Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 9, 2020

721 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $116.00/cwt -0.33 vs last sale · ≈ $740/hd at 638 lb · 24 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $116.00/cwt ≈ $622/hd at 536 lb · 18 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $114.26/cwt -2.06 vs last sale · ≈ $489/hd at 428 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	721	489	347
Feeder cattle	564	325	190
Slaughter cattle	58	68	29
Replacement cattle	25	34	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no trends available due to limited comparable sales. Heavy offering of average to poor quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	325	4	120.00–135.00	$129.90	$422	-0.10
365–395	383	10	125.00–140.00	$132.95	$509	-4.72
420–435	427	3	137.50–142.50	$140.01	$598	+11.01
475–495	485	2	131.00–135.00	$133.04	$645	+3.34
500–545	531	7	125.00	$125.00	$664	+0.48
555–590	566	8	117.50–120.00	$119.18	$675	-0.82
620	620	1	115.00	$115.00	$713	-0.75
685	685	1	116.00	$116.00	$795	+3.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320 fancy	320	1	165.00	$165.00	$528	—
315–330	322	3	145.00–147.50	$145.82	$470	—
365–375	370	2	142.50–150.00	$146.20	$541	-13.74
405 fancy	405	1	165.00	$165.00	$668	—
410–445	424	4	150.00–157.50	$151.84	$644	+6.84
505–535	527	12	130.00–135.00	$132.84	$700	+1.59
575	575	1	125.00	$125.00	$719	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	110.00	$110.00	$253	—
275	275	1	110.00	$110.00	$302	+3.23
335–345	340	2	110.00	$110.00	$374	—
380–385	383	3	110.00–115.00	$111.65	$428	+1.65
410	410	1	100.00	$100.00	$410	-10.00
470	470	1	100.00	$100.00	$470	-10.00
520–545	533	2	100.00–110.00	$104.88	$559	-5.12
600–620	610	2	100.00	$100.00	$610	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	120.00	$120.00	$354	±0.00
375–385	379	4	120.00–122.50	$120.62	$457	-0.30
500–540	523	6	110.00–115.00	$113.35	$593	-4.65
670–675	673	2	110.00–112.50	$111.25	$749	+1.25

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–385	380	3	117.50–122.50	$119.99	$456	+3.96
400–445	428	12	110.00–117.50	$114.26	$489	-2.06
455–485	471	6	108.00–110.00	$109.50	$516	-5.54
505–520	511	4	105.00–112.00	$109.22	$558	-4.53
570–593	586	12	104.00–110.00	$106.23	$623	-3.05
600	600	2	100.00	$100.00	$600	-5.83

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	90.00	$90.00	$266	—
310	310	2	94.00–100.00	$97.00	$301	-3.00
360–395	378	7	90.00–100.00	$92.97	$351	-7.03
410–430	421	4	90.00–100.00	$94.99	$400	—
455–490	474	5	90.00–100.00	$93.51	$443	-6.49
505–540	524	7	90.00–100.00	$96.95	$508	-4.34
555–590	573	4	90.00–100.00	$95.48	$547	—
605–610	608	2	90.00–92.50	$91.24	$555	-3.76

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	321	5	125.00–135.00	$131.07	$421	—
400–415	408	2	125.00	$125.00	$510	+3.42
480	480	1	115.00	$115.00	$552	-6.02
536	536	18	116.00	$116.00	$622	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	290	2	109.00–110.00	$109.49	$318	-0.97
355–395	375	3	105.00–110.00	$108.24	$406	-1.76
415–435	423	3	105.00–110.00	$106.71	$451	-0.79
475–495	483	5	105.00–110.00	$106.41	$514	-1.23
500–535	516	4	105.00–107.50	$105.63	$545	-1.80
565–590	578	4	102.00–107.00	$104.49	$604	+1.99
600	600	1	100.00	$100.00	$600	±0.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	423	8	140.00–155.00	$146.84	$621	-10.60
450–475	462	6	137.50–147.50	$142.42	$658	—
500–530	508	11	123.00–135.00	$129.31	$657	-0.69
638	638	24	116.00	$116.00	$740	-0.33

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	422	3	120.00–135.00	$129.96	$548	-9.67
450–475	465	5	120.00–132.50	$124.97	$581	-6.01
510–540	526	8	115.00–120.00	$119.05	$626	+0.34
550–585	566	4	115.00–120.00	$116.97	$662	-1.06
620–635	628	2	107.50–108.00	$107.75	$677	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–540	525	5	109.00–110.00	$109.81	$577	-6.19
555–590	573	5	107.50–110.00	$109.10	$625	-0.90
600–635	620	3	100.00–105.00	$101.68	$630	-7.82
670	670	1	100.00	$100.00	$670	+2.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–425	412	5	100.00–110.00	$103.53	$427	—
545	545	1	110.00	$110.00	$600	±0.00
550–580	569	4	100.00–110.00	$107.49	$612	-2.51
610–635	623	2	95.00	$95.00	$592	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720–1000	865	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	612.00–700.00	$675.58	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1455	1217	80-85%	14	44.00–56.00	$50.53	$615	-1.96
1000–1490	1254	80-85%	8	58.00–66.00	$62.19	$780	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–935	858	85-90%	3	31.00–47.00	$40.01	$343	—
1130–1260	1195	85-90%	2	52.00–53.00	$52.53	$628	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1480	1425	75-80%	2	48.00–51.00	$49.56	$706	—
1515–1760	1638	75-80%	2	64.00–66.00	$64.93	$1,064	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1575	1403	2	59.00–61.00	$60.12	$843	—
1410–1885	1699	7	82.00–96.00	$88.39	$1,502	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	732.00	$732.00
835–1155	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	601.00–701.00	$635.58

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660–1020	806	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	455.00–530.00	$501.82

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–815	745	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	300.00–428.00	$348.34
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	486.00	$486.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
1105	1105	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	885.00	$885.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–835	770	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	460.00–525.00	$489.76
820	820	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	360.00	$360.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	510.00	$510.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	97.50	$97.50	$171	—
190	190	1	85.00	$85.00	$162	—
200	200	2	70.00–110.00	$90.00	$180	+35.70
305–350	329	4	59.00–70.00	$64.19	$211	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50–55	52	3	100.00–120.00	$110.83	-14.17
65	65	1	90.00	$90.00	-35.00
75	75	2	137.50–142.50	$140.00	+15.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	425.00	$425.00	—
840	840	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	610.00	$610.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
660	660	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	635.00	$635.00	—
780	780	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	-125.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	760.00	$760.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	1	90.00	$90.00	+7.50
45	45	1	105.00	$105.00	+22.50
50	50	3	85.00–100.00	$90.83	—
50–55	51	9	95.00–120.00	$110.28	—
65	65	2	97.50–115.00	$106.25	—
75	75	1	92.50	$92.50	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	132.50	$132.50	-6.25
50	50	1	165.00	$165.00	+26.25
75	75	3	90.00–95.00	$91.67	-30.83
75	75	2	135.00–155.00	$145.00	+22.50
80	80	3	157.50	$157.50	+35.00
125	125	4	197.50–220.00	$208.13	+65.44

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	46.00	$46.00	$124	+7.00
340–375	358	2	51.00–67.00	$58.61	$210	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	2	82.50	$82.50	—
50	50	2	112.50	$112.50	+25.00
50	50	4	82.50–110.00	$103.13	+15.63
50	50	2	92.50–112.50	$102.50	+15.00
65	65	2	135.00	$135.00	+17.50
75	75	2	137.50	$137.50	+20.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	4	137.50–157.50	$143.75	+3.75
85	85	4	145.00–155.00	$152.50	-18.75

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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.