Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $357.44/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −50.81 against this barn's trailing median of $408.25.

Average price

$357.44

43 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,101

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$470

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

$44.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.70

vs SC average

−24.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	591	359.51	2,124	41
Medium and Large 2	525	315.00	1,654	2thin

One grade step is worth $44.51/cwt here — about $470 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.38, low $380.47, median $408.25 across 7 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 sale43 hd

357.44

—

SC average6 barns · 108 hd

354.74

+2.70

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

−24.24

This barn, trailing median7 sales

408.25

−50.81

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	1,433	169.04	2,423	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,338	158.75	2,124	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,611	145.15	2,338	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,118	137.89	1,541	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,325	$2,650	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,253	$2,488	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	790	$1,201	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	720	$1,650	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,595	$2,875	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	810	$1,793	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	935	$1,698	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	768	$1,050	2thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,311	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	480	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	295.15/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,399	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	157.55/cwt	151.00–165.00	1,594	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,776	128.99/cwt	105.00–159.00	2,291	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	129.46/cwt	119.00–147.00	1,506	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,008	184.84/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,863	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	290	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,160	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	335	434.93/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,457	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	362	433.46/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,569	3
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	768	1,049.79/head	1,028.00–1,072.00	1,050	2
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	790	1,201.00/head	1,201.00–1,201.00	1,201	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	402.55/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,383	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	805	1,852.00/head	1,852.00–1,852.00	1,852	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,065	1,544.00/head	1,544.00–1,544.00	1,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	593	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,132	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	280	467.50/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,309	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,998	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	343	444.93/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,526	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	385	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,348	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	468	277.78/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	395	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,442	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	649	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,866	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	548	341.25/cwt	341.25–341.25	1,870	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	435	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,066	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,333	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,604	135.33/cwt	129.00–144.00	2,171	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	165.67/cwt	154.00–169.00	2,104	6
Bulls	—	—	1,706	175.34/cwt	171.00–184.00	2,991	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,325	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,595	2,875.00/head	2,875.00–2,875.00	2,875	1
Bulls	—	—	1,030	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,060	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	166.70/cwt	166.00–168.00	2,317	3
Bulls	—	—	1,273	158.62/cwt	145.00–164.00	2,019	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	305.03/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,153	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	320.00/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,488	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,135	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	820	1,886.00/head	1,886.00–1,886.00	1,886	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,370	2,675.00/head	2,675.00–2,675.00	2,675	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	800	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	305.11/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,449	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,110	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,241	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	299.82/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,138	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	255.05/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,377	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,369	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	615	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,353	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	452	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,690	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	704	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,154	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	640	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,144	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,647	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	370	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	750–800	773	250.11/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,933	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,682	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700–750	725	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	264.78/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,801	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	550	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,265	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	695	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,114	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,121	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	285.69/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,494	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,273	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	289.96/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,812	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	312.35/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,296	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	324.80/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	279.95/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,890	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	992	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,680	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 254Last week 94Year ago 316

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 51Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 40Year ago 17

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	380.00	380.00
1	300–350	345	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	365	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	420	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	500	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	550	320.00	320.00
3	600–650	625	285.00–295.00	289.96
1	650–700	695	275.00	275.00
2	700–750	713	290.00–310.00	299.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	430.00–440.00	434.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	410.00	410.00
2	400–450	403	395.00–410.00	402.55
1	500–550	500	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	452	374.00	374.00
40	550–600	593	359.50	359.50
1	600–650	640	335.00	335.00
7	700–750	704	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	330.00	330.00
2	300–350	318	320.00–330.00	324.80
1	350–400	365	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	425	330.00	330.00
2	450–500	465	310.00–330.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	480	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	550	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	460.00–475.00	467.50
2	300–350	343	435.00–455.00	444.93
3	350–400	362	420.00–440.00	433.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	395.00	395.00
1	400–450	405	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	310.00	310.00
1	350–400	370	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	475	300.00–310.00	305.11
1	700–750	705	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	380.00	380.00
1	300–350	335	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	420	385.00	385.00
1	500–550	540	305.00	305.00
3	550–600	585	287.50	287.50
1	600–650	610	280.00	280.00
2	650–700	680	250.00–280.00	264.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	415	300.00–330.00	312.35
4	450–500	474	280.00–320.00	295.15
3	500–550	523	270.00–300.00	285.69
2	600–650	615	280.00	280.00
3	650–700	675	270.00–290.00	279.95
1	700–750	700	240.00	240.00
1	750–800	755	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	640	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	655	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	245.00	245.00
2	450–500	468	270.00–285.00	277.78
1	550–600	550	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	615	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	695	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	725	210.00	210.00
2	750–800	773	245.00–255.00	250.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	395	365.00	365.00
37	500–550	548	341.25	341.25
6	600–650	649	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	320.00	320.00
2	350–400	378	300.00–310.00	305.03
1	400–450	440	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	460	280.00	280.00
2	500–550	540	250.00–260.00	255.05

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,012	151.00–165.00	157.55
7	—	1,163	119.00–147.00	129.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,776	105.00–159.00	128.99
3	—	1,390	166.00–168.00	166.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,008	180.00–190.00	184.84
4	—	1,604	129.00–144.00	135.33
6	—	1,270	154.00–169.00	165.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,706	171.00–184.00	175.34
1	—	1,030	200.00	200.00
6	—	1,273	145.00–164.00	158.62

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	2	—	768	1,028.00–1,072.00	1,049.79
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	1,852.00	1,852.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	1,700.00	1,700.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	1,544.00	1,544.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	1,886.00	1,886.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	790	1,201.00	1,201.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,325	2,650.00	2,650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,135	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,370	2,675.00	2,675.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	720	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,595	2,875.00	2,875.00

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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Steers · 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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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