Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 5, 2025

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $246.33/cwt -22.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,032/hd at 419 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	296	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375 fancy	375	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,556	—
420–440	430	2	355.00–370.00	$362.33	$1,558	-9.86
460	460	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,587	-17.70
550–562	560	5	290.00	$290.00	$1,624	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,220	+45.00
410–445	428	2	240.00–260.00	$250.41	$1,072	-9.59
565	565	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,412	-17.50
635	635	3	255.00	$255.00	$1,619	-1.91
695	695	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,720	+5.00
765	765	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,683	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	250.00	$250.00	$612	—
350	350	1	227.50	$227.50	$796	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	255.00–265.00	$260.00	$637	—
270–290	282	3	250.00–265.00	$258.22	$728	—
315–345	330	2	260.00–265.00	$262.39	$866	-0.69
360	360	1	235.00	$235.00	$846	-46.27
360–380	373	3	250.00–260.00	$253.39	$945	-27.88
400–440	417	9	237.50–260.00	$248.15	$1,035	+23.21
435	435	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,000	-56.12
450–490	470	3	234.00–250.00	$242.84	$1,141	-1.59
530	530	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,192	-17.91
558–595	568	5	210.00–225.00	$213.14	$1,211	-3.51
610–630	623	3	220.00–225.00	$223.32	$1,391	-12.60
675–680	678	3	200.00–202.50	$201.67	$1,367	-17.18
700–735	713	3	202.50–205.00	$204.18	$1,456	-15.82

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	275	2	280.00–290.00	$284.73	$783	—
305–335	320	2	280.00	$280.00	$896	-33.10
355	355	1	270.00	$270.00	$958	-30.00
405–445	423	3	260.00–265.00	$263.25	$1,114	—
480	480	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,260	—
560–570	565	3	240.00–248.00	$242.67	$1,371	-12.33
615	615	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,507	-7.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	215.00	$215.00	$785	—
420–430	425	2	210.00	$210.00	$892	-3.41

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	350.00	$350.00	$980	+60.00
310	310	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,008	+55.00
315–335	325	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,138	+80.00
375	375	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,162	-5.00
405–425	419	7	260.00–275.00	$262.18	$1,099	-35.31
400–440	420	2	335.00–340.00	$337.62	$1,418	+40.13
465–495	484	4	300.00–335.00	$319.61	$1,547	+32.56
505–530	520	3	255.00–267.50	$260.83	$1,356	-15.32
525–540	533	2	280.00–305.00	$292.32	$1,558	+16.17
560–595	585	4	225.00–240.00	$233.12	$1,364	-1.49
600–630	612	5	220.00–240.00	$225.88	$1,382	—
655–675	663	3	225.00–235.00	$229.99	$1,525	-15.01
700–705	703	3	215.00–220.00	$217.51	$1,529	-7.49
723–745	729	4	200.00–211.00	$208.19	$1,518	-14.31

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240 fancy	240	1	400.00	$400.00	$960	—
265 fancy	265	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,086	—
290	290	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,116	—
325–340	332	3	350.00–370.00	$360.05	$1,195	-19.95
360–385 fancy	373	2	410.00–415.00	$412.58	$1,539	—
365–390	378	2	360.00–390.00	$374.50	$1,416	+1.20
410–440	425	5	360.00–380.00	$368.76	$1,567	+31.68
450–485	463	5	345.00–370.00	$355.89	$1,648	+18.32
510	510	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,836	+60.00
505–540	517	6	305.00–320.00	$310.80	$1,607	+10.80
575	575	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,552	+8.40

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–230	228	2	260.00–290.00	$275.16	$627	—
270	270	1	265.00	$265.00	$716	—
370–385	378	2	230.00–250.00	$240.20	$908	-14.80
425–430	428	2	230.00–250.00	$239.94	$1,027	—
475	475	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,223	+17.43
535	535	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,257	—
560–580	570	2	200.00–210.00	$204.91	$1,168	—
615	615	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,322	—
660	660	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,386	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
805–885	833	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,505.00–1,539.00	$1,524.07	—
950–1025	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,425.00–1,449.00	$1,436.54	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1515	1188	80-85%	8	102.00–128.00	$118.21	$1,404	-38.36
1035–1460	1213	80-85%	14	129.00–149.00	$138.79	$1,684	—
1275	1275	80-85%	1	165.00	$165.00	$2,104	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1520	1175	85-90%	3	95.00–103.00	$99.47	$1,169	—
1455	1455	85-90%	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,892	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1430	1397	75-80%	3	125.00–129.00	$126.99	$1,774	—
1615	1615	75-80%	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,954	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–2350	1246	10	103.00–130.00	$117.39	$1,463	—
1625–1940	1789	5	143.00–158.00	$154.96	$2,772	+17.71

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
620	620	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,767.00	$1,767.00
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,634.00	$1,634.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
615–720	668	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,046.00–1,134.00	$1,093.46

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	998.00	$998.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,825.00	$1,825.00
1125–1330	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,875.00–2,000.00	$1,952.11

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–895	863	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,148.12
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655	655	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,163.00	$1,163.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–125	112	5	90.00–115.00	$109.38	-35.55
100–125	115	9	120.00–140.00	$130.12	-14.81

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–250	230	2	65.00–90.00	$78.59	$181	-51.41

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
140–150	145	2	42.50–50.00	$46.12	$67	—

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	50.00–80.00	$65.00	—
100	100	1	100.00	$100.00	—
100–120	113	3	180.00–200.00	$186.67	—

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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
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	200.00	$200.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	32.50–37.50	$35.00	+10.00
30	30	5	45.00–55.00	$50.00	±0.00
70	70	2	125.00–135.00	$130.00	+5.00

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Nannies/Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	—	—	1	65.00	$65.00	—
50	50	—	—	2	70.00–85.00	$77.50	—
70	70	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	—
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	140.00	$140.00	—
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	155.00–185.00	$170.00	—
100	100	—	—	2	80.00–95.00	$87.50	—
100–120	110	—	—	2	120.00–130.00	$125.00	—
100–130	113	—	—	9	150.00–225.00	$173.89	—
150	150	—	—	1	210.00	$210.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90–95	93	3	100.00–130.00	$111.67	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–290	265	2	70.00–72.50	$71.37	$189	—
360	360	1	95.00	$95.00	$342	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	180.00	$180.00	—
100–130	119	8	210.00–250.00	$240.00	-110.00

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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.