Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 28, 2023

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	548	348	598
Feeder cattle	236	174	196
Slaughter cattle	153	82	167
Replacement cattle	24	40	61

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with light buyer demand. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	150.00	$150.00	$360	—
320–340	330	2	140.00–142.50	$141.29	$466	—
370	370	1	147.50	$147.50	$546	—
520	520	1	145.00	$145.00	$754	—
650–655	653	2	152.00–155.00	$153.49	$1,002	—
715	715	4	155.00	$155.00	$1,108	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490–498	496	4	185.00	$185.00	$918	-15.00
575–595	590	4	180.00–185.00	$183.78	$1,084	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	190.00	$190.00	$580	-25.05
465–485	475	2	190.00–200.00	$195.11	$927	—
583	583	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,166	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	170.00	$170.00	$578	-10.00
380	380	1	170.00	$170.00	$646	-2.62
485	485	1	170.00	$170.00	$824	-10.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	2	140.00–150.00	$145.00	$435	-16.77
355–370	365	3	140.00–145.00	$143.38	$523	-16.62
415–445	428	4	140.00–150.00	$145.03	$621	—
470–485	478	2	145.00–160.00	$152.62	$730	—
515–520	518	2	150.00–160.00	$154.98	$803	—
610	610	1	145.00	$145.00	$884	-10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	185.00	$185.00	$398	—
355	355	1	175.00	$175.00	$621	-12.60
400–420	410	2	170.00–180.00	$174.88	$717	-15.12
472	472	2	175.00	$175.00	$826	±0.00
515	515	1	160.00	$160.00	$824	-22.43

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	378	3	165.00–170.00	$168.28	$636	+3.28
465–495	480	2	165.00–170.00	$167.58	$804	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	433	8	170.00–185.00	$181.31	$785	-16.23
470–485	476	4	170.00–180.00	$174.99	$833	-30.01
505–518	513	8	170.00–180.00	$177.22	$909	—
560	560	1	175.00	$175.00	$980	-20.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–435	425	2	155.00–160.00	$157.56	$670	—
505–525	515	2	160.00–170.00	$164.90	$849	-5.10
560–590	576	5	160.00–170.00	$167.04	$962	-2.96
610–625	618	2	160.00	$160.00	$989	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–490	486	4	150.00–160.00	$153.14	$744	—
565–580	573	2	140.00–150.00	$145.07	$831	-14.93
600–635	618	2	140.00–150.00	$144.86	$895	—
680	680	1	145.00	$145.00	$986	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925	925	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	860.00	$860.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1230	1027	80-85%	10	85.00–99.00	$94.21	$968	—
880–1755	1216	80-85%	53	100.00–119.00	$110.47	$1,343	+2.20
1025–1340	1220	80-85%	4	120.00–126.00	$123.02	$1,501	+14.75

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1185	930	85-90%	14	72.00–93.00	$85.14	$792	+3.06
810–1225	1013	85-90%	16	93.00–111.00	$100.74	$1,020	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1590	1399	75-80%	14	104.00–118.00	$113.50	$1,588	—
1520	1520	75-80%	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,885	+19.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1910	1634	7	125.00–132.00	$129.21	$2,111	+25.21
1765	1765	1	140.00	$140.00	$2,471	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,458.00	$1,458.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	694.00	$694.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125–1205	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,325.00–1,450.00	$1,385.35
1335	1335	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00
1390–1445	1415	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,525.00–1,825.00	$1,675.71

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
960–975	968	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,125.00–1,150.00	$1,137.40
1060	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
130–160	145	11	90.00–107.50	$100.91	$146	—

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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	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	160.00	$160.00	+15.00
100	100	—	—	2	100.00–155.00	$127.50	-27.50
120	120	—	—	3	175.00–195.00	$183.33	+28.33
150	150	—	—	1	225.00	$225.00	-40.00

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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
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	+250.00
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,435.00	$1,435.00	—
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	+208.86
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	-463.45
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
645	645	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	710.00	$710.00	—
625–710	668	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–825.00	$766.48	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,485.00	$1,485.00	—
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	3	154.00	$154.00	$724	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
782	782	2	133.00	$133.00	$1,040	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	1	25.00	$25.00	±0.00
20	20	2	40.00–45.00	$42.50	+17.50
20	20	2	30.00–45.00	$37.50	+12.50
30	30	1	20.00	$20.00	±0.00
30	30	5	50.00–55.00	$52.00	+32.00
30	30	5	35.00–45.00	$40.00	+20.00
40	40	2	40.00–45.00	$42.50	-30.63
40	40	11	60.00–75.00	$68.41	-4.72
40	40	1	50.00	$50.00	-23.13
50	50	7	75.00–95.00	$84.29	+24.29
50	50	1	70.00	$70.00	+10.00
50	50	1	60.00	$60.00	±0.00
50	50	4	110.00–145.00	$127.50	+67.50
50	50	1	50.00	$50.00	-10.00
70	70	2	100.00	$100.00	+40.00
70	70	1	125.00	$125.00	+65.00
75	75	1	45.00	$45.00	-15.00
80	80	1	115.00	$115.00	+55.00

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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	175.00	$175.00	+55.00
75	75	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	+10.00
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	135.00	$135.00	+25.00
100	100	—	—	3	90.00–105.00	$98.33	-11.67
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	185.00	$185.00	+75.00
100–130	115	—	—	2	125.00–140.00	$132.50	+22.50
120	120	—	—	1	175.00	$175.00	+65.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	40.00	$40.00	$176	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–130	117	3	230.00–245.00	$235.00	+30.00

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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.