Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 26, 2021

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $130.48/cwt ≈ $778/hd at 596 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	450	477	618
Feeder cattle	204	320	322
Slaughter cattle	120	64	142
Replacement cattle	76	38	118

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons made 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
255 fancy	255	1	195.00	$195.00	$497	—
370–385	380	3	147.50–150.00	$149.16	$567	+4.65
400 fancy	400	1	162.50	$162.50	$650	—
516	516	4	135.00	$135.00	$697	+4.00
575–598	596	10	130.00–135.00	$130.48	$778	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	228	2	135.00–140.00	$137.31	$313	+3.83
285	285	1	142.00	$142.00	$405	—
325–345	333	3	130.00–135.00	$133.38	$444	+3.38
350–370	360	3	133.00–145.00	$137.78	$496	+1.77
455	455	1	135.00	$135.00	$614	—
780	780	1	117.00	$117.00	$913	+4.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	2	120.00–125.00	$122.53	$292	—
285	285	1	120.00	$120.00	$342	-1.21
370–395	383	2	120.00–127.50	$123.87	$474	+4.76

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	115.00	$115.00	$454	+2.50
585	585	1	100.00	$100.00	$585	+7.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200 fancy	200	1	160.00	$160.00	$320	—
273–290	277	4	134.00–139.00	$137.69	$381	+3.59
315–345	332	3	132.00–134.00	$132.81	$441	-1.95
395	395	1	133.00	$133.00	$525	—
415	415	1	132.50	$132.50	$550	+6.25
435 fancy	435	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,088	—
454	454	4	126.00	$126.00	$572	-4.58
515–525	522	3	125.00–131.00	$127.01	$663	+4.51
565	565	1	121.00	$121.00	$684	+1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	132.50	$132.50	$305	—
335	335	2	120.00–125.00	$122.50	$410	+5.32
395	395	1	122.50	$122.50	$484	+4.01
425	425	1	120.00	$120.00	$510	+2.77
475	475	2	120.00	$120.00	$570	+2.15
505–540	529	4	115.00–122.50	$118.67	$628	+0.15
550–591	573	4	114.00–118.00	$116.46	$667	-1.47

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	112.00	$112.00	$459	+1.51
525–535	530	2	110.00–112.50	$111.24	$590	—
555–575	565	2	105.00–110.00	$107.46	$607	+0.04
615–645	630	2	99.00–105.00	$101.93	$642	—
725	725	1	96.00	$96.00	$696	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	105.00	$105.00	$488	+5.50
530	530	1	100.00	$100.00	$530	—
570	570	1	103.00	$103.00	$587	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	425	5	125.00–135.00	$131.08	$557	-3.42
465–475	470	2	124.00–129.00	$126.53	$595	-5.12
510–520	515	2	115.00–125.00	$120.05	$618	-3.91
550–595	567	8	117.00–123.00	$119.65	$678	-1.56
655–665	660	4	110.00–116.00	$112.88	$745	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	429	4	115.00–122.50	$119.46	$512	+1.13
450–455	453	2	120.00	$120.00	$544	+2.26
540	540	1	115.00	$115.00	$621	-1.50
560–580	572	3	105.00–115.00	$109.03	$624	-2.97
645	645	1	106.00	$106.00	$684	-4.00
665	665	1	109.00	$109.00	$725	-2.00
715	715	1	104.00	$104.00	$744	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	110.00	$110.00	$478	±0.00
470	470	1	100.00	$100.00	$470	-10.00
525	525	1	107.00	$107.00	$562	+2.00
650–680	665	2	99.00–100.00	$99.51	$662	+0.51

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	130.00	$130.00	$689	±0.00
610	610	1	125.00	$125.00	$762	+1.16

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	839.00	$839.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1190	979	80-85%	7	55.00–60.00	$56.93	$557	—
815–1465	1091	80-85%	52	62.00–80.00	$69.79	$761	—
1435	1435	80-85%	1	83.00	$83.00	$1,191	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1060	961	85-90%	5	52.00–61.00	$56.79	$546	—
990	990	85-90%	1	45.00	$45.00	$446	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1390	1308	75-80%	2	71.00–72.00	$71.53	$936	—
1335	1335	75-80%	1	78.00	$78.00	$1,041	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1775	1393	3	82.00–94.00	$87.07	$1,213	—
1735–2245	2027	3	104.00–108.00	$105.95	$2,148	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–870	827	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	501.00–597.00	$555.92

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–905	883	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	615.00–669.00	$646.64
920	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	672.00	$672.00
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
570–585	578	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–825.00	$763.31
1200	1200	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	984.00	$984.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695	695	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	306.00	$306.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	685.00	$685.00
1130	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1075–1305	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	894.00–1,150.00	$984.95
1100–1325	1228	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	975.00–1,075.00	$1,035.41

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
880	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
905–995	942	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	600.00–775.00	$717.70
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
605–745	675	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	485.00–510.00	$498.80
685–700	693	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	300.00	$300.00
825	825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1160	1058	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	716.00–950.00	$844.34

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
868	868	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	550.00	$550.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
115–155	138	4	82.50–92.50	$87.84	$121	-6.39
200–275	246	4	81.00–97.50	$91.88	$226	—
320	320	1	100.00	$100.00	$320	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
120	120	1	77.50	$77.50	$93	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–125	113	2	195.00–245.00	$220.00	—
150	150	1	390.00	$390.00	-70.00

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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
825–1035	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	825.00–1,125.00	$961.29	—
940–1155	1021	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,250.00–1,525.00	$1,403.34	—
1045–1495	1203	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	1,300.00–1,825.00	$1,570.20	+337.41
1265	1265	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–1095	934	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,075.00–1,425.00	$1,255.29	—
940–985	963	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00–1,125.00	$1,099.42	+139.55
970–1070	1017	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,200.00–1,350.00	$1,269.18	+444.18

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
710–770	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,010.00	$952.77	—
740	740	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	2	65.00–80.00	$72.50	-27.50
30	30	1	75.00	$75.00	-25.00
40–45	43	2	105.00–130.00	$117.50	+9.17
50	50	2	85.00–102.50	$93.75	-54.25
50	50	1	100.00	$100.00	-48.00
50–55	51	4	102.50–122.50	$117.50	-30.50
75	75	1	125.00	$125.00	-50.83

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	142.50–145.00	$143.75	+48.75
50	50	1	110.00	$110.00	+15.00
90	90	2	160.00–162.50	$161.25	-38.75
100	100	3	175.00–195.00	$186.67	-43.91

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	85.00	$85.00	—
40–45	43	4	102.50–125.00	$113.75	—
50	50	1	115.00	$115.00	-22.50

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	230.00	$230.00	—
100	100	2	300.00–340.00	$320.00	-24.29
150	150	1	420.00	$420.00	—

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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.