Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 3, 2023

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	444	492	346
Feeder cattle	207	296	196
Slaughter cattle	154	117	88
Replacement cattle	36	33	34

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. 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
210–220	218	4	200.00	$200.00	$436	—
235 fancy	235	1	235.00	$235.00	$552	—
250–290 fancy	263	3	230.00–250.00	$240.00	$631	—
250–285	268	3	205.00–225.00	$213.48	$572	-6.52
305 fancy	305	1	245.00	$245.00	$747	—
300–340	318	6	200.00–225.00	$211.31	$672	-3.64
350–355 fancy	353	2	225.00–230.00	$227.52	$803	—
385	385	1	200.00	$200.00	$770	-16.64
450–485	462	5	210.00–220.00	$215.94	$998	+15.28
450–485 fancy	468	2	225.00–227.50	$226.30	$1,059	—
500–545	520	3	200.00–220.00	$210.10	$1,093	+7.06
585	585	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,141	—
605–640	623	2	190.00–195.00	$192.57	$1,200	-4.93

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–225	215	3	180.00	$180.00	$387	—
280	280	1	185.00	$185.00	$518	—
305	305	1	180.00	$180.00	$549	-20.08
350–380	363	3	180.00	$180.00	$653	-15.02

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	160.00	$160.00	$408	—
310–340	325	2	150.00	$150.00	$488	±0.00
395	395	1	150.00	$150.00	$592	-6.72
470	470	1	155.00	$155.00	$728	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	170.00	$170.00	$408	—
330–345	338	2	170.00	$170.00	$575	-9.95
375	375	1	170.00	$170.00	$638	±0.00
720	720	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,260	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–225	215	6	190.00–200.00	$194.88	$419	—
290–295	293	2	195.00	$195.00	$571	—
305–320	313	2	190.00–200.00	$195.12	$611	-5.24
405–445	421	4	190.00–202.50	$197.39	$831	+0.81
450–470	457	3	190.00–197.50	$192.46	$880	+2.46
505–545	526	7	190.00–205.00	$199.27	$1,048	+9.27
580	580	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,116	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–230	228	2	170.00–185.00	$177.42	$405	-5.05
265–295	280	2	170.00–180.00	$175.27	$491	-9.73
355–365	360	2	170.00	$170.00	$612	—
460	460	1	185.00	$185.00	$851	+5.00
505	505	1	170.00	$170.00	$858	-4.93
590–595	593	2	175.00–180.00	$177.49	$1,053	-3.83
600–645	630	4	170.00–180.00	$172.50	$1,087	+2.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	150.00	$150.00	$315	—
300–320	313	4	140.00–150.00	$147.52	$462	-2.48
365–375	370	2	140.00–150.00	$145.07	$537	-14.93
420	420	1	165.00	$165.00	$693	+18.45
460	460	1	155.00	$155.00	$713	+5.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	165.00	$165.00	$874	-2.71
595	595	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,026	+0.80

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	190.00	$190.00	$912	±0.00
515–525	520	3	190.00	$190.00	$988	—
550–595	565	7	180.00–192.50	$183.01	$1,034	+3.01
615	615	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,138	+5.00
660–665	663	2	177.50–187.50	$182.48	$1,210	±0.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405 fancy	405	1	245.00	$245.00	$992	—
410–420	415	2	215.00	$215.00	$892	+7.51
490	490	2	190.00–200.00	$195.00	$956	—
600	600	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,170	-8.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	160.00	$160.00	$648	+15.00
500	500	1	150.00	$150.00	$750	—
655–660	658	3	160.00–167.50	$163.34	$1,075	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	170.00	$170.00	$722	—
545	545	2	172.50	$172.50	$940	—
670	670	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,139	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
715	715	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1255	1075	80-85%	18	75.00–94.00	$84.84	$912	—
880–1435	1161	80-85%	31	95.00–112.00	$101.35	$1,177	—
1315	1315	80-85%	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,552	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1050	908	85-90%	27	60.00–87.00	$77.16	$701	-18.12
845–1155	981	85-90%	14	87.00–97.00	$91.24	$895	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1530	1318	75-80%	2	110.00–111.00	$110.58	$1,457	—
1385–1595	1496	75-80%	4	101.00–108.00	$104.07	$1,557	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150	1150	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,058	—
1125–1615	1432	3	100.00–108.00	$104.63	$1,498	—
1525	1525	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,830	+6.00

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
615–820	741	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	665.00–738.00	$713.95

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–790	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	604.00–625.00	$615.21
645–945	761	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	516.00–585.00	$558.98

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	834.00	$834.00

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Bred Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655	655	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
600–735	668	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	410.00–500.00	$450.45
770	770	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–940	842	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	675.00–750.00	$705.84

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	715.00	$715.00
815	815	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	709.00	$709.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	140.00	$140.00	-30.00
100	100	7	150.00–190.00	$168.57	-44.76
100	100	1	110.00	$110.00	-103.33
100	100	1	120.00	$120.00	-93.33

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
625	625	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	-75.00
720	720	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
750–790	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	925.00–950.00	$937.18	—
805	805	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	985.00	$985.00	—
700	700	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
765	765	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1035	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	9	55.00–95.00	$65.56	-81.94
50	50	2	35.00–45.00	$40.00	-107.50
50	50	1	155.00	$155.00	+7.50
75	75	1	60.00	$60.00	-105.00
75	75	2	135.00–145.00	$140.00	-25.00
100	100	1	155.00	$155.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	1	50.00	$50.00	—
50	50	4	155.00	$155.00	+17.50
50	50	1	75.00	$75.00	-62.50
75	75	1	85.00	$85.00	-83.75

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	6	145.00–157.50	$155.42	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	160.00	$160.00	-33.75

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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.