Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 6, 2021

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heavy 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $117.08/cwt ≈ $665/hd at 568 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	422	231	574
Feeder cattle	311	182	403
Slaughter cattle	40	—	67
Replacement cattle	35	—	62

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to sales being closed for holidays. An average offering of average quality cattle due to extremely wet conditions, 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
200–230	215	2	120.00–150.00	$133.95	$288	—
325–340	332	5	145.00–160.00	$149.97	$498	+4.97
350–385	369	6	145.00–162.50	$150.76	$556	—
400–445	424	8	140.00–158.00	$149.98	$636	—
450–490	470	3	140.00–150.00	$145.07	$682	+7.07
510–540	523	4	125.00–135.00	$129.35	$677	+1.35
555	555	1	125.00	$125.00	$694	—
725–730	728	2	111.00–113.00	$112.00	$815	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	140.00	$140.00	$462	—
370–390	377	3	127.50–137.00	$133.20	$502	-1.80
410–445	427	5	126.00–137.50	$131.70	$562	+1.70
455–480	465	5	125.00–135.00	$129.15	$601	—
550–595	575	3	116.00–120.00	$118.72	$683	—
650–675	663	2	109.00–114.00	$111.55	$740	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	282	3	110.00–120.00	$113.20	$319	+8.29
300–340	320	4	102.50–117.50	$109.65	$351	+2.15
375	375	1	107.50	$107.50	$403	+1.50
465	465	1	101.00	$101.00	$470	—
550–555	553	2	101.00–105.00	$102.99	$570	—
615	615	1	105.00	$105.00	$646	+12.55

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	125.00	$125.00	$344	—
300–325	319	4	120.00–125.00	$122.55	$391	+7.67
360–380	370	2	117.50–125.00	$121.15	$448	+2.56
440	440	1	115.00	$115.00	$506	—
450–485	468	2	117.50–121.00	$119.18	$558	—
565	565	1	110.00	$110.00	$622	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	328	4	120.00	$120.00	$394	—
350–390	371	7	115.00–120.00	$117.80	$437	—
400–445	424	7	110.00–115.00	$111.12	$471	+1.06
450–495	472	7	105.00–110.00	$109.29	$516	—
555–590	567	3	105.00–108.00	$106.04	$601	—
640	640	1	100.00	$100.00	$640	—
655–675	665	2	100.00–105.00	$102.46	$681	—
705–710	708	2	95.00	$95.00	$673	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	125.00	$125.00	$431	—
350	350	1	127.50	$127.50	$446	—
425	425	1	125.00	$125.00	$531	—
453–485	463	7	115.00–121.00	$119.09	$551	+1.84
531	531	8	116.00	$116.00	$616	+5.00
555	555	1	115.00	$115.00	$638	—
615–625	620	2	110.00–112.00	$111.01	$688	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	2	105.00–115.00	$109.73	$307	—
360–375	370	3	110.00	$110.00	$407	+7.40
415–440	425	3	105.00–110.00	$106.65	$453	+1.65
460–495	481	4	100.00–105.00	$103.71	$499	+0.97
515–545	524	5	100.00–106.00	$101.84	$534	+1.84
550–570	560	2	100.00	$100.00	$560	—
685	685	1	97.00	$97.00	$664	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–310	305	2	100.00	$100.00	$305	—
355–365	358	3	90.00–95.00	$93.35	$334	-1.65
405–430	418	3	90.00–95.00	$93.39	$390	+1.89
525	525	1	90.00	$90.00	$472	±0.00
585	585	1	95.00	$95.00	$556	+3.14
605–645	618	3	92.00–95.00	$94.02	$581	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430	424	7	130.00–135.00	$133.94	$568	—
450–455	453	3	125.00–135.00	$130.00	$589	±0.00
510–525	518	2	120.00	$120.00	$622	+3.15
555–595	568	10	115.00–120.00	$117.08	$665	—
620–625	623	2	110.00–112.50	$111.24	$693	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	2	152.50–157.50	$155.00	$659	—
455–475	468	4	140.00–152.50	$145.20	$680	—
500–515	509	5	135.00–145.00	$139.51	$710	+9.56

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	120.00	$120.00	$588	+13.02
575–580	578	2	110.00	$110.00	$636	+13.55
635	635	2	105.00	$105.00	$667	—
705	705	1	98.00	$98.00	$691	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–425	415	2	100.00–102.50	$101.22	$420	+4.72
460	460	1	100.00	$100.00	$460	+4.86
660	660	1	100.00	$100.00	$660	+9.61

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940	940	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	750.00	$750.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1210	1081	80-85%	9	59.00–65.00	$61.39	$664	—
1030–1160	1115	80-85%	4	47.00–56.00	$52.12	$581	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1010	905	85-90%	2	35.00–42.00	$38.91	$352	—
890–1110	1015	85-90%	4	52.00–57.00	$55.39	$562	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1510	1427	75-80%	3	60.00–63.00	$60.94	$870	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–2120	1754	5	80.00–90.00	$85.56	$1,501	—
1735–2225	1930	3	70.00–76.00	$73.50	$1,419	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–980	933	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	496.00–568.00	$533.83
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	721.00	$721.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–880	783	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	414.00–500.00	$451.64

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	946.00	$946.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	327.00	$327.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
880–1050	941	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	600.00–825.00	$686.12
860–1095	978	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	675.00	$675.00
885–1060	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	725.00–850.00	$796.62
1055	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050–1355	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	725.00–975.00	$862.43
1255	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	456.00	$456.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	55.00	$55.00	$143	-22.28
370	370	2	50.00–61.00	$55.50	$205	—
410–485	450	3	67.50–77.50	$71.77	$323	-4.23

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	147.50	$147.50	+18.75
75	75	1	120.00	$120.00	-8.75
85	85	1	120.00	$120.00	-37.50
100	100	2	130.00–175.00	$152.50	-15.00
100	100	1	152.50	$152.50	-15.00
100–125	108	3	155.00–300.00	$210.83	+38.75
150	150	2	265.00–300.00	$282.50	+62.50

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—
1020–1300	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,135.00	$1,086.64	—

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	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	67.00	$67.00	$368	—
645	645	1	55.00	$55.00	$355	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	65.00	$65.00	—
45	45	1	85.00	$85.00	—
45	45	1	72.50	$72.50	—
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	-46.25
60	60	2	95.00	$95.00	-30.00
75	75	1	97.50	$97.50	-27.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	155.00	$155.00	—
100	100	1	185.00	$185.00	-10.00
100	100	2	135.00–140.00	$137.50	-57.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	45.00	$45.00	$130	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	125.00–155.00	$140.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	2	167.50–177.50	$172.50	-7.50
100	100	1	185.00	$185.00	+5.00

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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.