Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 3, 2021

280 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $149.09/cwt ≈ $741/hd at 497 lb · 12 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 steers $142.54/cwt ≈ $597/hd at 419 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	280	272	483
Feeder cattle	169	174	219
Slaughter cattle	55	30	98
Replacement cattle	21	30	128

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle due to extremely wet conditions in the area 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
275 fancy	275	1	175.00	$175.00	$481	—
300–345	325	5	150.00–165.00	$159.06	$517	-5.94
355–385	370	7	150.00–161.00	$155.42	$575	-10.85
420	420	1	158.00	$158.00	$664	-7.00
485–498	497	12	146.00–149.50	$149.09	$741	—
522	522	6	142.00	$142.00	$741	-6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	130.00–145.00	$137.50	$474	—
360	360	1	147.50	$147.50	$531	—
401–445	419	10	130.00–146.00	$142.54	$597	—
505–548	534	3	126.00–138.00	$134.21	$717	—
580	580	1	128.00	$128.00	$742	+5.49

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–275	265	4	115.00–122.00	$117.95	$313	—
310–345	335	4	122.50–125.00	$123.33	$413	-2.99
370	370	1	125.00	$125.00	$462	-0.84
480–495	488	2	120.00	$120.00	$586	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	110.00	$110.00	$297	—
335	335	1	95.00	$95.00	$318	-9.92
490	490	1	100.00	$100.00	$490	—
655	655	1	99.00	$99.00	$648	-8.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	233	2	125.00–127.00	$126.05	$294	—
260–290	272	3	120.00–140.00	$128.39	$349	+3.39
315–320	318	3	120.00–125.00	$121.65	$387	—
370	370	1	120.00	$120.00	$444	+0.71
430–445	438	3	115.00–129.00	$122.12	$535	+4.62
465	465	1	109.00	$109.00	$507	-4.98
510–517	516	8	107.50–110.00	$109.69	$566	+3.57
550–590	571	4	105.00–110.00	$108.55	$620	+0.55
600	600	1	100.00	$100.00	$600	+5.00
700	700	1	92.00	$92.00	$644	—
780	780	1	92.00	$92.00	$718	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300 fancy	300	1	157.50	$157.50	$472	—
305–340	330	6	135.00–140.00	$137.38	$453	+14.38
350–380	360	4	129.00–135.00	$133.42	$480	—
405–442	433	4	130.00	$130.00	$563	+10.00
450–480	465	2	122.50–124.00	$123.27	$573	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	100.00	$100.00	$340	-6.88
350–380	367	3	105.00–110.00	$108.41	$398	+2.11
410–440	425	2	108.00–110.00	$109.04	$463	+4.04
455–495	475	2	100.00	$100.00	$475	—
715–725	720	2	90.00–92.00	$90.99	$655	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	90.00	$90.00	$432	—
650	650	1	90.00	$90.00	$585	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	140.00	$140.00	$602	+5.00
450–495	473	2	140.00–144.00	$142.10	$672	+2.10
510	510	1	127.50	$127.50	$650	-11.50
635	635	1	114.00	$114.00	$724	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–415	408	3	150.00–155.00	$152.52	$622	-13.14

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–415	413	2	96.00–103.00	$99.52	$411	-10.48

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–425	413	2	115.00–125.00	$120.15	$496	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820	820	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	810.00	$810.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1115	949	80-85%	4	43.00–55.00	$49.21	$467	—
1275–1415	1331	80-85%	4	75.00–77.00	$75.99	$1,011	—
1110–1860	1385	80-85%	12	59.00–73.00	$66.88	$926	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020	1020	85-90%	1	49.00	$49.00	$500	—
820–1415	1044	85-90%	8	51.00–62.00	$57.38	$599	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510–1660	1585	75-80%	2	74.00	$74.00	$1,173	—
1285–2020	1655	75-80%	6	62.00–70.00	$66.06	$1,093	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1545–1985	1719	7	84.00–96.00	$90.20	$1,551	—
2100	2100	1	99.00	$99.00	$2,079	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100–1225	1163	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	737.00–931.00	$839.22

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–1081	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	627.00–724.00	$680.07

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625–755	690	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	290.00–325.00	$309.15

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00
820	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
810–990	918	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	625.00–850.00	$735.32
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1300	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1180–1595	1388	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,035.00–1,100.00	$1,072.36

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–790	728	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	375.00–450.00	$425.80

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
130	130	1	82.50	$82.50	$107	+7.41
260	260	1	65.00	$65.00	$169	+32.50
210–285	261	5	50.00–65.00	$58.11	$152	+25.61
420	420	1	70.00	$70.00	$294	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	100.00	$100.00	—
50	50	1	125.00	$125.00	+12.50
75	75	4	110.00–150.00	$134.38	+14.38
85	85	1	145.00	$145.00	+11.67
100–115	105	3	140.00–210.00	$179.17	-3.33
125–135	130	2	230.00–235.00	$232.50	+50.00

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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
1350	1350	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	90.00	$90.00	—
50 fancy	50	1	150.00	$150.00	—
50	50	2	112.50	$112.50	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	125.00–157.50	$141.25	-11.25
65	65	1	150.00	$150.00	-2.50
75	75	1	147.50	$147.50	-5.00
75	75	1	145.00	$145.00	-7.50
75	75	1	160.00	$160.00	+7.50
100–110	105	2	170.00–187.50	$178.75	-26.25

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	170.00	$170.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	125.00	$125.00	—

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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.