Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 20, 2024

353 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $226.12/cwt -3.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,096/hd at 485 lb · 21 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $223.00/cwt ≈ $1,238/hd at 555 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	353	283	335
Feeder cattle	178	138	235
Slaughter cattle	75	67	56
Replacement cattle	23	22	12

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 3.50 lower, slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. 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
320	320	1	250.00	$250.00	$800	—
325	325	1	232.50	$232.50	$756	—
430–440	435	2	260.00–270.00	$264.94	$1,152	—
458–493	476	4	262.00–262.50	$262.26	$1,248	+5.41
510	510	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,224	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330 fancy	330	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,056	—
545	545	3	261.00	$261.00	$1,422	+0.22
645	645	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,580	+7.58

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,089	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	240.00	$240.00	$528	+30.00
370	370	4	220.00–245.00	$235.00	$870	+13.10
405–447	435	6	230.00–242.50	$237.58	$1,033	—
470–495	483	3	200.00–210.00	$203.41	$982	-26.59
455–495	485	18	220.00–240.00	$229.90	$1,115	-0.10
505	505	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,010	-25.78
525–540	533	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,173	-5.78
550–556	555	12	223.00	$223.00	$1,238	—
600–605	603	2	200.00–205.00	$202.49	$1,221	-12.51
635	635	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,143	-35.00
655–680	668	2	185.00–200.00	$192.36	$1,285	-2.64

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	260.00	$260.00	$611	—
255–270	263	2	255.00–265.00	$260.14	$684	—
335	335	1	255.00	$255.00	$854	-5.00
350–390	371	4	252.50–270.00	$259.86	$964	+9.86
410	410	1	249.00	$249.00	$1,021	+3.02

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	225.00	$225.00	$540	+34.95
375	375	1	220.00	$220.00	$825	—
425	425	1	180.00	$180.00	$765	—
450–495	473	2	200.00	$200.00	$946	—
535	535	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,124	—
565	565	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,158	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	2	265.00–285.00	$275.00	$701	—
310–340	325	3	240.00–245.00	$241.67	$785	-58.33
350	350	1	280.00	$280.00	$980	+19.86
410	410	1	207.50	$207.50	$851	-27.50
410–445	436	4	240.00–260.00	$248.52	$1,084	+13.52
450–485	466	5	230.00–255.00	$243.29	$1,134	-26.71
475	475	1	210.00	$210.00	$998	-60.00
505	505	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,010	-33.85
500–540	518	4	230.00–235.00	$233.74	$1,211	-0.11
555–585	573	3	230.00–237.50	$234.11	$1,341	+6.61

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	263	2	235.00–245.00	$239.76	$631	+36.73
365–375	370	2	220.00–247.50	$233.94	$866	+63.94
445	445	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,057	+52.50
495	495	2	180.00–200.00	$190.00	$940	-19.89
515	515	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,004	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	335.00	$335.00	$904	—
300–330	315	2	300.00–320.00	$309.52	$975	-25.48
360	360	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,080	-37.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1495	1180	80-85%	28	113.00–135.00	$122.48	$1,445	+19.61
1025–1360	1187	80-85%	9	78.00–111.00	$102.04	$1,211	-0.83

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1490–1825	1597	75-80%	5	113.00–123.00	$118.54	$1,893	—
1530–1885	1693	75-80%	3	93.00–108.00	$102.78	$1,740	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1085	956	85-90%	4	60.00–99.00	$88.51	$846	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1415–2035	1633	8	130.00–153.00	$139.77	$2,282	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655–840	748	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	625.00–689.00	$660.96

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	888.00	$888.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,172.00	$1,172.00
1390	1390	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,785.00	$1,785.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
605	605	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	635.00	$635.00
630	630	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	835.00	$835.00
755	755	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	906.00	$906.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1475–1550	1513	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,850.00–1,950.00	$1,898.76

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–855	840	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	838.00–875.00	$856.17

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–905	888	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,035.00–1,275.00	$1,157.37

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	3	70.00–97.50	$87.16	$244	-0.34
380–390	385	2	110.00–115.00	$112.53	$433	—
455–465	460	3	117.50–127.50	$120.87	$556	—
510–540	525	2	85.00–87.50	$86.29	$453	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	137.50	$137.50	+12.50
60	60	—	—	1	115.00	$115.00	-10.00
70	70	—	—	2	87.50–105.00	$96.25	-3.75
80	80	—	—	2	105.00–117.50	$111.25	-26.25
80	80	—	—	2	110.00–130.00	$120.00	-17.50
80	80	—	—	1	175.00	$175.00	+37.50
120–130	127	—	—	3	210.00–240.00	$221.67	+19.17

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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
1145–1195	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	2,300.00–2,375.00	$2,342.02	—
1290	1290	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
620	620	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,260.00	$1,260.00	—
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,825.00	$1,825.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	3	35.00	$35.00	±0.00
30	30	1	10.00	$10.00	-40.00
30	30	2	40.00	$40.00	-10.00
30	30	2	45.00–55.00	$50.00	±0.00
40	40	2	60.00	$60.00	+25.00
50	50	1	75.00	$75.00	-15.00
50	50	5	50.00–100.00	$81.00	-9.00
50	50	1	110.00	$110.00	+20.00
50	50	1	57.50	$57.50	-32.50
60	60	2	110.00–117.50	$113.75	+13.75
60–65	61	6	75.00–115.00	$94.17	-5.83

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	—	—	1	135.00	$135.00	+65.00
80	80	—	—	2	80.00	$80.00	-40.00
80	80	—	—	1	90.00	$90.00	-30.00
80	80	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	-40.00
100	100	—	—	1	125.00	$125.00	-45.00
100	100	—	—	1	110.00	$110.00	-60.00
100	100	—	—	2	180.00–210.00	$195.00	+25.00
100–130	110	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	145.00–245.00	$200.00	-34.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	40.00	$40.00	-10.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	90.00	$90.00	$180	—
590	590	1	72.50	$72.50	$428	—
635	635	1	82.50	$82.50	$524	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	250.00	$250.00	—

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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.