Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 3, 2022

375 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $148.01/cwt +7.18 vs last sale · ≈ $691/hd at 467 lb · 13 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.83/cwt +7.16 vs last sale · ≈ $763/hd at 523 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	375	320	339
Feeder cattle	203	234	180
Slaughter cattle	84	45	47
Replacement cattle	26	16	24

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparison 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
255–280	268	2	150.00–155.00	$152.38	$408	-5.19
370	370	1	150.00	$150.00	$555	+0.96
470–490	481	5	150.00–165.00	$158.96	$765	+4.07
505–540	522	8	150.00–160.00	$153.75	$803	+6.35
555–595	575	3	140.00	$140.00	$805	+1.01
625–640	633	2	135.00–145.00	$139.94	$886	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320 fancy	320	1	202.50	$202.50	$648	—
385 fancy	385	1	200.00	$200.00	$770	—
410 fancy	410	1	192.50	$192.50	$789	+5.00
430–445	438	2	177.50–182.50	$180.04	$789	—
450 fancy	450	1	190.00	$190.00	$855	±0.00
450–480	468	3	175.00	$175.00	$819	—
511–535	517	4	170.00–175.00	$173.71	$898	+10.06
630–635	633	2	147.50–150.00	$148.75	$942	-8.75
767 value added	767	3	148.00	$148.00	$1,135	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	140.00	$140.00	$322	—
300–330	313	4	132.00–142.50	$137.09	$429	+1.42
350	350	1	145.00	$145.00	$508	+13.33
540	540	1	140.00	$140.00	$756	+15.00
675	675	1	122.50	$122.50	$827	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	115.00	$115.00	$310	—
305–325	312	3	107.50–117.50	$113.21	$353	-7.08
355–365	360	2	115.00–120.00	$117.53	$423	+1.25
455	455	1	108.00	$108.00	$491	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–395	385	2	150.00	$150.00	$578	+8.02
410–425 fancy	418	2	160.00–162.50	$161.23	$674	-36.27
420–435	428	2	145.00–150.00	$147.46	$631	+4.73
453–455 fancy	454	4	154.00–160.00	$155.50	$706	—
450–495	473	9	137.50–150.00	$144.68	$684	+3.85
500–545	523	13	140.00–150.00	$145.83	$763	+7.16
555–575	563	3	140.00–145.00	$143.30	$807	+2.50
625–630	628	2	129.00–130.00	$129.50	$813	-2.95
670	670	1	126.00	$126.00	$844	+1.00
700–710	705	2	120.00–129.00	$124.47	$878	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	140.00	$140.00	$336	—
290	290	1	142.00	$142.00	$412	+14.94
310	310	1	135.00	$135.00	$418	+4.40
355–370	360	3	131.00–140.00	$135.27	$487	+7.02
425	425	1	135.00	$135.00	$574	+3.91
480	480	1	137.50	$137.50	$660	+5.57
510–530	520	2	125.00	$125.00	$650	-3.00
570–590	580	2	130.00–137.50	$133.69	$775	+6.22
600–640	612	5	120.00–125.00	$123.46	$756	+8.46
660–685	671	4	115.00–120.00	$118.74	$797	—
725	725	1	120.00	$120.00	$870	+4.49

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	277	3	122.50–127.00	$124.49	$345	—
305–335	320	2	120.00–122.50	$121.19	$388	—
370–385	380	3	120.00–124.00	$121.97	$463	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	108.00	$108.00	$529	+3.00
650	650	1	110.00	$110.00	$715	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	145.00	$145.00	$609	-10.00
465–475	470	2	132.50–140.00	$136.29	$641	-3.91
510–540	525	4	130.00–140.00	$134.60	$707	-4.96
580–595	588	2	125.00–127.00	$125.99	$741	-11.43
600–645	618	5	120.00–125.00	$124.00	$766	-1.71
650–695	675	3	120.00–130.00	$125.11	$844	-1.32
705	705	1	125.00	$125.00	$881	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	115.00	$115.00	$494	—
500–525	510	3	115.00–125.00	$118.43	$604	+6.43
550–595	565	3	110.00–116.00	$113.70	$642	—
600	600	2	110.00–112.00	$111.00	$666	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–425	413	2	128.00–131.00	$129.55	$535	+6.93
485–495	490	2	120.00–125.00	$122.53	$600	-0.42
500	500	1	125.00	$125.00	$625	±0.00
565–595	580	2	120.00–125.00	$122.44	$710	-0.56
655–665	660	2	120.00–125.00	$122.52	$809	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–420 fancy	408	3	180.00–185.00	$181.63	$741	—
410–440	425	2	167.50–172.50	$170.09	$723	-4.91
460	460	1	167.50	$167.50	$770	+2.50
615	615	1	145.00	$145.00	$892	—
785	785	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,060	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
930–1085	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	977.00–1,020.00	$993.60	-183.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1425	1214	80-85%	7	76.00–84.00	$80.63	$979	—
995–1470	1247	80-85%	19	85.00–100.00	$92.59	$1,155	—
1160–1370	1277	80-85%	5	103.00–109.00	$106.26	$1,357	+21.33

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935	935	85-90%	1	67.00	$67.00	$626	—
940–1305	1071	85-90%	8	73.00–86.00	$79.15	$848	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1660	1531	75-80%	5	87.00–95.00	$91.43	$1,400	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1755	1475	6	95.00–109.00	$101.09	$1,491	—
1670–1840	1755	2	118.00–124.00	$120.85	$2,121	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	998.00	$998.00
1170–1375	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,030.00–1,293.00	$1,140.31

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	827.00	$827.00
915–1060	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	732.00–890.00	$816.80

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–810	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	631.00–809.00	$717.75

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	524.00	$524.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1130–1175	1153	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	949.00–1,125.00	$1,038.72

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
970–1025	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	875.00	$875.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670	670	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	180.00	$180.00	+1.67
85	85	2	145.00–160.00	$152.50	-25.83
100	100	1	240.00	$240.00	+15.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	835.00	$835.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	2	40.00–70.00	$55.00	+12.50
35	35	5	40.00–65.00	$56.00	+13.50
45	45	3	60.00–62.50	$61.67	-10.33
50	50	2	40.00	$40.00	—
50	50	11	105.00–117.50	$110.91	—
50	50	4	72.50–95.00	$88.75	—
65	65	6	120.00–135.00	$125.42	—
75	75	3	142.50–157.50	$147.50	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	1	70.00	$70.00	-45.00
85	85	1	110.00	$110.00	-5.00
85	85	1	70.00	$70.00	-45.00
85	85	2	132.50	$132.50	+17.50

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	170.00	$170.00	—

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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.