Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 11, 2021

571 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $147.39/cwt ≈ $715/hd at 485 lb · 11 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $140.15/cwt +5.34 vs last sale · ≈ $727/hd at 519 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	571	340	292
Feeder cattle	304	180	184
Slaughter cattle	124	47	32
Replacement cattle	58	24	36

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers and feeder bulls 2.00 lower, feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls mostly steady. Moderate offering of average to plain 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
305–340	320	5	140.00–150.00	$146.88	$470	-15.62
355–360	357	3	140.00–145.00	$143.34	$512	-11.66
450–494	485	11	141.00–148.00	$147.39	$715	—
540–545	543	2	145.00–148.00	$146.49	$795	-11.96
560–580	570	2	140.00–145.00	$142.46	$812	-4.69
633	633	6	135.00	$135.00	$855	—
675	675	1	129.00	$129.00	$871	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	110.00	$110.00	$231	—
265	265	2	100.00	$100.00	$265	—
300–325	313	2	100.00–107.50	$103.90	$325	-8.60
370–385	378	2	110.00–115.00	$112.55	$425	-2.45
430	430	1	110.00	$110.00	$473	—
620	620	1	113.00	$113.00	$701	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	130.00	$130.00	$390	-5.00
370–395	383	2	130.00–137.50	$133.63	$512	—
490	490	1	130.00	$130.00	$637	—
530–545	538	2	132.00–138.00	$134.96	$726	+4.96

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	120.00	$120.00	$408	-5.00
385–395	390	2	120.00–127.50	$123.70	$482	-0.80

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	143.00	$143.00	$629	+4.20
465–495	482	3	144.00–145.00	$144.34	$696	+6.63
500–540	519	10	133.00–146.00	$140.15	$727	+5.34
555–590	572	7	137.00–142.00	$139.42	$797	+6.68
635–640	638	2	119.00–120.00	$119.50	$762	-5.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	127.50	$127.50	$306	—
360–385	374	6	127.00–130.00	$128.49	$481	+2.50
455–490	470	3	125.00–131.00	$127.98	$602	—
520	520	1	121.00	$121.00	$629	—
560	560	1	119.00	$119.00	$666	-6.14
610	610	1	116.00	$116.00	$708	-1.98

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	120.00	$120.00	$456	—
400–430	414	5	114.00–125.00	$118.86	$492	+0.09
458–465	460	3	106.00–107.00	$106.66	$491	—
635	635	1	106.00	$106.00	$673	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	110.00	$110.00	$248	—
275–295	285	2	100.00–107.50	$103.88	$296	—
300–315	308	2	106.00–110.00	$107.95	$332	—
375	375	1	110.00	$110.00	$412	-2.00
415–438	427	2	100.00–103.00	$101.46	$433	—
505	505	1	105.00	$105.00	$530	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–440	429	4	130.00–135.00	$132.02	$566	-7.98
460–465	463	2	125.00–130.00	$127.51	$590	-2.49
500–520	506	5	120.00–130.00	$124.63	$631	-5.37
550–560	555	2	123.00–124.00	$123.50	$685	+1.51
600–635	620	3	115.00–119.00	$116.29	$721	-6.23

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–440	435	3	100.00–113.00	$104.28	$454	-5.72
480	480	3	103.00–110.00	$105.67	$507	-6.83
505–545	527	5	102.00–112.00	$107.02	$564	—
550–575	563	3	104.00–105.00	$104.67	$589	-4.02
605	605	1	102.00	$102.00	$617	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–445	440	3	120.00	$120.00	$528	—
460–480	470	2	118.00–120.00	$119.02	$559	—
525–530	527	3	119.00–121.00	$120.00	$632	—
565	565	1	115.00	$115.00	$650	±0.00
675	675	1	108.00	$108.00	$729	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	422	3	140.00–145.00	$141.76	$598	-5.64

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	825.00	$825.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1295	1087	80-85%	7	55.00–67.00	$63.04	$685	—
1220	1220	80-85%	1	82.00	$82.00	$1,000	+8.21
935–1520	1223	80-85%	26	68.00–77.00	$71.90	$879	-1.89

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835	835	85-90%	1	54.00	$54.00	$451	—
720–1290	981	85-90%	24	58.00–69.00	$63.48	$623	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215	1215	1	65.00	$65.00	$790	-25.50
910–2085	1395	9	84.00–101.00	$93.54	$1,305	—
1595	1595	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,691	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670–840	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	355.00–514.00	$404.97

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	637.00	$637.00
1030–1045	1038	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	773.00–950.00	$860.86

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–825	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	545.00–571.00	$557.92

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	570.00	$570.00
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	740.00	$740.00
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	644.00	$644.00
660–1005	832	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	430.00–590.00	$525.39
770–895	856	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	518.00–580.00	$555.30

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–870	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–770.00	$735.82
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	880.00	$880.00
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
1020–1090	1047	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	830.00–1,000.00	$901.62

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1190–1325	1248	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	840.00–1,080.00	$985.29
1340	1340	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1380	1380	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	570.00	$570.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150–190	170	3	62.50–80.00	$71.81	$122	—
195	195	1	77.50	$77.50	$151	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
100	100	1	72.50	$72.50	$72	—
335	335	1	35.00	$35.00	$117	—
760	760	1	20.00	$20.00	$152	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	1	165.00	$165.00	+10.00
65	65	1	155.00	$155.00	±0.00
75	75	1	180.00	$180.00	+15.00
75	75	2	165.00–167.50	$166.25	+1.25
75	75	1	145.00	$145.00	-20.00
85	85	1	150.00	$150.00	-15.00
85	85	2	167.50–200.00	$183.75	+18.75
100	100	1	125.00	$125.00	-61.25
100–115	104	4	165.00–210.00	$180.63	-5.62
100–135	110	7	165.00–305.00	$239.29	+14.29
150–175	156	4	255.00–370.00	$335.00	-65.00

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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
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
845–1045	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	910.00–1,240.00	$1,042.71	—
830–1070	941	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	950.00–1,320.00	$1,200.69	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
705–795	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–820.00	$782.90	-117.90
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	-150.80
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	730.00	$730.00	-170.80
750–875	827	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	825.00–1,040.00	$944.71	+144.71

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,280.00	$1,280.00	—
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,160.00	$1,160.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
760–795	778	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	710.00–730.00	$719.77	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
685	685	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	520.00	$520.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	87.50	$87.50	$394	—

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Heifer Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
695	695	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	670.00	$670.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	1	37.50	$37.50	-24.17
25	25	1	30.00	$30.00	-31.67
25	25	4	52.50–60.00	$56.25	-5.42
35	35	2	62.50–67.50	$65.00	+3.33
40	40	1	55.00	$55.00	-10.00
40–45	43	2	65.00–70.00	$67.50	+2.50
50	50	3	55.00–72.50	$60.83	-54.17
50	50	2	102.50–125.00	$113.75	-1.25
50	50	4	77.50–90.00	$84.38	-30.62
60	60	2	90.00	$90.00	-50.00
65	65	2	122.50–125.00	$123.75	+8.75
75	75	1	125.00	$125.00	+10.00
85	85	1	142.50	$142.50	+27.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	175.00	$175.00	+12.50
85	85	2	142.50–150.00	$146.25	-8.75
85	85	2	115.00–120.00	$117.50	-37.50
85	85	1	100.00	$100.00	-55.00
100	100	2	100.00	$100.00	-10.00
100–125	113	2	145.00–190.00	$167.50	+25.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	56.00	$56.00	$244	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	145.00	$145.00	+57.50
50	50	1	102.50	$102.50	+15.00
65	65	1	167.50	$167.50	+80.00
75	75	1	200.00	$200.00	+112.50

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	172.50	$172.50	—
115–125	120	2	265.00–335.00	$300.00	+115.00

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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.