Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, July 30, 2025

345 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $359.50/cwt ≈ $2,132/hd at 593 lb · 40 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $341.25/cwt ≈ $1,870/hd at 548 lb · 37 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $374.00/cwt ≈ $1,690/hd at 452 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	345	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,332	—
330–340 fancy	335	2	430.00–440.00	$434.93	$1,457	—
400–405	403	2	395.00–410.00	$402.55	$1,622	+22.55
452 value added	452	13	374.00	$374.00	$1,690	—
500	500	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,800	—
593 value added	593	40	359.50	$359.50	$2,132	—
640 value added	640	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,144	—
704 value added	704	7	306.00	$306.00	$2,154	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,121	+10.00
345	345	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,311	+10.00
365	365	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,369	+10.00
385	385	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,348	+60.00
420	420	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,470	+60.00
500	500	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,550	-16.56
550	550	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,760	-12.50
610–640	625	3	285.00–295.00	$289.96	$1,812	—
695	695	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,911	—
700–725	713	2	290.00–310.00	$299.82	$2,138	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	330.00	$330.00	$924	—
305–330	318	2	320.00–330.00	$324.80	$1,033	—
365	365	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,241	+40.00
425	425	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,402	+10.00
465	465	2	310.00–330.00	$320.00	$1,488	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290 fancy	290	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,160	—
325	325	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,170	-10.00
395 value added	395	5	365.00	$365.00	$1,442	—
548 value added	548	37	341.25	$341.25	$1,870	—
640	640	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,016	—
649 value added	649	6	287.50	$287.50	$1,866	—
655	655	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,998	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–420	415	4	300.00–330.00	$312.35	$1,296	-7.65
435	435	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,066	-55.00
450–485	468	2	270.00–285.00	$277.78	$1,300	-32.22
450–495	474	4	280.00–320.00	$295.15	$1,399	-14.85
515–530	523	3	270.00–300.00	$285.69	$1,494	-11.33
550	550	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,265	-85.00
615	615	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,353	—
615	615	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,722	—
665–685	675	3	270.00–290.00	$279.95	$1,890	+12.45
695	695	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,494	—
700	700	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,680	—
725	725	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,522	—
755	755	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,114	—
755–790	773	2	245.00–255.00	$250.11	$1,933	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	310	2	320.00	$320.00	$992	—
375–380	378	2	300.00–310.00	$305.03	$1,153	+25.03
440	440	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,188	—
460	460	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,288	-6.62
535–545	540	2	250.00–260.00	$255.05	$1,377	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	380.00	$380.00	$836	—
335	335	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,273	—
370	370	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,295	-9.59
420	420	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,617	+50.00
480	480	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,680	+35.00
540	540	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,647	+7.28
550	550	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,375	-37.43
585	585	3	287.50	$287.50	$1,682	+0.07
610	610	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,708	-5.74
670–690	680	2	250.00–280.00	$264.78	$1,801	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280 fancy	280	2	460.00–475.00	$467.50	$1,309	—
340–345 fancy	343	2	435.00–455.00	$444.93	$1,526	—
350	350	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,382	—
350–380 fancy	362	3	420.00–440.00	$433.46	$1,569	—
405	405	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,580	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	310.00	$310.00	$930	—
370	370	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,110	—
465–485	475	2	300.00–310.00	$305.11	$1,449	-10.29
705	705	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,551	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1595	1595	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,875.00	$2,875.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1040	1008	80-85%	2	180.00–190.00	$184.84	$1,863	—
1020–1545	1270	80-85%	6	154.00–169.00	$165.67	$2,104	—
1135–1825	1604	80-85%	4	129.00–144.00	$135.33	$2,171	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1040	1012	85-90%	3	151.00–165.00	$157.55	$1,594	+18.90
705–1460	1163	85-90%	7	119.00–147.00	$129.46	$1,506	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1465	1390	75-80%	3	166.00–168.00	$166.70	$2,317	+17.70
1445–2000	1776	75-80%	4	105.00–159.00	$128.99	$2,291	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030	1030	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,060	—
1020–1445	1273	6	145.00–164.00	$158.62	$2,019	—
1505–1840	1706	5	171.00–184.00	$175.34	$2,991	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,852.00	$1,852.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–775	768	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,028.00–1,072.00	$1,049.79

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,886.00	$1,886.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,544.00	$1,544.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1325	1325	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1370	1370	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,675.00	$2,675.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,201.00	$1,201.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
130	130	1	37.50	$37.50	$49	-17.50
140	140	1	67.50	$67.50	$94	+12.50
180	180	1	20.00	$20.00	$36	-80.00
210–215	213	2	67.50	$67.50	$144	—

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	4	45.00–60.00	$52.50	+29.17
30	30	—	—	1	40.00	$40.00	+16.67
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	35.00	$35.00	+11.67
50	50	—	—	1	40.00	$40.00	+5.00
50	50	—	—	1	155.00	$155.00	+120.00
60	60	—	—	1	155.00	$155.00	+120.00
70	70	—	—	3	135.00	$135.00	-65.00
80	80	—	—	7	140.00–170.00	$144.29	-55.71
80	80	—	—	4	150.00–180.00	$168.75	-31.25
80	80	—	—	2	100.00–110.00	$105.00	-95.00
80	80	—	—	2	100.00–120.00	$110.00	-90.00
100	100	—	—	2	150.00–220.00	$185.00	+5.00
100–130	117	—	—	6	210.00–280.00	$236.67	+56.67
150	150	—	—	2	300.00–360.00	$330.00	-130.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	40.00	$40.00	—
50	50	3	100.00–135.00	$118.33	—
50	50	2	55.00–75.00	$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
30	30	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	65.00	$65.00	+35.00
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	4	40.00–75.00	$58.75	+28.75
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	2	90.00–140.00	$115.00	-135.00
50	50	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	3	50.00–65.00	$60.00	-190.00
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	35.00	$35.00	-215.00
70	70	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	110.00	$110.00	-140.00
70	70	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	200.00	$200.00	-50.00
70	70	—	—	3	110.00–125.00	$120.00	-130.00
80	80	—	—	1	85.00	$85.00	-165.00
80	80	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	2	70.00–115.00	$92.50	-157.50
80	80	—	—	1	110.00	$110.00	-140.00
80	80	—	—	12	130.00–170.00	$146.25	-103.75
100–130	110	—	—	3	200.00–210.00	$203.33	-86.67
150	150	—	—	1	220.00	$220.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–480	470	2	47.50–50.00	$48.72	$229	—
505–575	540	2	42.00–60.00	$51.58	$279	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	60.00	$60.00	—
70	70	1	170.00	$170.00	—

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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.