Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls too few to trend. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $282.86/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −58.49 against this barn's trailing median of $341.35.

Average price

$282.86

7 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,544

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$348

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$78.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.68

vs SC average

−31.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	308.75	1,636	4thin
Medium and Large 2	570	257.50	1,468	2thin
Medium and Large 3	560	230.00	1,288	1thin

One grade step is worth $78.75/cwt here — about $348 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $398.74, low $300.06, median $341.35 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

282.86

—

SC average6 barns · 54 hd

273.17

+9.68

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

−31.72

This barn, trailing median12 sales

341.35

−58.49

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,175	165.00	1,939	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,416	155.94	2,208	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,062	147.95	1,572	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	963	129.35	1,246	3thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,070	$1,600	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	820	$1,085	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	850	$1,445	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	972	$2,092	3thin

Every lot, as filed

54 lots · USDA AMS · Laurens Livestock Exchange - Laurens, SC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	625	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,554	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,380	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,048	151.54/cwt	137.00–169.00	1,588	11
Bulls	—	—	1,175	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,939	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	225	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	754	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,038	129.82/cwt	124.00–136.00	1,348	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	129.35/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,246	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,399	151.92/cwt	143.00–165.00	2,125	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,071	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,789	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,145	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,181	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	424.84/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,338	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	515	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	318.33/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,623	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	351.64/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,108	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	315.19/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,790	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	359.43/cwt	350.00–370.00	784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	740	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,776	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	325.94/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,529	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,426	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	330.02/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,743	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	349.94/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	354.93/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,260	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	850	1,445.00/head	1,445.00–1,445.00	1,445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	360.44/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,218	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	595	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,458	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	470	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	322.52/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,332	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,652	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	316	297.37/cwt	290.00–310.00	940	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	308.73/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,142	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	284	309.82/cwt	300.00–315.00	880	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	243	304.95/cwt	300.00–310.00	741	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,070	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,457	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	350.55/cwt	320.00–370.00	1,641	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	358.53/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,481	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,745	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	920	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,095	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	355.29/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,339	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	314.91/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,348	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	972	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,075	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	820	1,085.00/head	1,085.00–1,085.00	1,085	1

How this sale compares

South Carolina weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

South Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Laurens Livestock Exchange - Laurens, SC

Wed Mar 19, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Columbia, SC (LS-CO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 90Last week 135Year ago 187

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 16Year ago 120

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 19Year ago 60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	625	1,475.00	1,475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,145	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	850	1,445.00	1,445.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	820	1,085.00	1,085.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	119.00	119.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	172.00	172.00
4	—	1,399	143.00–165.00	151.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	181.00	181.00
11	—	1,048	137.00–169.00	151.54
4	—	1,038	124.00–136.00	129.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	963	129.00–130.00	129.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	165.00	165.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	243	300.00–310.00	304.95
1	250–300	265	295.00	295.00
1	300–350	335	290.00	290.00
1	350–400	375	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	428	300.00–330.00	314.91
1	450–500	495	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	420.00	420.00
2	300–350	315	420.00–430.00	424.84
3	350–400	361	395.00	395.00
1	450–500	490	365.00	365.00
2	500–550	528	325.00–335.00	330.02
3	550–600	568	300.00–340.00	315.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	340.00–380.00	360.44
3	350–400	377	340.00–380.00	355.29
3	400–450	413	350.00–365.00	358.53
6	450–500	468	320.00–370.00	350.55
1	700–750	705	247.50	247.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	252.50	252.50
1	400–450	430	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	450	262.50	262.50
1	550–600	560	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	350.00–370.00	359.43
3	300–350	315	350.00–355.00	351.64
2	350–400	355	350.00–360.00	354.93
2	400–450	408	340.00–360.00	349.94
5	450–500	469	315.00–335.00	325.94
3	500–550	510	315.00–320.00	318.33
1	550–600	590	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	740	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	284	300.00–315.00	309.82
4	300–350	316	290.00–310.00	297.37
4	350–400	370	300.00–325.00	308.73
2	400–450	413	320.00–325.00	322.52
1	450–500	470	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	545	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	302.50	302.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Laurens Livestock Exchange - Laurens, SC

Replacement Cattle

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