Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 10, 2022

482 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $160.62/cwt +6.28 vs last sale · ≈ $663/hd at 413 lb · 16 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $186.54/cwt -13.46 vs last sale · ≈ $720/hd at 386 lb · 13 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $180.50/cwt +1.75 vs last sale · ≈ $832/hd at 461 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	482	375	556
Feeder cattle	315	203	304
Slaughter cattle	71	84	124
Replacement cattle	37	26	58

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week of feeder cattle steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady. Moderate offering of average to good quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	322	3	160.00–170.00	$163.42	$526	—
345 fancy	345	2	185.00–190.00	$187.50	$647	-15.00
385 fancy	385	11	187.50–188.00	$187.95	$724	-12.05
385–395	390	2	175.00–182.50	$178.80	$697	—
420	420	1	162.50	$162.50	$682	-17.54
430 fancy	430	1	180.00	$180.00	$774	-12.50
458–465	459	8	175.00–180.00	$179.37	$823	+4.37
465–470 fancy	468	2	185.00	$185.00	$866	-5.00
590	590	1	155.00	$155.00	$914	—
603	603	2	155.00	$155.00	$935	+6.25
660–685	670	5	150.00–163.00	$153.57	$1,029	—
705–720	713	4	149.00–151.00	$149.99	$1,069	—
750–790	765	5	147.00–155.00	$151.29	$1,157	—
810–815	813	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,179	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	264	4	142.50–155.00	$149.89	$396	-2.49
300–345	320	8	142.50–155.00	$148.52	$475	—
350–385	363	5	140.00–150.00	$143.44	$521	-6.56
515	515	1	160.00	$160.00	$824	+6.25
620–635	628	2	130.00–145.00	$137.41	$863	-2.53
650	650	1	147.50	$147.50	$959	—
710	710	2	122.00–140.00	$131.00	$930	—
760–775	768	2	144.00–147.00	$145.49	$1,117	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	228	2	127.50–130.00	$128.68	$293	-11.32
325	325	2	120.00–135.00	$127.50	$414	-9.59
360–395	383	4	125.00–135.00	$129.90	$498	-15.10
415	415	1	140.00	$140.00	$581	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	110.00–117.50	$113.75	$381	+0.54

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	147.50	$147.50	$435	—
300–330	315	2	150.00	$150.00	$472	—
325 fancy	325	1	165.00	$165.00	$536	—
365–395	380	2	150.00	$150.00	$570	±0.00
400–420	408	3	147.50–156.00	$150.41	$614	+2.95
400–435 fancy	414	13	160.00–165.00	$162.98	$675	+1.75
450–495	470	6	153.00–165.00	$158.39	$744	+13.71
530–535	531	5	147.50–153.00	$149.51	$794	+3.68
550–590	573	6	142.50–157.50	$147.53	$845	+4.23
605–635	620	5	135.00–148.00	$141.41	$877	+11.91
650–695	678	9	132.50–142.50	$137.10	$930	+11.10
725–745	735	3	134.00–137.00	$135.00	$992	+10.53
750–775	764	4	128.00–137.50	$133.10	$1,017	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	130.00	$130.00	$312	-10.00
280–285	282	3	140.00–142.50	$140.83	$397	-1.17
320–345	333	2	140.00	$140.00	$466	+5.00
365–395	378	5	130.00–140.00	$135.98	$514	+0.71
400	400	1	130.00	$130.00	$520	-5.00
480–490	485	2	130.00	$130.00	$630	-7.50
500	500	1	140.00	$140.00	$700	+15.00
555	555	1	122.50	$122.50	$680	-11.19
615–635	625	3	126.00–135.00	$130.35	$815	+6.89
695	695	1	120.00	$120.00	$834	+1.26
735	735	1	125.00	$125.00	$919	+5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	115.00	$115.00	$316	—
300	300	1	112.50	$112.50	$338	—
405–440	423	2	110.00–115.00	$112.60	$476	—
490	490	1	112.50	$112.50	$551	+4.50
505	505	1	116.00	$116.00	$586	—
580	580	1	110.00	$110.00	$638	—
620	620	1	110.00	$110.00	$682	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	125.00	$125.00	$319	+0.51
315–330	323	2	120.00–135.00	$127.33	$411	+6.14
390	390	1	125.00	$125.00	$488	+3.03
665–690	678	2	115.00–120.00	$117.45	$796	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–430 fancy	420	2	170.00–175.00	$172.56	$725	-9.07
435–445	440	2	157.50–165.00	$161.29	$710	-8.80
465–495	478	5	150.00–160.00	$156.45	$748	-11.05
520	520	1	152.50	$152.50	$793	—
500–540 fancy	523	3	160.00	$160.00	$837	—
555–560 fancy	558	3	160.00–166.00	$163.33	$911	—
625	625	1	144.00	$144.00	$900	-1.00
655	655	1	143.00	$143.00	$937	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	145.00	$145.00	$631	±0.00
455–480	469	4	145.00–152.50	$149.41	$701	+13.12
500–540	513	4	135.00–142.50	$139.29	$715	+4.69
560–595	578	2	140.00–145.00	$142.58	$824	+16.59
630–645	638	2	138.00–140.00	$138.99	$887	+14.99
695	695	1	128.00	$128.00	$890	+2.89
705	705	1	130.00	$130.00	$916	+5.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	132.50–140.00	$136.25	$600	+6.70
475–485	481	5	140.00–142.50	$140.50	$676	+17.97
535	535	1	130.00	$130.00	$696	+5.00
585	585	1	135.00	$135.00	$790	+12.56
725	725	1	110.00	$110.00	$798	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985–1010	998	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,034.00–1,080.00	$1,057.29	+63.69
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	890.00	$890.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	130.00	$130.00	$566	+15.00
480	480	1	125.00	$125.00	$600	—
635	635	1	110.00	$110.00	$698	-1.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1175	1082	80-85%	7	65.00–79.00	$73.11	$791	—
1040–1480	1246	80-85%	22	80.00–97.00	$87.33	$1,088	-5.26

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–950	928	85-90%	4	60.00–65.00	$62.45	$580	-4.55
920–1130	1019	85-90%	8	62.00–79.00	$72.12	$735	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1375–1545	1480	75-80%	3	86.00–88.00	$87.03	$1,288	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1345	1318	2	74.00–84.00	$78.90	$1,040	—
1360–1820	1508	6	90.00–110.00	$103.69	$1,564	—
1650–2080	1865	2	115.00–117.00	$115.88	$2,161	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
605–915	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	617.00–686.00	$658.54
770–905	856	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	742.00–881.00	$824.39
855–970	898	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	641.00–698.00	$669.61

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170–1350	1221	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,035.00–1,397.00	$1,209.56

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640–670	655	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	506.00–583.00	$545.38

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685	685	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	521.00	$521.00
735	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	507.00	$507.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	478.00	$478.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	920.00	$920.00
945–1250	1098	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	950.00–1,175.00	$1,078.13
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,072.00	$1,072.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	640.00	$640.00
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	540.00	$540.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	790.00	$790.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	145.00	$145.00	-35.00
75	75	1	165.00	$165.00	-15.00
85	85	2	160.00–167.50	$163.75	-16.25
100	100	1	165.00	$165.00	-75.00
100	100	1	125.00	$125.00	-115.00
150	150	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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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
865–955	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,620.00–1,660.00	$1,640.99	—
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,690.00	$1,690.00	—
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	170.00	$170.00	$756	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–745	723	2	93.00–103.00	$97.84	$707	—
770	770	1	90.00	$90.00	$693	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	1	65.00	$65.00	+10.00
25	25	1	30.00	$30.00	-25.00
25	25	2	45.00–85.00	$65.00	+10.00
35	35	1	45.00	$45.00	-11.00
40	40	3	70.00–110.00	$96.67	+40.67
45	45	5	120.00–140.00	$131.00	+69.33
45	45	1	100.00	$100.00	+38.33
45	45	2	35.00	$35.00	-26.67
45	45	2	85.00	$85.00	+23.33
50	50	1	100.00	$100.00	+60.00
50	50	10	120.00–150.00	$135.50	+95.50
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	+40.00
65	65	1	150.00	$150.00	+24.58
75	75	2	135.00–142.50	$138.75	-8.75
85	85	1	175.00	$175.00	+27.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	80.00	$80.00	—
50	50	1	135.00	$135.00	+65.00
75	75	1	175.00	$175.00	+105.00
85	85	2	160.00	$160.00	+50.00
100–135	123	3	180.00–245.00	$211.67	—
150	150	2	295.00	$295.00	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	125.00	$125.00	—
50	50	2	110.00–125.00	$117.50	-52.50

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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.