Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 4, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	363	345	275
Feeder cattle	196	197	122
Slaughter cattle	88	47	58
Replacement cattle	34	49	67

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales . Average 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
220	220	1	170.00	$170.00	$374	—
325	325	1	175.00	$175.00	$569	-5.00
395–398	397	3	167.50–170.00	$168.33	$668	-9.58
415	415	1	170.00	$170.00	$706	-2.90
455–490	473	4	165.00–173.00	$169.54	$802	-5.46
505–545	520	3	157.50–165.00	$160.75	$836	-6.66
560–570	565	2	160.00–162.50	$161.24	$911	+1.82

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	145.00	$145.00	$341	+5.00
280–285	283	2	130.00–145.00	$137.43	$389	-2.57
350–380	362	3	130.00–145.00	$134.84	$488	-10.16
475–495	485	2	120.00–130.00	$124.90	$606	—
510–525	521	4	120.00–123.00	$120.73	$629	-29.24
585	585	1	120.00	$120.00	$702	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	285	2	150.00–162.50	$156.36	$446	+6.36
310–345	333	3	150.00–160.00	$153.45	$511	—
355–390	367	3	150.00–160.00	$156.45	$574	-3.58
470	470	1	150.00	$150.00	$705	-10.00
565	565	1	147.50	$147.50	$833	—
710	710	1	130.00	$130.00	$923	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	120.00–125.00	$122.50	$404	+2.50
350–370	360	3	120.00–125.00	$122.95	$443	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	285	2	125.00–132.50	$128.62	$367	-11.96
300–320	309	9	125.00–132.50	$128.74	$398	-10.37
350–395	373	8	125.00–135.00	$128.49	$479	-11.20
400–445	421	5	125.00–135.00	$130.07	$548	-6.04
465–495	483	4	125.00–135.00	$128.77	$622	-7.02
500–545	520	7	120.00–135.00	$128.87	$670	—
550–595	573	9	120.00–130.00	$125.50	$719	—
610–630	620	4	120.00–125.00	$123.77	$767	-1.73
715–740	728	2	110.00–112.00	$111.02	$808	—
775	775	1	110.00	$110.00	$852	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	110.00	$110.00	$358	-17.50
370–396	387	5	110.00–121.00	$117.31	$454	-2.69
410–440	430	4	110.00–117.50	$113.55	$488	-11.45
450–480	467	3	115.00–120.00	$116.61	$545	—
505	505	1	115.00	$115.00	$581	—
615–635	625	2	110.00–112.50	$111.23	$695	—
650	650	3	105.00–110.00	$107.50	$699	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	145.00	$145.00	$471	±0.00
370	370	1	147.50	$147.50	$546	—
405–445	424	4	140.00	$140.00	$594	±0.00
455–475	465	2	140.00	$140.00	$651	+0.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	100.00	$100.00	$400	—
450–495	467	3	101.00–105.00	$102.83	$480	-9.75
525–535	530	2	100.00–107.00	$103.53	$549	-11.47
565–595	580	2	100.00–105.00	$102.44	$594	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430	415	2	150.00–160.00	$154.82	$643	+24.82
465–470	468	2	140.00–145.00	$142.51	$667	—
500–530	518	3	130.00–140.00	$133.41	$691	-9.09
555	555	1	140.00	$140.00	$777	—
600–635	620	3	120.00–135.00	$128.35	$796	—
650–695	671	4	115.00–130.00	$123.72	$830	-9.70
735 unweaned	735	1	117.00	$117.00	$860	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	165.00	$165.00	$701	-5.00
505–540	520	8	158.00–166.00	$162.73	$846	+0.22
560–580	567	3	150.00–155.00	$153.29	$869	-1.71
605–620	613	2	140.00–142.50	$141.23	$866	+1.23

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–430	419	4	120.00–132.50	$128.08	$537	—
465–485	475	2	120.00–128.00	$123.92	$589	-1.08
505	505	1	120.00	$120.00	$606	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	102.50	$102.50	$600	-7.50
615–645	630	2	105.00	$105.00	$662	-5.00
650	650	1	100.00	$100.00	$650	—
705	705	1	105.00	$105.00	$740	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–995	806	85-90%	15	50.00–67.00	$55.97	$451	-1.34
685–985	846	85-90%	14	70.00–79.00	$74.88	$633	+17.57

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1105	1050	80-85%	3	54.00–60.00	$56.59	$594	—
1050–1500	1223	80-85%	25	70.00–90.00	$80.55	$985	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1620	1444	75-80%	8	77.00–83.00	$80.31	$1,160	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1750	1490	5	96.00–109.00	$104.10	$1,551	—
1555–1895	1725	2	85.00–92.00	$88.84	$1,532	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
660–695	686	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	95.00–96.00	$95.24	$653

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–895	768	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	79.00–85.00	$81.70	$627

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–925	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	78.00–91.00	$84.91	$739

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–1055	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	600.00–850.00	$686.75
905–930	918	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–775.00	$736.99

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655	655	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
135–185	164	5	52.50–67.50	$61.78	$101	-31.84
210–295	243	9	52.50–75.00	$63.33	$154	-21.67
300–360	322	3	65.00–70.00	$68.13	$219	-14.37

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	205.00	$205.00	+42.50
80	80	1	137.50	$137.50	-25.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
645–720	683	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–850.00	$779.12	—
685–890	745	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	775.00–875.00	$827.21	—
810	810	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	+75.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
775–930	873	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,025.00–1,300.00	$1,183.73	—
1295–1315	1305	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,325.00–1,535.00	$1,429.20	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
650–995	823	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	625.00–750.00	$700.61	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	45.00	$45.00	-25.00
30	30	4	120.00	$120.00	+50.00
40	40	3	147.50	$147.50	+77.50
40	40	5	80.00–87.50	$81.50	+11.50
50	50	2	97.50–100.00	$98.75	-6.25
60–65	61	5	160.00–170.00	$163.50	+58.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	120.00	$120.00	+40.00
60	60	2	140.00–150.00	$145.00	+67.50
80	80	2	160.00–165.00	$162.50	+55.00

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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.