Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 31, 2022

491 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $143.43/cwt -0.76 vs last sale · ≈ $767/hd at 535 lb · 14 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $158.82/cwt -1.06 vs last sale · ≈ $992/hd at 625 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	491	707	345
Feeder cattle	295	396	222
Slaughter cattle	58	100	57
Replacement cattle	65	46	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers 3.00 lower, feeder heifers unevenly steady, feeder bulls too few to trend, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–340	338	2	175.00	$175.00	$592	-9.07
355–375	363	3	180.00–182.50	$180.86	$657	-0.72
395 fancy	395	1	187.50	$187.50	$741	-16.88
420 fancy	420	3	188.00–190.00	$189.33	$795	-15.81
500	500	1	170.00	$170.00	$850	+7.96
521 value added	521	4	168.00	$168.00	$875	—
555–565	560	3	160.00–165.00	$161.68	$905	-3.31
620–625	623	3	150.00–152.50	$150.83	$940	-9.05
625 value added	625	11	161.00	$161.00	$1,006	—
720	720	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,008	-4.36

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	160.00	$160.00	$440	—
305–340	323	4	160.00–177.50	$167.18	$540	—
365–395	382	3	160.00–175.00	$168.14	$642	+15.69
460	460	1	165.00	$165.00	$759	+5.00
510–545	528	2	150.00–155.00	$152.58	$806	+0.84
575–590	584	4	140.00–152.50	$148.10	$865	-4.38
625–640	633	3	135.00–145.00	$140.04	$886	+2.55
680	680	1	145.00	$145.00	$986	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	120.00	$120.00	$240	—
300–305	303	2	120.00–130.00	$125.04	$379	—
355–395	378	6	122.50–130.00	$127.10	$480	—
410–425	418	2	117.50–129.00	$123.15	$515	—
475–495	483	3	118.00–120.00	$119.34	$576	—
610–635	623	2	120.00–123.00	$121.53	$757	—
695	695	1	118.00	$118.00	$820	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	135.00	$135.00	$412	—
390–395	393	2	140.00–144.00	$142.01	$558	—
400–415	408	2	126.00–130.00	$128.04	$522	-11.96
495	495	2	130.00–132.50	$131.25	$650	+2.13
540	540	1	135.00	$135.00	$729	+5.00
550–570	560	2	130.00–140.00	$134.91	$755	—
600–645	623	2	130.00–135.00	$132.41	$825	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	157.50	$157.50	$528	+3.64
365	365	1	162.50	$162.50	$593	+6.27
375 fancy	375	1	170.00	$170.00	$638	—
400–445	416	5	152.50–165.00	$159.90	$665	-1.86
465–480	472	6	145.00–160.00	$152.88	$722	+1.79
505–540	519	6	140.00	$140.00	$727	-4.19
547 value added	547	8	146.00	$146.00	$799	—
550 fancy	550	1	162.50	$162.50	$894	—
570	570	1	137.50	$137.50	$784	-5.31
635–645	640	2	135.00	$135.00	$864	-4.81
675 value added	675	4	132.00	$132.00	$891	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–230	225	2	130.00–133.00	$131.47	$296	+6.47
320–345	329	4	129.00–130.00	$129.76	$427	+14.76
355–395	375	5	126.00–135.00	$131.27	$492	+8.74
405–440	423	5	120.00–132.50	$126.63	$536	+4.91

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	150.00	$150.00	$330	—
370	370	1	145.00	$145.00	$536	+10.04
440	440	1	150.00	$150.00	$660	+14.88
490–495	493	2	140.00	$140.00	$690	+5.61
500–540	520	4	127.50–130.00	$129.39	$673	-1.25
550–595	574	4	130.00–135.00	$132.49	$760	+1.25
600	600	1	130.00	$130.00	$780	+5.04
660	660	1	130.00	$130.00	$858	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	117.50	$117.50	$347	—
310	310	1	115.00	$115.00	$356	+5.00
370–395	387	3	107.00–120.00	$112.38	$435	—
450–495	470	4	105.00–110.00	$106.84	$502	—
510	510	1	104.00	$104.00	$530	-6.00
550	550	1	111.00	$111.00	$610	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	170.00	$170.00	$502	—
410–445	428	2	150.00–155.00	$152.60	$653	—
455–495	469	6	145.00–157.50	$152.08	$713	-2.00
505–530	521	4	140.00–155.00	$147.43	$768	+1.85
555–585	571	4	135.00–145.00	$138.76	$792	-8.76
660	660	1	125.00	$125.00	$825	-5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430	413	5	175.00–185.00	$181.57	$750	-0.71
450–460	455	2	162.50–165.00	$163.74	$745	-23.76
530–545	538	2	145.00–152.50	$148.80	$801	—
560	560	1	156.00	$156.00	$874	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	120.00	$120.00	$522	+4.88
475–485	480	2	117.50–122.50	$120.03	$576	+2.53
500–540	517	3	110.00–112.00	$110.70	$572	-0.29
565–575	570	2	111.00–118.00	$114.47	$652	+4.47
600–620	610	2	110.00	$110.00	$671	+1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1185–1575	1362	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	8	1,363.00–2,111.00	$1,660.56	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–410	405	2	124.00–128.00	$126.02	$510	-11.66
505–545	531	4	120.00–135.00	$128.91	$685	+5.89
605–625	615	2	120.00–125.00	$122.54	$754	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
965–1190	1063	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	869.00–1,085.00	$953.15	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1485	1170	80-85%	13	65.00–78.00	$70.75	$828	-11.77
1105–1510	1303	80-85%	10	80.00–90.00	$86.45	$1,126	—
1350	1350	80-85%	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,296	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1060	1033	85-90%	2	63.00–67.00	$64.95	$671	—
1005–1200	1083	85-90%	4	70.00–77.00	$72.44	$785	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1505	1478	75-80%	2	84.00–90.00	$87.06	$1,287	—
1565	1565	75-80%	1	74.00	$74.00	$1,158	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1730	1379	10	99.00–113.00	$106.48	$1,468	—
1485	1485	1	86.00	$86.00	$1,277	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–855	803	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	945.00–1,005.00	$979.98
600–985	847	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	757.00–837.00	$799.44
820–970	919	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	608.00–724.00	$672.25

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–830	745	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	462.00–504.00	$488.90
785	785	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	502.00	$502.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,034.00	$1,034.00
1065–1220	1143	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,144.00–1,281.00	$1,217.15

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–920	798	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	553.00–659.00	$625.71

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	639.00	$639.00
825–1075	978	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	900.00–1,035.00	$951.27
995	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	806.00	$806.00
1060	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	760.00–775.00	$767.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1185	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–850.00	$805.12
1110–1130	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	925.00–1,025.00	$966.44

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–795	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	596.00–631.00	$613.16
790	790	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	95.00–125.00	$110.00	—
75	75	4	135.00–142.50	$140.63	—
85	85	1	135.00	$135.00	—
85	85	1	160.00	$160.00	—
100	100	1	150.00	$150.00	-60.00
100	100	1	140.00	$140.00	-70.00
100–135	122	6	162.50–230.00	$201.25	-8.75
150	150	5	250.00–265.00	$258.00	—

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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
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	985.00	$985.00	-132.95
1020–1065	1043	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,375.00	$1,216.01	—
1085	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730–760	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,025.50	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1330	1330	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	9	55.00–75.00	$64.44	+2.77
50	50	5	80.00–95.00	$90.00	-62.67
50	50	5	100.00–110.00	$105.00	-47.67
65	65	1	125.00	$125.00	-41.67
75	75	1	135.00	$135.00	-49.38

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	82.50	$82.50	-64.38
85	85	2	135.00–145.00	$140.00	-5.00
100–125	108	10	160.00–195.00	$178.50	+28.50
125	125	2	125.00	$125.00	-25.00

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	135.00	$135.00	—
85	85	1	135.00	$135.00	—
85	85	1	130.00	$130.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–125	113	2	165.00–190.00	$177.50	—

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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.