Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 17, 2021

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $125.00/cwt ≈ $1,015/hd at 812 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	317	626	371
Feeder cattle	183	371	213
Slaughter cattle	65	111	68
Replacement cattle	49	50	57

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales . Average offering average to plain 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	155.00	$155.00	$442	+3.32
305–345	329	4	155.00–162.50	$158.14	$520	+3.83
380–385	383	2	155.00–157.50	$156.24	$598	+0.72
415	415	1	165.00	$165.00	$685	+13.28
475	475	1	157.00	$157.00	$746	—
548	548	3	151.00	$151.00	$827	—
610–615	613	2	137.00–142.00	$139.49	$855	—
665 value added	665	7	137.00	$137.00	$911	+1.00
715	715	1	120.00	$120.00	$858	—
812 value added	812	15	125.00	$125.00	$1,015	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–220	215	2	140.00–150.00	$144.88	$311	+3.34
260–280	270	3	140.00–150.00	$144.26	$390	+2.65
340	340	1	147.50	$147.50	$502	+4.15
355–365	358	3	140.00–142.50	$141.67	$507	-0.90
410	410	1	147.00	$147.00	$603	+0.12
505–530	520	3	130.00	$130.00	$676	-1.40

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	285	4	120.00–130.00	$124.25	$354	-8.25
300	300	1	135.00	$135.00	$405	+9.23
350–390	375	3	120.00–126.00	$123.79	$464	+0.79

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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	126.00	$126.00	$265	—
260–280	270	2	118.00	$118.00	$319	-7.71
340	340	1	115.00	$115.00	$391	-7.50
355–390	375	3	115.00–120.00	$118.42	$444	-4.11
400–440	417	3	110.00–117.00	$112.78	$470	-6.09
450–495	469	7	105.00–115.00	$111.10	$521	-6.37
510–545	524	6	109.00–117.50	$113.16	$593	-2.59
600–645	629	3	103.00–110.00	$105.22	$662	+0.22
725	725	1	102.00	$102.00	$740	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220 fancy	220	1	145.00	$145.00	$319	—
255–270	263	2	130.00	$130.00	$342	+1.29
305–345	334	4	125.00–128.00	$126.29	$422	—
375–385	382	3	125.00–135.00	$130.66	$499	+3.59
420–435	425	3	120.00–123.00	$121.02	$514	-4.98
460–490	475	4	120.00–125.00	$123.79	$588	-0.80
560–565	563	2	120.00–122.00	$121.00	$681	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–440	438	2	100.00	$100.00	$438	-1.53
450–495	473	2	100.00–101.00	$100.48	$475	-4.52
505	505	1	97.50	$97.50	$492	+0.06
615	615	1	90.00	$90.00	$554	-15.00
650	650	1	92.00	$92.00	$598	-1.76

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	110.00	$110.00	$280	—
320–345	332	3	110.00–111.00	$110.67	$367	-1.93

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	157.50–161.00	$159.25	$709	+9.57
465–495	488	6	146.00–155.00	$148.76	$726	+1.54
525–530	526	4	130.00–145.00	$139.76	$735	+1.26
550–595	564	4	135.00–144.00	$140.39	$792	+3.05
620	620	1	135.00	$135.00	$837	+12.57

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	428	5	132.50–145.00	$139.98	$599	+6.58
480	480	2	120.00–135.00	$127.50	$612	-6.45
510	510	1	120.00	$120.00	$612	-6.66
710–725	718	2	95.00–103.00	$99.04	$711	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–415	413	2	101.00–110.00	$105.47	$436	+0.47
455	455	1	100.00	$100.00	$455	—
685	685	1	90.00	$90.00	$616	-10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985–1440	1213	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	900.00–1,150.00	$1,048.45	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1830	1253	80-85%	30	55.00–69.00	$62.23	$780	-2.63

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–905	805	85-90%	2	40.00–45.00	$42.19	$340	—
640–985	838	85-90%	12	54.00–65.00	$57.57	$482	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385–1520	1440	75-80%	4	55.00–61.00	$58.53	$843	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290	1290	1	77.00	$77.00	$993	—
1225–2225	1615	7	87.00–97.00	$93.90	$1,516	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645–795	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	550.00–700.00	$617.66

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	120.00	$120.00	$972

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1035–1230	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	800.00–875.00	$840.47
1050–1415	1283	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	775.00–975.00	$874.51

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1090–1485	1288	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,050.00–1,125.00	$1,093.25
1395	1395	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–890	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	550.00–775.00	$670.63
710–965	838	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	570.00–775.00	$688.10

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00
890–900	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–610.00	$605.03

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
1095	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–160	133	2	101.00–107.50	$103.58	$138	—
260	260	1	78.00	$78.00	$203	—
335–360	348	2	58.00–69.00	$63.30	$220	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	140.00	$140.00	±0.00
140	140	1	240.00	$240.00	+35.62

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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
805–930	868	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,110.00–1,375.00	$1,252.05	—
900–925	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,125.00–1,275.00	$1,201.03	—
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1010–1145	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,000.00–1,325.00	$1,181.56	—
1040–1270	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,125.00–1,225.00	$1,186.54	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
650	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	475.00	$475.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
267	267	2	100.00	$100.00	$267	+10.00
343	343	3	99.00	$99.00	$340	-1.00
400	400	2	101.00	$101.00	$404	—
577	577	2	92.00	$92.00	$531	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	115.00	$115.00	—
40	40	5	125.00–130.00	$126.00	—
50	50	1	140.00	$140.00	+18.75
60	60	3	150.00	$150.00	+28.75

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	2	150.00–185.00	$167.50	+42.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	67.00	$67.00	$358	—

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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.