Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 15, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	468	360	335
Feeder cattle	230	201	190
Slaughter cattle	101	71	79
Replacement cattle	46	22	17

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–225	216	5	100.00–115.00	$108.09	$233	—
265–290	280	3	100.00–110.00	$103.39	$289	-19.11
315–335	328	5	100.00–110.00	$104.09	$341	-10.91
350–380	368	5	100.00–110.00	$105.56	$388	-9.44
430–440	435	2	110.00	$110.00	$478	—
470–490	480	2	100.00–108.00	$104.08	$500	-0.92
560	560	1	105.00	$105.00	$588	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–205 fancy	203	2	185.00–205.00	$195.12	$396	—
215–225	218	3	147.50–160.00	$155.71	$339	—
355–395	375	2	152.50–157.50	$154.87	$581	-6.43
405–415	410	2	140.00	$140.00	$574	—
506	506	7	140.00	$140.00	$708	-28.79
555	555	1	140.00	$140.00	$777	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	130.00	$130.00	$358	-17.31
320–340	327	3	120.00	$120.00	$392	-22.50
365–395	380	3	120.00–121.00	$120.35	$457	-29.65
400–445	423	2	124.00–135.00	$129.79	$549	—
450–470	462	3	120.00–130.00	$126.61	$585	-23.39
560	560	1	120.00	$120.00	$672	—
610	610	1	116.00	$116.00	$708	—
740	740	1	119.00	$119.00	$881	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–330	328	3	117.50	$117.50	$385	-12.50
480–490	485	2	115.00	$115.00	$558	—
550	550	1	110.00	$110.00	$605	—
665	665	1	110.00	$110.00	$732	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	233	2	110.00–112.00	$110.97	$259	—
250–285	265	4	100.00–110.00	$105.63	$280	-9.37
305–340	324	4	100.00–110.00	$107.45	$348	—
375–385	380	2	100.00–105.00	$102.47	$389	-9.53
400	400	2	110.00	$110.00	$440	±0.00
490	490	1	100.00	$100.00	$490	—
585	585	1	105.00	$105.00	$614	—
625	625	1	100.00	$100.00	$625	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–485	470	6	120.00–122.50	$120.82	$568	-16.97
500–540	520	6	112.00–120.00	$116.60	$606	—
580	580	1	122.50	$122.50	$710	-6.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230 fancy	230	1	142.50	$142.50	$328	—
355–365 fancy	360	2	155.00	$155.00	$558	—
445	445	1	125.00	$125.00	$556	-15.85
450–490	477	3	124.00–130.00	$126.37	$603	-19.12
495 fancy	495	1	152.50	$152.50	$755	—
500–505	503	2	127.00–127.50	$127.25	$640	-17.73

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	112.50	$112.50	$231	—
320	320	1	120.00	$120.00	$384	+4.00
360	360	1	112.00	$112.00	$403	-10.37
415–445	431	4	110.00–115.00	$112.48	$485	—
550	550	1	110.00	$110.00	$605	—

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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	430	2	124.00–126.00	$125.03	$538	-17.44
495	495	2	117.50–125.00	$121.25	$600	—
500–510	505	2	120.00–125.00	$122.52	$619	-29.98
565	565	2	120.00–125.00	$122.50	$692	-3.50
635	635	1	112.00	$112.00	$711	-15.00
650	650	1	115.00	$115.00	$748	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–490	472	3	102.50–110.00	$107.54	$508	-12.46
735	735	1	105.00	$105.00	$772	—
790	790	1	103.00	$103.00	$814	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–410	408	2	130.00–135.00	$132.52	$541	-27.48
495	495	1	130.00	$130.00	$644	-32.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	115.00	$115.00	$494	-17.53
490	490	1	115.00	$115.00	$564	—
530	530	1	115.00	$115.00	$610	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1095	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,117.00	$1,117.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1305	1053	80-85%	4	70.00–81.00	$77.96	$821	—
895–1395	1194	80-85%	19	87.00–99.00	$92.83	$1,108	—
1070–1445	1261	80-85%	12	100.00–108.00	$102.64	$1,294	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1120	900	85-90%	10	54.00–73.00	$63.12	$568	—
735–1195	1016	85-90%	8	78.00–87.00	$80.73	$820	+18.31

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105	1105	75-80%	1	78.00	$78.00	$862	—
1565–1615	1590	75-80%	2	103.00–106.00	$104.48	$1,661	—
1260–1780	1598	75-80%	3	84.00–90.00	$86.57	$1,383	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1365	1230	3	97.00–103.00	$100.80	$1,240	—
1290–2230	1706	6	113.00–131.00	$120.24	$2,051	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–860	781	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	675.00–785.00	$721.44
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	612.00	$612.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630	630	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	240.00	$240.00
605–755	691	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	314.00–378.00	$334.45

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–775	759	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	570.00–620.00	$591.87

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	936.00	$936.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	280.00	$280.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–935	918	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	725.00–785.00	$755.57
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	810.00	$810.00
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,210.00	$1,210.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	1	140.00	$140.00	+15.00
85	85	2	130.00–135.00	$132.50	-35.00
85	85	2	127.50–145.00	$136.25	-31.25
125	125	1	155.00	$155.00	-212.50

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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
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	-331.67
785–1030	924	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,101.96	-129.71
840–1040	933	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	800.00–975.00	$906.07	-325.60

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
660–725	683	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	485.00–560.00	$522.12	—
735	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1155	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1290	1290	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
640	640	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	117.50	$117.50	$441	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	1	20.00	$20.00	-70.23
20	20	1	15.00	$15.00	-75.23
25	25	6	30.00–50.00	$39.17	-51.06
30–35	34	7	40.00–75.00	$58.57	-31.66
45	45	2	60.00–75.00	$67.50	-15.00
45	45	1	45.00	$45.00	-37.50
50	50	2	100.00–105.00	$102.50	+6.67
50	50	3	65.00–95.00	$85.00	-10.83
60	60	3	80.00	$80.00	-72.50
65	65	1	95.00	$95.00	-57.50
75	75	1	145.00	$145.00	-5.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	90.00	$90.00	-32.50
75	75	1	135.00	$135.00	-45.00
85	85	1	110.00	$110.00	-70.00

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	55.00	$55.00	—
50	50	1	75.00	$75.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	130.00	$130.00	—
85	85	1	155.00	$155.00	—

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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.