Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	323	300	217
Feeder cattle	150	170	126
Slaughter cattle	72	54	31
Replacement cattle	35	30	8

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made today due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	480.00	$480.00	$2,136	-1.54
565–585	575	2	400.00–420.00	$409.83	$2,357	+4.83
585 value added	585	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,340	—
640 value added	640	2	365.00	$365.00	$2,336	-20.00
685 value added	685	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,466	—
795 value added	795	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,703	—
920	920	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,668	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	510.00	$510.00	$2,856	—
610–640	625	2	400.00–410.00	$404.88	$2,530	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,260	-46.49
365–395	380	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,710	+4.70
415	415	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,660	-35.73
405–445	425	3	410.00–440.00	$429.53	$1,826	-6.20
465–480	472	3	420.00–430.00	$426.68	$2,014	+26.57
500	500	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,700	-23.08
515	515	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,957	+16.92
565	565	2	340.00–350.00	$345.00	$1,949	-15.05
605 value added	605	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,057	—
630	630	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,016	-6.41
650	650	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,080	+10.00
715	715	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,252	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,500	—
737 value added	737	2	322.50	$322.50	$2,377	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,330	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,360	-26.73
430	430	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,720	-48.46
465	465	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,767	-73.91
480	480	1	430.00	$430.00	$2,064	-23.91
510–535	523	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,674	-60.00
525	525	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,995	±0.00
560–580	570	2	310.00–350.00	$330.35	$1,883	-74.83
590–595	593	2	380.00	$380.00	$2,253	-25.18
615–630	620	3	320.00–365.00	$345.16	$2,140	-19.84
815	815	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,404	—
870	870	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,175	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–380	368	2	410.00–420.00	$414.83	$1,527	+9.64
420–445	433	2	360.00–380.00	$369.71	$1,601	—
475–490	483	2	355.00–370.00	$362.38	$1,750	-37.62
515–540	530	3	290.00–370.00	$337.78	$1,790	—
605–645	625	2	300.00–315.00	$307.26	$1,920	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,204	—
590–595	594	5	265.00–312.50	$274.44	$1,630	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,925	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1530	1100	80-85%	13	150.00–167.00	$160.91	$1,770	-8.77
1100–1485	1278	80-85%	15	172.00–187.00	$178.45	$2,281	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1890	1513	75-80%	17	169.00–189.00	$175.80	$2,660	—
1545–1615	1580	75-80%	2	160.00–162.00	$161.02	$2,544	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–905	900	85-90%	2	117.50–128.00	$122.78	$1,105	—
870–1340	1066	85-90%	7	154.00–184.00	$167.77	$1,788	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1695	1428	2	164.00–176.00	$171.12	$2,444	—
1215–2050	1555	11	193.00–218.00	$202.31	$3,146	-11.60

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,144.00	$2,144.00
850–1095	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,765.00–2,350.00	$2,021.08

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–750	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,088.00–1,121.00	$1,103.81
760	760	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,520.00	$1,520.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,352.00	$1,352.00
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,713.00	$1,713.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–850	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,750.00–2,350.00	$2,057.23
790–970	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,650.00–1,950.00	$1,831.63
910	910	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,456.00	$1,456.00
1030	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,648.00	$1,648.00
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00
1020–1125	1089	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,700.00–2,600.00	$2,195.55
1375	1375	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045	1045	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,940.00	$1,940.00
1110–1510	1310	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,688.00–2,700.00	$2,693.08

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	227	5	75.00–90.00	$82.97	$188	-57.03
665	665	1	70.00	$70.00	$466	—

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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	1	80.00	$80.00	-35.00
40–50	47	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	3	110.00–205.00	$148.33	+33.33
50	50	—	—	1	60.00	$60.00	-70.00
60	60	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	180.00	$180.00	+50.00
60	60	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-30.00
80	80	—	—	3	110.00–155.00	$125.00	-20.00
80	80	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	200.00	$200.00	+55.00
80	80	—	—	1	160.00	$160.00	+15.00
100	100	—	—	2	155.00–180.00	$167.50	-23.75
110–120	115	—	—	2	170.00–245.00	$207.50	+16.25
150	150	—	—	1	380.00	$380.00	+70.00

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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
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00	—
800–905	858	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	2,975.00–3,200.00	$3,062.52	-64.47
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00	-526.99

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–740	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,500.00–2,700.00	$2,602.78	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452	452	27	424.00	$424.00	$1,916	—
565–569	569	24	315.00–375.00	$372.52	$2,120	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	110.00	$110.00	-60.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	125.00	$125.00	-45.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	180.00	$180.00	+10.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	4	40.00–47.50	$45.63	—
40	40	3	50.00–60.00	$53.33	—
50	50	6	105.00	$105.00	—

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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	2	60.00	$60.00	±0.00
50	50	—	—	1	60.00	$60.00	-40.00
50	50	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	±0.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	95.00	$95.00	+2.50
100	100	—	—	1	95.00	$95.00	-75.00
100	100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	155.00	$155.00	-15.00
120	120	—	—	1	135.00	$135.00	-95.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	6	30.00	$30.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	55.00	$55.00	$204	-2.50

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–130	115	4	200.00–335.00	$273.75	—

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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.