Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 26, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	579	368	272
Feeder cattle	228	207	174
Slaughter cattle	180	63	30
Replacement cattle	89	53	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to no sale last week. Moderate offering of average to good quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	243	2	150.00–160.00	$155.05	$377	+5.05
320–330	327	3	145.00–155.00	$150.05	$491	-4.95
350–390	363	5	140.00–160.00	$151.07	$548	—
520	520	1	145.00	$145.00	$754	±0.00
615 value added	615	1	140.00	$140.00	$861	—
630	630	1	129.00	$129.00	$813	—
675–695	687	3	125.00–132.50	$129.14	$887	—
725 value added	725	1	122.50	$122.50	$888	—
770–785	778	2	119.00–127.00	$123.04	$957	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	170.00	$170.00	$348	+2.50
345	345	1	165.00	$165.00	$569	-13.30
360–385	373	2	160.00–162.50	$161.21	$601	-6.63
475–485	480	3	155.00–172.50	$165.89	$796	—
595	595	1	148.00	$148.00	$881	-4.50
607	607	3	145.00	$145.00	$880	+0.25
660	660	1	146.00	$146.00	$964	—
725	725	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,033	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	263	2	120.00–122.50	$121.19	$319	-13.81
345	345	1	130.00	$130.00	$448	-2.50
435	435	1	130.00	$130.00	$566	—
540	540	1	125.00	$125.00	$675	—
575	575	1	120.00	$120.00	$690	—
610–640	625	2	116.00–119.00	$117.54	$735	—
680	680	1	120.00	$120.00	$816	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	102.50	$102.50	$251	—
355–390	373	2	104.00–110.00	$106.86	$399	-3.14

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230	215	3	129.00–135.00	$131.19	$282	—
255–290	266	4	122.50–132.50	$127.55	$339	—
305–330	317	3	120.00–130.00	$125.20	$397	—
350–385	373	4	123.00–130.00	$128.19	$478	+8.19
400–415	408	3	127.50–130.00	$129.15	$527	—
450–495	461	4	120.00–132.50	$128.17	$591	+8.03
500–530	518	4	120.00–132.50	$125.58	$651	—
545 value added	545	1	125.00	$125.00	$681	—
555–590	571	4	120.00–125.00	$123.71	$706	+9.10
600–645	617	7	117.00–120.00	$118.93	$734	-0.07
650–695	668	6	112.00–119.00	$116.09	$775	+7.30
665–690 value added	678	2	119.00–120.00	$119.49	$810	—
710–740	725	4	115.00–118.00	$116.63	$846	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–235	219	4	137.50–147.50	$144.20	$316	+4.20
370–395	380	5	135.00–145.00	$140.07	$532	-3.35
410–415	411	4	140.00–145.00	$143.75	$591	+10.63
450–480	460	6	135.00–147.50	$142.45	$655	+3.58
505	505	1	136.00	$136.00	$687	+8.56
580	580	1	127.50	$127.50	$740	—
625	625	1	127.00	$127.00	$794	—
655–665	660	2	119.00–125.00	$121.98	$805	+4.98
699 value added	699	5	131.00	$131.00	$916	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	122.00	$122.00	$336	+9.50
355–395	373	4	117.50–121.00	$119.65	$446	+9.65
415	415	1	120.00	$120.00	$498	+15.00
505	505	1	110.00	$110.00	$556	+7.50
630	630	1	109.00	$109.00	$687	+7.31
650	650	1	110.00	$110.00	$715	+6.26
700	700	1	113.00	$113.00	$791	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	425	3	105.00–110.00	$106.63	$453	—
450–495	473	2	110.00	$110.00	$520	+20.00
545	545	1	100.00	$100.00	$545	—
565–580	573	2	105.00–110.00	$107.53	$616	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	425	4	130.00–150.00	$139.82	$594	-1.44
450–495	478	3	130.00–146.00	$137.23	$656	+0.34
505–545	523	6	125.00–140.00	$131.61	$688	-3.26
555–585	576	4	125.00–132.50	$129.36	$745	+4.45
600–625	611	4	120.00–130.00	$126.89	$775	+11.89
670	670	1	120.00	$120.00	$804	—
705	705	1	121.00	$121.00	$853	+3.55
750	750	1	116.00	$116.00	$870	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	427	3	160.00–162.50	$160.86	$687	-5.76
450	450	1	160.00	$160.00	$720	+4.04
595	595	1	135.00	$135.00	$803	—
685	685	1	125.00	$125.00	$856	—
725	725	1	121.00	$121.00	$877	—
765	765	1	124.00	$124.00	$949	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–520	517	3	120.00–130.00	$123.35	$638	+15.81
595	595	1	120.00	$120.00	$714	+17.98
615	615	1	114.00	$114.00	$701	—
660	660	1	110.00	$110.00	$726	+8.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1275–1735	1563	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,550.00–2,000.00	$1,835.40	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	107.50	$107.50	$452	—
480	480	2	110.00	$110.00	$528	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1235	1235	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,185.00	$1,185.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1285	1123	80-85%	7	56.00–69.00	$65.17	$732	—
895–1625	1133	80-85%	32	70.00–79.00	$73.92	$838	—
1080–1590	1289	80-85%	27	80.00–95.00	$84.04	$1,083	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1100	932	85-90%	16	61.00–74.00	$68.38	$637	—
740–1165	948	85-90%	4	50.00–58.00	$55.52	$526	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500–1545	1523	75-80%	2	76.00–79.00	$77.52	$1,181	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1035	1015	2	61.00–76.00	$68.65	$697	—
1315–1970	1592	5	85.00–97.00	$93.23	$1,484	—
1280–2045	1626	11	100.00–115.00	$105.22	$1,711	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	638.00	$638.00
980–1070	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	836.00–950.00	$877.61

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	721.00	$721.00
835	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	534.00	$534.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1365	1365	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,229.00	$1,229.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1070–1230	1162	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	850.00–1,000.00	$931.54
1035–1300	1178	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	875.00–1,275.00	$1,128.74
1190	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
935–1530	1218	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	875.00–1,250.00	$1,090.88
1295	1295	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–1095	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	850.00–1,100.00	$972.72
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
850–1160	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	800.00–1,275.00	$976.38
890–1060	1002	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	800.00–1,050.00	$909.98

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–830	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00–825.00	$812.58
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
880–960	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	675.00–775.00	$718.22

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–295	238	10	65.00–130.00	$85.04	$202	—
315–325	320	2	85.00–90.00	$87.54	$280	-49.96

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	35.00	$35.00	$74	—
230	230	1	4.00	$4.00	$9	—
310	310	1	5.00	$5.00	$16	—
545	545	1	5.00	$5.00	$27	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	102.50	$102.50	-12.50
75	75	3	97.50–175.00	$140.83	+8.33
100–145	114	6	220.00–340.00	$268.33	+24.58
175	175	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
835–865	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–900.00	$875.44	—
845–875	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00–1,325.00	$1,251.31	—
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
885–1075	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,375.00	$1,208.13	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
910–1320	1128	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,525.00–1,825.00	$1,637.11	—
1260	1260	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730–765	748	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	625.00–775.00	$698.24	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	160.00	$160.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	45.00	$45.00	-97.50
50	50	1	60.00	$60.00	-95.00
50	50	1	115.00	$115.00	-40.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	117.50	$117.50	-75.00
50	50	1	137.50	$137.50	-55.00
65	65	1	140.00	$140.00	-52.50
75	75	1	175.00	$175.00	-32.50
75	75	1	80.00	$80.00	-127.50
85	85	2	165.00–205.00	$185.00	-22.50
100	100	3	120.00	$120.00	—
115	115	1	65.00	$65.00	—
100–135	119	7	150.00–290.00	$246.43	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	65.00	$65.00	$192	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115	115	2	310.00	$310.00	+27.50

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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.