Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 7, 2021

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $126.02/cwt +5.09 vs last sale · ≈ $599/hd at 475 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	384	387	211
Feeder cattle	158	280	120
Slaughter cattle	92	55	27
Replacement cattle	84	33	27

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no trends available on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. Moderate offering of average to plain 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
250–270	263	3	140.00–150.00	$146.58	$386	-1.04
315–345	330	2	140.00–150.00	$145.23	$479	-6.37
390–395	393	2	145.00–157.50	$151.29	$595	+0.28
525	525	2	140.00	$140.00	$735	+6.64
595	595	1	139.00	$139.00	$827	+11.50
720	720	1	117.00	$117.00	$842	+7.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	328	3	155.00–170.00	$164.75	$540	-0.17
370–390	380	2	167.00–167.50	$167.24	$636	+2.84
565	565	1	145.00	$145.00	$819	-1.71

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	70.00	$70.00	$480	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	119.00	$119.00	$363	-11.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	130.00	$130.00	$306	—
275	275	1	135.00	$135.00	$371	+7.66
340	340	1	130.00	$130.00	$442	+9.13
360–380	370	3	125.00–130.00	$128.38	$475	+3.38
400–420	409	4	120.00–127.50	$123.61	$506	+1.11
450–495	475	11	120.00–130.00	$126.02	$599	+5.09
500–525	519	5	114.00–125.00	$122.77	$637	+3.39
575–585	582	3	120.00–123.00	$121.83	$709	+0.79
635–645	640	2	110.00–113.00	$111.49	$714	-4.02
655	655	1	107.50	$107.50	$704	—
715	715	1	105.00	$105.00	$751	+1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	145.00	$145.00	$428	+6.77
365–395	382	3	132.50–140.00	$135.54	$518	+2.75
410–445	430	3	130.00	$130.00	$559	-4.75
450–480	464	4	132.50–136.00	$134.85	$626	+0.80
520–545	533	3	125.00–127.00	$126.01	$672	-4.92
550	550	1	125.00	$125.00	$688	+0.33

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	112.00	$112.00	$504	+6.95
515–545	530	2	100.00–102.50	$101.21	$536	—
575	575	1	108.00	$108.00	$621	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	125.00	$125.00	$356	—
375	375	1	117.00	$117.00	$439	-2.02
425–435	430	2	117.00–117.50	$117.25	$504	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	150.00	$150.00	$608	-8.05
460 fancy	460	1	165.00	$165.00	$759	—
460–495	473	4	145.00–153.00	$149.31	$706	-1.16
520–535	526	4	142.50–149.00	$145.35	$765	-7.52
550–580	564	7	140.00–146.00	$143.52	$809	+1.50
620–635	628	2	135.00–136.00	$135.51	$851	-2.49
660	660	1	131.00	$131.00	$865	—
715	715	1	128.00	$128.00	$915	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–435	427	5	130.00–152.50	$141.96	$606	-1.29
450–480	468	4	140.00–142.50	$141.88	$664	+0.30
515–545	528	3	132.50–140.00	$137.22	$725	+1.81
590	590	1	137.50	$137.50	$811	—
600	600	1	125.00	$125.00	$750	—
685–695	690	2	117.00–118.00	$117.50	$811	-3.19
735	735	1	116.00	$116.00	$853	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–425	420	2	120.00–121.00	$120.49	$506	—
485–490	488	2	125.00–127.50	$126.24	$616	—
615–620	618	2	114.00–120.00	$116.99	$723	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895–1090	1007	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	850.00–890.00	$870.93	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,056.00	$1,056.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1465	1218	80-85%	48	60.00–77.00	$68.90	$839	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1395–1700	1533	75-80%	10	61.00–71.00	$67.33	$1,032	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–995	970	85-90%	2	44.00–49.00	$46.44	$450	—
875–1155	1055	85-90%	3	56.00–64.00	$60.00	$633	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1785	1391	7	85.00–98.00	$91.21	$1,269	—
1985	1985	1	105.00	$105.00	$2,084	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660–820	747	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	580.00–636.00	$603.27
690–840	747	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	400.00–500.00	$451.07

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–905	892	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	536.00–588.00	$558.22
740–1060	932	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	753.00–856.00	$807.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1110	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	777.00–824.00	$793.30

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1025	953	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–875.00	$840.35
1135	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1110–1250	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	900.00–1,025.00	$948.15
1100–1655	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	900.00–1,150.00	$1,000.28
1205–1560	1356	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	950.00–1,210.00	$1,061.16

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–950	883	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	650.00–685.00	$668.84
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
850–1065	969	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	700.00–925.00	$862.61
885–1035	976	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	810.00–900.00	$858.12
935–1045	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	850.00	$850.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
675–890	783	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	525.00–650.00	$596.09

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675	675	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	127.50–140.00	$133.75	-26.25
65	65	1	160.00	$160.00	±0.00
100–125	113	2	180.00–230.00	$205.00	-25.00
125	125	1	215.00	$215.00	-15.00

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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
1120–1310	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,450.00–1,500.00	$1,476.95	—
1270	1270	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1055–1090	1073	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00–1,325.00	$1,263.52	—
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	895.00	$895.00	-80.00

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	75.00	$75.00	$446	—
650	650	1	75.00	$75.00	$488	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	90.00	$90.00	$216	—
405–440	423	2	85.00–87.00	$86.04	$364	—
450	450	1	79.00	$79.00	$356	—
545	545	1	86.00	$86.00	$469	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115	115	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	380.00	$380.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	125.00	$125.00	—
35	35	1	100.00	$100.00	—
45	45	1	140.00	$140.00	—
45	45	1	102.50	$102.50	—
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	—
50–55	51	4	107.50–115.00	$111.25	—
60	60	6	155.00	$155.00	—
75	75	1	155.00	$155.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	122.50	$122.50	—
55	55	2	115.00–120.00	$117.50	-7.50
75	75	1	135.00	$135.00	+10.00
75	75	2	150.00–200.00	$175.00	+50.00
85	85	1	165.00	$165.00	+40.00
100	100	1	110.00	$110.00	-155.71
100–125	110	4	170.00–230.00	$200.00	-65.71
150	150	3	260.00–300.00	$276.67	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	1	135.00	$135.00	—
75	75	1	145.00	$145.00	—
85	85	1	167.50	$167.50	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	2	155.00–195.00	$175.00	-105.00
100–135	118	2	260.00–335.00	$297.50	+17.50
150	150	1	310.00	$310.00	-170.00

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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.