Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 12, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	368	435	272
Feeder cattle	207	260	171
Slaughter cattle	63	64	37
Replacement cattle	53	29	22

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales . Average 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
210	210	1	167.50	$167.50	$352	—
250–290	270	2	165.00–167.50	$166.34	$449	+11.34
320–335	329	6	170.00–180.00	$178.30	$587	—
350–390	374	7	160.00–175.00	$167.84	$628	+7.91
400–425	410	3	165.00–175.00	$168.29	$690	+9.49
570	570	1	152.50	$152.50	$869	+8.45
641–645	642	8	143.00–145.00	$144.75	$929	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	150.00	$150.00	$345	+10.00
320	320	2	150.00–160.00	$155.00	$496	+14.47
530	530	1	145.00	$145.00	$768	+3.51
555	555	1	135.00	$135.00	$749	+5.00
740	740	1	110.00	$110.00	$814	—
835	835	1	117.50	$117.50	$981	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	112.00	$112.00	$353	—
395	395	1	110.00	$110.00	$434	+2.38

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	135.00	$135.00	$344	+5.00
335	335	1	132.50	$132.50	$444	+3.59

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	140.00	$140.00	$308	—
300–345	316	5	135.00–140.00	$138.04	$436	+5.50
370–395	383	5	135.00–152.50	$143.42	$549	+13.42
410–440	424	4	127.50–135.00	$133.12	$564	+0.65
460–490	475	2	135.00–143.00	$138.87	$660	+6.94
500–535	519	5	125.00–130.00	$127.44	$661	-4.06
605 value added	605	5	130.00	$130.00	$786	—
690	690	1	117.00	$117.00	$807	-7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	120.00	$120.00	$438	-0.98
450–475	463	2	115.00–125.00	$120.14	$556	-2.14
555–590	578	7	110.00–120.00	$114.61	$662	—
620–625	623	2	118.00–120.00	$119.00	$741	—
660–695	676	4	105.00–115.00	$108.79	$735	-4.21

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	112.50	$112.50	$315	±0.00
365	365	1	110.00	$110.00	$402	-0.91
430	430	1	105.00	$105.00	$452	-3.71
450–475	463	2	108.00–110.00	$109.03	$505	—
530	530	2	100.00–105.00	$102.50	$543	—
565–585	575	4	100.00–104.00	$101.64	$584	—
605–630	622	3	100.00–105.00	$101.69	$633	—
655–665	660	2	102.50–105.00	$103.74	$685	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	90.00	$90.00	$436	—
615–645	623	4	92.00–97.00	$94.53	$589	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–425	420	2	140.00–142.50	$141.26	$593	-0.51
465–495	483	5	130.00–145.00	$136.89	$661	-1.16
505–545	527	3	130.00–140.00	$134.87	$711	+7.39
560–590	573	4	120.00–135.00	$124.91	$716	-4.58
630	630	1	115.00	$115.00	$724	—
700–730	715	2	115.00–120.00	$117.45	$840	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–420	413	—	—	2	160.00–173.00	$166.62	$688	+21.62
465–490	483	—	—	5	150.00–160.00	$155.96	$753	+10.96
500–530	515	—	—	2	145.00–150.00	$147.43	$759	—
615–645	632	—	—	3	130.00–137.50	$133.39	$843	+1.39
1870	1870	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	111.00	$111.00	$2,076	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	110.00	$110.00	$484	-10.00
470–475	473	2	110.00–115.00	$112.49	$532	—
515–530	523	2	105.00–110.00	$107.54	$562	-12.46
565–595	583	3	100.00–106.00	$102.02	$595	—
660–675	667	3	100.00–105.00	$101.66	$678	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–785	773	2	91.00–95.00	$92.97	$719	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1570	1252	80-85%	16	65.00–80.00	$73.52	$920	+4.17
1470–1520	1495	80-85%	2	83.00–84.00	$83.51	$1,248	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–965	872	85-90%	3	50.00–55.00	$53.15	$463	—
780–990	885	85-90%	5	64.00–70.00	$65.92	$583	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1515	1410	75-80%	3	65.00–70.00	$68.58	$967	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1410	1267	3	74.00–77.00	$75.41	$955	—
1000–2055	1485	11	85.00–99.00	$92.25	$1,370	—
1780–1890	1829	4	103.00–110.00	$105.95	$1,938	+18.30

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
667–930	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	90.00–126.00	$107.70	$792

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
678–680	679	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	650.00–685.00	$661.69

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
940–995	968	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	78.00–80.00	$79.03	$765

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	510.00	$510.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1335	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	760.00–875.00	$827.61
850–1675	1192	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	650.00–1,175.00	$882.88

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150	150	1	102.50	$102.50	$154	—
270	270	1	30.00	$30.00	$81	-49.98
280	280	1	105.00	$105.00	$294	+25.02
325	325	1	137.50	$137.50	$447	+61.35
350	350	1	72.50	$72.50	$254	—
425–450	433	3	82.50–120.00	$99.95	$433	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	2	115.00	$115.00	-5.00
80	80	4	180.00–185.00	$182.50	+57.50
80	80	1	132.50	$132.50	+7.50
90	90	2	195.00	$195.00	+70.00
100–145	126	4	210.00–280.00	$243.75	+17.08

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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
1005–1270	1102	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	925.00–1,275.00	$1,089.09	—
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790–990	928	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	875.00–1,100.00	$982.36	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	110.00	$110.00	$534	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	2	120.00–125.00	$122.50	+67.50
30	30	2	95.00–105.00	$100.00	+45.00
40	40	2	140.00–145.00	$142.50	+57.50
50	50	1	155.00	$155.00	+68.33
60	60	3	215.00–220.00	$218.33	+115.00
70	70	2	235.00	$235.00	+131.67
80	80	2	270.00–280.00	$275.00	+171.67

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	2	190.00–195.00	$192.50	+97.50
80	80	2	200.00–215.00	$207.50	+92.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/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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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	2	200.00	$200.00	-25.00
100	100	2	280.00–285.00	$282.50	+100.00

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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.