Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $128.49/cwt +0.12 vs last sale · ≈ $536/hd at 417 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	347	275	388
Feeder cattle	235	122	259
Slaughter cattle	36	58	49
Replacement cattle	33	67	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales. 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
320	320	2	150.00	$150.00	$480	-5.00
355–380	367	3	145.00–150.00	$146.61	$538	+1.61
445	445	8	146.00	$146.00	$650	—
450–489	483	7	138.00–142.50	$138.60	$669	—
520	520	1	130.00	$130.00	$676	—
555–587	576	5	125.00–130.00	$129.04	$743	—
655	655	2	117.50	$117.50	$770	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	283	3	127.50–130.00	$129.13	$365	-5.87
310–335	325	3	130.00–135.00	$133.41	$434	—
355–395	381	8	130.00–140.00	$136.86	$521	—
400–440	426	5	130.00–140.00	$133.99	$571	—
455–495	470	3	120.00–130.00	$126.74	$596	—
535	535	3	127.00	$127.00	$679	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	127.50	$127.50	$293	+1.25
280–295	288	2	120.00–125.00	$122.57	$353	—
325–345	335	4	119.00–125.00	$122.31	$410	+2.31
365	365	1	115.00	$115.00	$420	-5.00
430	430	1	125.00	$125.00	$538	±0.00
640	640	1	115.00	$115.00	$736	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	115.00	$115.00	$310	+5.00
385	385	1	110.00	$110.00	$424	—
405–440	423	2	105.00–118.00	$111.23	$471	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	117.50	$117.50	$294	-7.50
300–325	315	4	117.50–122.00	$119.92	$378	-5.08
395	395	1	117.50	$117.50	$464	—
410–440	425	6	117.50–120.00	$119.57	$508	—
460–475	468	3	115.00–120.00	$117.47	$550	-5.76
505–545	522	5	115.00–116.00	$115.41	$602	-1.33
560–575	568	2	114.00–117.00	$115.48	$656	—
610–625	618	2	112.50–115.00	$113.73	$703	-0.48

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	117.50	$117.50	$264	—
290–295	293	2	113.00–115.00	$114.01	$334	-0.99
390	390	2	109.00–114.00	$111.50	$435	-3.50
440	440	1	114.00	$114.00	$502	+1.50
460–480	473	4	107.00–115.00	$111.78	$529	+4.40
545	545	1	110.00	$110.00	$600	—
555–585	566	4	105.00–109.00	$106.03	$600	—
620	620	1	105.00	$105.00	$651	+0.98

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	102.50	$102.50	$436	—
455–470	463	2	99.00–105.00	$101.95	$472	—
525	525	1	103.00	$103.00	$541	—
630	630	1	100.00	$100.00	$630	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	273	2	127.00–133.00	$129.86	$355	-10.14
335–345	340	2	125.00–129.00	$126.97	$432	—

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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	417	10	125.00–130.00	$128.49	$536	+0.12
450–495	483	4	120.00–130.00	$126.39	$610	-3.61
505–525	514	5	120.00–125.00	$121.02	$622	+1.02
625	625	1	121.00	$121.00	$756	—
655–675	665	2	116.00–117.00	$116.51	$775	-0.47

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–420	410	3	135.00–137.00	$135.66	$556	—
460–495	474	4	135.00–140.00	$137.76	$653	+1.54
500–510	505	2	130.00	$130.00	$656	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	108.00	$108.00	$518	—
555–590	566	4	100.00–110.00	$103.25	$584	—
640	640	1	110.00	$110.00	$704	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075–1135	1105	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	900.00–999.00	$950.84	—
1510	1510	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	112.50	$112.50	$467	—
550–570	560	2	116.00–117.50	$116.74	$654	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1335	1092	80-85%	12	59.00–74.00	$66.89	$730	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1660	1509	75-80%	7	59.00–69.00	$63.73	$962	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1090	1023	85-90%	2	40.00–46.00	$43.20	$442	-17.12
1075–1360	1225	85-90%	3	54.00–62.00	$57.81	$708	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145	1145	1	77.00	$77.00	$882	—
1550–1635	1593	2	105.00–110.00	$107.43	$1,711	+3.40
1700–2040	1870	2	95.00–100.00	$97.27	$1,819	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655–790	732	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	626.00–775.00	$687.18
835–900	868	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	626.00–675.00	$651.42
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	527.00	$527.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	791.00	$791.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	391.00	$391.00

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–810	772	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	525.00–600.00	$559.72
775	775	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	410.00	$410.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715	715	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
785–810	798	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	450.00–550.00	$500.78
730–980	843	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	525.00–600.00	$558.73

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	(<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	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	105.00	$105.00	—
25	25	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	90.00	$90.00	—
45	45	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	100.00	$100.00	—
45	45	—	—	1	125.00	$125.00	—
50	50	—	—	1	110.00	$110.00	—
50	50	—	—	1	137.50	$137.50	—
75	75	—	—	1	155.00	$155.00	—
100	100	—	—	1	210.00	$210.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	-25.00

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485–490	488	2	68.00–73.00	$70.51	$344	—
510–540	525	2	61.00–67.00	$64.09	$336	—
650	650	1	58.00	$58.00	$377	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	50.00	$50.00	$190	—
550	550	1	81.00	$81.00	$446	—
620	620	1	75.00	$75.00	$465	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	3	97.50–107.50	$102.50	-16.25
50	50	1	95.00	$95.00	-23.75
50	50	2	135.00	$135.00	+16.25
65	65	3	112.50–115.00	$113.33	-14.17

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	110.00	$110.00	—
50	50	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	-70.00
75	75	—	—	1	132.50	$132.50	-57.50
75	75	—	—	2	150.00–155.00	$152.50	-37.50
85	85	—	—	1	200.00	$200.00	+50.00
100	100	—	—	2	195.00–230.00	$212.50	+15.50
150	150	—	—	1	330.00	$330.00	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	105.00	$105.00	—
50	50	3	140.00	$140.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	185.00	$185.00	—
75	75	2	240.00	$240.00	—
100–135	120	3	250.00–480.00	$328.33	-71.67

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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.