Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $306.89/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −34.46 against this barn's trailing median of $341.35.

Average price

$306.89

24 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$341

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

$60.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.47

vs SC average

−27.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	320.00	1,667	18thin
Medium and Large 2	538	269.05	1,449	5thin
Medium and Large 3	510	260.00	1,326	1thin

One grade step is worth $60.00/cwt here — about $341 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale24 hd

306.89

—

SC average6 barns · 130 hd

311.36

−4.47

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

−27.22

This barn, trailing median12 sales

341.35

−34.46

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	1,440	180.26	2,597	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,118	154.31	1,724	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,424	154.18	2,196	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,215	137.06	1,666	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,005	$1,975	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	992	$1,592	5
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,105	$1,978	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,065	$2,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	945	$1,875	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	798	$1,779	3thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	874	$1,764	5

Every lot, as filed

79 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	650	251.25/cwt	247.50–255.00	1,633	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	263.72/cwt	257.50–270.00	1,392	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	321	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,075	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	750–800	785	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,963	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	319.91/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	520	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,248	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	409.52/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,077	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,667	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,845	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	360	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,781	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,591	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,426	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	465	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,674	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,065	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	690	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Stock Cows	Small 1	—	810	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Small 1	—	795	1,205.03/head	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,205	2
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	660	957.00/head	957.00–957.00	957	1
Bulls	—	—	1,243	176.83/cwt	175.00–178.00	2,198	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,200	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,752	1
Bulls	—	—	2,230	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	4,326	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	967	2,087.26/head	1,860.00–2,273.00	2,087	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,469	155.82/cwt	150.00–163.00	2,289	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,562	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	778	127.72/cwt	125.00–130.00	994	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	157.63/cwt	148.00–167.00	1,829	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,213	141.59/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,717	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	305.08/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,382	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,280	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	798	1,778.61/head	1,748.00–1,800.00	1,779	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,005	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,105	1,978.00/head	1,978.00–1,978.00	1,978	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,045	1,800.84/head	1,775.00–1,825.00	1,801	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,326	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	403	287.55/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,159	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	929	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,132	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	400–450	415	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,162	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	550	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	313	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	892	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	255	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	595	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	314.88/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,937	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,056	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	253	325.05/cwt	320.00–330.00	822	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	316	296.11/cwt	275.00–320.00	936	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	288.90/cwt	277.50–300.00	1,612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	605	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	309.68/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,322	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	393	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,317	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	306.98/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,440	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	273.32/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,708	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,091	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	360.39/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,146	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,573	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	362.25/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,351	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	430	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,376	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	390	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,229	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	550	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,961	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	400	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,140	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 Jun 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 161Last week 109Year ago 191

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 48Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 17Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	520	240.00	240.00
2	650–700	650	247.50–255.00	251.25
1	750–800	785	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	330.00	330.00
1	250–300	270	300.00	300.00
4	300–350	316	275.00–320.00	296.11
1	350–400	355	297.50	297.50
6	400–450	427	307.00–320.00	309.68
5	450–500	469	290.00–315.00	306.98
2	500–550	528	257.50–270.00	263.72
2	550–600	558	277.50–300.00	288.90
1	600–650	605	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	740	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	322.50	322.50
3	400–450	432	330.00	330.00
18	500–550	521	320.00	320.00
8	600–650	614	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	321	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	510	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	605	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	350.00–370.00	360.39
1	350–400	350	370.00	370.00
1	550–600	570	330.00	330.00
2	600–650	615	310.00–320.00	314.88
4	650–700	666	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	300	390.00	390.00
4	400–450	433	367.50	367.50
1	450–500	470	350.00	350.00
7	500–550	527	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	445	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	480	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	570	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	595	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	430	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	355.00–370.00	362.25
1	400–450	445	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	460	360.00	360.00
2	500–550	540	310.00–330.00	319.91
3	600–650	625	270.00–277.50	273.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	400.00–420.00	409.52
1	550–600	550	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	550	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	253	320.00–330.00	325.05
1	300–350	315	295.00	295.00
2	400–450	403	280.00–295.00	287.55
2	450–500	453	290.00–320.00	305.08
1	500–550	520	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	645	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	320.00	320.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	2,150.00	2,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	2,575.00	2,575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	1,175.00	1,175.00
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	1,600.00	1,600.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	660	957.00	957.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	967	1,860.00–2,273.00	2,087.26
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	798	1,748.00–1,800.00	1,778.61
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	795	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,205.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,280	1,950.00	1,950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,975.00	1,975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,045	1,775.00–1,825.00	1,800.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,105	1,978.00	1,978.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,243	175.00–178.00	176.83
1	—	2,230	194.00	194.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	146.00	146.00
5	—	1,469	150.00–163.00	155.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	128.00	128.00
2	—	1,213	140.00–143.00	141.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	778	125.00–130.00	127.72
16	—	1,160	148.00–167.00	157.63

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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Laurens Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle