Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 9, 2021

532 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.49/cwt -3.93 vs last sale · ≈ $552/hd at 423 lb · 20 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $124.09/cwt +8.92 vs last sale · ≈ $522/hd at 421 lb · 12 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $135.53/cwt ≈ $733/hd at 541 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	532	342	387
Feeder cattle	289	197	237
Slaughter cattle	114	52	55
Replacement cattle	34	14	29

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made 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
250	250	1	145.00	$145.00	$362	—
300–340	320	2	135.00–145.00	$140.31	$449	-9.69
390	390	1	141.00	$141.00	$550	—
413	413	6	148.00	$148.00	$611	+3.00
460	460	2	130.00–131.00	$130.50	$600	-21.24
505–544	541	12	130.00–136.00	$135.53	$733	—
565	565	1	140.00	$140.00	$791	-3.31
605–640	617	3	125.00	$125.00	$771	-2.90
665	665	1	124.00	$124.00	$825	-3.50
700	700	6	126.00	$126.00	$882	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	330	3	122.00–130.00	$127.29	$420	-12.84
400–415	408	2	125.00–127.00	$126.02	$514	-6.48
450	450	1	127.50	$127.50	$574	+1.31
820	820	4	111.50	$111.50	$914	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	120.00	$120.00	$348	-5.28
320	320	1	116.00	$116.00	$371	—
355–390	363	5	118.00–120.00	$119.18	$433	-9.13
410	410	1	121.00	$121.00	$496	+3.56
460	460	1	118.00	$118.00	$543	—
680	680	1	106.00	$106.00	$721	+6.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	105.00	$105.00	$320	—
360	360	1	106.00	$106.00	$382	—
425	425	1	112.50	$112.50	$478	—
450–490	470	2	109.00–113.00	$110.91	$521	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	127.50	$127.50	$287	—
270	270	1	120.00	$120.00	$324	—
305	305	1	118.00	$118.00	$360	-0.77
365–395	380	2	117.00–122.00	$119.40	$454	+0.08
405–440	421	12	115.00–126.00	$124.09	$522	+8.92
460–489	483	9	115.00–120.00	$119.47	$577	+6.16
500–530	514	5	112.50–115.00	$113.98	$586	+1.46
560–595	583	4	112.00–115.00	$113.35	$661	—
640	640	1	110.00	$110.00	$704	±0.00
684	684	9	114.00	$114.00	$780	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	136.00	$136.00	$279	—
391	391	4	131.00	$131.00	$512	—
411–427	423	20	130.00–132.00	$130.49	$552	-3.93
518	518	5	131.00	$131.00	$679	+7.01

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	122.00	$122.00	$329	—
330	330	2	108.00–115.00	$111.50	$368	—
395	395	1	110.00	$110.00	$434	—
420–440	426	4	105.00–112.50	$108.09	$460	—
535	535	1	110.00	$110.00	$588	—
590–595	592	3	105.00–110.00	$107.49	$636	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	105.00	$105.00	$231	—
400	400	1	97.50	$97.50	$390	—
450–480	465	2	100.00	$100.00	$465	—

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Feeder Bulls

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–490	485	3	116.00–119.00	$117.67	$571	-3.48
520	520	1	112.50	$112.50	$585	—
560–580	570	2	110.00–115.00	$112.46	$641	+5.15
605–625	615	2	108.00–113.00	$110.54	$680	—
665–690	678	2	102.50–110.00	$106.18	$720	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–435	421	4	122.00–127.50	$124.36	$524	-8.11
505–515	510	2	119.00–123.00	$120.98	$617	—
555	555	1	120.00	$120.00	$666	-4.06
615	615	1	108.00	$108.00	$664	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–560	558	2	104.00–105.00	$104.50	$583	—
615	615	1	105.00	$105.00	$646	+15.00
670–685	675	3	95.00–100.00	$97.48	$658	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–445	433	2	130.00–138.00	$133.88	$580	—
455	455	1	136.00	$136.00	$619	—
575	575	1	122.00	$122.00	$702	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1085	1085	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,066.00	$1,066.00	—
1445	1445	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,517.00	$1,517.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1365	1122	80-85%	5	58.00–65.00	$62.62	$703	—
870–1450	1168	80-85%	31	66.00–79.00	$72.93	$852	+17.35
1130–1675	1350	80-85%	14	80.00–87.00	$82.96	$1,120	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–1145	827	85-90%	7	46.00–58.00	$53.00	$438	-13.21
775–1475	1011	85-90%	8	60.00–69.00	$65.94	$667	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190	1190	75-80%	1	63.00	$63.00	$750	—
1355–1685	1479	75-80%	4	66.00–77.00	$71.24	$1,054	—
1375–1735	1604	75-80%	5	80.00–87.00	$83.24	$1,335	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–2050	1593	5	86.00–92.00	$89.86	$1,431	—
1440–2145	1840	7	101.00–110.00	$105.21	$1,936	+5.95

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	574.00	$574.00
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	613.00	$613.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1210	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,113.00	$1,113.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	714.00	$714.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–975	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	735.00–785.00	$757.45
955–1020	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	825.00–875.00	$842.26
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	835.00	$835.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140–1655	1393	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	900.00–1,425.00	$1,134.31

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	685.00	$685.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Young (2-4 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	1	150.00	$150.00	±0.00
65	65	1	172.50	$172.50	+22.50
65	65	6	140.00–160.00	$151.67	+1.67
75	75	3	160.00–182.50	$168.33	-51.67
75	75	1	192.50	$192.50	-27.50
100–135	112	15	195.00–335.00	$282.00	-4.25

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
820	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	—
840–965	897	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	800.00–975.00	$878.39	—
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
1095	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
685	685	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890	890	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	735.00	$735.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	3	30.00–77.50	$55.00	-12.75
35	35	7	60.00–97.50	$73.21	+5.46
45	45	4	67.50–85.00	$79.38	+2.38
45	45	2	112.50	$112.50	+35.50
45	45	1	67.50	$67.50	-9.50
50	50	7	70.00–95.00	$77.50	-90.00
50	50	2	90.00	$90.00	-77.50
50–55	52	10	100.00–150.00	$127.50	-16.94
60	60	1	70.00	$70.00	-95.00
65	65	3	115.00–127.50	$123.33	-41.67
75	75	1	65.00	$65.00	-140.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	2	70.00	$70.00	—
50	50	1	130.00	$130.00	+25.00
75	75	3	190.00–225.00	$213.33	+103.33
100	100	3	142.50–177.50	$165.83	+40.83
100–125	110	4	192.50–275.00	$226.88	+101.88

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	260.00	$260.00	+160.00
85	85	1	197.50	$197.50	+97.50
100–125	108	3	230.00–335.00	$268.33	-141.67

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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.