Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 6, 2024

320 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $271.48/cwt +29.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,195/hd at 440 lb · 40 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $317.21/cwt +27.21 vs last sale · ≈ $1,474/hd at 465 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	320	386	274
Feeder cattle	231	262	198
Slaughter cattle	38	70	34
Replacement cattle	20	24	13

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons made on all classes of feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls too few to trend. Light offering of average to good 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
350	350	1	337.50	$337.50	$1,181	—
415 value added	415	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,328	—
425–435	430	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,333	+10.00
463 value added	463	21	318.00	$318.00	$1,472	—
460–490	474	4	310.00–317.50	$313.05	$1,484	+23.05
500	500	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,562	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–385	380	2	270.00–300.00	$285.20	$1,084	+2.91
440	440	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,276	±0.00
465	465	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,302	+10.00
515–540	524	4	255.00–287.50	$272.04	$1,425	+7.04
565	565	1	287.50	$287.50	$1,624	+22.50
630–645	635	3	260.00–267.50	$264.17	$1,677	—
665	665	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,779	—
702 value added	702	7	244.00	$244.00	$1,713	—
725	725	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,646	—
750	750	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,612	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	225.00	$225.00	$765	—

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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 value added	320	2	270.00–285.00	$277.15	$887	—
330	330	1	240.00	$240.00	$792	-25.00
350–385	366	8	255.00–265.00	$259.76	$951	—
380 value added	380	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,016	—
400–410	405	2	250.00–260.00	$255.06	$1,033	+12.61
434–446 value added	442	38	271.00–275.00	$272.34	$1,204	—
450–480	463	6	240.00–255.00	$245.40	$1,136	—
500–510	506	7	240.00–245.00	$242.14	$1,225	+20.65
565	565	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,300	+10.45
600–640	620	2	215.00–220.00	$217.42	$1,348	—
743 value added	743	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,486	—
765 fancy	765	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,568	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	230.00	$230.00	$552	-2.77
250	250	1	220.00	$220.00	$550	-12.14
330–340	333	3	230.00–235.00	$231.65	$771	+9.23
365–370	368	2	230.00–240.00	$234.97	$865	+9.90
410–445	432	3	225.00–230.00	$227.27	$982	+4.94
485	485	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,140	+24.10
545	545	2	210.00–222.50	$216.25	$1,179	+10.50
570	570	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,268	—
710	710	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,349	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	190.00	$190.00	$428	-10.00
275	275	1	200.00	$200.00	$550	—
300–345	323	2	200.00–210.00	$205.35	$663	-4.65
440–445	443	3	200.00–210.00	$204.98	$908	—
510–545	528	2	195.00–205.00	$199.83	$1,055	+9.83
735	735	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,250	—
765	765	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,300	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	285	2	310.00–330.00	$320.35	$913	—
315–330	323	5	310.00–335.00	$324.98	$1,050	—
365 fancy	365	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,241	—
360–395	378	4	310.00–335.00	$319.56	$1,208	+9.56
405–435	420	4	310.00–330.00	$317.40	$1,333	—
455–480	469	6	305.00–320.00	$314.93	$1,477	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	302.50	$302.50	$741	—
310–345	333	3	280.00–300.00	$293.10	$976	+2.26
350–395	373	2	300.00–305.00	$302.65	$1,129	+11.36
435–440	438	2	290.00–300.00	$295.03	$1,292	+15.92
500–545	523	2	265.00–280.00	$272.18	$1,424	+13.88
560	560	1	282.00	$282.00	$1,579	+43.20
605	605	2	267.50	$267.50	$1,618	+52.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,250	+25.00
555	555	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,388	+38.85
630–645	638	2	220.00–222.50	$221.24	$1,412	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1495	1150	80-85%	20	115.00–131.00	$124.97	$1,437	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1615	1501	75-80%	6	116.00–126.00	$121.31	$1,821	—
1525–1615	1570	75-80%	2	95.00–106.00	$100.66	$1,580	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–785	770	85-90%	2	85.00–94.00	$89.59	$690	—
830–1075	981	85-90%	4	102.00–113.00	$107.66	$1,056	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1975	1975	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,995	-48.00

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–835	773	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	951.00–1,052.00	$1,005.59
820–955	888	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,197.00–1,461.00	$1,339.04

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
620	620	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	735.00	$735.00
710	710	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	852.00	$852.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630	630	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00
760	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	692.00	$692.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	889.00	$889.00
915–1075	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,150.00–1,350.00	$1,247.10
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160	160	1	62.50	$62.50	$100	-10.00
245	245	1	67.50	$67.50	$165	-3.74
250	250	1	45.00	$45.00	$112	-15.90
305	305	1	47.50	$47.50	$145	—
300–365	338	3	45.00–72.50	$53.99	$182	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	75.00	$75.00	+11.67
70	70	1	130.00	$130.00	+66.67
80	80	1	40.00	$40.00	-23.33
150	150	2	235.00–260.00	$247.50	—

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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
830–880	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00–1,325.00	$1,247.81	—
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	+75.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,660.00	$1,660.00	—

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
660	660	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
580	580	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	935.00	$935.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	3	80.00–90.00	$83.33	-36.67
70	70	1	110.00	$110.00	-10.00
80	80	1	110.00	$110.00	-10.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	135.00	$135.00	+50.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	70.00	$70.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	375	2	52.50–55.00	$53.72	$201	+4.61
485	485	1	57.50	$57.50	$279	—
505	505	1	70.00	$70.00	$354	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	50.00	$50.00	—
40	40	3	70.00	$70.00	—

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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.