Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 26, 2025

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $303.40/cwt +8.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,274/hd at 420 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	245	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–280	278	2	360.00–385.00	$372.61	$1,036	+8.30
310–345	332	3	380.00–385.00	$383.29	$1,273	—
355–395	375	2	370.00–382.50	$376.58	$1,412	—
425	425	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,509	—
485	485	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,552	—
500	500	6	313.00	$313.00	$1,565	—
620–645	633	2	272.50–275.00	$273.77	$1,733	—
740	740	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,980	—
755	755	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,850	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,519	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,218	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210 fancy	210	1	350.00	$350.00	$735	—
240–245	243	2	300.00–320.00	$309.90	$753	—
280	280	1	310.00	$310.00	$868	+25.42
300–330	315	4	300.00–310.00	$302.42	$953	+7.70
350–395	368	3	310.00–312.50	$310.89	$1,144	+13.51
400–440	420	14	292.50–310.00	$303.40	$1,274	+8.46
470	470	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,480	+35.00
505–530	517	3	267.50–275.00	$270.77	$1,400	—
632	632	6	244.00	$244.00	$1,542	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	275.00	$275.00	$756	+25.00
330–335	333	2	230.00–250.00	$240.08	$799	-9.92
335–345	340	2	270.00–290.00	$279.85	$951	+29.85
355–385	370	2	287.50–290.00	$288.70	$1,068	—
420	420	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,092	-4.94
430–435	432	3	270.00–292.50	$284.19	$1,228	+19.25
450–480	471	4	265.00–285.00	$279.96	$1,319	+42.51
500–530	520	3	230.00–240.00	$235.95	$1,227	-7.85
520	520	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,378	+21.20
550	550	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,361	+12.50
615–630	620	3	240.00–255.00	$244.96	$1,519	+4.97
685–695	690	2	225.00–235.00	$229.96	$1,587	—
700	700	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,662	—
770	770	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,578	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–330	325	2	227.50–230.00	$228.77	$744	—
435	435	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,000	—
450	450	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,012	—
510	510	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,020	—
575	575	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,179	—
675	675	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,384	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,221	—
365–395	382	5	340.00–355.00	$345.08	$1,318	+10.08
390	390	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,190	-30.00
460	460	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,541	—
470	470	1	317.50	$317.50	$1,492	—
525	525	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,208	±0.00
525–535	532	3	287.50–300.00	$295.81	$1,574	+65.81
560	560	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,568	+15.00
570	570	2	257.50–260.00	$258.75	$1,475	+14.76
605–640	625	3	277.50–280.00	$278.31	$1,739	+33.31
625–645	635	2	230.00–255.00	$242.70	$1,541	-2.30
655	655	2	267.50–275.00	$271.25	$1,777	+23.75
695	695	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,720	—
700	700	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,645	+18.53

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	370.00	$370.00	$851	—
290	290	1	377.50	$377.50	$1,095	+12.59
310–340	326	4	360.00–375.00	$365.19	$1,191	+14.14
365–395	384	4	370.00–380.00	$376.34	$1,445	+28.77
400	400	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,540	—
460–485	470	3	320.00–325.00	$322.49	$1,516	+25.03

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	2	280.00–295.00	$287.50	$604	—
285	285	1	307.50	$307.50	$876	—
393	393	3	285.00	$285.00	$1,120	—
475–485	480	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,368	+60.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860	860	80-85%	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,548	—
860–1250	1080	80-85%	10	119.00–136.00	$129.30	$1,396	—
965–1705	1351	80-85%	13	143.00–166.00	$153.13	$2,069	-3.87

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1000	885	85-90%	4	114.00–125.00	$120.18	$1,064	+41.55
885–1160	1023	85-90%	3	127.00–136.00	$131.86	$1,349	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–1570	1485	75-80%	3	141.00–144.00	$142.62	$2,118	—
1540	1540	75-80%	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,756	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1290	1095	3	126.00–139.00	$133.61	$1,463	—
860–2675	1359	8	151.00–170.00	$160.43	$2,180	—
860–2195	1652	5	175.00–190.00	$177.86	$2,938	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1020	923	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,479.00–1,568.00	$1,518.80
930	930	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,651.00	$1,651.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–740	695	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	1,121.00–1,184.00	$1,154.54
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–785	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,468.00–1,470.00	$1,468.97

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
610	610	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,037.00	$1,037.00
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,094.00	$1,094.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
610	610	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	839.00	$839.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–870	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,750.00–1,975.00	$1,823.65
775–935	858	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,300.00–1,575.00	$1,472.70
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1170–1205	1188	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,550.00–1,750.00	$1,651.47

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–945	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,135.63

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00
690	690	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,099.00	$1,099.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	127.50	$127.50	$536	—

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	150.00	$150.00	+20.00
80	80	3	170.00–185.00	$178.33	+23.33
120	120	1	255.00	$255.00	±0.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
625	625	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1135	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	3	85.00	$85.00	+20.00
50	50	1	60.00	$60.00	-55.00
50	50	1	145.00	$145.00	+30.00

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Nannies/Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	75.00	$75.00	-82.50
70	70	4	135.00–155.00	$143.75	-13.75
80	80	1	195.00	$195.00	+90.00
80	80	1	130.00	$130.00	+25.00
100	100	4	205.00–230.00	$216.25	+131.25

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	145.00	$145.00	$638	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	160.00	$160.00	+26.67

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	1	340.00	$340.00	—

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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.