Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 28, 2021

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light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $134.05/cwt -5.30 vs last sale · ≈ $555/hd at 414 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	322	539	374
Feeder cattle	203	207	216
Slaughter cattle	56	133	63
Replacement cattle	38	151	81

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales . Average offering average 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
240	240	1	145.00	$145.00	$348	+9.67
275–295	283	4	135.00–145.00	$139.31	$394	-5.69
305–345	330	5	135.00–145.00	$140.12	$462	+3.37
365–390	375	5	135.00–145.00	$140.16	$526	+5.04
505–510	508	2	125.00–130.00	$127.49	$648	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	310	3	155.00–160.00	$158.28	$491	+8.28
360–385	373	2	155.00–160.00	$157.42	$587	+8.98
400	400	1	155.00	$155.00	$620	—
485	485	1	141.00	$141.00	$684	-14.21
525–535	530	2	140.00–144.00	$142.02	$753	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	327	3	120.00–125.00	$121.71	$398	—
355–390	373	2	120.00–130.00	$125.23	$467	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	110.00	$110.00	$550	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–205	203	2	120.00–130.00	$124.94	$254	—
300–345	323	5	115.00–125.00	$118.95	$384	-4.86
350–390	372	9	115.00–125.00	$120.96	$450	-0.69
405–445	423	3	114.00–120.00	$116.24	$492	-6.39
465–495	476	7	112.00–120.00	$114.83	$547	-5.93
505–545	522	6	110.00–115.00	$113.31	$591	-5.82
600–645	626	5	105.00–114.00	$110.39	$691	—
675–690	683	2	103.00–112.00	$107.55	$735	—
805–825	815	2	93.00–100.00	$96.46	$786	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	2	135.00–140.00	$137.50	$392	—
305–335	320	2	135.00–140.00	$137.62	$440	—
335 fancy	335	1	172.50	$172.50	$578	—
375	375	1	136.00	$136.00	$510	+1.00
400–445	419	9	125.00–142.50	$132.54	$555	+4.54
460–475	468	2	121.00–123.00	$121.98	$571	-5.77
510–530	520	2	111.00–121.00	$116.10	$604	-6.90

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	235	3	110.00–112.50	$111.48	$262	—
305–340	323	2	110.00–115.00	$112.64	$364	-4.86

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–685	670	3	90.00–96.00	$93.04	$623	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	414	10	130.00–140.00	$134.05	$555	-5.30
455–485	475	5	130.00–140.00	$134.04	$637	+10.39
510–525	516	4	125.00–135.00	$129.98	$671	—
605–645	622	3	112.00–120.00	$114.60	$713	-6.61
760–780	771	4	101.00–109.00	$105.23	$811	—
800	800	1	98.00	$98.00	$784	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–420	410	2	145.00–150.00	$147.44	$605	-5.06
450–455	453	2	145.00–150.00	$147.51	$668	+4.97
610	610	1	129.00	$129.00	$787	-6.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–410	408	2	105.00–110.00	$107.52	$439	-4.17
465–475	470	2	100.00–101.00	$100.51	$472	-9.49
695	695	1	93.00	$93.00	$646	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–485	468	3	115.00–122.00	$118.92	$557	-1.08
530–545	538	2	110.00–119.00	$114.44	$616	-9.35

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1165	1090	80-85%	4	45.00–55.00	$51.10	$557	-3.72
1005–1430	1163	80-85%	15	61.00–74.00	$67.17	$781	—
1430–1600	1519	80-85%	4	80.00–85.00	$82.81	$1,258	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–910	827	85-90%	5	46.00–54.00	$49.68	$411	—
730–990	848	85-90%	11	60.00–67.00	$63.45	$538	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1560–1610	1581	75-80%	4	56.00–60.00	$57.77	$913	-2.23

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1440	1398	2	76.00–82.00	$79.09	$1,106	—
1215–1710	1528	4	85.00–95.00	$89.50	$1,368	—

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Stock Cows

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
615–930	728	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	74.00–75.00	$74.57	$543

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–965	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	680.00–800.00	$740.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	880.00	$880.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695	695	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	410.00	$410.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1325	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	860.00–925.00	$891.28
1180	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1095–1555	1325	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–950.00	$867.36

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1030–1220	1136	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	925.00–1,150.00	$998.23

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	510.00	$510.00
810–905	834	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	790.00–900.00	$833.72
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	810.00	$810.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1125	1083	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	670.00–690.00	$683.66

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
620–695	658	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	410.00–420.00	$414.71
745	745	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	320.00	$320.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	135.00	$135.00	-75.00
90	90	2	175.00–185.00	$180.00	-30.00
170–180	175	2	320.00–345.00	$332.50	—
210	210	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	820.00	$820.00	+95.00
965–985	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	985.00–1,075.00	$1,029.54	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–760	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	500.00–620.00	$557.53	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1030	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	890.00	$890.00	-668.78

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	100.00	$100.00	$335	—
385	385	2	90.00–97.50	$93.75	$361	-4.25
500	500	1	96.00	$96.00	$480	—
570	570	1	83.00	$83.00	$473	—
615–635	625	2	95.00	$95.00	$594	—
700	700	1	88.00	$88.00	$616	+28.00
955	955	1	70.00	$70.00	$668	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	3	100.00–120.00	$111.67	+6.67
40	40	2	125.00–130.00	$127.50	-37.50
50	50	4	140.00–150.00	$145.00	-14.00
60	60	2	250.00	$250.00	+142.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	2	190.00–200.00	$195.00	+35.00
120	120	3	235.00–250.00	$241.67	+101.67
130	130	1	175.00	$175.00	+35.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
135	135	1	425.00	$425.00	+265.00

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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.