Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 15, 2021

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.00/cwt -7.75 vs last sale · ≈ $614/hd at 472 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	498	584	420
Feeder cattle	239	429	210
Slaughter cattle	100	79	81
Replacement cattle	68	34	65

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no trends available due to limited comparable sales. 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
330–335	333	2	147.50–150.00	$148.74	$495	-9.35
350	350	1	147.50	$147.50	$516	-7.94
430	430	6	145.00	$145.00	$624	—
560–566	565	9	138.00–139.00	$138.89	$785	-3.47
635	635	1	130.00	$130.00	$826	-14.00
665–690	675	3	125.00–130.00	$128.30	$866	-6.70

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	140.00	$140.00	$350	±0.00
390–395	393	2	137.50–140.00	$138.76	$545	—
485	485	1	130.00	$130.00	$630	-12.47
505–545	520	4	130.00–135.00	$131.23	$682	-3.77
575	575	1	130.00	$130.00	$748	-5.04
650	650	1	120.00	$120.00	$780	-10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	283	2	105.00–117.50	$111.42	$315	+0.42
310–325	318	3	107.50–117.50	$113.40	$361	—
365–375	370	2	102.50–112.50	$107.43	$397	-11.48
435	435	1	110.00	$110.00	$478	—
620	620	1	100.00	$100.00	$620	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	130.00	$130.00	$358	—
350–370	360	2	125.00	$125.00	$450	-2.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	373	4	120.00–130.00	$124.60	$465	+1.22
405–430	418	2	120.00–125.00	$122.43	$512	-7.57
465–495	482	5	120.00–125.00	$123.97	$598	-5.52
505–520	513	2	125.00	$125.00	$641	—
560–585	573	2	120.00–127.50	$123.83	$710	+2.58
624–635	625	8	114.00–115.00	$114.13	$713	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	130.00	$130.00	$546	-4.13
472	472	10	130.00	$130.00	$614	-7.75
505 fancy	505	2	140.00	$140.00	$707	—
505–545	525	2	125.00	$125.00	$656	-6.72
575	575	1	125.00	$125.00	$719	-3.01

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	310	2	116.00–117.50	$116.77	$362	—
360–385	373	2	110.00–115.00	$112.42	$419	-4.98
430–435	433	2	110.00–115.00	$112.51	$487	—
460–485	473	2	117.00–117.50	$117.26	$555	—
540	540	1	108.00	$108.00	$583	—
555–585	570	2	110.00	$110.00	$627	—
630	630	1	105.00	$105.00	$662	—
650	650	1	110.00	$110.00	$715	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	110.00	$110.00	$363	+7.50
385–395	390	2	107.50–108.00	$107.75	$420	+1.47
495	495	1	100.00	$100.00	$495	-7.79
510	510	1	110.00	$110.00	$561	+2.68
570–580	575	2	100.00–103.00	$101.49	$584	—
635–640	638	2	105.00	$105.00	$670	±0.00
650	650	1	105.00	$105.00	$682	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	108.00	$108.00	$378	—
435	435	1	110.00	$110.00	$478	—
480–495	488	2	110.00–113.00	$111.48	$544	+2.48
545	545	1	110.00	$110.00	$600	—
565–575	570	2	102.50–110.00	$106.28	$606	—
680	680	1	105.00	$105.00	$714	±0.00
790	790	1	101.00	$101.00	$798	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	130.00	$130.00	$611	-3.79
515–545	526	4	125.00–130.00	$127.54	$671	-2.46
615–635	625	2	120.00	$120.00	$750	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–440	433	2	116.00–125.00	$120.58	$522	-1.64
490	490	1	120.00	$120.00	$588	-5.00
510	510	1	113.00	$113.00	$576	-12.00
630	630	1	115.00	$115.00	$724	-2.75
660	660	1	113.00	$113.00	$746	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–440	433	2	133.00–140.00	$136.44	$591	-8.56
560	560	2	125.00–130.00	$127.50	$714	-7.53

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1145	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
1210	1210	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,186.00	$1,186.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1310	1050	80-85%	3	61.00–64.00	$62.28	$654	—
1050–1385	1225	80-85%	12	67.00–79.00	$74.43	$912	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–920	847	85-90%	3	45.00–58.00	$51.38	$435	—
835–1075	956	85-90%	10	59.00–67.00	$62.80	$600	-1.23

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1610	1442	75-80%	5	65.00–76.00	$70.65	$1,019	+0.63
1610	1610	75-80%	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,272	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1230	981	6	65.00–78.00	$74.09	$727	—
1170–1810	1480	7	85.00–98.00	$91.56	$1,355	—
1675–1830	1753	2	100.00–106.00	$102.87	$1,803	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	635.00	$635.00
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	912.00	$912.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	512.00	$512.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1145	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	885.00	$885.00
1170–1210	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00–950.00	$925.42
1105–1690	1370	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	1,025.00–1,675.00	$1,305.07

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	835.00	$835.00
960	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
935–1025	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00–925.00	$859.63
890–1070	981	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	810.00–885.00	$837.46
970–1060	1029	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	675.00–875.00	$791.31

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670	670	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
760	760	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	480.00	$480.00
740–795	768	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	560.00–585.00	$573.04

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625–775	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	550.00–735.00	$652.41
760	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125–195	168	17	70.00–100.00	$83.83	$141	—
185	185	1	80.00	$80.00	$148	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	21.00	$21.00	$144	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	132.50	$132.50	—
75	75	1	142.50	$142.50	—
85	85	1	137.50	$137.50	—
85	85	1	165.00	$165.00	—
100	100	3	147.50–157.50	$154.17	-30.83
100–115	108	4	140.00–165.00	$155.63	-16.87
100–135	109	8	160.00–265.00	$199.38	+26.88
150	150	1	340.00	$340.00	—

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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
895	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
870–990	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	925.00–1,150.00	$1,033.61	—
865–1035	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,181.71	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,137.50	—
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1230–1310	1270	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,300.00	$1,171.06	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	80.00	$80.00	$300	—
650	650	1	79.00	$79.00	$514	—
784	784	10	92.00	$92.00	$721	—
907	907	10	91.50	$91.50	$830	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	45.00	$45.00	-2.50
50	50	1	107.50	$107.50	+47.50
65	65	6	110.00–137.50	$122.92	-52.08
75	75	1	120.00	$120.00	-40.00
85	85	4	135.00–137.50	$136.88	-23.12
100	100	1	130.00	$130.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	4	145.00–165.00	$155.00	-45.00
100–125	104	10	135.00–177.50	$157.50	-15.00
100–125	105	5	110.00–142.50	$126.00	-46.50

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	117.50	$117.50	-37.50

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–125	108	3	170.00–280.00	$223.33	—

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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.