Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 5, 2023

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $183.00/cwt -17.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,103/hd at 603 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	402	320	411
Feeder cattle	174	141	131
Slaughter cattle	124	80	116
Replacement cattle	16	20	95

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average 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
220–230 fancy	225	2	210.00–212.50	$211.28	$475	—
250–290 fancy	270	2	212.50–215.00	$213.84	$577	—
255–285	270	2	200.00–205.00	$202.64	$547	+2.64
315–340 fancy	328	2	215.00–222.50	$218.89	$718	—
350–360 fancy	355	2	220.00–227.50	$223.80	$794	-4.55
375–395	383	3	200.00–210.00	$205.09	$785	—
420–430	425	2	195.00–207.50	$201.18	$855	+6.18
430 fancy	430	1	215.00	$215.00	$924	—
450–485 fancy	468	2	212.50–215.00	$213.70	$1,000	—
470	470	1	190.00	$190.00	$893	—
505	505	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,023	—
553 value added	553	4	185.00	$185.00	$1,023	—
603 value added	603	22	183.00	$183.00	$1,103	-17.00
698 value added	698	7	172.00	$172.00	$1,201	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	147.50	$147.50	$649	—
470	470	1	142.50	$142.50	$670	—
540	540	1	140.00	$140.00	$756	—
560–580	567	3	128.00–133.00	$130.31	$739	—
625	625	1	145.00	$145.00	$906	—
665–695	677	3	130.00–132.50	$130.83	$886	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–280	268	2	190.00–192.50	$191.19	$512	—
315	315	1	180.00	$180.00	$567	—
355	355	1	175.00	$175.00	$621	—
400–430	415	2	180.00–190.00	$185.18	$768	—
475	475	1	177.50	$177.50	$843	—
510	510	1	175.00	$175.00	$892	—
590	590	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,062	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–360	358	3	160.00–170.00	$165.00	$591	-5.00
550–585	568	2	165.00	$165.00	$937	—
720	720	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,087	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–270	268	3	180.00	$180.00	$482	+10.00
325	325	2	172.50–180.00	$176.25	$573	+6.25
365–395	378	5	170.00–185.00	$177.06	$669	+9.56
400–440	419	7	140.00–180.00	$173.38	$726	+10.85
475–495	485	4	140.00–175.00	$156.28	$758	—
688 value added	688	5	161.00	$161.00	$1,108	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230	215	2	130.00–132.50	$131.34	$282	—
495	495	1	130.00	$130.00	$644	—
580	580	1	132.50	$132.50	$768	—
615	615	1	125.00	$125.00	$769	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	152.50	$152.50	$404	—
315–345	330	2	150.00–167.50	$159.15	$525	—
385	385	1	150.00	$150.00	$578	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–405	403	2	184.00–190.00	$187.02	$754	-5.48

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Feeder Bulls

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	155.00	$155.00	$682	+20.00
450	450	1	160.00	$160.00	$720	+22.50
585	585	1	152.50	$152.50	$892	+20.08
655	655	1	150.00	$150.00	$982	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	190.00	$190.00	$808	-5.00
510–530	520	2	185.00–190.00	$187.55	$975	-2.45

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	185.00	$185.00	$897	+4.97
520	520	1	170.00	$170.00	$884	-5.12

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	130.00	$130.00	$637	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1480	1178	80-85%	14	80.00–94.00	$88.58	$1,043	—
1105–1235	1192	80-85%	5	109.00–114.00	$110.60	$1,318	—
960–1425	1227	80-85%	29	95.00–108.00	$101.22	$1,242	-4.35

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1400	1073	85-90%	14	72.00–88.00	$81.05	$870	—
840–1800	1181	85-90%	12	89.00–99.00	$92.89	$1,097	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1635	1414	75-80%	5	90.00–102.00	$95.74	$1,354	-9.18
1530	1530	75-80%	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,882	—
1335–1750	1553	75-80%	4	81.00–86.00	$83.50	$1,297	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1415	1415	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,358	—
1595–1790	1691	4	126.00–128.00	$127.49	$2,156	—
1500–2080	1841	4	105.00–121.00	$114.46	$2,107	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–875	860	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	804.00–978.00	$908.61
920–970	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,110.00–1,154.00	$1,132.58

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
605–625	615	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	609.00–726.00	$666.55
740	740	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	832.50	$832.50
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	770.00	$770.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–695	690	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	445.00–459.00	$452.05

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,095.00	$1,095.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715	715	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155–190	176	7	67.50–85.00	$73.07	$129	—
200–225	212	3	72.50–75.00	$73.39	$156	-11.61

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	3	50.00–80.00	$65.00	-84.17
75	75	3	185.00–225.00	$203.33	+54.16
75	75	1	110.00	$110.00	-39.17
100	100	1	100.00	$100.00	+2.50
100	100	2	130.00–150.00	$140.00	+42.50
100	100	2	80.00–110.00	$95.00	-2.50
100	100	1	125.00	$125.00	+27.50
100–125	117	6	245.00–320.00	$284.17	+70.17

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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
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
975–1030	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,725.00–1,750.00	$1,737.16	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	+625.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	122.50	$122.50	$582	—
540	540	1	127.00	$127.00	$686	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	2	40.00	$40.00	-12.50
25	25	2	45.00–57.50	$51.25	-1.25
25	25	1	35.00	$35.00	-17.50
50	50	7	80.00–90.00	$84.64	-14.36
50	50	2	50.00	$50.00	-49.00
50	50	2	122.50	$122.50	+23.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	75.00	$75.00	-42.14
50	50	1	85.00	$85.00	-32.14
50	50	1	120.00	$120.00	+2.86
75	75	1	75.00	$75.00	-67.50
75	75	1	105.00	$105.00	-37.50
75	75	2	120.00	$120.00	-22.50
100	100	2	130.00–135.00	$132.50	-182.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	60.00	$60.00	$141	—
475–495	485	2	62.50–70.00	$66.17	$321	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	85.00	$85.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	200.00	$200.00	—
100–125	107	7	190.00–285.00	$221.79	+41.79
150	150	1	235.00	$235.00	—

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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.