Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 25, 2022

460 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $132.74/cwt -1.04 vs last sale · ≈ $563/hd at 424 lb · 11 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 steers $155.01/cwt -0.83 vs last sale · ≈ $595/hd at 384 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	460	346	450
Feeder cattle	224	189	204
Slaughter cattle	154	81	120
Replacement cattle	46	26	76

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 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	2	160.00	$160.00	$320	—
340–345	343	2	150.00	$150.00	$514	-4.90
350–395	384	11	150.00–160.00	$155.01	$595	-0.83
400–435	420	3	150.00–157.50	$154.07	$647	+0.69
450–475	465	4	140.00–155.00	$147.54	$686	—
610	610	1	135.00	$135.00	$824	+6.89
650	650	1	120.00	$120.00	$780	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–215	212	3	132.00–140.00	$135.68	$288	—
280–290	285	4	135.00–145.00	$139.36	$397	+3.57
305–340	326	4	130.00–145.00	$137.34	$448	+3.19
365–395	378	5	130.00–145.00	$135.89	$514	+2.23
405–445	420	3	125.00–135.00	$130.02	$546	+7.62
540	540	1	121.00	$121.00	$653	—
600	600	1	110.00	$110.00	$660	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	165.00	$165.00	$866	—
723	723	8	136.00	$136.00	$983	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	337	3	120.00–125.00	$122.00	$411	+7.27
370–390	378	3	111.00–120.00	$117.03	$442	-3.48
650	650	3	100.00–105.00	$103.33	$672	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	226	4	120.00–132.00	$127.18	$287	-5.21
255–290	271	4	120.00–132.00	$125.38	$340	-2.55
305–345	324	9	115.00–127.50	$120.34	$390	-9.70
350–395	367	7	115.00–130.00	$124.33	$456	-7.56
400–440	424	11	120.00–135.00	$132.74	$563	-1.04
450–490	475	3	130.00–135.00	$131.58	$625	—
515–535	525	2	120.00–130.00	$125.10	$657	-4.05

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	2	150.00	$150.00	$300	+6.58
360–380	368	3	140.00–145.00	$141.72	$522	-1.49
425	425	1	140.00	$140.00	$595	-1.22
460–490	472	3	140.00–145.00	$141.63	$668	+0.87
515–530	520	3	135.00–140.00	$136.70	$711	-0.59
550–560	555	4	135.00–140.00	$137.50	$763	-1.93

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	113.00	$113.00	$299	—
310–340	325	2	110.00–111.00	$110.52	$359	-6.94
350–380	365	2	110.00–112.00	$110.96	$405	—
405	405	1	110.00	$110.00	$446	—
450	450	1	110.00	$110.00	$495	—
545	545	1	110.00	$110.00	$600	—
615	615	1	105.00	$105.00	$646	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	105.00	$105.00	$278	—
380	380	1	107.50	$107.50	$408	—
440	440	1	102.50	$102.50	$451	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	419	9	140.00–145.00	$141.39	$592	-11.61
460–490	474	6	130.00–140.00	$135.77	$644	-13.62
500–535	514	7	135.00–145.00	$138.49	$712	-3.17
565–585	575	3	130.00–145.00	$135.09	$777	-4.84
615–640	630	3	119.00–122.50	$120.81	$761	-9.05
710	710	1	112.00	$112.00	$795	—
750	750	1	110.00	$110.00	$825	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–485	473	2	120.00–125.00	$122.57	$580	-13.02
500–545	523	2	120.00–125.00	$122.61	$641	+1.25
625–640	633	2	110.00–115.00	$112.47	$712	—
785	785	1	105.00	$105.00	$824	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	2	110.00–115.00	$112.50	$484	—
485	485	1	110.00	$110.00	$534	-2.54
545	545	1	105.00	$105.00	$572	-2.55
605–620	613	2	102.50–103.00	$102.75	$630	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	150.00	$150.00	$750	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1320	1130	80-85%	14	60.00–73.00	$65.71	$743	—
1015–1510	1178	80-85%	55	77.00–91.00	$83.56	$984	—
1025–1695	1295	80-85%	8	94.00–105.00	$97.80	$1,267	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–975	843	85-90%	14	53.00–72.00	$62.45	$526	—
785–990	893	85-90%	34	75.00–85.00	$78.88	$704	—
965	965	85-90%	1	90.00	$90.00	$868	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1395–1705	1516	75-80%	6	78.00–86.00	$81.36	$1,233	-1.32

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515	1515	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,333	—
1090–2030	1681	5	101.00–112.00	$106.08	$1,783	-3.07
1345–2025	1723	4	117.00–125.00	$120.21	$2,071	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–735	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	95.00	$95.00	$694

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	80.00	$80.00	$608

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Bred Cows

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–950	878	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	775.00–875.00	$811.05
855–935	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	685.00–800.00	$745.07
945–995	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–850.00	$776.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,110.00	$1,110.00
1085–1535	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,235.00–1,400.00	$1,331.67
1460	1460	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1205	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1080–1355	1218	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,083.47
1230	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	535.00	$535.00
840	840	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1295	1295	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	105.00	$105.00	$178	—
175–185	180	2	70.00–72.50	$71.28	$128	—
195	195	1	40.00	$40.00	$78	—
315	315	1	57.50	$57.50	$181	—
440	440	1	62.50	$62.50	$275	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	80.00	$80.00	-100.00
80	80	2	160.00–167.50	$163.75	+28.75
80	80	1	97.50	$97.50	-37.50
180	180	1	255.00	$255.00	-10.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
755–930	853	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	975.00–1,075.00	$1,019.87	—
820–985	893	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,000.00–1,425.01	$1,168.98	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1045–1060	1053	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00–1,200.00	$1,187.41	—
1045–1145	1103	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,350.00–1,525.00	$1,468.52	-147.92

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
715–980	848	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–975.00	$922.27	—
835–955	877	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	760.00–825.00	$804.24	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1110	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
1115	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	7	60.00–67.50	$61.07	-6.43
30	30	1	45.00	$45.00	-46.25
30	30	3	70.00–75.00	$73.33	-17.92
40	40	3	80.00–95.00	$85.00	-28.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	70.00–75.00	$72.50	-60.00
60	60	1	140.00	$140.00	+32.50
70	70	2	90.00–97.50	$93.75	-13.75
80	80	1	110.00	$110.00	-32.50
140	140	1	230.00	$230.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140	140	1	250.00	$250.00	—

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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.