Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 18, 2024

306 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $251.00/cwt ≈ $1,461/hd at 582 lb · 41 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $214.31/cwt +2.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,246/hd at 581 lb · 11 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 steers $230.00/cwt -2.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,371/hd at 596 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	306	390	310
Feeder cattle	204	230	179
Slaughter cattle	46	66	44
Replacement cattle	36	53	42

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 7.00 lower based on limited comparable sales. Moderate 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
480	480	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,344	—
540	540	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,377	—
582 value added	582	41	251.00	$251.00	$1,461	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	280.00	$280.00	$756	—
365	365	1	270.00	$270.00	$986	+30.19
435	435	1	200.00	$200.00	$870	-43.33
450–470	462	3	250.00–272.50	$262.40	$1,212	+12.40
537 value added	537	5	238.00	$238.00	$1,278	—
596 value added	596	10	230.00	$230.00	$1,371	—
630	630	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,354	-5.00
650	650	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,398	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	230.00	$230.00	$840	—
660	660	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,419	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	240.00	$240.00	$756	+10.00
375	375	1	250.00	$250.00	$938	+15.20
440	440	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,034	+11.08
470–480	475	2	205.00–208.00	$206.52	$981	+26.52
475–482	481	6	210.00–226.00	$221.52	$1,066	+41.52
505	505	1	195.00	$195.00	$985	-9.95
545	545	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,172	-2.08
560–595	578	2	200.00–205.00	$202.42	$1,170	-10.08
570–595	582	9	215.00–225.00	$216.95	$1,263	+4.45
610–620	615	2	200.00–207.00	$203.47	$1,251	—
670	670	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,206	—
715	715	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,394	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	210.00	$210.00	$630	+3.80
365–395	380	2	220.00	$220.00	$836	+8.65
405	405	1	205.00	$205.00	$830	—
455–475	468	3	205.00–210.00	$206.69	$967	+0.40
670	670	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,273	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	275.00	$275.00	$756	—
360–385	373	4	255.00–260.00	$256.82	$958	—
560	560	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,288	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	270.00	$270.00	$554	+14.23
360–395	383	6	240.00–260.00	$256.57	$983	+15.07
400–435	418	2	240.00–250.00	$244.79	$1,023	+17.24
455–475	462	3	230.00–250.00	$240.00	$1,109	+6.66
460–490	475	2	195.00–199.00	$197.06	$936	-36.28
520–525	523	2	220.00–225.00	$222.51	$1,164	-2.49
565	565	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,186	-10.31
600	600	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,080	—
640	640	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,328	—
650	650	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,365	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	230.00	$230.00	$552	—
410	410	1	215.00	$215.00	$882	+2.47
480	480	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,056	+5.00
605–630	611	4	170.00–180.00	$177.42	$1,084	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	290.00	$290.00	$812	+10.00
315	315	1	280.00	$280.00	$882	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1670	1670	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,538.00	$2,538.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1480	1143	80-85%	6	112.00–117.00	$115.45	$1,320	—
950–1485	1165	80-85%	25	119.00–137.00	$124.98	$1,456	-25.02

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1110	939	85-90%	5	114.00–128.00	$120.59	$1,132	+11.99
995–1010	1000	85-90%	3	95.00–100.00	$97.02	$970	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1605	1605	75-80%	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,830	—
1470–1805	1638	75-80%	2	127.00–133.00	$130.31	$2,134	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–2050	1638	3	140.00–157.00	$151.54	$2,482	—
2410	2410	1	130.00	$130.00	$3,133	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745–870	808	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	1,178.00–1,378.00	$1,303.85
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,343.00	$1,343.00
980–1040	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,274.00–1,300.00	$1,287.39

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
605–750	663	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	454.00–508.00	$490.83
740	740	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	651.00	$651.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,454.00	$1,454.00
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	905.00	$905.00
840	840	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,095.00	$1,095.00
850–1025	938	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,050.00–1,275.00	$1,173.00
925–950	938	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,275.00	$1,148.33
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00
980–1170	1052	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,400.00–1,750.00	$1,528.23

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1170	1098	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,575.00–1,700.00	$1,663.77
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,860.00	$1,860.00
1135	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	549.00	$549.00
670	670	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	429.00	$429.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390–395	393	2	77.50–80.00	$78.76	$310	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	60.00	$60.00	-40.00
80	80	3	160.00–170.00	$165.00	+15.00

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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
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	40.00	$40.00	—
30	30	1	45.00	$45.00	—
70	70	1	110.00	$110.00	+65.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	85.00	$85.00	-45.00
80	80	—	—	4	80.00–100.00	$90.00	-40.00
80	80	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	105.00	$105.00	-25.00
100	100	—	—	2	145.00	$145.00	-15.00
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	160.00	$160.00	±0.00

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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.