Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 19, 2024

340 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $245.75/cwt -0.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,168/hd at 475 lb · 14 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $238.77/cwt +5.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,390/hd at 582 lb · 12 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $238.24/cwt -1.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,246/hd at 523 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	340	367	348
Feeder cattle	191	189	174
Slaughter cattle	65	65	82
Replacement cattle	21	28	40

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made on feeder cattle this week due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 higher based on limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and fleshy cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	260.00	$260.00	$923	—
455	455	2	240.00–242.50	$241.25	$1,098	-32.82
515–540	528	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,426	+10.00
580	580	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,508	-2.70
625	625	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,562	±0.00
680–693	687	7	242.50–267.50	$253.10	$1,739	—
707	707	2	242.50	$242.50	$1,714	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,262	-10.00
480	480	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,392	—
566	566	4	295.00	$295.00	$1,670	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	200.00	$200.00	$650	-40.00
410	410	1	210.00	$210.00	$861	—
480	480	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,104	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	260.00	$260.00	$871	+20.04
360–390	376	6	245.00–260.00	$255.87	$962	+7.61
425–445	435	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,000	±0.00
450–465	458	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,053	-16.26
450–484	478	12	240.00–250.00	$248.37	$1,187	+2.11
505	505	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,111	-10.00
510–540	525	10	230.00–255.00	$240.06	$1,260	-1.79
555–570	563	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,239	-27.50
560–595	586	10	230.00–248.00	$242.52	$1,421	+22.52
610–644	637	8	220.00–232.50	$229.10	$1,459	—
655–665	660	2	220.00–230.00	$224.96	$1,485	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	325	2	187.50–195.00	$191.08	$621	-66.42
355–370	363	3	200.00–210.00	$203.39	$738	-16.61
500	500	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,062	-7.50
635	635	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,334	+4.92
670	670	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,407	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,063	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	265.00	$265.00	$941	+5.00
410–425	418	2	260.00–270.00	$264.91	$1,107	-0.06
450	450	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,170	-5.84
500–540	524	5	260.00–270.00	$261.91	$1,372	+12.76
575–595	583	3	247.50–265.00	$257.39	$1,501	+1.41
610	610	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,403	-21.40
705	705	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,463	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	273	2	225.00–235.00	$230.41	$629	-4.59
310–345	332	3	220.00–240.00	$229.95	$763	—
360	360	1	230.00	$230.00	$828	-6.20
415–440	428	2	220.00–240.00	$230.29	$986	-0.43
460	460	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,058	+12.49
500–520	510	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,224	—
570	570	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,311	—
665–670	668	2	200.00–220.00	$209.96	$1,403	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,000	+6.56
360	360	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,008	-10.19
405	405	2	280.00–305.00	$292.50	$1,185	+2.50
505	505	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,439	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,232.00	$1,232.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–1240	1041	80-85%	15	105.00–141.00	$132.91	$1,384	—
1075–1240	1158	80-85%	2	159.00–163.00	$160.86	$1,863	+29.82
930–1660	1251	80-85%	23	142.00–157.00	$148.97	$1,864	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1500	1356	75-80%	5	140.00–148.00	$144.45	$1,959	—
1555–1635	1587	75-80%	3	125.00–138.00	$130.96	$2,078	—
1630–1880	1755	75-80%	2	161.00–163.00	$161.93	$2,842	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1265	939	85-90%	5	98.00–129.00	$115.41	$1,084	—
1090–1165	1128	85-90%	2	132.00–133.00	$132.48	$1,494	+20.81

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1490	1490	1	151.00	$151.00	$2,250	—
1285–1675	1520	3	169.00–173.00	$171.23	$2,603	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645–965	813	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	1,209.00–1,491.00	$1,376.50
805–865	835	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,046.00–1,116.00	$1,082.26
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,533.00	$1,533.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130–1410	1232	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,706.00–1,889.00	$1,809.90

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690	690	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,035.00	$1,035.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
995	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	776.00	$776.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–250	235	2	100.00–107.50	$103.99	$244	—
305–330	318	2	112.50–117.50	$114.90	$365	—
470	470	1	92.50	$92.50	$435	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	4	65.00–90.00	$80.00	+15.00
80	80	1	95.00	$95.00	±0.00
80	80	1	190.00	$190.00	+95.00
100–120	113	3	190.00–310.00	$266.67	+69.17

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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
965–1155	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,225.00–2,275.00	$2,252.24	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,710.00	$1,710.00	—
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,485.00	$1,485.00	-303.36

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	1	130.00	$130.00	$858	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	35.00	$35.00	+15.00
40	40	6	55.00–80.00	$69.17	+8.46
50	50	2	105.00–160.00	$132.50	+15.83
50	50	7	65.00–97.50	$88.21	-28.46
60	60	1	115.00	$115.00	-1.67

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	+15.00
80	80	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	+13.75
80	80	—	—	1	50.00	$50.00	-36.25
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	135.00	$135.00	+65.00
100	100	—	—	1	70.00	$70.00	±0.00
100–120	107	—	—	3	140.00–205.00	$180.00	+75.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	3	50.00	$50.00	—
30	30	7	65.00–70.00	$65.71	—
100	100	5	145.00	$145.00	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	2	60.00	$60.00	—

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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.