00	$107.43	$564	—
550	550	1	102.50	$102.50	$564	—
630	630	1	100.00	$100.00	$630	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	383	2	127.50–130.00	$128.79	$493	—
405–440	427	3	120.00–125.00	$121.58	$519	-0.24
455–495	474	4	120.00–123.00	$121.02	$574	+0.44
550–555	553	2	116.00–119.00	$117.51	$650	+1.47
600–645	629	5	110.00–112.50	$111.10	$699	-4.90
655–680	668	2	110.00–114.00	$111.96	$748	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	100.00	$100.00	$310	—
360	360	1	100.00	$100.00	$360	—
490	490	2	100.00	$100.00	$490	+7.02
500–535	518	2	100.00–102.50	$101.29	$525	+7.60
630	630	1	95.00	$95.00	$598	+4.34

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	421	8	132.50–147.50	$139.63	$588	+14.08
465–495	476	5	130.00–135.00	$130.98	$623	+8.50
500–530	515	2	117.50–120.00	$118.71	$611	+4.93
580–595	590	3	115.00–120.00	$118.03	$696	+3.38
690	690	1	103.00	$103.00	$711	—
725	725	1	103.00	$103.00	$747	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	420	4	150.00–165.00	$157.44	$661	+8.35
535	535	1	130.00	$130.00	$696	—
550–580	556	5	125.00–131.00	$128.52	$715	+3.85
600–620	608	3	115.00–119.00	$116.33	$707	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	117.50	$117.50	$452	—
410–435	424	4	127.50–128.00	$127.63	$541	+21.14
465–495	480	3	115.00–120.00	$118.28	$568	+11.45
530	530	1	116.00	$116.00	$615	+14.00
590	590	1	110.00	$110.00	$649	—
620	620	2	109.00–110.00	$109.50	$679	—
685	685	1	98.00	$98.00	$671	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–490	482	3	105.00–110.00	$108.30	$522	+15.76
510–535	523	2	110.00	$110.00	$575	—
560	560	1	110.00	$110.00	$616	+18.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970–1185	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	718.00–763.00	$744.41	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1400	1205	80-85%	12	35.00–58.00	$52.49	$633	—
1120–1470	1240	80-85%	10	59.00–68.00	$61.78	$766	+1.53

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1590	1463	75-80%	4	59.00–65.00	$62.36	$912	—
1365–1715	1530	75-80%	4	45.00–57.00	$52.69	$806	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1095	959	85-90%	4	40.00–45.00	$43.72	$419	—
1265	1265	85-90%	1	55.00	$55.00	$696	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1375	1198	2	65.00–72.00	$69.02	$827	—
915–1995	1539	9	82.00–98.00	$87.80	$1,351	—
1950	1950	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,872	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–795	742	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	266.00–392.00	$316.76

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	417.00	$417.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–845	803	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	400.00–425.00	$411.84
830	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
930–1060	976	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	600.00–775.00	$698.76
940–1050	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	600.00–710.00	$658.61

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625–690	658	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	375.00–460.00	$419.60
610–720	674	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	300.00–425.00	$367.89
720	720	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	460.00	$460.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1320	1320	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	485.00	$485.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–240	225	2	34.00–77.50	$54.30	$122	-8.27

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	125.00	$125.00	-20.00
75	75	2	110.00–140.00	$125.00	-20.00
85	85	3	127.50–145.00	$137.50	+32.50
100	100	1	150.00	$150.00	-30.83
100–115	103	5	140.00–205.00	$169.00	-11.83
125	125	1	120.00	$120.00	-60.83
200	200	1	410.00	$410.00	+145.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755	755	1	75.00	$75.00	$566	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	82.50	$82.50	-6.25

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	132.50–145.00	$138.75	—
85	85	2	115.00–130.00	$122.50	—
95	95	1	170.00	$170.00	—
100–125	106	13	115.00–210.00	$142.69	-18.31

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	39.00	$39.00	$99	—
320	320	1	53.00	$53.00	$170	+42.35
300–390	348	5	25.00–32.00	$27.46	$96	—
695	695	1	55.00	$55.00	$382	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	87.50	$87.50	—
65	65	1	117.50	$117.50	—
75	75	1	117.50	$117.50	—
100	100	4	145.00–250.00	$173.13	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	1	150.00	$150.00	-5.00
75	75	1	140.00	$140.00	-15.00
85	85	2	167.50–175.00	$171.25	+16.25
100	100	1	200.00	$200.00	-100.00
100–125	110	4	217.50–325.00	$249.38	-50.62
200	200	1	400.00	$400.00	-30.00

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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.