Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 10, 2021

626 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $125.00/cwt ≈ $978/hd at 782 lb · 17 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $118.87/cwt -6.13 vs last sale · ≈ $505/hd at 425 lb · 13 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $115.75/cwt ≈ $611/hd at 528 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	626	248	358
Feeder cattle	371	125	185
Slaughter cattle	111	42	111
Replacement cattle	50	24	41

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. 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
210–225	218	2	150.00	$150.00	$327	—
250–275	260	3	150.00–152.50	$151.68	$394	—
305–345	330	3	150.00–160.00	$154.31	$509	—
345 fancy	345	1	167.50	$167.50	$578	—
353–395	358	12	150.00–160.00	$155.52	$557	-12.77
405–445	432	3	150.00–155.00	$151.72	$655	-25.28
495 fancy	495	1	162.50	$162.50	$804	—
666 value added	666	5	136.00	$136.00	$906	—
782 value added	782	17	125.00	$125.00	$978	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	235	3	132.50–147.50	$141.54	$333	—
270–285	280	3	135.00–145.00	$141.61	$397	—
320–345	337	3	140.00–147.50	$143.35	$483	-6.65
355–390	372	6	135.00–148.00	$142.57	$530	-7.43
405–440	427	3	145.00–148.00	$146.88	$627	-0.55
465–495	482	5	130.00–144.00	$138.34	$667	—
515–540	528	2	125.00–137.50	$131.40	$694	—
630	630	1	120.00	$120.00	$756	—
665	665	1	125.00	$125.00	$831	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	228	2	120.00–125.00	$122.36	$279	-15.14
295	295	1	132.50	$132.50	$391	—
300–340	322	3	118.00–130.00	$125.77	$405	+4.58
395	395	2	120.00–126.00	$123.00	$486	+8.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	115.00	$115.00	$328	—
310–330	318	3	105.00–110.00	$108.38	$345	-2.82
365–375	368	3	105.00–110.00	$107.48	$396	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	275	5	120.00–130.00	$125.71	$346	—
310	310	1	122.50	$122.50	$380	—
360–395	380	4	120.00–125.00	$122.53	$466	+2.53
400–445	425	13	115.00–123.00	$118.87	$505	-6.13
465–495	476	8	115.00–122.50	$117.47	$559	—
510–545	528	12	110.00–119.00	$115.75	$611	—
555–560	558	2	117.00–118.00	$117.50	$656	—
600	600	1	105.00	$105.00	$630	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–299	297	8	128.00–134.00	$128.71	$382	-3.79
371–395	375	7	127.00–127.50	$127.07	$477	-4.10
420	420	1	126.00	$126.00	$529	—
455–490	468	6	122.50–125.00	$124.59	$583	-5.41
535	535	1	121.00	$121.00	$647	-9.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	3	100.00–105.00	$101.67	$234	—
295	295	1	110.00	$110.00	$324	—
330	330	1	95.00	$95.00	$314	-6.71
370–375	373	2	98.00–105.00	$101.48	$379	—
400–425	413	6	95.00–107.00	$101.53	$419	—
470–480	475	2	105.00	$105.00	$499	—
515–540	528	2	95.00–100.00	$97.44	$514	—
590–595	593	2	95.00–100.00	$97.51	$578	—
630	630	1	105.00	$105.00	$662	—
660–665	663	2	90.00–97.50	$93.76	$622	+3.76

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	323	6	110.00–115.00	$112.60	$364	-1.90
380	380	1	112.50	$112.50	$428	—
400–420	410	2	110.00–113.00	$111.46	$457	—
455–480	469	4	107.00–112.50	$109.28	$513	—
520–535	527	3	107.00–108.00	$107.50	$567	—
570–585	578	2	106.00–112.50	$109.29	$632	-3.21

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	414	7	145.00–155.00	$149.68	$620	—
450–475	456	6	145.00–152.50	$147.22	$671	+2.22
500–545	515	7	135.00–145.00	$138.50	$713	+3.50
565–585	573	4	133.00–140.00	$137.34	$787	—
610–645	628	2	120.00–125.00	$122.43	$769	-7.57
655–660	657	3	121.00–123.00	$122.00	$802	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	415	6	128.00–140.00	$133.40	$554	—
450–490	465	7	120.00–140.00	$133.95	$623	+6.45
540–545	542	3	125.00–130.00	$126.66	$686	+1.66
550–590	568	4	120.00–128.00	$124.57	$708	—
630–635	633	2	112.50–115.00	$113.75	$720	—
665	665	1	112.50	$112.50	$748	-10.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	422	3	120.00	$120.00	$506	—
500–530	515	2	115.00	$115.00	$592	—
565	565	1	110.00	$110.00	$622	—
620	620	1	110.00	$110.00	$682	—
760–785	773	2	96.00–99.00	$97.48	$754	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	105.00	$105.00	$430	—
685	685	1	100.00	$100.00	$685	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1400	1210	80-85%	9	52.00–58.00	$56.23	$680	—
1040–1525	1259	80-85%	43	59.00–70.00	$64.86	$817	—
1365	1365	80-85%	1	76.00	$76.00	$1,037	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–955	885	85-90%	4	45.00–48.00	$45.97	$407	—
920–1175	1018	85-90%	10	50.00–62.00	$55.71	$567	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500–1750	1626	75-80%	8	58.00–69.00	$62.54	$1,017	—
1640–1690	1665	75-80%	2	52.00–54.00	$52.98	$882	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1390	1218	3	72.00–78.00	$74.90	$912	—
1355–2410	1742	13	82.00–99.00	$91.54	$1,595	—
1835–2005	1920	2	101.00–109.00	$104.82	$2,013	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
605–895	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	385.00–550.00	$483.57

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105–1260	1181	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	718.00–870.00	$800.55

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–970	858	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	600.00–650.00	$625.96

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670	670	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	335.00	$335.00
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	342.00–380.00	$361.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
900–1075	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	825.00–850.00	$838.61
920–1090	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	625.00–775.00	$706.34
1005–1010	1008	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–650.00	$625.06
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00
745–885	798	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	585.00–700.00	$628.38
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
1070–1220	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00–775.00	$761.68
1155–1210	1182	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	950.00–1,035.00	$998.77

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645	645	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
720	720	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	410.00	$410.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	132.50	$132.50	-30.00
75	75	1	140.00	$140.00	-22.50
75	75	1	162.50	$162.50	±0.00
85	85	4	137.50–155.00	$147.50	-32.50
100–115	108	2	150.00–187.50	$168.75	-26.67
100–135	113	8	157.50–250.00	$204.38	+8.96

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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
1245	1245	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	90.00	$90.00	$243	—
320	320	1	100.00	$100.00	$320	—
375	375	1	97.00	$97.00	$364	—
440	440	1	97.00	$97.00	$427	—
490	490	1	95.00	$95.00	$466	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	265.00	$265.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	4	112.50–132.50	$121.25	+6.25
50	50	1	107.50	$107.50	-7.50
75	75	1	137.50	$137.50	+9.17

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	85.00	$85.00	-82.50
50	50	1	130.00	$130.00	-37.50
50	50	1	145.00	$145.00	-22.50
75	75	1	125.00	$125.00	-42.50
85	85	2	135.00–145.00	$140.00	-27.50
85	85	7	167.50–185.00	$176.07	+8.57
100	100	2	130.00–140.00	$135.00	-22.50
100–125	110	19	172.50–270.00	$207.63	+23.46
150	150	1	290.00	$290.00	-60.00

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	120.00	$120.00	-52.50
50	50	1	120.00	$120.00	-52.50

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	3	145.00–172.50	$161.67	—
100–115	103	6	167.50–235.00	$186.67	-163.33

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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.