Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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light 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $465.98/cwt ≈ $1,532/hd at 329 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	251	212	314
Feeder cattle	131	69	155
Slaughter cattle	38	36	37
Replacement cattle	12	18	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

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

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340 value added	323	2	470.00–480.00	$474.73	$1,533	—
365 value added	365	2	470.00–510.00	$490.00	$1,788	—
405	405	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,944	—
460	460	1	495.00	$495.00	$2,277	—
495	495	1	420.00	$420.00	$2,079	—
520	520	1	485.00	$485.00	$2,522	—
600–640	620	2	410.00–435.00	$422.10	$2,617	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290 value added	290	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,160	—
570	570	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,824	—
600	600	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,890	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,080	—
328–330 value added	328	9	440.00–470.00	$466.65	$1,531	—
335	335	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,541	—
420	420	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,743	—
460	460	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,886	—
520–525	523	2	350.00–365.00	$357.46	$1,870	—
560	560	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,072	—
624	624	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,184	—
632 value added	632	3	340.00	$340.00	$2,149	—
790	790	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,449	—
940	940	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,867	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,058	—
250–280 value added	270	3	400.00–420.00	$406.17	$1,097	—
350	350	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,435	-19.44
370	370	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,295	-79.44
465	465	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,581	-60.00
475–495	485	2	360.00–380.00	$369.79	$1,793	+4.79
495 value added	495	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,930	—
520–535	528	2	360.00–370.00	$364.93	$1,927	+9.93
540	540	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,539	-70.00
575	575	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,840	—
620	620	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,829	-20.00
675	675	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,025	—
835	835	2	297.50	$297.50	$2,484	—
865	865	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,076	-50.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	310.00	$310.00	$837	—
345	345	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,070	—
405–410	408	2	310.00–330.00	$319.94	$1,305	-0.06
505–525	515	2	245.00–280.00	$262.84	$1,354	-37.16
575–590	583	2	260.00–280.00	$269.87	$1,573	-40.13
600–645	628	4	250.00–280.00	$262.73	$1,650	—
680	680	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,360	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	540.00	$540.00	$1,431	—
300–330	318	3	480.00–490.00	$483.40	$1,537	-60.61
380	380	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,634	-140.00
380	380	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,786	-100.00
400–410	403	3	440.00–480.00	$463.39	$1,867	—
470–485	478	2	450.00–470.00	$459.84	$2,198	—
520	520	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,080	—
575	575	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,128	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–385	378	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,210	-70.00
495	495	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,436	—
510–545	528	2	290.00–310.00	$300.33	$1,586	-19.67
575	575	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,524	-62.58
610	610	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,525	-70.00
725	725	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,740	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,420	+20.00
480–493	487	2	320.00–345.00	$332.67	$1,620	—
500–515	508	3	330.00–355.00	$344.89	$1,752	-71.91
685	685	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,158	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1340	1340	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,747.00	$2,747.00	—
1490	1490	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925–930	928	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,609.00–1,619.00	$1,613.99	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1575	1285	75-80%	10	163.00–179.00	$172.40	$2,215	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590–1000	795	85-90%	2	150.00–162.00	$157.55	$1,253	—
855–1080	967	85-90%	3	129.00–139.00	$134.78	$1,303	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1105	1080	80-85%	3	160.00–169.00	$164.63	$1,778	+18.93
1110	1110	80-85%	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,576	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425	1425	1	186.00	$186.00	$2,650	—
1525–1970	1647	6	209.00–221.00	$215.06	$3,542	—
1010–2575	1793	2	190.00	$190.00	$3,407	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,950.00	$2,950.00
1220	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,250.00	$3,250.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
115–140	128	2	105.00–110.00	$107.75	$138	—
180–195	187	3	70.00–85.00	$76.56	$143	-33.44
210	210	1	75.00	$75.00	$158	—
210	210	1	95.00	$95.00	$200	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	140.00	$140.00	+95.00
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	10	80.00–95.00	$81.50	+36.50
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	105.00	$105.00	+16.92
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	130.00	$130.00	-5.00
60	60	—	—	1	70.00	$70.00	-65.00
60	60	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	-15.00
60–70	65	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	110.00–115.00	$112.50	-22.50
70	70	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-35.00
70	70	—	—	6	170.00–185.00	$172.50	+37.50
80	80	—	—	1	145.00	$145.00	+65.00
80	80	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	140.00	$140.00	+60.00
100	100	—	—	1	135.00	$135.00	-138.33
100–120	110	—	—	7	180.00–290.00	$225.71	-47.62
100–120	110	—	—	2	190.00–300.00	$245.00	-28.33

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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
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,700.00	$3,700.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,850.00	$3,850.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
655	655	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451	451	3	400.00	$400.00	$1,804	—
547	547	3	360.00	$360.00	$1,969	—
663	663	3	320.00	$320.00	$2,122	—

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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	3	240.00	$240.00	-50.00

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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	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	85.00	$85.00	+25.00
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	90.00	$90.00	+15.00
60	60	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	110.00	$110.00	+75.00
60–70	67	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	3	100.00–115.00	$108.33	-11.67
80	80	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	140.00	$140.00	+55.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Bred	1	140.00	$140.00	+55.00
90	90	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	175.00	$175.00	+90.00
120	120	—	—	1	270.00	$270.00	+40.00
140	140	—	—	1	320.00	$320.00	+90.00
150	150	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	320.00	$320.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	4	60.00	$60.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	75.00	$75.00	$289	—
430	430	1	95.00	$95.00	$408	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140	140	2	280.00	$280.00	—
150	150	1	210.00	$210.00	—

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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.