Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 18, 2026

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $441.70/cwt -18.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,926/hd at 436 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	261	247	175
Feeder cattle	132	134	88
Slaughter cattle	34	21	17
Replacement cattle	33	18	11

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week o feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	560.00	$560.00	$1,848	-3.66
390	390	1	520.00	$520.00	$2,028	+30.00
434	434	4	490.00	$490.00	$2,127	+20.00
491	491	7	450.00	$450.00	$2,210	±0.00
564	564	5	455.00	$455.00	$2,566	+30.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,650	—
435	435	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,784	±0.00
440	440	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,892	+20.00
485	485	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,746	-10.00
495	495	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,980	+30.00
545	545	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,962	+35.05
615	615	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,214	—
715	715	1	342.50	$342.50	$2,449	—
805	805	1	327.50	$327.50	$2,636	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,662	—
505	505	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,868	—
555–595	575	2	330.00–342.50	$336.03	$1,932	—
605	605	2	317.50–320.00	$318.75	$1,928	—
720	720	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,232	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	560.00	$560.00	$1,372	—
265	265	1	490.00	$490.00	$1,298	—
330	330	1	540.00	$540.00	$1,782	+81.09
365	365	3	510.00–535.00	$518.33	$1,892	+76.19
435–445	436	12	440.00–460.00	$441.70	$1,926	-18.30
470	470	1	450.00	$450.00	$2,115	-1.26
500–545	513	7	380.00–400.00	$391.34	$2,008	+41.34
585	585	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,194	+20.00
600	600	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,160	+17.00
613	613	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,992	-18.00
715	715	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,216	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,633	—
355	355	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,314	—
410	410	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,517	+10.00
415	415	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,577	+20.00
455	455	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,752	+5.85
491	491	3	337.50	$337.50	$1,657	-41.65
505	505	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,666	-7.72
550–555 value added	553	2	330.00–350.00	$340.05	$1,880	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,206	+40.00
425–435	430	2	340.00–360.00	$350.12	$1,506	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	2	600.00	$600.00	$1,560	—
310–345	330	3	560.00–610.00	$575.66	$1,900	—
370–385	373	6	530.00–540.00	$531.67	$1,983	+91.67
410–425	418	3	480.00–520.00	$496.41	$2,075	+48.91
455	455	1	470.00	$470.00	$2,138	+21.83
510	510	1	440.00	$440.00	$2,244	+14.95
610	610	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,288	+23.38

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,692	+91.37
420 value added	420	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,890	—
480	480	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,968	+60.00
555	555	2	350.00–365.00	$357.50	$1,984	+7.50
575 fancy	575	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,898	—
690	690	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,139	+10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,480	+65.00
500	500	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,525	—
605	605	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,754	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,380.00	$2,380.00	—
1380	1380	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150–1245	1198	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	2,070.00–2,428.00	$2,256.10	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1345	1140	80-85%	5	150.00–165.00	$156.73	$1,787	—
980–1590	1238	80-85%	9	170.00–184.00	$175.31	$2,170	+14.32
1185–1375	1303	80-85%	3	193.00–221.00	$202.87	$2,643	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1215	1168	85-90%	2	145.00–153.00	$148.84	$1,738	—
1140–1525	1333	85-90%	2	120.00–131.00	$126.29	$1,683	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1440	1440	75-80%	1	168.00	$168.00	$2,419	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1860–1865	1863	2	177.00–179.00	$178.00	$3,316	—
1370–2385	2012	3	188.00–205.00	$197.22	$3,968	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1030	968	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,018.00–1,494.00	$1,271.37
1155	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,310.00	$2,310.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–850	775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,296.00–1,575.00	$1,422.00
1155	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,425.00	$2,425.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,709.00	$1,709.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00
1145	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00
1170	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00
1145–1240	1193	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,850.00–3,050.00	$2,953.98
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,450.00	$3,450.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
950–1000	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,050.00–2,150.00	$2,098.72
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,950.00	$2,950.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,182.00	$1,182.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600–680	640	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	230	3	70.00–75.00	$73.26	$168	—
475	475	1	67.50	$67.50	$321	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	22.50	$22.50	$38	+12.50

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	2	205.00–210.00	$207.50	+77.50
80	80	1	195.00	$195.00	+65.00
90	90	1	280.00	$280.00	+144.00
100	100	4	190.00–215.00	$205.00	+40.00
100	100	1	185.00	$185.00	+20.00
100–130	114	5	230.00–290.00	$258.00	+9.00
120	120	1	230.00	$230.00	+120.00
150	150	1	350.00	$350.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1170	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—
1185	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,400.00	$3,400.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,650.00	$3,650.00	+1,600.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
670	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—

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Nannies/Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	95.00	$95.00	+40.00
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	125.00	$125.00	+90.00
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	3	160.00	$160.00	+125.00
50	50	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	2	120.00	$120.00	+85.00
70	70	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	9	215.00–235.00	$231.11	+81.11
120	120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	200.00	$200.00	-140.00
130	130	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	175.00	$175.00	-165.00

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	175.00	$175.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	280.00	$280.00	+160.00
100	100	1	270.00	$270.00	—

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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.