Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 23, 2021

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	420	335	691
Feeder cattle	197	190	302
Slaughter cattle	113	79	218
Replacement cattle	34	17	87

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers and feeder heifers 2.00 higher, feeder bulls too few to trend, slaughter cows 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. 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
205	205	1	147.50	$147.50	$302	—
450–495	473	2	142.50–145.00	$143.81	$680	+0.81
510–545	528	3	142.00–147.50	$144.53	$763	+3.94
565–590	578	5	135.00–137.50	$135.50	$783	+0.50
578 value added	578	4	141.00	$141.00	$815	—
605–640	616	4	125.00–135.00	$129.94	$800	-5.02
660	660	1	125.00	$125.00	$825	—
675 value added	675	3	138.50	$138.50	$935	—
700	700	1	125.00	$125.00	$875	—
712 value added	712	2	125.00	$125.00	$890	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230	215	2	130.00	$130.00	$280	—
275	275	1	136.00	$136.00	$374	—
450	450	2	131.00–135.00	$133.00	$598	+3.00
525–545	535	3	130.00–135.00	$133.30	$713	—
550–580	568	4	125.00–135.00	$129.33	$735	-0.67
630	630	1	125.00	$125.00	$788	+5.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	123.00	$123.00	$295	—
335–340	338	2	115.00–126.00	$120.46	$407	+2.70
360–375	367	3	120.00–130.00	$125.07	$459	+5.07
435–445	440	2	120.00	$120.00	$528	±0.00
490	490	1	120.00	$120.00	$588	—
590	590	1	120.00	$120.00	$708	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	107.50	$107.50	$290	—
310	310	2	100.00–113.00	$106.50	$330	+6.50
355–395	375	2	107.50–110.00	$108.82	$408	—
425–430	428	2	107.50–110.00	$108.76	$465	+0.76
460	460	1	112.50	$112.50	$518	+7.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	132.50	$132.50	$331	—
340	340	1	135.00	$135.00	$459	—
370–395	385	3	127.50–134.00	$130.55	$503	-1.98
400–425	408	6	127.00–135.00	$130.33	$532	-0.97
450–475	468	4	127.50–130.00	$128.14	$600	+1.25
500–545	518	3	125.00–128.00	$126.69	$656	+1.69
550–575	563	2	122.00–123.00	$122.49	$690	—
577 value added	577	3	126.00	$126.00	$727	—
630 value added	630	6	120.00	$120.00	$756	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	125.00	$125.00	$419	—
370–395	383	3	120.00–122.50	$120.86	$463	-1.59
420–445	430	4	120.00–125.00	$123.78	$532	+1.04
450–495	473	5	122.50–125.00	$124.49	$589	—
510–520	515	2	117.50–122.50	$120.02	$618	-0.53
575–585	578	3	117.50–120.00	$119.16	$689	—
605–635	619	4	119.00–120.00	$119.25	$738	+8.04

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	112.00	$112.00	$375	—
380–385	383	3	105.00–110.00	$108.33	$415	—
400–445	430	3	98.00–100.00	$99.38	$427	—
450	450	1	100.00	$100.00	$450	—
500	500	1	105.00	$105.00	$525	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610–645	628	2	105.00–109.00	$107.06	$672	+0.81

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	2	130.00–135.00	$132.50	$550	+2.50
450–480	465	2	125.00–131.00	$127.90	$595	+3.71
520	520	1	122.50	$122.50	$637	-2.50
570–595	583	2	115.00–127.00	$120.87	$705	+0.91
615	615	1	120.00	$120.00	$738	+5.48

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	135.00	$135.00	$668	—
545	545	1	135.00	$135.00	$736	—
550–565	557	3	132.00–138.00	$134.15	$747	—
690	690	1	120.00	$120.00	$828	±0.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–495	468	3	119.00–120.00	$119.67	$560	+4.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	743.00	$743.00	—
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,104.00	$1,104.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–480	478	2	102.50–112.50	$107.47	$514	-0.53

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350	1350	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,235.00	$1,235.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1400	1209	80-85%	5	63.00–68.00	$66.01	$798	—
870–1765	1223	80-85%	36	70.00–80.00	$74.43	$910	—
1340–1370	1355	80-85%	2	83.00–85.00	$84.01	$1,138	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1060	919	85-90%	4	45.00–58.00	$51.19	$470	—
715–1200	985	85-90%	10	60.00–69.00	$64.82	$638	+0.65

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225	1225	75-80%	1	58.00	$58.00	$710	—
1140–1575	1438	75-80%	12	68.00–79.00	$74.37	$1,069	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–2015	1524	7	85.00–98.00	$92.07	$1,403	-3.03
1780–1865	1833	3	102.00–109.00	$106.06	$1,944	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	768.00	$768.00
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	877.00	$877.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–770	743	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	421.00–454.00	$438.11

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–715	713	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	350.00–379.00	$364.55

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	855.00	$855.00

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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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1245	1245	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,085.00	$1,085.00
1290	1290	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1125–1500	1341	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,075.00–1,425.00	$1,246.64

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680	680	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00
740	740	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	120.00	$120.00	+17.50
50	50	6	147.50–170.00	$165.42	+62.92
60–65	63	6	172.50–210.00	$190.42	+42.92
75	75	1	170.00	$170.00	+22.50
85	85	4	185.00–245.00	$225.00	+77.50
85	85	1	120.00	$120.00	-27.50
100–125	108	6	265.00–360.00	$292.50	+59.17
150	150	1	430.00	$430.00	—

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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
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
695–755	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–900.00	$828.10	+1.59

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	660.00	$660.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	79.00	$79.00	$478	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	175.00	$175.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	2	40.00–42.50	$41.25	-30.42
25	25	1	30.00	$30.00	-41.67
35	35	4	70.00–80.00	$75.00	+3.33
35	35	1	20.00	$20.00	-51.67
40–45	42	3	45.00–65.00	$56.67	-15.83
40–45	42	3	90.00–102.50	$94.17	+21.67
45	45	3	115.00–140.00	$130.00	+57.50
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	-2.50
50	50	5	120.00–140.00	$130.50	+48.00
60	60	1	110.00	$110.00	+27.50
65	65	1	132.50	$132.50	+50.00
75	75	1	165.00	$165.00	+35.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	185.00	$185.00	+65.00
85	85	1	235.00	$235.00	+60.00
100–115	106	5	200.00–250.00	$221.00	+106.00
100–115	108	2	162.50–185.00	$173.75	+58.75
150	150	1	350.00	$350.00	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	130.00	$130.00	—
50	50	2	140.00	$140.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115	115	1	305.00	$305.00	+105.00

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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.