Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 21, 2022

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $137.86/cwt -16.12 vs last sale · ≈ $645/hd at 468 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	439	584	662
Feeder cattle	307	432	353
Slaughter cattle	79	66	142
Replacement cattle	35	33	117

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average offerings 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
295	295	1	150.00	$150.00	$442	—
350–385	365	4	145.00–155.00	$148.66	$543	—
530	530	1	150.00	$150.00	$795	-5.00
665	665	1	130.00	$130.00	$864	—
720–740	730	2	120.00–130.00	$124.93	$912	—
900–910	905	2	114.00–116.00	$115.01	$1,041	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	2	130.00–135.00	$132.50	$344	-7.50
300–345	325	3	130.00–140.00	$135.23	$439	—
355–390	370	3	127.50–130.00	$129.18	$478	-8.32
520	520	1	130.00	$130.00	$676	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375 fancy	375	2	187.50–190.00	$188.75	$708	-11.25
385–395	388	3	175.00–182.50	$179.17	$695	-10.45
595	595	1	165.00	$165.00	$982	—
600	600	1	155.00	$155.00	$930	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	3	115.00–124.00	$119.71	$399	-2.79
355–375	365	2	110.00–120.00	$114.86	$419	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	140.00	$140.00	$483	-22.50
380–395	385	4	140.00–150.00	$147.53	$568	-6.60
415–445	428	6	140.00–155.00	$147.87	$633	-10.81
450–490	468	12	130.00–140.00	$137.86	$645	-16.12
500–530	511	6	130.00–137.50	$133.68	$683	-6.32
550–555	552	3	130.00–135.00	$131.66	$727	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	127.50	$127.50	$274	—
265–270	268	2	127.50–130.00	$128.76	$345	-25.30
335–340	337	3	125.00–135.00	$130.00	$438	-20.00
365–395	380	5	125.00–135.00	$130.59	$496	-9.41
415–440	423	3	120.00–130.00	$125.10	$529	-19.16
455–495	478	6	120.00–126.00	$123.45	$590	-19.49
520–545	532	3	120.00–125.00	$123.29	$656	-12.10
550–590	570	2	120.00–125.00	$122.59	$699	-9.14
630	630	3	115.00–122.00	$118.33	$745	-4.17
770	770	1	100.00	$100.00	$770	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–275	267	3	120.00–125.00	$122.48	$327	-4.91
300–330	314	6	115.00–120.00	$117.53	$369	-2.47
350–395	374	7	115.00–120.00	$119.30	$446	-8.25
530	530	1	110.00	$110.00	$583	—
570	570	1	112.00	$112.00	$638	-8.00
605–635	620	2	110.00	$110.00	$682	-10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	2	110.00	$110.00	$330	—
350–395	373	2	110.00–112.00	$110.94	$414	-14.06
405	405	1	112.00	$112.00	$454	-4.59
545	545	1	105.00	$105.00	$572	-5.00
635	635	1	100.00	$100.00	$635	—
665	665	1	100.00	$100.00	$665	—

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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	425	5	140.00–165.00	$149.56	$636	-21.58
460–490	470	6	130.00–155.00	$143.65	$675	-9.75
510–540	526	6	130.00–141.00	$132.69	$698	-8.98
600	600	1	125.00	$125.00	$750	—
660–680	670	3	120.00–121.00	$120.34	$806	—
700–720	710	3	110.00–114.00	$112.15	$796	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430	415	7	175.00–187.50	$182.53	$757	-8.10
450–490	466	8	160.00–170.00	$163.88	$764	-8.13
505–530	516	4	155.00–165.00	$160.52	$828	—
610–635	620	4	145.00–155.00	$150.64	$934	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–435	424	4	125.00–135.00	$127.81	$542	—
455–490	471	5	120.00–125.00	$122.51	$577	-15.49
515–545	530	2	115.00	$115.00	$610	-15.00
645	645	2	106.00–111.00	$108.50	$700	-13.22

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–485	477	3	110.00–112.50	$111.49	$532	—
550–580	568	3	105.00	$105.00	$596	-13.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
935–1015	971	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	1,200.00–2,300.00	$1,661.33	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1280	1152	80-85%	10	60.00–72.00	$69.19	$797	—
970–1570	1223	80-85%	18	75.00–85.00	$80.93	$990	—
1250–1325	1297	80-85%	3	90.00–118.00	$107.85	$1,399	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–930	821	85-90%	6	75.00–78.00	$75.91	$623	—
730–995	874	85-90%	7	50.00–71.00	$61.76	$540	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1650	1480	3	88.00–96.00	$93.53	$1,384	—
1030–1995	1599	9	98.00–115.00	$108.65	$1,737	—

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Bred Cows

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665–820	738	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	475.00–625.00	$579.97
810–820	815	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	600.00–625.00	$612.58
830–870	844	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	675.00–785.00	$731.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,175.00	$1,175.00
1207	1207	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,450.00	$1,450.00
1165–1400	1283	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,150.00–1,175.00	$1,163.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1160	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	775.00–875.00	$832.71
1045	1045	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	920.00	$920.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	172.50	$172.50	+97.50
70	70	1	117.50	$117.50	+42.50
90	90	1	215.00	$215.00	+140.00

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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
775–1065	927	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,312.80	—
1085–1265	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00–1,360.00	$1,228.41	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	30.00	$30.00	-5.00
30	30	5	85.00–112.50	$99.50	+64.50
50	50	3	95.00–107.50	$100.83	+6.33
60	60	1	127.50	$127.50	+33.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	150.00	$150.00	+60.00
100	100	1	140.00	$140.00	-67.50
125	125	2	200.00–205.00	$202.50	-5.00

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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.