Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no comparisons made due to limited comparable sales. Light 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 $307.13/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −34.21 against this barn's trailing median of $341.35.

Average price

$307.13

16 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$36.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.04

vs SC average

−25.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	318.39	1,707	11thin
Medium and Large 2	551	282.37	1,556	5thin

One grade step is worth $36.02/cwt here — about $150 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale16 hd

307.13

—

SC average6 barns · 139 hd

308.17

−1.04

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−25.69

This barn, trailing median12 sales

341.35

−34.21

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	1,350	166.35	2,245	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,178	143.89	1,696	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	990	119.42	1,182	10

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)	1,280	$1,825	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,009	$1,683	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	913	$2,225	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	925	$1,875	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,560	$1,575	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	722	$980	6

Every lot, as filed

88 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	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,327	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,820	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,010	2,125.00/head	2,125.00–2,125.00	2,125	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	815	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	317.84/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,691	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	370.27/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,370	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	270	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,242	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	907	133.07/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,207	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	113.57/cwt	100.00–125.00	1,164	7
Bulls	—	—	1,436	176.84/cwt	171.00–185.00	2,539	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	124.48/cwt	107.00–138.00	1,666	3
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	785	1,021.00/head	1,021.00–1,021.00	1,021	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	925	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	390.73/cwt	387.50–395.00	1,270	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	377.35/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,068	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	315	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,299	1
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	690	917.79/head	859.00–996.00	918	3
Stock Cows	Small 1	—	665	1,031.00/head	1,031.00–1,031.00	1,031	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	323.36/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,157	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	400	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,572	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,280	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	790	869.00/head	869.00–869.00	869	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,073	1,987.65/head	1,975.00–2,000.00	1,988	2
Bulls	—	—	1,177	145.38/cwt	131.00–159.00	1,711	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	152.21/cwt	140.00–168.00	1,690	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	313.44/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,505	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,106	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	805	1,228.00/head	1,228.00–1,228.00	1,228	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	1,735.00/head	1,735.00–1,735.00	1,735	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,560	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	299.19/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,556	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	310.29/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,328	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	220	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,219	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	946	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,219	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	580	280.76/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,088	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	705	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,027	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	657	296.68/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,949	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	313.21/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,159	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,708	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	415	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,647	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	440	360.00/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,584	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	284.78/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,447	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	664	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,766	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	699	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,048	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	508	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,778	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	558	360.02/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,009	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	622	273.35/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	355	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,065	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	405	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,094	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	620	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	317.53/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,867	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	343.23/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,637	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	505	312.57/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	395	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	575	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,653	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	540	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,458	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,104	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	365.07/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,333	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700–750	710	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,846	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	365.62/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,547	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	415	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,390	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	630	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	333.21/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,766	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,451	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	258	347.43/cwt	345.00–350.00	896	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	355.00/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,156	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,921	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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 155Last week 208Year ago 115

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 19Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 13Year ago 15

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	435.00	435.00
1	350–400	375	405.00	405.00
1	500–550	520	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	665	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	460.00	460.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	335.00	335.00
1	350–400	390	307.50	307.50
2	400–450	428	300.00–320.00	310.29
3	450–500	480	310.00–320.00	313.44
3	500–550	520	290.00–310.00	299.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	345.00	345.00
2	350–400	365	360.00–370.00	365.07
2	400–450	423	350.00–380.00	365.62
3	450–500	477	325.00–355.00	343.23
3	500–550	530	330.00–340.00	333.21
2	550–600	588	310.00–325.00	317.53
1	600–650	600	287.50	287.50
1	650–700	680	282.50	282.50
1	700–750	710	272.00	272.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	337.50	337.50
1	400–450	415	335.00	335.00
1	500–550	540	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	575	287.50	287.50
1	600–650	630	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	445.00	445.00
1	300–350	330	450.00	450.00
1	350–400	365	430.00	430.00
2	400–450	403	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	615	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	340.00–370.00	355.00
3	450–500	488	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	675	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	720	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	765	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	355.00–365.00	360.00
3	650–700	657	290.00–300.00	296.68
1	700–750	705	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	508	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	558	355.00–365.00	360.02
1	600–650	610	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	699	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	360.00–395.00	377.35
3	300–350	325	387.50–395.00	390.73
2	350–400	370	360.00–380.00	370.27
1	400–450	440	330.00	330.00
6	500–550	532	310.00–325.00	317.84
3	550–600	565	320.00–325.00	323.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	412.50	412.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	355.00	355.00
2	500–550	505	305.00–320.00	312.57
3	600–650	622	270.00–280.00	273.35
7	650–700	664	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	300.00	300.00
1	300–350	305	310.00	310.00
1	350–400	375	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	307.50	307.50
3	550–600	580	270.00–290.00	280.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	345.00–350.00	347.43
1	300–350	345	335.00	335.00
2	350–400	370	295.00–330.00	313.21
1	400–450	425	330.00	330.00
2	450–500	468	310.00	310.00
2	500–550	508	270.00–300.00	284.78
1	600–650	610	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	405	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	620	255.00	255.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	2,125.00	2,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	2,325.00	2,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	1,875.00	1,875.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	785	1,021.00	1,021.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,280	1,825.00	1,825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,105	1,735.00	1,735.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,073	1,975.00–2,000.00	1,987.65
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	690	859.00–996.00	917.79
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	665	1,031.00	1,031.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	790	869.00	869.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	1,228.00	1,228.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,560	1,575.00	1,575.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	907	130.00–135.00	133.07
7	—	1,025	100.00–125.00	113.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,338	107.00–138.00	124.48
7	—	1,110	140.00–168.00	152.21
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,436	171.00–185.00	176.84
3	—	1,177	131.00–159.00	145.38

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

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