Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate 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 $331.50/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 7 of 12 comparable sales and sits −9.85 against this barn's trailing median of $341.35.

Average price

$331.50

12 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,851

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$37.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.57

vs SC average

−19.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	337.80	1,881	10thin
Medium and Large 2	568	300.00	1,703	2thin

One grade step is worth $37.80/cwt here — about $178 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

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

331.50

—

SC average6 barns · 266 hd

335.07

−3.57

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

−19.07

This barn, trailing median12 sales

341.35

−9.85

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	—	Average	2,310	183.00	4,227	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,453	165.68	2,408	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,142	163.81	1,871	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,027	138.23	1,420	9thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,180	$3,175	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,025	$2,888	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	956	$2,839	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	973	$2,391	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,074	$2,300	3thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	945	$2,650	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	975	$3,383	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,103	$2,475	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	923	$2,082	8
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	867	$1,477	6
Stock Cows	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	675	$575	1thin

Every lot, as filed

80 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	165.05/cwt	161.00–172.00	1,966	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	902	1,587.23/head	1,463.00–1,690.00	1,587	5
Stock Cows	Small 1	—	690	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	675	575.00/head	575.00–575.00	575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,764	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	958	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	945	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,415	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	923	2,082.30/head	1,800.00–2,177.00	2,082	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	373.33/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,561	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	980	2,933.67/head	2,900.00–2,950.00	2,934	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	988	3,249.75/head	2,650.00–3,800.00	3,250	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,230	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	240	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,056	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,449	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	623	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,205	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	213	393.01/cwt	380.00–405.00	837	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	397.48/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,165	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	327.39/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,850	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	491	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,866	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,425	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	148.85/cwt	146.00–155.00	1,608	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,081	154.09/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,666	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	132.92/cwt	104.00–144.00	1,331	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,406	173.34/cwt	169.00–177.00	2,437	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	956	2,838.83/head	2,600.00–3,100.00	2,839	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,305	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	665	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,629	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	150.37/cwt	145.00–156.00	2,328	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	188.64/cwt	183.00–194.00	2,179	2
Bulls	—	—	2,310	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	4,227	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,591	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,510	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	973	2,390.75/head	2,250.00–2,500.00	2,391	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	945	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	975	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	948	3,649.87/head	3,600.00–3,700.00	3,650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	240	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	295.49/cwt	295.00–297.50	1,427	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	415	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,536	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,251	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,799	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	571	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,613	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	325.30/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,073	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,801	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,123	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	665	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,095	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,146	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,897	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	360.24/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	484	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,658	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	398	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,512	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	385	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,264	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	886	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	719	278.52/cwt	260.00–285.00	2,003	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	450	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,349	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	363	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,263	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	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 Aug 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 142Last week 254Year ago 110

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 49Year ago 35

Replacement CattleReceipts 43Last week 12Year ago 15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,191	161.00–172.00	165.05
6	—	1,081	150.00–158.00	154.09
2	—	1,155	183.00–194.00	188.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,080	146.00–155.00	148.85
6	—	1,001	104.00–144.00	132.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,406	169.00–177.00	173.34
2	—	1,548	145.00–156.00	150.37
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,310	183.00	183.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	902	1,463.00–1,690.00	1,587.23
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	923	1,800.00–2,177.00	2,082.30
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	925.00	925.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	675	575.00	575.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	958	2,300.00	2,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	980	2,900.00–2,950.00	2,933.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	956	2,600.00–3,100.00	2,838.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	973	2,250.00–2,500.00	2,390.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	945	3,300.00	3,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,160	2,750.00	2,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,415	3,050.00	3,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,305	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	945	2,650.00	2,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	988	2,650.00–3,800.00	3,249.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	975	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	948	3,600.00–3,700.00	3,649.87
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,230	2,450.00	2,450.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	425	415.00	415.00
1	450–500	455	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	540	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	565	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	491	380.00	380.00
13	600–650	623	354.00	354.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	345.00	345.00
1	400–450	410	305.00	305.00
1	500–550	500	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	595	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	545	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	745	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	213	380.00–405.00	393.01
2	250–300	293	395.00–400.00	397.48
1	350–400	385	370.00	370.00
6	400–450	418	370.00–380.00	373.33
1	500–550	500	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	295.00	295.00
1	350–400	355	275.00	275.00
5	450–500	483	295.00–297.50	295.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	345.00	345.00
1	300–350	335	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	395	320.00	320.00
2	400–450	415	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	475	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	540	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	595	310.00	310.00
2	600–650	620	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	655	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	700	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	398	380.00	380.00
4	450–500	484	342.50	342.50
9	550–600	563	337.00	337.00
12	650–700	665	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	348.00	348.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	440.00	440.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	395.00	395.00
1	300–350	345	420.00	420.00
1	350–400	360	420.00	420.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	385.00	385.00
2	400–450	415	350.00–370.00	360.24
1	450–500	450	360.00	360.00
4	550–600	565	315.00–335.00	327.39
4	700–750	719	260.00–285.00	278.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	315.00–335.00	325.30
1	400–450	435	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	495	305.00	305.00
1	500–550	505	315.00	315.00
3	550–600	571	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	300.00	300.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	245.00	245.00

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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