Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 19, 2022

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $138.19/cwt +0.19 vs last sale · ≈ $571/hd at 413 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	492	491	492
Feeder cattle	220	291	220
Slaughter cattle	97	109	97
Replacement cattle	65	31	65

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week on all classes of feeder cattle due to limited sales. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were steady. There was and average 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
245	245	1	145.00	$145.00	$355	—
300–340	320	2	145.00–147.50	$146.33	$468	-13.67
355–395	370	4	145.00–160.00	$152.69	$565	+4.25
455	455	1	160.00	$160.00	$728	+17.38
530–535	533	2	145.00–150.00	$147.51	$786	+12.51
580	580	1	140.00	$140.00	$812	+10.00
600–645	625	4	125.00–135.00	$132.46	$828	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–390	380	2	170.00–175.00	$172.57	$656	—
415 fancy	415	1	182.50	$182.50	$757	—
410–445	428	2	172.50–175.00	$173.70	$743	+12.70
450 fancy	450	1	181.00	$181.00	$814	—
460–475	468	2	170.00–175.00	$172.46	$807	+22.46
500	500	1	160.00	$160.00	$800	+12.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–270	265	2	130.00–135.00	$132.45	$351	—
310–325	318	2	130.00–135.00	$132.44	$421	—
355	355	1	135.00	$135.00	$479	+3.34
525–545	535	2	120.00–130.00	$124.91	$668	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	286	4	110.00–117.50	$113.70	$325	-1.36
340	340	1	115.00	$115.00	$391	—
385	385	1	120.00	$120.00	$462	+0.57

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	130.00	$130.00	$266	—
265–275	270	2	120.00–150.00	$134.72	$364	—
300–320	313	5	115.00–120.00	$118.20	$370	—
355–385	371	4	118.00–130.00	$122.09	$453	+2.09
425	425	1	125.00	$125.00	$531	+1.65
525	525	1	120.00	$120.00	$630	+0.43
570–595	580	4	112.00–123.00	$118.74	$689	+2.91
600–640	617	3	110.00–115.00	$113.27	$699	+4.77
698	698	2	112.00	$112.00	$782	+7.89
700–730	710	3	102.50–105.00	$104.14	$739	+2.47
795	795	1	105.00	$105.00	$835	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	140.00	$140.00	$287	-10.00
400–445	413	13	135.00–143.00	$138.19	$571	+0.19
470–485	478	3	135.00–138.00	$136.00	$650	+8.14
505	505	1	134.00	$134.00	$677	+4.00
610–630	620	2	120.00–121.00	$120.49	$747	—
675	675	1	116.00	$116.00	$783	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	111.00	$111.00	$322	-0.24
300–335	322	3	110.00–112.00	$110.68	$356	—
380–395	388	2	110.00	$110.00	$427	-1.22
420–435	428	2	110.00	$110.00	$471	±0.00
520	520	1	107.00	$107.00	$556	-3.00
570	570	1	110.00	$110.00	$627	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	110.00	$110.00	$341	—
530	530	1	100.00	$100.00	$530	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	433	4	120.00–155.00	$138.89	$601	+1.42
455–485	473	3	150.00–155.00	$151.69	$717	+16.73
520–530	525	2	120.00–130.00	$124.95	$656	-2.51
560–590	570	3	120.00–135.00	$124.91	$712	+7.39
635–645	640	2	115.00	$115.00	$736	+0.03

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	426	7	165.00–172.50	$168.56	$718	+20.40
450–460	455	2	160.00–172.00	$165.93	$755	+17.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1405–1705	1555	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,600.00–1,800.00	$1,709.65	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–475	465	2	110.00–115.00	$112.45	$523	+2.45

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1410	1129	80-85%	12	52.00–61.00	$57.93	$654	-8.18
1145	1145	80-85%	1	85.00	$85.00	$973	+18.89
1000–1325	1166	80-85%	33	65.00–75.00	$69.16	$806	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–925	868	85-90%	4	48.00–56.00	$52.57	$456	+0.97
765–995	895	85-90%	12	65.00–75.00	$69.23	$620	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420–1505	1466	75-80%	4	65.00–70.00	$67.01	$982	-0.94

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1720	1491	7	99.00–110.00	$103.02	$1,536	—
1130–2180	1580	5	86.00–95.00	$91.81	$1,451	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
605–795	675	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	375.00–475.00	$426.22

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
963	963	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	625.00	$625.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	90.00	$90.00	$824

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1185	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	675.00–925.00	$802.51
1055–1210	1133	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	650.00–850.00	$756.84

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–970	899	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	650.00–750.00	$713.42
800–995	911	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	550.00–725.00	$642.86
900–965	933	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	650.00–975.00	$818.16

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–860	833	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	475.00–500.00	$487.09

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
135–170	153	2	97.50–102.50	$100.29	$153	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	5.00	$5.00	$25	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	—	—	2	50.00–65.00	$57.50	+7.50
70	70	—	—	2	160.00–165.00	$162.50	-0.83
80	80	—	—	4	120.00–130.00	$127.50	-2.50
90	90	—	—	1	145.00	$145.00	+15.00
100	100	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	270.00	$270.00	—
135–140	138	—	—	3	185.00–190.00	$188.33	—
200	200	—	—	1	320.00	$320.00	—
200	200	—	—	1	180.00	$180.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720–920	849	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	810.00–1,075.00	$927.11	—
865	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	-22.51
950–955	953	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,124.93	—
975	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	885.00	$885.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1125–1175	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	+69.23
1055–1215	1153	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,102.71	+21.94

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040–1260	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,350.00–1,375.00	$1,363.70	—
1135–1365	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00–1,285.00	$1,246.41	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	110.00	$110.00	$490	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	10	60.00–75.00	$64.50	-7.17
30	30	2	35.00–40.00	$37.50	-34.17
40	40	9	85.00–95.00	$90.00	+8.33
50	50	8	100.00–120.00	$112.50	-12.50
60	60	6	130.00–140.00	$136.67	+11.67
60	60	1	165.00	$165.00	+40.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	8	75.00–97.50	$81.56	-59.69
50	50	14	120.00–130.00	$123.93	-17.32
60	60	7	140.00–145.00	$143.57	+2.32
70	70	3	110.00–115.00	$111.67	-43.33
70	70	10	155.00–165.00	$163.50	+8.50
80	80	2	135.00	$135.00	-25.00
120–140	129	5	180.00–205.00	$190.00	-8.33
140	140	3	140.00–150.00	$146.67	-51.66

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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.