Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 25, 2026

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $410.21/cwt +18.87 vs last sale · ≈ $2,086/hd at 509 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	250	261	310
Feeder cattle	127	132	203
Slaughter cattle	40	34	50
Replacement cattle	19	33	31

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week 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
335 fancy	335	1	635.00	$635.00	$2,127	—
379	379	4	540.00	$540.00	$2,047	+20.00
405 fancy	405	1	590.00	$590.00	$2,390	—
420	420	1	510.00	$510.00	$2,142	+20.00
425 value added	425	1	580.00	$580.00	$2,465	—
450–455 value added	453	2	500.00	$500.00	$2,265	—
523 value added	523	4	475.00	$475.00	$2,484	—
615	615	1	405.00	$405.00	$2,491	—
712 value added	712	3	387.50	$387.50	$2,759	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,080	—
325	325	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,138	-150.00
440	440	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,848	-10.00
460–463	462	3	435.00–460.00	$451.70	$2,087	+91.70
480 value added	480	1	490.00	$490.00	$2,352	—
615	615	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,845	-60.00
620	620	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,356	+20.00
665	665	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,261	—
800	800	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,000	-77.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,625	-15.00
510	510	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,964	+15.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,375	+10.00
305	305	2	550.00	$550.00	$1,678	+10.00
350–387	371	9	485.00–500.00	$493.64	$1,831	-24.69
400	400	1	490.00	$490.00	$1,960	—
450–465	460	4	452.50–467.50	$462.57	$2,128	+12.57
502 value added	502	5	416.00	$416.00	$2,088	—
513–520	514	6	392.50–408.00	$405.39	$2,084	+14.05
600	600	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,130	-5.00
620 value added	620	4	372.50	$372.50	$2,310	—
650 value added	650	1	373.00	$373.00	$2,424	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	268	2	440.00–475.00	$458.64	$1,229	—
375	375	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,462	+20.00
385	385	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,444	+5.00
410 value added	410	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,640	—
475–485	480	2	395.00–415.00	$405.10	$1,944	+67.60
520	520	2	342.50–367.50	$355.00	$1,846	+25.00
590 value added	590	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,124	—
620 value added	620	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,046	—
630	630	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,205	—
805	805	1	297.50	$297.50	$2,395	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,023	-30.00
385	385	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,444	—
405–420	413	2	355.00–360.00	$357.55	$1,477	+7.43
455	455	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,729	—
605	605	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,754	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	540.00	$540.00	$1,161	—
260–290	275	2	525.00–555.00	$539.18	$1,483	—
425	425	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,912	—
470	470	1	470.00	$470.00	$2,209	+60.00
550–575	563	2	397.50–425.00	$410.94	$2,314	+53.44
650	650	2	340.00–352.50	$346.25	$2,251	—
835 value added	835	1	262.50	$262.50	$2,192	—
900	900	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,115	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–340	338	2	605.00–635.00	$619.89	$2,095	+44.23
360–370	365	2	610.00	$610.00	$2,226	+78.33
415	415	1	565.00	$565.00	$2,345	+68.59
455	455	1	480.00	$480.00	$2,184	+10.00
640	640	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,400	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	420.00	$420.00	$903	—
595	595	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,261	—
780	780	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,774	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1070–1085	1078	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	2,224.00–2,247.00	$2,235.42	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350	1350	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	-300.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1110	1088	80-85%	2	212.50–220.00	$216.33	$2,354	—
1080–1475	1245	80-85%	8	164.00–179.00	$168.69	$2,100	-6.62
1180–1410	1328	80-85%	3	122.50–142.00	$134.11	$1,781	-68.76

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1045	967	85-90%	3	127.00–143.00	$136.16	$1,317	—
1025–1125	1068	85-90%	3	147.00–161.00	$152.57	$1,629	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1690	1530	75-80%	2	165.00–170.00	$167.24	$2,559	—
1800–1805	1803	75-80%	2	159.00–160.00	$159.50	$2,876	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–2010	1673	6	181.00–216.00	$201.25	$3,367	—
1925	1925	1	222.00	$222.00	$4,274	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,989.00	$1,989.00
980–1045	1013	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,519.00–1,547.00	$1,533.45

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,365.00	$1,365.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,118.00	$1,118.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,912.00	$1,912.00
1225	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00
1360	1360	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	168.00	$168.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,340.00	$1,340.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	75.00	$75.00	$172	+1.74
320–385	353	2	67.50–77.50	$72.96	$258	—

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	90.00–115.00	$102.50	-105.00
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	135.00	$135.00	-72.50
60	60	—	—	1	75.00	$75.00	-132.50
60–70	65	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	120.00–130.00	$125.00	-82.50
80	80	—	—	2	160.00–165.00	$162.50	-45.00
80	80	—	—	2	110.00–165.00	$137.50	-70.00
100	100	—	—	1	145.00	$145.00	-40.00
100	100	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	160.00	$160.00	-25.00
100–130	125	—	—	6	260.00–315.00	$300.00	+70.00

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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
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	4,300.00	$4,300.00	—
1130–1255	1193	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,750.00–3,800.00	$3,773.69	+273.69

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,700.00	$3,700.00	—
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	4,000.00	$4,000.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,286	—
565	565	1	170.00	$170.00	$960	—
685	685	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,490	—
785	785	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,492	—
830–845	838	2	180.00–185.00	$182.52	$1,530	—

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Nannies/Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–30	25	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	2	45.00–50.00	$47.50	-47.50
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	3	115.00–130.00	$123.33	-1.67
80	80	—	—	1	130.00	$130.00	-101.11
80	80	—	—	1	85.00	$85.00	-146.11
80	80	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	120.00	$120.00	-111.11
80	80	—	—	4	105.00–145.00	$128.75	-102.36
80	80	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	2	165.00–175.00	$170.00	-61.11
100–120	105	—	—	4	140.00–225.00	$175.00	-25.00
130	130	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	265.00	$265.00	+90.00
150	150	—	—	1	250.00	$250.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	1	45.00	$45.00	—
50	50	7	55.00–70.00	$65.71	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	77.50	$77.50	$221	—
350	350	1	75.00	$75.00	$262	—
415–480	438	3	60.00–90.00	$75.74	$332	—
500	500	1	60.00	$60.00	$300	—

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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.