Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 8, 2023

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $159.13/cwt ≈ $1,100/hd at 691 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	432	229	534
Feeder cattle	276	131	286
Slaughter cattle	62	38	146
Replacement cattle	29	17	64

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
270–290	280	2	180.00	$180.00	$504	—
280–295 fancy	288	2	205.00–220.00	$212.70	$613	—
300–335 fancy	316	8	210.00–225.00	$218.15	$689	—
325	325	1	200.00	$200.00	$650	±0.00
360	360	1	190.00	$190.00	$684	-3.69
350–385 fancy	371	8	215.00–230.00	$220.32	$817	+9.74
418 fancy	418	3	219.00	$219.00	$915	—
460–490 fancy	481	4	205.00–212.50	$208.80	$1,004	—
500–520 fancy	510	4	212.50–213.00	$212.63	$1,084	+2.84
510	510	1	199.00	$199.00	$1,015	—
510 value added	510	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,046	—
580	580	1	184.00	$184.00	$1,067	—
655–699	691	10	151.00–160.00	$159.13	$1,100	—
760–790	775	2	147.50–148.00	$147.75	$1,145	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–285	275	2	150.00	$150.00	$412	+20.00
320	320	1	142.50	$142.50	$456	+7.50
385–395	390	2	140.00–150.00	$144.94	$565	+5.62

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	170.00	$170.00	$663	+10.00
415	415	1	170.00	$170.00	$706	—
590	590	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,003	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	125.00	$125.00	$325	+5.00
630	630	1	125.00	$125.00	$788	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–280	268	2	137.50–147.50	$142.27	$381	+7.40
305–345	327	3	140.00–150.00	$144.25	$472	+10.59
350–385	373	6	140.00–146.00	$142.69	$532	+12.81
445	445	1	147.50	$147.50	$656	+15.06
460–485	470	3	140.00–145.00	$143.35	$674	+18.35
500–530	515	2	130.00–145.00	$137.28	$707	+9.63
555	555	1	130.00	$130.00	$722	+2.36
645	645	1	130.00	$130.00	$838	+0.88
660–665	662	3	120.00–130.00	$125.01	$828	—
710–745	728	3	125.00–127.50	$125.84	$916	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	150.00	$150.00	$382	—
300–330	317	6	150.00–160.00	$151.58	$481	+6.58
360–395	382	3	150.00–160.00	$154.27	$589	+2.94
405–430	418	5	150.00–155.00	$153.50	$642	+11.12
460	460	1	152.50	$152.50	$702	+8.31
630	630	1	135.00	$135.00	$850	—
745	745	1	130.00	$130.00	$968	+2.50
767 value added	767	3	131.00	$131.00	$1,005	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	270	2	112.50–120.00	$116.53	$315	—
300–340	320	3	107.50–120.00	$112.29	$359	—
360–395	381	5	110.00–125.00	$114.63	$437	+5.90
405–440	418	3	110.00–120.00	$115.14	$481	—
465–495	480	2	110.00–117.50	$113.63	$545	—
500–515	508	2	110.00–117.00	$113.45	$576	—
585	585	1	120.00	$120.00	$702	—
655	655	1	117.50	$117.50	$770	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–285	278	2	130.00–137.50	$133.65	$372	—
330–335	333	3	120.00–130.00	$126.70	$422	—
380	380	1	132.50	$132.50	$504	+12.50
415–420	418	3	120.00–130.00	$126.65	$529	—
450–490	470	2	122.50–124.00	$123.28	$579	—
505–535	524	5	120.00–125.00	$123.17	$645	—
655–680	663	3	115.00–120.00	$118.29	$784	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–420	418	2	165.00–170.00	$167.49	$700	—
480–490	485	2	160.00–170.00	$164.95	$800	—
515–545	530	2	150.00–160.00	$154.86	$821	—
555–565	560	2	147.50–150.00	$148.74	$833	+8.74
605–630	620	3	131.00–140.00	$135.35	$839	-2.97
655–665	660	3	130.00–140.00	$135.01	$891	-5.81

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	127.50	$127.50	$542	—
465–485	475	2	130.00–142.00	$135.87	$645	—
505–530	518	3	120.00–129.00	$124.63	$646	—
565–575	570	2	120.00–125.00	$122.52	$698	—
605	605	1	120.00	$120.00	$726	—
660–665	663	3	120.00–125.00	$121.67	$807	—
715	715	1	120.00	$120.00	$858	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–440 fancy	430	2	197.50–215.00	$206.05	$886	-3.95
410–445	432	6	180.00–197.50	$189.73	$820	+9.73

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	150.00	$150.00	$735	—
515	515	1	150.00	$150.00	$772	—
555–585	565	5	135.00–140.00	$138.00	$780	—
640	640	1	130.00	$130.00	$832	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
525–730	645	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	609.00–802.00	$748.88	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1275–1590	1433	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,625.00–2,067.00	$1,870.30	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1385	1162	80-85%	11	67.00–79.00	$74.65	$867	—
1220–1225	1223	80-85%	2	98.00–99.00	$98.50	$1,205	—
930–1480	1241	80-85%	18	82.00–95.00	$88.45	$1,098	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1445–1860	1639	75-80%	7	81.00–90.00	$83.15	$1,363	—
1630–1655	1641	75-80%	4	70.00–79.00	$76.50	$1,255	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1115	1065	85-90%	2	50.00–72.00	$61.52	$655	—
890–1425	1199	85-90%	4	79.00–86.00	$82.52	$989	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1450	1220	2	82.00–90.00	$86.75	$1,058	—
990–1650	1289	4	93.00–110.00	$102.54	$1,322	—
1495–1995	1761	4	113.00–125.00	$118.44	$2,086	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–880	837	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	774.00–897.00	$851.10
800–890	838	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	576.00–660.00	$604.26
825–990	908	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	644.00–718.00	$677.64

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–865	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	533.00–627.00	$583.82

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–775	753	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	326.00–431.00	$376.93

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1270	1270	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	877.00	$877.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665–845	730	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	400.00–550.00	$495.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
805	805	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105	105	1	67.50	$67.50	$71	—
225	225	1	35.00	$35.00	$79	—
255–275	265	3	50.00–63.00	$58.34	$155	—
315–390	348	5	52.50–72.50	$59.63	$208	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	27.50	$27.50	$70	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	—	—	1	140.00	$140.00	+25.00
75	75	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	160.00	$160.00	+45.00
75	75	—	—	2	100.00–115.00	$107.50	-7.50
75	75	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	+35.00
100	100	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	-73.33
100–125	108	—	—	3	180.00–210.00	$195.00	+1.67
100–125	113	—	—	2	165.00–175.00	$170.00	+15.00
150	150	—	—	1	230.00	$230.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	760.00	$760.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	6	45.00–65.00	$55.83	-54.17
50	50	1	100.00	$100.00	-75.00
50	50	4	130.00–145.00	$136.25	-38.75
75	75	2	150.00	$150.00	-25.00

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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	—	—	1	45.00	$45.00	-113.75
75	75	—	—	2	130.00–165.00	$147.50	-11.25
75	75	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	-38.75
100	100	—	—	1	105.00	$105.00	-115.00
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	140.00	$140.00	-80.00
100	100	—	—	2	180.00–195.00	$187.50	-32.50
100–125	108	—	—	3	125.00–130.00	$128.33	-91.67

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	28.00	$28.00	$106	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	5	90.00–115.00	$105.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	2	125.00	$125.00	-50.00
100	100	1	160.00	$160.00	-7.50

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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.