Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 11, 2022

397 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $149.06/cwt ≈ $769/hd at 516 lb · 23 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $146.81/cwt +6.81 vs last sale · ≈ $636/hd at 433 lb · 15 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $183.33/cwt +22.58 vs last sale · ≈ $979/hd at 534 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	397	363	347
Feeder cattle	304	196	235
Slaughter cattle	41	88	36
Replacement cattle	16	34	33

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week all classes of feeder cattle 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter cows 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.00 higher. Moderate 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
315 value added	315	3	211.00	$211.00	$665	—
335 fancy	335	1	195.00	$195.00	$653	—
389 value added	389	5	197.50	$197.50	$768	—
405–410 fancy	409	4	193.00–195.00	$193.50	$791	—
460–480	470	2	175.00–179.00	$176.96	$832	+7.42
476 value added	476	9	172.00	$172.00	$819	—
532–543 value added	534	12	174.00–188.00	$185.63	$991	—
530–540	535	2	169.00–170.00	$169.50	$907	+8.75
585	585	1	167.50	$167.50	$980	+6.26
596 value added	596	10	172.00	$172.00	$1,025	—
611–626 value added	620	7	163.00–164.00	$163.58	$1,014	—
739 value added	739	11	152.00	$152.00	$1,123	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	152.50	$152.50	$465	-0.95
355–370	365	4	150.00–167.50	$159.44	$582	+2.99
410	410	1	160.00	$160.00	$656	—
467–480	473	6	162.50–172.50	$167.81	$794	+17.81
530 value added	530	2	151.00	$151.00	$800	—
535	535	1	165.00	$165.00	$883	—
550–565	558	2	152.50–157.50	$155.03	$865	+7.53
645 value added	645	2	156.00	$156.00	$1,006	—
655	655	1	140.00	$140.00	$917	—
685 value added	685	7	145.00	$145.00	$993	—
773 value added	773	10	134.50	$134.50	$1,040	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	277	3	120.00–130.00	$125.69	$348	—
310–345	328	8	112.50–132.50	$123.35	$405	+0.85
360–365	363	3	110.00–124.00	$118.87	$431	-4.08
485	485	1	116.00	$116.00	$563	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	243	2	130.00–145.00	$137.58	$334	-7.42
300–345	320	6	130.00–144.00	$136.68	$437	—
350–370	360	2	140.00–145.00	$142.43	$513	+7.59
530 fancy	530	1	145.00	$145.00	$768	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457	457	2	128.00	$128.00	$585	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	142.50	$142.50	$406	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–320	318	2	150.00–157.50	$153.72	$489	+8.72
360 value added	360	4	149.00	$149.00	$536	—
415–445	430	4	145.00–147.50	$146.29	$629	+6.29
434 value added	434	11	147.00	$147.00	$638	—
450–495	465	8	145.00–147.50	$145.46	$676	+5.46
511–532 value added	516	21	149.00–150.00	$149.14	$770	—
500–535	518	2	147.50–149.00	$148.22	$768	—
570–575	573	2	143.00–145.00	$144.00	$825	—
633 value added	633	6	140.00	$140.00	$886	—
714 value added	714	6	131.00	$131.00	$935	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	285	3	132.00–138.00	$134.19	$382	+5.57
300–340	324	4	130.00–140.00	$136.80	$443	+8.06
355–380	368	3	140.00	$140.00	$515	+11.51
400–435	413	7	140.00	$140.00	$578	+9.93
450–490	470	2	140.00–142.50	$141.30	$664	+12.53
540 value added	540	4	142.00	$142.00	$767	—
590	590	1	141.00	$141.00	$832	+15.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	131.00	$131.00	$314	—
365–370	368	2	120.00	$120.00	$442	+2.69
400–445	423	2	120.00	$120.00	$508	+6.45
450–470	460	2	120.00	$120.00	$552	+3.39
555–590	573	2	120.00–125.00	$122.58	$702	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–370	368	2	111.00–119.00	$115.03	$423	—
420–425	423	2	115.00–117.50	$116.26	$492	+16.26
465	465	1	112.00	$112.00	$521	+9.17
555	555	1	100.00	$100.00	$555	-2.44
620	620	1	100.00	$100.00	$620	—
650	650	1	110.00	$110.00	$715	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–420	410	2	170.00	$170.00	$697	+5.00
455	455	1	172.50	$172.50	$785	—
530–535	533	2	162.50–165.00	$163.74	$873	+1.01
550–590	568	8	153.00–167.00	$159.31	$905	+6.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	420	3	150.00–160.00	$153.33	$644	-1.49
475–485	478	3	147.50–160.00	$153.33	$733	+10.82
505	505	1	157.00	$157.00	$793	+23.59
665	665	1	123.00	$123.00	$818	-0.72
720	720	1	128.00	$128.00	$922	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–415	408	3	125.00–140.00	$130.41	$532	+2.33
455	455	1	125.00	$125.00	$569	+1.08
515–525	520	2	135.00–137.50	$136.26	$709	+16.26
720	720	1	120.00	$120.00	$864	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–410	405	2	120.00–122.00	$121.01	$490	—
480	480	1	119.00	$119.00	$571	—
510–535	523	2	107.00–120.00	$113.66	$594	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1185	1185	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
1155	1155	80-85%	1	75.00	$75.00	$866	—
1035–1495	1261	80-85%	13	78.00–94.00	$85.21	$1,074	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1430–1525	1465	75-80%	4	76.00–90.00	$84.56	$1,239	—
1690	1690	75-80%	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,673	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1035	968	85-90%	2	56.00–60.00	$57.86	$560	—
1120	1120	85-90%	1	71.00	$71.00	$795	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1670	1510	4	92.00–113.00	$105.35	$1,591	—
1200–1825	1515	3	116.00–119.00	$117.40	$1,779	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	709.00	$709.00
905	905	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	453.00	$453.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	510.00–550.00	$530.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695	695	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	598.00	$598.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1290	1290	Young (2-4 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 $
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	140.00	$140.00	-65.00
95	95	1	180.00	$180.00	-25.00
100	100	1	240.00	$240.00	—

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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
710	710	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
845–1085	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00–1,275.00	$1,187.44	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
640–770	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–825.00	$790.96	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1185	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
920	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	680.00	$680.00	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	350.00	$350.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	2	85.00–95.00	$90.00	+45.00
40	40	1	95.00	$95.00	-52.50
50	50	4	132.50	$132.50	+33.75

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	—	—	2	160.00–162.50	$161.25	-1.25
80	80	—	—	1	140.00	$140.00	-22.50
85	85	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	265.00	$265.00	+102.50
100	100	—	—	4	155.00–180.00	$171.25	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	60.00	$60.00	$216	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	130.00	$130.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	210.00	$210.00	—

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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.