Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 21, 2026

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light 5-weight M&L 2 steers $379.17/cwt ≈ $1,992/hd at 525 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	219	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,548	—
509 value added	509	7	400.00	$400.00	$2,036	—
548	548	5	350.00	$350.00	$1,918	—
585 value added	585	1	385.00	$385.00	$2,252	—
725	725	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,248	—
780	780	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,184	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,668	-55.00
470 value added	470	3	475.00	$475.00	$2,232	+35.00
525	525	2	385.00	$385.00	$2,021	-25.00
555	555	1	382.50	$382.50	$2,123	-32.50
610–640	625	2	365.00–367.50	$366.22	$2,289	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,824	—
680	680	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,176	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–285	278	2	430.00	$430.00	$1,195	—
335	335	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,524	+15.00
350–390	377	5	430.00–455.00	$442.77	$1,669	+5.66
415–445	432	5	430.00–460.00	$449.65	$1,942	—
455	455	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,979	—
505–525	512	3	355.00–375.00	$364.87	$1,868	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	390.00	$390.00	$819	—
320–340	330	2	410.00–435.00	$422.12	$1,393	—
380–385	383	2	390.00–395.00	$392.52	$1,503	+37.52
445	445	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,691	+2.12
450–465	455	3	395.00–410.00	$401.76	$1,828	+21.76
460	460	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,564	-40.00
500	500	3	360.00	$360.00	$1,800	+43.23
580	580	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,001	+15.00
615	615	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,722	-25.04

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	350.00	$350.00	$840	—
555	555	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,748	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	278	3	450.00–480.00	$466.83	$1,298	-33.17
355–390	379	4	410.00–450.00	$433.00	$1,641	—
405–435	417	3	400.00–445.00	$427.70	$1,784	-2.30
475–485	480	2	385.00–395.00	$389.95	$1,872	-12.71
480 value added	480	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,800	—
510–525	518	2	385.00–395.00	$390.07	$2,021	+25.64
590–595	594	4	325.00–330.00	$326.24	$1,938	-24.38
605–630	615	3	320.00–340.00	$328.48	$2,020	—
650	650	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,080	—
705–735	725	4	270.00–275.00	$272.52	$1,976	—
780–785	783	2	260.00–270.00	$265.02	$2,075	-34.98
860	860	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,021	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	287	3	520.00–550.00	$536.80	$1,541	—
335	335	1	565.00	$565.00	$1,893	—
355–385	367	4	495.00–550.00	$520.70	$1,911	+20.97
430	430	2	485.00–490.00	$487.50	$2,096	+17.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,112	—
400–410	405	2	370.00–380.00	$374.94	$1,519	—
595	595	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,606	—
645	645	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,790	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1230	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,251.00	$2,251.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1165	1088	80-85%	4	135.00–153.00	$145.86	$1,587	—
1005–1750	1307	80-85%	17	155.00–170.00	$164.35	$2,148	-14.65

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860	860	85-90%	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,015	—
985–1455	1145	85-90%	5	149.00–154.00	$152.57	$1,747	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1815	1505	75-80%	3	165.00–170.00	$167.32	$2,518	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230	1230	1	164.00	$164.00	$2,017	—
1365–2070	1757	6	182.00–199.00	$191.47	$3,364	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,901.00	$1,901.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,472.00	$1,472.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1125	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00
1270	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1230	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00
1300	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00
840	840	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110–195	171	7	55.00–72.50	$65.04	$111	-2.86
205–275	245	6	60.00–70.00	$68.05	$167	-8.64

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	60.00	$60.00	-105.00
50	50	1	50.00	$50.00	-115.00
70	70	2	120.00	$120.00	-45.00
70	70	1	100.00	$100.00	-65.00
80	80	2	155.00–325.00	$240.00	+75.00
80	80	1	90.00	$90.00	-75.00
100	100	2	140.00	$140.00	-65.00
120–130	123	4	340.00–360.00	$351.25	+59.58

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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
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,550.00	$3,550.00	+400.00
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00	-250.00
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1345	1345	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,675.00	$3,675.00	—

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
685	685	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	170.00	$170.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	130.00	$130.00	+55.00

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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	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	140.00	$140.00	+40.00
60	60	—	—	1	47.50	$47.50	-52.50
70	70	—	—	1	140.00	$140.00	+40.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	140.00	$140.00	+40.00
80	80	—	—	2	145.00–170.00	$157.50	+57.50
100	100	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	+120.00
120	120	—	—	1	230.00	$230.00	-28.57

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	45.00	$45.00	—
60	60	1	45.00	$45.00	—
70	70	2	40.00–60.00	$50.00	—
80	80	1	35.00	$35.00	—
90–95	91	4	50.00–80.00	$62.50	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155	155	1	40.00	$40.00	$62	—
230	230	1	45.00	$45.00	$104	±0.00
280	280	1	62.50	$62.50	$175	—
305	305	1	60.00	$60.00	$183	-10.00
440	440	1	50.00	$50.00	$220	—
450	450	1	77.50	$77.50	$349	—
510	510	1	57.50	$57.50	$293	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120	120	2	230.00–300.00	$265.00	+15.00

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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.