Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 14, 2024

381 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $253.50/cwt ≈ $1,597/hd at 630 lb · 33 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $219.48/cwt +3.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,159/hd at 528 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	381	483	272
Feeder cattle	279	306	171
Slaughter cattle	52	111	52
Replacement cattle	7	26	17

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week on all classes of feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows were steady. Slaughter bulls were 3.00 lower. There was an average offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340 fancy	340	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,139	—
376 value added	376	5	338.00	$338.00	$1,271	—
380	380	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,216	—
426 value added	426	4	335.00	$335.00	$1,427	—
435–445 fancy	440	2	332.50–340.00	$336.21	$1,479	—
475	475	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,401	—
525	525	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,522	—
560	560	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,512	—
630 value added	630	33	253.50	$253.50	$1,597	—
680	680	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,683	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–440	428	2	250.00–260.00	$255.15	$1,092	—
470–491	483	6	255.00–270.00	$264.97	$1,280	+34.97
530	530	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,272	—
595	595	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,368	-5.00
655	655	1	212.00	$212.00	$1,389	—
710–745	728	2	210.00–212.50	$211.22	$1,538	—
750–753	752	3	180.00–195.00	$184.99	$1,391	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	321	4	245.00–260.00	$252.47	$810	+12.47
375–390	383	3	240.00–245.00	$241.63	$925	+3.50
415–430	423	2	242.50–245.00	$243.73	$1,031	+11.28
429–438 value added	432	7	245.00–253.00	$250.68	$1,083	—
450–470	460	2	225.00–230.00	$227.45	$1,046	-5.09
510–545	528	11	210.00–225.00	$219.48	$1,159	+3.50
565	565	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,271	+11.44
605–648	634	6	214.00–220.00	$215.49	$1,366	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	245.00	$245.00	$662	+19.82
325–340	333	2	220.00–230.00	$224.89	$749	+2.33
365	365	1	220.00	$220.00	$803	-3.32
400–420	410	8	200.00–232.50	$221.76	$909	+6.91
450–495	478	4	210.00–217.50	$211.77	$1,012	+5.16
525	525	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,089	+14.98
543 value added	543	8	212.00	$212.00	$1,151	—
560–565	563	2	205.00–210.00	$207.49	$1,168	+15.02
640	640	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,216	—
655–675	665	2	190.00–195.00	$192.54	$1,280	—
686 value added	686	4	205.00	$205.00	$1,406	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	200.00	$200.00	$520	—
300–310	303	3	200.00–215.00	$208.35	$631	—
370	370	1	210.00	$210.00	$777	—
495	495	1	180.00	$180.00	$891	—
510	510	1	185.00	$185.00	$944	—
575	575	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,035	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	285.00–290.00	$287.50	$776	-2.50
305–320	313	2	265.00–280.00	$272.68	$853	-6.97
360	360	1	270.00	$270.00	$972	-10.00
405–420	415	3	280.00–290.00	$285.00	$1,183	+20.00
424 value added	424	6	289.00	$289.00	$1,225	—
471–485	473	6	270.00–275.00	$270.85	$1,281	+20.85
513 value added	513	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,231	—
515	515	3	225.00–240.00	$231.67	$1,193	-5.78
550–595	569	5	220.00–250.00	$235.02	$1,337	+7.04
582 value added	582	3	217.50	$217.50	$1,266	—
610–635	625	3	200.00–215.00	$206.71	$1,292	+9.21
730	730	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,424	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,248	+14.93
390 fancy	390	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,326	+14.37
400–430	415	2	295.00–320.00	$307.95	$1,278	+2.66
405–433 fancy	427	5	325.00–335.00	$326.90	$1,396	+4.40
470 value added	470	4	325.00	$325.00	$1,528	—
475–483	481	4	294.00–310.00	$297.95	$1,433	+2.99

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	237.50	$237.50	$629	—
310–330	320	2	230.00–235.00	$232.58	$744	-2.42
408	408	2	210.00	$210.00	$857	-15.15
545	545	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,144	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1305	1196	80-85%	8	93.00–103.00	$98.73	$1,181	—
1015–1765	1239	80-85%	17	107.00–119.00	$112.86	$1,398	-15.14

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1000	900	85-90%	5	83.00–97.00	$89.70	$807	—
780–1065	947	85-90%	6	100.00–114.00	$104.41	$989	±0.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1525	1445	75-80%	2	122.00–123.00	$122.53	$1,771	—
1185–1680	1470	75-80%	6	112.00–120.00	$115.02	$1,691	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1275	1195	2	105.00–117.00	$111.40	$1,331	—
1325–1560	1443	2	126.00–130.00	$127.84	$1,845	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–1090	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,150.00–1,275.00	$1,235.43

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1265	1265	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150–180	169	5	90.00–117.50	$102.41	$173	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	2	190.00–210.00	$200.00	+115.00
70	70	3	120.00–130.00	$125.83	+40.83

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1340	1340	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467	467	3	182.50	$182.50	$852	—
560	560	1	175.00	$175.00	$980	—
750	750	15	173.00	$173.00	$1,298	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	5	50.00–60.00	$54.00	-16.00
40	40	1	150.00	$150.00	+80.00
50	50	2	160.00–175.00	$167.50	+30.00
50	50	3	95.00–110.00	$100.00	-37.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	2	45.00	$45.00	—
50	50	1	145.00	$145.00	+85.00
50	50	6	115.00–130.00	$123.33	+63.33
50	50	1	50.00	$50.00	-10.00
70	70	1	75.00	$75.00	-32.50

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	6	55.00–65.00	$60.00	±0.00
65	65	1	75.00	$75.00	+15.00
95	95	1	110.00	$110.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	60.00	$60.00	$279	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140	140	1	340.00	$340.00	+120.00

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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.