Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 5, 2024

312 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $268.69/cwt -3.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,008/hd at 375 lb · 10 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $247.95/cwt -23.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,067/hd at 430 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	312	176	348
Feeder cattle	202	75	214
Slaughter cattle	49	30	73
Replacement cattle	26	7	14

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales. slaughter cows 5.50 higher, slaughter bulls too few to trend. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,170	—
435	435	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,283	—
460	460	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,380	—
595	595	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,547	—
610–620	615	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,599	—
620 value added	620	6	275.00	$275.00	$1,705	—
705–710	708	2	217.50–227.50	$222.48	$1,575	—
728 value added	728	4	231.00	$231.00	$1,682	—
750	750	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,725	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–495	488	2	325.00–335.00	$329.92	$1,610	+29.92
513–520 fancy	515	4	345.00–350.00	$346.26	$1,783	—
500–545	522	3	320.00–345.00	$328.71	$1,716	+28.71

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	265.00	$265.00	$861	—
500	500	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,262	—
580	580	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,348	—
640	640	2	222.50	$222.50	$1,424	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	260.00	$260.00	$611	—
310	310	1	260.00	$260.00	$806	—
350–390	375	10	250.00–275.00	$268.69	$1,008	-3.69
405–435	417	3	215.00–230.00	$223.16	$931	-48.13
425–445	436	7	250.00–270.00	$258.58	$1,127	-12.71
455–475	465	5	245.00–260.00	$252.98	$1,176	+2.98
500–505	504	4	250.00–260.00	$253.76	$1,279	—
510–525	515	4	225.00–240.00	$236.29	$1,217	—
555–570	561	5	235.00–240.00	$237.97	$1,335	—
615	615	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,353	-1.28
636 value added	636	8	237.00	$237.00	$1,507	—
655	655	1	209.00	$209.00	$1,369	—
665–680	673	2	220.00–222.50	$221.26	$1,489	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	235.00	$235.00	$728	—
355–360	358	2	220.00–235.00	$227.55	$815	-1.19
400–435	423	3	220.00–240.00	$231.44	$979	—
460–490	478	3	215.00–240.00	$229.84	$1,099	-2.66
530	530	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,192	—
575	575	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,236	-10.00
615	615	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,322	—
680–695	688	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,479	-4.00
700	700	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,470	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–599	592	7	250.00–265.00	$257.48	$1,524	—
605	605	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,512	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	270.00	$270.00	$796	—
300	300	3	270.00	$270.00	$810	-32.85
385	385	2	300.00–310.00	$305.00	$1,174	—
410	410	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,107	—
465–485	472	5	270.00–290.00	$277.10	$1,308	—
510–545	525	5	260.00–270.00	$265.90	$1,396	-4.10
570	570	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,539	-15.00
610–645	628	3	240.00–260.00	$246.47	$1,548	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	260.00	$260.00	$637	+40.00
360	360	1	260.00	$260.00	$936	+15.00
435	435	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,088	+17.50
455–480	472	3	242.50–255.00	$249.06	$1,176	+1.56
510	510	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,275	—
605	605	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,392	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,221	-10.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,213.00	$1,213.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1295	1094	80-85%	7	105.00–138.00	$129.33	$1,415	-1.36
840–1425	1161	80-85%	19	140.00–157.00	$148.45	$1,724	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1235	1081	85-90%	4	129.00–131.00	$130.05	$1,406	—
870–1420	1201	85-90%	6	97.00–121.00	$110.78	$1,330	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390–1555	1478	75-80%	3	146.00–155.00	$151.83	$2,244	+9.32

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1240	1218	2	123.00–141.00	$132.17	$1,610	-21.30
1360	1360	1	158.00	$158.00	$2,149	—
1285–1955	1588	3	170.00–173.00	$171.50	$2,723	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
520	520	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00
975–1055	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,414.00–1,635.00	$1,528.85

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
615	615	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	830.00	$830.00
670	670	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	670.00	$670.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00
920–1035	978	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,375.00–1,400.00	$1,388.24
985–1040	1007	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,350.00–1,450.00	$1,390.85
1035	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
1035–1225	1128	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,500.00–2,110.00	$1,786.82

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180–195	188	2	70.00–75.00	$72.60	$136	—
200–245	225	4	65.00–90.00	$72.99	$164	—
280–290	285	2	40.00–56.00	$48.14	$137	—

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
135–175	157	3	120.00–170.00	$141.49	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	130.00	$130.00	-5.00

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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
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
975	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	202.50	$202.50	$587	—
300	300	1	175.00	$175.00	$525	—
390	390	1	225.00	$225.00	$878	—

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Heifer Pairs

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
645	645	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	40.00	$40.00	+20.00
40	40	1	135.00	$135.00	+100.00
50	50	3	165.00	$165.00	+60.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40–50	47	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	3	145.00–170.00	$160.00	+125.00
50	50	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	+10.00
80	80	—	—	1	65.00	$65.00	+6.67
80	80	—	—	2	110.00	$110.00	+51.67
120	120	—	—	1	200.00	$200.00	+111.67

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	7	50.00	$50.00	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	160.00	$160.00	—
50	50	1	210.00	$210.00	+180.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	2	285.00	$285.00	—

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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.