Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 26, 2026

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heavy 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $288.61/cwt ≈ $1,654/hd at 573 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	298	168	225
Feeder cattle	109	64	121
Slaughter cattle	37	29	34
Replacement cattle	5	20	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. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	385.00	$385.00	$866	—
410–445	428	2	370.00–375.00	$372.60	$1,595	+2.60
457–485	466	3	350.00–390.00	$376.13	$1,753	—
515	515	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,545	—
540	540	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,566	—
660	660	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,832	—
705	705	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,904	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,376	-65.04
520	520	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,820	—
590	590	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,976	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	363	3	350.00–360.00	$353.26	$1,282	+43.26
365	365	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,095	-10.00
425–430	428	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,327	-36.98
425–445	435	2	330.00–350.00	$339.77	$1,478	-7.21
470	470	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,410	-45.00
512–540	521	3	280.00–295.00	$289.82	$1,510	—
550	550	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,375	-59.82
615–645	630	2	280.00–300.00	$289.76	$1,825	-2.74
700	700	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,750	—
755	755	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,888	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	2	297.50	$297.50	$1,086	-2.50
565–582	578	4	240.00–270.00	$247.33	$1,430	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,498	—
534	534	4	325.00	$325.00	$1,736	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,155	-20.00
405–445	421	4	350.00–370.00	$362.17	$1,525	+12.17
450–480	470	3	350.00–370.00	$356.38	$1,675	—
480–490	485	2	320.00–325.00	$322.47	$1,564	—
505–525	512	3	290.00–320.00	$309.74	$1,586	—
525	525	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,208	—
550–592	573	13	287.50–290.00	$288.61	$1,654	—
610–645	634	4	270.00–275.00	$273.80	$1,736	—
657	657	2	282.50	$282.50	$1,856	—
865	865	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,773	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,050	—
405	405	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,215	±0.00
490	490	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,617	—
525	525	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,391	—
570	570	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,539	-30.00
745	745	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,564	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,120	-90.10
330–345	338	2	400.00–430.00	$414.67	$1,402	-75.33
380	380	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,520	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1230	1069	80-85%	12	122.00–157.00	$146.89	$1,570	—
1055–1365	1179	80-85%	8	160.00–170.00	$162.32	$1,914	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1135	976	85-90%	4	150.00–159.00	$154.11	$1,504	—
975–990	983	85-90%	2	130.00–141.00	$135.46	$1,332	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1465	1380	75-80%	2	156.00–158.00	$156.94	$2,166	—
1620–1775	1697	75-80%	3	169.00–179.00	$174.88	$2,968	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500–1750	1627	3	189.00–211.00	$199.44	$3,245	—
1550–1860	1705	2	181.00–184.00	$182.64	$3,114	—

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Stock Cows

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765	765	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,358

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,088

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1540	1540	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160–180	175	4	90.00–105.00	$97.71	$171	—
220	220	1	90.00	$90.00	$198	+35.00
305–320	313	2	85.00–95.00	$89.88	$281	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790	790	1	10.00	$10.00	$79	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–30	23	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	4	30.00–45.00	$36.25	+1.25
20–30	28	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	5	52.50–55.00	$53.00	-22.00
40	40	—	—	1	65.00	$65.00	-10.00
40	40	—	—	1	40.00	$40.00	-35.00
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	3	75.00–80.00	$76.67	-63.33
50	50	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	11	47.50	$47.50	-92.50
50	50	—	—	1	50.00	$50.00	-90.00
50	50	—	—	2	60.00–70.00	$65.00	-75.00
50	50	—	—	3	120.00–145.00	$130.00	-10.00
50	50	—	—	3	105.00–115.00	$108.33	-31.67
50	50	—	—	5	80.00–105.00	$95.00	-45.00
60	60	—	—	1	130.00	$130.00	-27.00
60	60	—	—	2	110.00	$110.00	-47.00
60	60	—	—	1	70.00	$70.00	-87.00
60	60	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	100.00	$100.00	-57.00
70	70	—	—	4	140.00–170.00	$153.75	+8.75
80	80	—	—	2	125.00–135.00	$130.00	-52.50
80	80	—	—	2	150.00–165.00	$157.50	-25.00
80	80	—	—	2	195.00	$195.00	+12.50
100–120	104	—	—	9	210.00–370.00	$280.00	-6.67
120	120	—	—	1	170.00	$170.00	-116.67
150	150	—	—	3	440.00–450.00	$446.67	—

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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	23	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	3	45.00–55.00	$50.00	—
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	2	35.00	$35.00	—
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	60.00	$60.00	—
40–50	45	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	2	95.00–120.00	$107.50	—
40–50	45	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	2	25.00–50.00	$37.50	—
50	50	—	—	2	75.00–80.00	$77.50	-82.50
50	50	—	—	2	105.00–120.00	$112.50	-47.50
60	60	—	—	3	120.00	$120.00	-40.00
80	80	—	—	6	155.00–162.50	$159.58	-4.17
80	80	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	-83.75
80	80	—	—	1	130.00	$130.00	-33.75
90	90	—	—	1	160.00	$160.00	-3.75
100	100	—	—	2	110.00	$110.00	-180.00
100	100	—	—	2	220.00	$220.00	-70.00
120	120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	240.00–360.00	$342.86	+162.86

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	7	40.00	$40.00	+5.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	35.00	$35.00	$79	—
400	400	1	50.00	$50.00	$200	-6.70
545	545	1	60.00	$60.00	$327	—
610	610	1	60.00	$60.00	$366	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	3	30.00	$30.00	—
50	50	1	65.00	$65.00	-15.00
50	50	1	55.00	$55.00	-25.00
50	50	6	67.50–110.00	$91.25	+11.25
60	60	1	120.00	$120.00	+40.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	—
100	100	1	130.00	$130.00	-160.00
120	120	1	320.00	$320.00	+30.00

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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.