Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 7, 2022

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $149.93/cwt ≈ $775/hd at 517 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	445	325	201
Feeder cattle	282	189	127
Slaughter cattle	68	73	24
Replacement cattle	42	35	19

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
315–325	320	2	170.00–175.00	$172.46	$552	—
362–380	365	6	170.00–180.00	$171.74	$627	-3.26
405–425	415	2	170.00–175.00	$172.56	$716	+3.77
455–475	465	2	170.00–177.50	$173.83	$808	—
505–525 fancy	515	2	187.50	$187.50	$966	—
515–540	532	3	172.50–184.00	$176.21	$937	—
550–570	560	2	170.00–180.00	$175.09	$981	—
610–630	620	2	157.50–167.50	$162.58	$1,008	—
695	695	5	163.00	$163.00	$1,133	—
730	730	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,040	—
810	810	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,134	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	340	2	155.00–160.00	$157.54	$536	+7.54
350–395	370	6	150.00–165.00	$158.78	$587	+2.04
490	490	1	152.50	$152.50	$747	—
510	510	1	167.50	$167.50	$854	—
560–590	578	3	150.00–160.00	$155.59	$899	—
630	630	1	152.50	$152.50	$961	—
700–740	720	2	125.00	$125.00	$900	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	142.50	$142.50	$477	+3.35
360–380	370	2	140.00–145.00	$142.57	$528	+2.57
440	440	1	130.00	$130.00	$572	-5.09
520–545	535	3	120.00–135.00	$128.22	$686	—
640	640	1	130.00	$130.00	$832	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	270	2	120.00–130.00	$124.72	$337	+4.72
335–340	338	2	120.00–130.00	$125.04	$423	+7.39
480	480	1	110.00	$110.00	$528	—
530	530	1	110.00	$110.00	$583	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	335	2	140.00	$140.00	$469	—
350–390	372	5	140.00–148.00	$144.36	$537	—
415–445	427	5	140.00–152.50	$149.06	$636	—
455–495	475	2	140.00–152.50	$145.99	$693	—
490 fancy	490	1	157.00	$157.00	$769	—
500–517 fancy	515	8	152.00–157.00	$152.61	$786	—
500–545	520	5	140.00–150.00	$145.63	$757	—
555–560	558	2	135.00–142.50	$138.73	$774	+7.56
565–593 fancy	584	6	150.00–152.50	$150.81	$881	—
605–640	626	6	125.00–137.50	$128.78	$806	+1.28
625–645 fancy	635	2	145.00–152.50	$148.69	$944	—
665–685	675	3	125.00–135.00	$130.82	$883	+5.82
710–735	723	3	120.00–135.00	$126.60	$915	+0.60

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	360	3	130.00–135.00	$131.62	$474	+11.62
410–435	425	3	120.00–130.00	$126.59	$538	—
475–490	485	3	120.00–135.00	$129.26	$627	—
500–540	516	4	120.00–132.50	$126.37	$652	-0.29
565	565	1	122.50	$122.50	$692	-1.15
605–630	618	4	110.00–115.00	$113.10	$699	-11.90
665	665	1	122.50	$122.50	$815	-2.50
715	715	1	112.50	$112.50	$804	—
760	760	1	105.00	$105.00	$798	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	110.00	$110.00	$308	+0.61
300–335	318	2	109.00–110.00	$109.53	$348	+5.53
500	500	1	105.00	$105.00	$525	—
560	560	2	100.00–107.50	$103.75	$581	—
635	635	1	100.00	$100.00	$635	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	434	4	110.00–115.00	$111.82	$485	-6.18
525	525	1	110.00	$110.00	$578	-5.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–425	413	2	140.00–150.00	$145.15	$599	-4.85
470	470	1	160.00	$160.00	$752	—
520–535	529	4	130.00–145.00	$136.19	$720	—
550–570	558	3	125.00–137.50	$130.84	$730	-14.16
745	745	1	113.00	$113.00	$842	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–435	433	2	172.50	$172.50	$747	+7.44
495	495	1	167.50	$167.50	$829	-7.50
540	540	1	157.50	$157.50	$850	-7.45
570–575	573	3	147.50–152.50	$150.00	$860	-5.57
655–685	670	3	142.50–150.00	$146.61	$982	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	100.00	$100.00	$675	±0.00
710	710	1	105.00	$105.00	$746	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	112.00	$112.00	$605	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1320	1154	80-85%	8	55.00–67.00	$63.20	$729	—
1165	1165	80-85%	1	82.00	$82.00	$955	—
1005–1765	1214	80-85%	20	69.00–80.00	$74.09	$899	+11.92

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–985	822	85-90%	9	49.00–60.00	$53.82	$442	—
785–990	901	85-90%	11	64.00–72.00	$67.01	$604	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1375–1765	1513	75-80%	4	72.00–75.00	$73.39	$1,110	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1300	1173	3	88.00–90.00	$89.03	$1,044	—
1730	1730	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,799	—
2160	2160	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,728	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–925	835	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	100.00–120.00	$108.34	$905

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
605–700	661	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	250.00–280.00	$272.06

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775	775	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	70.00	$70.00	$542
835	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	60.00	$60.00	$501

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	80.00	$80.00	$684

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–880	828	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	500.00–585.00	$536.22
815–885	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	525.00–650.00	$583.04
835–985	903	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	575.00–775.00	$687.82

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–945	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–825.00	$761.49
1035–1095	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	850.00–925.00	$888.56
1020–1160	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–925.00	$843.12

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655–695	675	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	425.00–475.00	$449.26

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–790	746	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	825.00–925.00	$864.53	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890–1040	988	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	775.00–1,000.00	$913.95	+113.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–390	380	2	120.00–125.00	$122.57	$466	—
443	443	6	120.00	$120.00	$532	—
475	475	1	120.00	$120.00	$570	+15.00
565–585	575	2	105.00–120.00	$112.37	$646	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	3	50.00–60.00	$56.67	—
30	30	4	70.00–85.00	$77.50	—
40	40	8	110.00–125.00	$115.63	—
50	50	4	135.00–145.00	$138.75	+8.75
60	60	9	190.00–220.00	$207.78	+77.78
70	70	5	240.00–250.00	$244.00	+154.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	140.00–150.00	$145.00	-40.00
50	50	1	50.00	$50.00	-135.00
50	50	1	115.00	$115.00	-70.00
60	60	2	170.00–175.00	$172.50	-12.50
70	70	2	185.00–192.50	$188.75	+3.75
80–85	83	2	125.00–165.00	$145.00	-40.00
95	95	1	215.00	$215.00	+30.00
100–130	117	7	220.00–270.00	$244.29	+79.29
140	140	1	190.00	$190.00	—
165	165	1	360.00	$360.00	—

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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.