Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 1, 2026

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $467.50/cwt +3.50 vs last sale · ≈ $2,688/hd at 575 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	218	294	292
Feeder cattle	129	163	145
Slaughter cattle	37	22	51
Replacement cattle	22	15	18

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
235	235	1	590.00	$590.00	$1,386	—
377 value added	377	3	535.00	$535.00	$2,017	—
458–470 value added	467	9	510.00–520.00	$517.82	$2,418	+10.82
575 value added	575	14	467.50	$467.50	$2,688	+3.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	368	2	460.00–490.00	$474.29	$1,745	—
520	520	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,924	—
535	535	1	420.00	$420.00	$2,247	—
608	608	2	400.00	$400.00	$2,432	+30.00
668 value added	668	4	370.00	$370.00	$2,472	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	1	347.50	$347.50	$2,137	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,485	+30.00
365–390	378	2	440.00–450.00	$445.17	$1,683	-24.83
415–440	427	3	410.00–440.00	$426.80	$1,822	+29.81
435	435	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,457	-61.99
450	450	2	460.00	$460.00	$2,070	+56.60
455–495	475	2	340.00–350.00	$345.21	$1,640	-58.19
495	495	2	355.00–360.00	$357.50	$1,770	-45.90
523–525	524	3	370.00–375.00	$371.67	$1,948	-1.57
525 value added	525	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,890	—
535	535	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,766	-43.24
563 value added	563	2	370.00	$370.00	$2,083	—
585	585	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,077	+15.00
610	610	3	340.00	$340.00	$2,074	+23.76
705	705	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,291	+10.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,152	-90.00
300 fancy	300	1	530.00	$530.00	$1,590	—
315–340	328	2	460.00–480.00	$470.38	$1,543	-59.62
350–395	368	4	465.00–490.00	$483.28	$1,778	+23.28
400–430	412	3	460.00–480.00	$466.48	$1,922	—
450 value added	450	1	455.00	$455.00	$2,048	—
460–495	479	4	420.00–460.00	$432.04	$2,069	-17.96
620	620	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,170	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	385.00	$385.00	$924	—
485	485	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,504	—
510	510	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,632	-10.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–297	293	4	500.00	$500.00	$1,465	—
385–395	390	2	420.00–440.00	$430.13	$1,678	+5.00
415–420	418	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,463	-79.82
450	450	2	450.00–470.00	$460.00	$2,070	+7.57
515–520	518	2	350.00–385.00	$367.42	$1,903	-2.58
580–595	589	4	390.00–400.00	$397.47	$2,341	+9.48

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	510.00	$510.00	$1,148	—
255	255	1	580.00	$580.00	$1,479	±0.00
325	325	1	520.00	$520.00	$1,690	—
350–395	369	6	500.00–540.00	$518.22	$1,912	+9.15
400	400	1	510.00	$510.00	$2,040	+20.00
567	567	3	410.00	$410.00	$2,325	—
665	665	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,460	+17.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485–495	490	2	410.00–420.00	$415.05	$2,034	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1120	975	80-85%	6	148.00–170.00	$159.28	$1,553	—
930–1210	1067	80-85%	5	178.00–196.00	$186.65	$1,992	+35.65

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–935	853	85-90%	4	60.00–146.00	$111.57	$952	—
935–1055	985	85-90%	3	154.00–163.00	$159.08	$1,567	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1520	1439	75-80%	4	183.00–197.00	$188.91	$2,718	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–2335	1596	5	188.00–217.00	$204.41	$3,262	—
1725	1725	1	229.00	$229.00	$3,950	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,480.00	$1,480.00
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,481.00	$1,481.00
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,789.00	$1,789.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,496.00	$1,496.00
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,968.00	$1,968.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,801.00	$1,801.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,214.00	$1,214.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,539.00	$1,539.00
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00
1115–1145	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,740.00–2,200.00	$1,966.95

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	65.00	$65.00	$244	—
430	430	1	77.50	$77.50	$333	—

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	125.00	$125.00	+15.00
80	80	1	155.00	$155.00	-15.00
80	80	1	60.00	$60.00	-110.00
80	80	1	130.00	$130.00	-40.00
100	100	2	200.00–220.00	$210.00	+60.00

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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
965–1065	1002	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,400.00–3,700.00	$3,154.16	—
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,900.00	$3,900.00	—

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
610	610	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
755	755	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

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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	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	75.00	$75.00	+11.67
50	50	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	40.00	$40.00	-65.00
60	60	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	70.00	$70.00	-30.00
70	70	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	165.00	$165.00	+55.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	65.00–80.00	$72.50	-42.50
100	100	—	—	1	90.00	$90.00	-80.00
100–120	110	—	—	2	150.00–210.00	$180.00	-50.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–365	363	2	60.00–80.00	$70.07	$254	—
475	475	1	85.00	$85.00	$404	—
590	590	1	90.00	$90.00	$531	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	50.00	$50.00	—
70	70	2	120.00–135.00	$127.50	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120	120	1	265.00	$265.00	—
130	130	1	160.00	$160.00	—

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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.