Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 25, 2023

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	335	284	579
Feeder cattle	201	166	228
Slaughter cattle	67	56	180
Replacement cattle	21	16	89

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales, Moderate offering 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
260 fancy	260	1	205.00	$205.00	$533	-13.36
305–320	313	2	190.00	$190.00	$595	-10.00
320–335 fancy	325	3	200.00–225.00	$213.51	$694	—
335 value added	335	1	215.00	$215.00	$720	—
350–395 fancy	374	4	200.00–220.00	$211.09	$789	+0.88
370–380	375	3	177.50–180.00	$179.18	$672	-10.82
415	415	1	180.00	$180.00	$747	±0.00
490 fancy	490	1	209.00	$209.00	$1,024	—
540 fancy	540	1	197.00	$197.00	$1,064	—
670–695	683	2	150.00–152.50	$151.23	$1,033	—
780 value added	780	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,170	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	128.00	$128.00	$454	—
420	420	1	120.00	$120.00	$504	—
485	485	1	130.00	$130.00	$630	—
565–570	568	2	117.50–120.00	$118.74	$674	—
605–625	615	2	120.00	$120.00	$738	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	160.00	$160.00	$664	—
470–490	480	2	160.00–170.00	$164.90	$792	—
520	520	1	170.00	$170.00	$884	+10.00
600–615	608	2	145.00–155.00	$149.94	$912	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	150.00	$150.00	$442	+20.00
340	340	1	150.00	$150.00	$510	—
385	385	1	140.00	$140.00	$539	—
530	530	1	130.00	$130.00	$689	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–215 fancy	210	2	210.00–220.00	$214.88	$451	—
325–330	327	3	150.00	$150.00	$490	-10.00
390	390	1	162.00	$162.00	$632	+2.13
410–415	413	2	152.50–155.00	$153.74	$635	-12.08
525	525	1	140.00	$140.00	$735	-2.46
565–595	581	8	132.50–148.00	$144.62	$840	+4.62
610–620	612	6	137.00–145.00	$139.26	$852	+1.73
655–670	663	2	135.00–139.00	$136.98	$908	+6.98

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	150.00	$150.00	$412	+12.63
335–345	340	2	130.00–140.00	$134.93	$459	-5.07
380	380	1	145.00	$145.00	$551	+5.00
405–445	428	8	130.00–145.00	$142.59	$610	—
455–495	471	7	130.00–145.00	$138.52	$652	+8.45
535	535	1	135.00	$135.00	$722	+5.97
600	600	1	135.00	$135.00	$810	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	120.00	$120.00	$432	—
410–430	420	2	115.00–120.00	$117.44	$493	—
460–495	478	2	114.00–118.00	$115.93	$554	+6.42
525	525	1	119.00	$119.00	$625	+11.50
585	585	1	108.00	$108.00	$632	+5.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	125.00	$125.00	$419	+5.00
355–380	368	2	122.50–130.00	$126.12	$464	+6.12

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430 fancy	415	5	197.50–210.00	$204.49	$849	—
405–435	415	3	180.00–190.00	$186.51	$774	+3.29
455–465	460	3	165.00–170.00	$168.35	$774	—
510	510	1	160.00	$160.00	$816	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–485	473	3	117.50–122.50	$119.38	$565	—
545	545	1	115.00	$115.00	$627	—
765	765	1	109.00	$109.00	$834	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	123.00	$123.00	$615	+8.00
550–585	568	2	130.00–135.00	$132.58	$753	—
630	630	1	120.00	$120.00	$756	—
695	695	1	122.00	$122.00	$848	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	150.00	$150.00	$682	-10.00
500	500	1	155.00	$155.00	$775	+4.20
590	590	1	145.00	$145.00	$856	+5.03
705	705	1	137.50	$137.50	$969	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1190	1091	80-85%	7	59.00–76.00	$68.47	$747	—
875–1410	1139	80-85%	12	79.00–88.00	$84.74	$965	—
1010–1590	1300	80-85%	5	90.00–93.00	$91.38	$1,188	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1150	984	85-90%	4	50.00–63.00	$56.51	$556	—
880–1425	1100	85-90%	6	71.00–75.00	$73.77	$811	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1620	1515	75-80%	3	75.00	$75.00	$1,136	—
1560–1875	1753	75-80%	3	89.00	$89.00	$1,560	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1840	1555	2	81.00–89.00	$85.73	$1,333	—
1360–2055	1602	3	93.00–108.00	$102.47	$1,642	+17.87

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600–805	670	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	335.00–385.00	$365.95
625–985	773	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	450.00–500.00	$473.42

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–930	887	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	600.00–730.00	$663.83
1040	1040	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,217.00	$1,217.00
1295	1295	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	984.00	$984.00

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Bred Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690	690	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
710–740	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	560.00–575.00	$567.66
770	770	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	728.00	$728.00
1545	1545	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,285.00	$1,285.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	82.50	$82.50	$169	—
235–295	265	2	62.50–67.50	$64.72	$172	-18.52

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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	145.00–150.00	$147.50	-4.50
50	50	—	—	4	135.00–140.00	$138.75	-13.25
75	75	—	—	1	105.00	$105.00	-47.00
75	75	—	—	1	125.00	$125.00	-27.00
75	75	—	—	2	185.00	$185.00	+33.00
100	100	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	160.00	$160.00	-51.25
100	100	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	-91.25
100	100	—	—	1	130.00	$130.00	-81.25
125	125	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	-61.25

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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
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	+150.00

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	87.50	$87.50	$411	—
540	540	1	97.00	$97.00	$524	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	160.00	$160.00	-10.00

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Heifer Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–805	803	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	925.00–975.00	$949.92	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	1	35.00	$35.00	-37.50
25	25	1	80.00	$80.00	+7.50
25	25	1	40.00	$40.00	-32.50
50	50	5	55.00–70.00	$63.00	-57.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	100.00	$100.00	—
75	75	—	—	1	60.00	$60.00	—
100	100	—	—	2	170.00–175.00	$172.50	—
100	100	—	—	1	125.00	$125.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	50.00	$50.00	$138	—
350–380	365	2	67.50–72.50	$70.10	$256	—
385	385	1	52.50	$52.50	$202	—
430–470	456	4	77.50–90.00	$83.18	$379	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	105.00	$105.00	—

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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.