Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no comparisons made due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $279.99/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −61.35 against this barn's trailing median of $341.35.

Average price

$279.99

29 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,500

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$374

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

$80.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.63

vs SC average

−41.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	305.00	1,623	12thin
Medium and Large 2	535	270.35	1,445	14thin
Medium and Large 3	555	224.95	1,248	3thin

One grade step is worth $80.05/cwt here — about $374 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale29 hd

279.99

—

SC average6 barns · 132 hd

285.63

−5.63

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−41.19

This barn, trailing median12 sales

341.35

−61.35

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	—	Low	1,122	156.56	1,757	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,293	145.76	1,885	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,224	145.11	1,776	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,027	128.42	1,318	8thin

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)	1,270	$1,975	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	880	$1,300	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	982	$1,267	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	802	$1,725	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	890	$1,725	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	635	$935	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	980	$2,058	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$1,900	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	892	$1,538	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	988	$1,244	2thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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
Bulls	—	—	1,038	151.20/cwt	147.50–156.00	1,569	4
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	870	1,087.50/head	1,087.50–1,087.50	1,088	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	785	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Heifers	Small 2	—	635	935.00/head	935.00–935.00	935	1
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	1,140	1,402.00/head	1,402.00–1,402.00	1,402	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,266	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	205	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,177	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	227.43/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,285	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	319.08/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,193	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	256.86/cwt	252.50–265.00	1,472	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	296.70/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	413	321.27/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,327	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	626	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,831	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	349.47/cwt	327.50–360.00	1,328	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,372	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,711	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	299.36/cwt	280.00–317.50	1,114	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	515	246.76/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,271	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	485	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,261	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	323.24/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,497	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	128.48/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,305	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,408	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,340	1
Bulls	—	—	1,460	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,599	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	866	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,024	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	147.18/cwt	135.00–155.00	1,806	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,293	145.76/cwt	143.00–148.00	1,885	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	290	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,334	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	285	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,055	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	200	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,024	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	970	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	273	462.48/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,263	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,623	12
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,270	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,059	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,369	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	382.44/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,981	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,337	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	321.40/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,462	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	646	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,783	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	678	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,885	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	250.86/cwt	242.50–257.50	1,801	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	310.36/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,307	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	230.98/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,538	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	288.17/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,501	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700–750	700	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	685	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,713	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	900	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	928	1,483.35/head	1,349.00–1,571.00	1,483	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	980	2,058.00/head	2,058.00–2,058.00	2,058	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	802	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	890	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	880	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	835	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	605	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	483	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,715	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	343.92/cwt	332.50–360.00	1,107	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	760	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,075	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	908	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,353	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,198	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	941	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	435	274.89/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,196	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	365.12/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,497	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	444	381.91/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,696	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	425.54/cwt	405.00–445.00	1,374	4

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.

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 207Last week 93Year ago 168

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 34Year ago 63

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 14Year ago 69

Compared to last week no comparisons made due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,038	147.50–156.00	151.20
1	—	1,460	178.00	178.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,016	125.00–135.00	128.48
1	—	1,100	128.00	128.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	114.00	114.00
15	—	1,227	135.00–155.00	147.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,293	143.00–148.00	145.76

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	1,087.50	1,087.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	1,700.00	1,700.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,105	1,400.00	1,400.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	928	1,349.00–1,571.00	1,483.35
Bred Heifers — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	635	935.00	935.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	802	1,725.00	1,725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	890	1,725.00	1,725.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,402.00	1,402.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	970	1,150.00	1,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,270	1,975.00	1,975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	835	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,900.00	1,900.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	980	2,058.00	2,058.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	300.00	300.00
1	250–300	275	315.00	315.00
1	300–350	325	315.00	315.00
5	350–400	374	300.00–335.00	319.08
1	400–450	415	305.00	305.00
1	450–500	475	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	655	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	380.00	380.00
3	300–350	322	332.50–360.00	343.92
4	350–400	380	327.50–360.00	349.47
1	400–450	405	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	463	305.00–335.00	323.24
3	500–550	530	290.00–300.00	296.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	460.00–465.00	462.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	440.00	440.00
1	300–350	330	410.00	410.00
1	350–400	370	370.00	370.00
2	400–450	410	360.00–370.00	365.12
1	450–500	495	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	540	315.00	315.00
1	550–600	580	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	270.00–280.00	274.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	230.00	230.00
1	500–550	535	220.00	220.00
2	550–600	565	225.00–230.00	227.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	330.00	330.00
1	300–350	315	300.00	300.00
6	350–400	372	280.00–317.50	299.36
7	400–450	421	300.00–317.50	310.36
1	450–500	490	280.00	280.00
7	500–550	521	270.00–300.00	288.17
4	550–600	573	252.50–265.00	256.86
1	600–650	645	250.00	250.00
7	650–700	666	220.00–240.00	230.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	413	320.00–325.00	321.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	260.00	260.00
3	500–550	515	240.00–250.00	246.76
1	600–650	605	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	375.00	375.00
1	250–300	285	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	330.00	330.00
2	350–400	363	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	405	330.00	330.00
7	450–500	455	315.00–322.50	321.40
12	500–550	532	305.00	305.00
3	700–750	718	242.50–257.50	250.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	646	276.00	276.00
2	650–700	678	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	700	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	483	355.00	355.00
4	600–650	626	292.50	292.50
10	750–800	760	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	540	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	590	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	460.00	460.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	420.00	420.00
4	300–350	323	405.00–445.00	425.54
2	500–550	518	380.00–385.00	382.44
1	550–600	580	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	660	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	700	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	444	360.00–385.00	381.91

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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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

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