Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made today due to limited comparable sales comparable sales. Light offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $322.50/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 2 of 6 comparable sales and sits −36.32 against this barn's trailing median of $358.82.

Average price

$322.50

4 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,821

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.09

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	565	322.50	1,821	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $392.02, low $321.75, median $358.82 across 6 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 sale4 hd

322.50

—

SC average6 barns · 104 hd

334.59

−12.09

This barn, trailing median6 sales

358.82

−36.32

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	1,469	169.88	2,495	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,231	156.57	1,927	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,458	150.04	2,188	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,063	136.49	1,451	7thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,510	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,485	$2,025	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,262	$1,871	3thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,640	$3,625	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	830	$1,121	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	485	$700	2thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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 2Fleshy	300–350	315	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	525	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	400	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,160	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,793	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,894	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	317.76/cwt	310.00–355.00	1,134	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,978	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	342.43/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,129	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	367.50/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,525	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	488	318.95/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,556	9
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	760	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	430	372.53/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,602	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,664	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	159.35/cwt	148.00–168.00	2,013	16
Bulls	—	—	890	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	979	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,098	141.23/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,551	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	172.68/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,253	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	150.40/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,666	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,261	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	136.06/cwt	126.00–142.00	2,003	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,485	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,513	2,319.09/head	2,175.00–2,450.00	2,319	2
Bulls	—	—	1,565	179.86/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,815	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	122.40/cwt	115.00–134.00	1,225	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,162	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	830	1,121.00/head	1,121.00–1,121.00	1,121	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	485	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,510	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,640	3,624.70/head	3,200.00–3,900.00	3,625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	634	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,680	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	370.07/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,251	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	910	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	485	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	283	312.83/cwt	300.00–325.00	885	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	282.50/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,963	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	380	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	835	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,772	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	263.41/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,904	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,850	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	294.91/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,244	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	555	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,832	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	420	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,302	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	455	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,388	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,917	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	312.44/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,584	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	370.04/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,432	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,069	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 May 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 112Last week 102Year ago 100

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 23Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 8Year ago 24

No comparisons made today due to limited comparable sales 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 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	300.00	300.00
9	450–500	488	310.00–320.00	318.95
1	500–550	525	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	420.00	420.00
1	650–700	655	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	300.00–325.00	312.83
1	300–350	300	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	395	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	415	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	490	300.00	300.00
6	600–650	634	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	360.00–380.00	370.07
3	350–400	387	350.00–380.00	370.04
1	450–500	480	330.00	330.00
3	550–600	578	320.00	320.00
2	650–700	695	275.00–290.00	282.50
3	700–750	723	250.00–285.00	263.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	485	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	345.00	345.00
7	350–400	357	310.00–355.00	317.76
1	400–450	440	350.00	350.00
2	500–550	528	310.00–315.00	312.44
2	550–600	580	290.00–300.00	294.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	375.00	375.00
2	400–450	415	365.00–370.00	367.50
1	500–550	505	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	555	335.00–350.00	342.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	370.00–375.00	372.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	498	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	565	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	645	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	380	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	530	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	695	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	710	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	750	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	555	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	310.00	310.00
1	450–500	455	305.00	305.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	760	975.00	975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,485	2,025.00	2,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,513	2,175.00–2,450.00	2,319.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,510	2,200.00	2,200.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	1,121.00	1,121.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	485	700.00	700.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,640	3,200.00–3,900.00	3,624.70

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	177.00	177.00
1	—	1,370	165.00	165.00
3	—	1,472	126.00–142.00	136.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,263	148.00–168.00	159.35
5	—	1,098	140.00–143.00	141.23
2	—	1,305	170.00–175.00	172.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,108	145.00–155.00	150.40
4	—	1,001	115.00–134.00	122.40
1	—	1,220	165.00	165.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	110.00	110.00
6	—	1,565	175.00–185.00	179.86

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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Bulls · 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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