Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due tio limited comparable sales. Light offering of average 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 $308.50/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −32.85 against this barn's trailing median of $341.35.

Average price

$308.50

12 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

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

$57.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.75

vs SC average

−30.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	327.42	1,680	7thin
Medium and Large 2	533	285.00	1,518	4thin
Medium and Large 3	570	270.00	1,539	1thin

One grade step is worth $57.42/cwt here — about $141 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 sale12 hd

308.50

—

SC average6 barns · 132 hd

307.75

+0.75

National average151 barns · 8,478 hd

338.74

−30.25

This barn, trailing median12 sales

341.35

−32.85

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	1,777	176.85	3,142	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,396	158.06	2,206	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,203	153.80	1,850	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,110	138.40	1,536	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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	715	$983	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	923	$1,808	4thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	—	1,520	169.13/cwt	168.00–170.00	2,571	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,197	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	730	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,351	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	157.66/cwt	150.00–175.00	1,923	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	128.77/cwt	120.00–139.00	1,311	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,366	161.32/cwt	157.00–163.00	2,204	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	655	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,801	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,319	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,818	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	327.42/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,680	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	342.48/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,089	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	923	1,808.11/head	1,205.00–2,146.00	1,808	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	318.63/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,020	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	323.68/cwt	312.50–332.50	1,214	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	528	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,505	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,266	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,003	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	273.69/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,163	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	302.26/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,260	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,746	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	640	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,037	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	588	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,764	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	588	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,793	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	342.21/cwt	330.00–357.50	1,290	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	645	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	490	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	307.05/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,458	5
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	715	983.00/head	983.00–983.00	983	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,674	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	393.19/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,231	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,151	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,175	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,087	128.06/cwt	100.00–144.00	1,392	3
Bulls	—	—	1,948	182.00/cwt	176.00–187.00	3,545	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,201	148.03/cwt	138.00–154.00	1,778	5

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 Jul 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 83Last week 146Year ago 183

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 24Year ago 105

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 11Year ago 51

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,520	168.00–170.00	169.13
3	—	1,948	176.00–187.00	182.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	145.00	145.00
4	—	1,366	157.00–163.00	161.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,220	150.00–175.00	157.66
3	—	1,087	100.00–144.00	128.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,018	120.00–139.00	128.77
5	—	1,201	138.00–154.00	148.03

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	337.50	337.50
1	400–450	405	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	515	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	588	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	640	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	340.00–345.00	342.48
3	350–400	388	340.00	340.00
7	500–550	513	320.00–332.00	327.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	340.00	340.00
1	300–350	305	340.00	340.00
4	350–400	375	312.50–332.50	323.68
3	400–450	417	280.00–320.00	302.26
5	450–500	475	300.00–315.00	307.05
1	500–550	525	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	550	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	665	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	528	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	272.50–275.00	273.69
1	550–600	570	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	315.00	315.00
2	300–350	320	315.00–322.50	318.63
1	350–400	385	335.00	335.00
1	400–450	400	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	588	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	330.00–357.50	342.21
1	450–500	495	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	515	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	645	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	390.00	390.00
3	300–350	313	385.00–405.00	393.19

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	923	1,205.00–2,146.00	1,808.11
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	715	983.00	983.00

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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