Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 12, 2025

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 steers $349.11/cwt ≈ $1,662/hd at 476 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	263	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–435	428	3	340.00–350.00	$346.61	$1,483	—
470 fancy	470	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,762	—
475	475	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,615	—
450–484 value added	477	8	335.00–350.00	$347.01	$1,655	—
545	545	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,472	—
560	560	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,568	—
595	595	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,577	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–255	253	2	400.00–410.00	$404.95	$1,025	—
305	305	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,159	—
355	355	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,384	—
360 value added	360	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,368	—
410–445	428	2	390.00–395.00	$392.40	$1,679	+7.40
535	535	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,846	+25.00
560–590	580	3	310.00–315.00	$313.39	$1,818	—
600	600	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,875	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	230.00	$230.00	$851	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	290.00	$290.00	$754	—
310	310	1	280.00	$280.00	$868	—
355–375	363	3	255.00–270.00	$264.29	$959	-10.71
420–440	430	2	235.00–247.50	$241.40	$1,038	-33.60
420–445	433	2	270.00–280.00	$274.86	$1,190	-0.14
455–495	473	9	270.00–285.00	$277.08	$1,311	+7.08
525–545	536	5	250.00–270.00	$265.97	$1,426	—
555–598	584	5	240.00–250.00	$242.90	$1,419	+0.33
645	645	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,564	+32.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–310	305	2	310.00–320.00	$314.92	$961	—
365 value added	365	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,168	—
350–370	366	5	310.00–320.00	$316.46	$1,158	—
410–435	427	3	290.00–300.00	$295.00	$1,260	+7.45
460	460	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,334	—
525	525	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,470	+15.00
535 value added	535	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,578	—
553–575 value added	559	4	290.00–302.50	$299.28	$1,673	—
650–695	675	3	250.00–260.00	$254.93	$1,721	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	235.00	$235.00	$611	—
330 value added	330	1	250.00	$250.00	$825	—
330	330	1	222.50	$222.50	$734	—
355–395	382	3	230.00–235.00	$233.45	$892	+3.45
410–420	415	2	210.00–230.00	$220.12	$913	+0.12
465	465	1	210.00	$210.00	$976	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	420	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,428	-10.00
425	425	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,424	-15.00
455 value added	455	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,684	—
463–465	464	3	320.00–335.00	$325.01	$1,508	+25.01
490	490	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,519	+10.00
505–525	517	3	270.00–300.00	$289.84	$1,498	+19.84
550	550	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,512	+3.50
585	585	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,506	-14.00
615–630	623	2	265.00–277.50	$271.17	$1,689	—
675	675	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,755	+30.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	362.50	$362.50	$1,794	—
500–535	518	2	310.00–312.50	$311.29	$1,612	—
633	633	5	283.00	$283.00	$1,791	—
670	670	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,842	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,064	—
415–430	423	2	280.00–290.00	$284.91	$1,205	—
465	465	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,162	±0.00
610	610	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,434	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
870–960	915	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,392.00–1,596.00	$1,499.02	—
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,658.00	$1,658.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1230	1160	80-85%	2	125.00–139.00	$132.42	$1,536	—
1045–1270	1171	80-85%	8	146.00–162.00	$151.38	$1,773	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1380	1337	75-80%	5	144.00–164.00	$150.41	$2,011	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995	995	85-90%	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,343	+6.51
1200	1200	85-90%	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,404	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300	1300	1	164.00	$164.00	$2,132	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–860	785	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	1,355.00–1,600.00	$1,521.12
830–1090	994	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,494.00–1,897.00	$1,629.21
965–1120	1043	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,293.00–1,388.00	$1,344.03

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–945	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,675.00–1,850.00	$1,765.87
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1190–1315	1253	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,821.00–2,222.00	$2,031.50

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Bred Heifers

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175–180	178	2	92.50–100.00	$96.20	$171	—
330	330	1	72.50	$72.50	$239	-41.72
380	380	1	65.00	$65.00	$247	—

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	1	110.00	$110.00	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140	140	1	90.00	$90.00	—

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	100.00	$100.00	-55.00
50	50	1	130.00	$130.00	-25.00
60	60	1	155.00	$155.00	±0.00
70	70	1	110.00	$110.00	-45.00
70	70	2	165.00–175.00	$170.00	+15.00
80	80	2	180.00–190.00	$185.00	-65.00
80	80	2	75.00–110.00	$92.50	-157.50
80	80	4	150.00	$150.00	-100.00
80	80	6	175.00–235.00	$200.00	-50.00
100	100	2	185.00–190.00	$187.50	-132.50
100–130	104	8	165.00–260.00	$213.13	+6.46
150	150	2	265.00–270.00	$267.50	—
200	200	1	450.00	$450.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	+750.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	50.00	$50.00	+5.00
30	30	1	30.00	$30.00	-40.00
40	40	1	75.00	$75.00	-32.50
50	50	1	65.00	$65.00	-56.25
50	50	6	75.00–100.00	$85.00	-36.25
50	50	1	145.00	$145.00	+23.75
60	60	1	160.00	$160.00	+38.75
60	60	1	90.00	$90.00	-31.25
80	80	1	185.00	$185.00	+60.00
80	80	1	125.00	$125.00	±0.00

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Nannies/Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	55.00	$55.00	—
20	20	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	90.00	$90.00	—
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	80.00	$80.00	-80.00
50	50	—	—	1	135.00	$135.00	-25.00
70	70	—	—	2	195.00	$195.00	+35.00
80	80	—	—	9	150.00–180.00	$156.67	-48.33
80	80	—	—	3	120.00–140.00	$133.33	-71.67
80	80	—	—	4	65.00–80.00	$75.00	-130.00
80	80	—	—	3	125.00–130.00	$128.33	-76.67
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	165.00	$165.00	+30.00
100	100	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	-55.00
100–140	104	—	—	11	185.00–265.00	$209.09	+74.09
150	150	—	—	2	280.00–310.00	$295.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	77.50	$77.50	$143	—
235	235	1	95.00	$95.00	$223	-22.38
490	490	2	75.00–112.50	$93.75	$459	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	90.00	$90.00	—
60	60	1	120.00	$120.00	—
60	60	1	140.00	$140.00	—
80	80	1	145.00	$145.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	150.00	$150.00	-55.00
80	80	1	160.00	$160.00	-85.00
80	80	1	180.00	$180.00	-65.00
100	100	1	160.00	$160.00	-184.23
150	150	2	420.00–440.00	$430.00	—

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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.