Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 12, 2022

491 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $138.00/cwt -4.55 vs last sale · ≈ $609/hd at 441 lb · 21 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $161.00/cwt ≈ $675/hd at 419 lb · 14 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $118.98/cwt -11.02 vs last sale · ≈ $563/hd at 473 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	491	449	365
Feeder cattle	291	239	189
Slaughter cattle	109	99	48
Replacement cattle	31	55	40

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 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419	419	14	161.00	$161.00	$675	—
460–475	468	2	150.00	$150.00	$702	-17.50
535	535	1	148.00	$148.00	$792	—
588	588	9	140.00	$140.00	$823	-14.75
623	623	2	138.00	$138.00	$860	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	160.00	$160.00	$488	±0.00
355–390	378	3	145.00–150.00	$148.44	$561	—
410	410	1	140.00	$140.00	$574	—
450–495	473	2	140.00–145.00	$142.62	$675	—
505	505	1	135.00	$135.00	$682	-14.00
560–575	568	2	130.00	$130.00	$738	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	262	3	110.00–120.00	$115.06	$301	-1.57
350–395	375	5	115.00–122.50	$119.43	$448	+8.21
480	480	1	100.00	$100.00	$480	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–380	372	3	130.00–135.00	$131.66	$490	-3.34
455	455	1	125.00	$125.00	$569	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	120.00	$120.00	$426	—
405–445	421	9	120.00–125.00	$123.35	$519	+3.35
455–495	473	12	115.00–125.00	$118.98	$563	-11.02
505–545	527	6	117.50–120.00	$119.57	$630	-10.43
560–595	581	7	112.00–120.00	$115.83	$673	—
600–645	621	8	105.00–115.00	$108.50	$674	-16.50
665–690	679	8	100.00–110.00	$104.11	$707	—
715–735	725	3	100.00–105.00	$101.67	$737	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	150.00	$150.00	$300	—
441	441	21	138.00	$138.00	$609	-4.55
450–492	478	8	125.00–131.00	$127.86	$611	-12.14
530–537	536	8	130.00	$130.00	$697	-4.53
580	580	4	127.00	$127.00	$737	-6.95

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–275	273	2	110.00–112.50	$111.24	$304	—
365–385	373	4	110.00–115.00	$111.22	$415	—
405	405	1	110.00	$110.00	$446	±0.00
475	475	1	110.00	$110.00	$522	±0.00
535–545	540	2	110.00	$110.00	$594	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–425	420	2	135.00–140.00	$137.47	$577	-22.53
470–495	480	4	130.00–140.00	$134.96	$648	-15.43
525–540	533	2	125.00–130.00	$127.46	$679	—
565–575	570	2	115.00–120.00	$117.52	$670	-9.95
600–640	614	4	113.00–118.00	$114.97	$706	-13.52
660–665	663	2	112.00–115.00	$113.49	$752	-13.75
700–710	705	3	105.00–110.00	$108.32	$764	-14.18

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–485	483	2	110.00–114.00	$111.99	$541	-9.72
510–520	515	2	110.00–112.00	$110.99	$572	-2.40
630	630	1	105.00	$105.00	$662	-3.00
670–690	681	4	100.00–102.00	$100.50	$684	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–435	425	4	145.00–150.00	$148.16	$630	-29.25
450–470	457	3	145.00–150.00	$148.28	$678	-20.88

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	110.00	$110.00	$522	—
585–590	588	2	102.50–105.00	$103.74	$610	+0.71

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1235	1102	80-85%	15	48.00–57.00	$52.14	$575	—
1000–1410	1145	80-85%	34	60.00–73.00	$66.11	$757	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625–940	785	85-90%	22	60.00–72.50	$66.36	$521	—
695–985	855	85-90%	10	45.00–56.00	$51.60	$441	-1.90

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1755	1481	75-80%	7	65.00–71.00	$67.95	$1,006	-3.71

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1560	1285	3	82.00–92.00	$86.84	$1,116	+0.84
1865	1865	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,958	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	84.00	$84.00	$823

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1015–1385	1139	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	685.00–975.00	$808.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1670	1387	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	650.00–1,250.00	$1,062.02

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–950	845	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	550.00	$550.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	100.00	$100.00	$400	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	6.00	$6.00	$28	—
540	540	1	7.00	$7.00	$38	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	50.00	$50.00	—
60	60	2	90.00	$90.00	—
70	70	3	160.00–170.00	$163.33	—
70	70	4	115.00–120.00	$116.25	—
80	80	1	130.00	$130.00	—

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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
985–1090	1038	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00–1,225.00	$1,213.13	-148.78
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
1030–1275	1154	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,010.00–1,200.00	$1,080.77	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
810–940	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	810.00–925.00	$872.51	—
830–1005	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	825.00–850.00	$842.40	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080–1170	1134	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,160.00–1,550.00	$1,324.93	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	25.00	$25.00	-12.50
30	30	3	70.00–75.00	$71.67	+34.17
30	30	12	30.00–45.00	$38.75	+1.25
40	40	3	80.00–85.00	$81.67	+9.67
40	40	2	60.00–65.00	$62.50	-9.50
60	60	2	120.00–130.00	$125.00	-26.43

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	2	140.00–142.50	$141.25	+12.25
70	70	1	155.00	$155.00	+26.00
80	80	1	160.00	$160.00	-16.67
110–120	113	3	190.00–210.00	$198.33	-19.17

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	64.00	$64.00	$224	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	3	130.00–140.00	$136.67	—
60	60	5	145.00–155.00	$150.00	—
100	100	3	170.00–177.50	$174.17	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
180	180	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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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.