Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 29, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	598	338	667
Feeder cattle	196	136	336
Slaughter cattle	167	109	147
Replacement cattle	61	12	79

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady. Moderate 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
225	225	1	127.50	$127.50	$287	—
330–335	333	2	127.50–132.50	$129.98	$433	-12.44
355–375	367	3	127.50–132.50	$129.97	$477	—
405	405	1	132.50	$132.50	$537	—
455–495	478	3	130.00–132.50	$130.84	$625	-7.16
515–545	527	3	127.00–128.00	$127.50	$672	+4.50
854	854	4	127.00	$127.00	$1,085	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–280	275	3	117.50–120.00	$118.32	$325	—
300–325	313	2	110.00–120.00	$114.80	$359	-0.28
355	355	1	110.00	$110.00	$390	—
450	450	1	112.50	$112.50	$506	—
595	595	1	110.00	$110.00	$654	—
600–640	623	3	108.00–113.00	$110.99	$691	—
650	650	1	113.00	$113.00	$734	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	316	4	150.00–160.00	$153.70	$486	—
370–375	373	2	140.00–142.50	$141.24	$527	—
495	495	1	140.00	$140.00	$693	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	125.00	$125.00	$431	-7.11
390	390	1	122.50	$122.50	$478	-6.82
545	545	1	120.00	$120.00	$654	—
635	635	1	119.00	$119.00	$756	—
775	775	1	120.00	$120.00	$930	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	420	2	135.00–145.00	$140.18	$589	—
455–490	471	8	135.00–150.00	$141.24	$665	—
500–515	508	3	140.00–150.00	$145.88	$741	—
555–595	576	7	135.00–144.00	$140.18	$807	—
600–620	610	3	135.00–140.00	$138.31	$844	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	338	2	127.50–130.00	$128.72	$435	—
370–395	383	2	122.50–135.00	$128.95	$494	—
420–440	432	6	120.00–135.00	$130.79	$565	+5.93
450	450	1	135.00	$135.00	$608	+12.29
505–525	515	2	130.00	$130.00	$670	+10.48
595	595	1	125.00	$125.00	$744	+2.84
610–630	618	3	120.00–125.00	$123.36	$762	+12.37
655	655	1	120.00	$120.00	$786	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	110.00	$110.00	$270	—
250	250	1	110.00	$110.00	$275	—
310–345	329	4	104.00–115.00	$108.05	$355	—
350–365	360	3	105.00–112.50	$108.28	$390	—
405	405	1	110.00	$110.00	$446	—
480–495	488	3	110.00–115.00	$111.67	$545	—
575	575	1	105.00	$105.00	$604	—
630	630	1	107.50	$107.50	$677	+5.06

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	318	2	117.50–125.00	$121.34	$386	+10.06
470–485	478	2	120.00	$120.00	$574	+9.99
640	640	1	115.00	$115.00	$736	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–425	415	2	110.00–117.50	$113.84	$472	+9.84
475	475	1	110.00	$110.00	$522	—
550–585	567	3	114.00–115.00	$114.67	$650	+13.67
610–615	613	2	103.00–107.50	$105.26	$645	—
675	675	1	105.00	$105.00	$709	—
705	705	1	100.00	$100.00	$705	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–425	423	2	125.00–132.50	$128.73	$545	—
475–490	483	2	125.00–130.00	$127.54	$616	-3.46
515–545	532	3	125.00–127.50	$126.69	$674	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	120.00	$120.00	$594	+6.66
555	555	2	117.50–120.00	$118.75	$659	+6.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	420	2	140.00–147.50	$143.57	$603	+3.57

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	819.00	$819.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1290	1118	80-85%	11	65.00–79.00	$73.29	$819	—
860–1700	1242	80-85%	48	80.00–96.00	$87.41	$1,086	-6.62

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1150	959	85-90%	14	50.00–70.00	$61.79	$593	—
885–1500	1093	85-90%	14	72.00–90.00	$78.07	$853	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1810	1558	75-80%	12	80.00–94.00	$85.48	$1,332	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1560	1355	5	95.00–114.00	$107.54	$1,457	—
1380	1380	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,173	—
1235–2320	1745	5	116.00–128.00	$121.25	$2,116	-4.56

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–1060	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	660.00–785.00	$733.02
980	980	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	833.00	$833.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	482.00	$482.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–990	913	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	653.00–675.00	$667.05
800–1060	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	675.00–725.00	$704.03
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
940–1005	973	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	734.00–875.00	$802.14
940–1050	1009	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	900.00–1,325.00	$1,071.81
945–1090	1038	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	725.00–875.00	$814.59

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	743.00	$743.00
865–1100	997	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	700.00–900.00	$814.72
1000–1035	1018	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	835.00–900.00	$868.06
1135	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1130–1185	1152	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,050.00–1,275.00	$1,175.04
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755–795	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	725.00–735.00	$730.13
785	785	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	685.00	$685.00
795	795	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
820	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680	680	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
785	785	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	471.00	$471.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00
1165	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
132	132	12	112.50–127.50	$117.50	$155	-6.79
275	275	1	90.00	$90.00	$248	—
425	425	1	80.00	$80.00	$340	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	167.50–215.00	$191.25	—
65	65	1	145.00	$145.00	—
75	75	4	180.00–215.00	$199.38	—
85	85	8	170.00–240.00	$209.06	—
85	85	1	120.00	$120.00	—
100	100	1	245.00	$245.00	+59.17
100–135	115	14	200.00–350.00	$304.46	+118.63
150	150	1	390.00	$390.00	+110.00

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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
870–1080	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,125.00–1,585.00	$1,316.60	—
865–1030	948	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–900.00	$877.18	—
920–1030	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,062.75	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1130–1150	1138	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,125.00–1,325.00	$1,233.89	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	-235.82

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
745	745	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541	541	6	110.00	$110.00	$595	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–25	23	11	30.00–47.50	$38.41	-55.65
25	25	1	30.00	$30.00	-64.06
35	35	6	50.00–65.00	$57.50	-69.17
50	50	1	50.00	$50.00	-104.50
50	50	6	120.00–130.00	$123.33	-31.17
50	50	6	60.00–100.00	$85.00	-69.50
50	50	1	57.50	$57.50	-97.00
50	50	2	62.50–110.00	$86.25	-68.25
65	65	2	142.50–185.00	$163.75	-36.25
65	65	1	105.00	$105.00	-95.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	190.00	$190.00	+37.92
75	75	1	115.00	$115.00	-16.25
75	75	1	220.00	$220.00	+88.75
85	85	1	145.00	$145.00	+13.75
85	85	4	165.00–275.00	$221.25	+90.00
85	85	1	115.00	$115.00	-16.25
100	100	1	110.00	$110.00	-138.33
100–125	108	5	230.00–285.00	$256.00	+7.67

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	77.50	$77.50	$407	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	70.00	$70.00	—
35	35	1	55.00	$55.00	—
45	45	1	92.50	$92.50	—
45	45	7	80.00–90.00	$82.86	—
50	50	2	85.00–90.00	$87.50	—
50	50	1	95.00	$95.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	2	175.00	$175.00	—
100–125	113	8	225.00–320.00	$281.25	-93.75

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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.