Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average to poor 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 $303.78/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −37.56 against this barn's trailing median of $341.35.

Average price

$303.78

15 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$227

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

$36.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.25

vs SC average

−47.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	325.00	1,723	1thin
Medium and Large 2	551	309.94	1,707	9thin
Medium and Large 3	518	288.45	1,495	5thin

One grade step is worth $36.55/cwt here — about $227 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale15 hd

303.78

—

SC average6 barns · 281 hd

321.04

−17.25

National average152 barns · 8,349 hd

350.81

−47.03

This barn, trailing median12 sales

341.35

−37.56

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	1,663	205.50	3,416	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,459	168.27	2,455	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,191	162.31	1,933	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	134.01	1,422	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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,305	$2,127	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	708	$1,233	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,458	$3,126	3thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,125	$2,109	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,163	$2,450	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	825	$2,400	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,010	$2,222	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	885	$1,663	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	918	$1,358	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	925	$1,119	1thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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%	—	975	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,424	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1	—	770	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,075	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	880	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	660	974.00/head	974.00–974.00	974	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	720	936.00/head	936.00–936.00	936	1
Stock Cows	Small 1	—	710	1,385.00/head	1,385.00–1,385.00	1,385	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	835	1,111.00/head	1,111.00–1,111.00	1,111	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	381.90/cwt	370.00–395.00	802	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	755	1,491.00/head	1,491.00–1,491.00	1,491	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	925	1,119.00/head	1,119.00–1,119.00	1,119	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	860	1,385.31/head	1,316.00–1,447.00	1,385	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	260	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,723	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,019	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	663	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,155	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	368	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,857	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	352.85/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,510	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,407	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700–750	730	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	635	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,017	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	362.43/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,377	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	147.77/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,625	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	128.51/cwt	91.00–147.00	1,344	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,735	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	3,054	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	500–550	515	157.62/cwt	145.00–170.00	812	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,367	165.69/cwt	165.00–166.00	2,265	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	164.35/cwt	159.00–168.00	2,002	8
Bulls	—	—	1,820	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	3,585	1
Bulls	—	—	1,505	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	3,221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,458	3,126.40/head	2,050.00–3,795.00	3,126	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	2,109.00/head	2,109.00–2,109.00	2,109	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	550–600	555	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	888	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	350–400	350	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	595	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	450–500	460	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	805	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	300–350	340	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,073	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,709	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,010	2,222.00/head	2,222.00–2,222.00	2,222	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,055	2,165.19/head	2,038.00–2,290.00	2,165	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,305	2,127.00/head	2,127.00–2,127.00	2,127	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	275.79/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,594	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,291	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	295.82/cwt	287.50–305.00	1,435	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	421	407.57/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,716	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	460	309.89/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,425	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	313.67/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,813	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,854	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	505	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,414	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	470	279.95/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,316	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	600	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	332.49/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,440	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	665	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	328.72/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,746	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,203	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	323.40/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	290.13/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,793	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	294.95/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,548	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	309.32/cwt	292.50–315.00	1,822	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	370	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,184	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	527	309.07/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,629	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	290.00/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,943	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	630	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	250–300	260	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	282.01/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	513	289.88/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,487	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,305	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	435	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	485	337.63/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,638	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	568	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,704	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,789	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	500–550	508	291.24/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,479	2

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.

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 191Last week 142Year ago 231

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 44Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 43Year ago 4

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	146.00	146.00
8	—	1,218	159.00–168.00	164.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,100	145.00–151.00	147.77
5	—	1,046	91.00–147.00	128.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,735	176.00	176.00
3	—	1,367	165.00–166.00	165.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,820	197.00	197.00
1	—	1,505	214.00	214.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	2,400.00	2,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	2,400.00	2,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	2,500.00	2,500.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	660	974.00	974.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	755	1,491.00	1,491.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,305	2,127.00	2,127.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	720	936.00	936.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	1,111.00	1,111.00
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	710	1,385.00	1,385.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	1,119.00	1,119.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	860	1,316.00–1,447.00	1,385.31
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	2,222.00	2,222.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,055	2,038.00–2,290.00	2,165.19
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	1,550.00	1,550.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,458	2,050.00–3,795.00	3,126.40
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,125	2,109.00	2,109.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	420.00	420.00
1	400–450	415	390.00	390.00
1	450–500	450	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	460.00	460.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	305.00–315.00	309.89
1	500–550	505	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	635	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	665	277.50	277.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	435	300.00	300.00
3	550–600	578	270.00–280.00	275.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	430	380.00	380.00
4	500–550	531	315.00–335.00	328.72
2	550–600	578	307.50–320.00	313.67
2	650–700	670	285.00–295.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	568	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	210	370.00–395.00	381.90
1	300–350	325	320.00	320.00
2	350–400	380	360.00–365.00	362.43
5	400–450	428	340.00–365.00	352.85
1	450–500	470	335.00	335.00
1	500–550	530	325.00	325.00
11	600–650	611	304.00	304.00
8	700–750	734	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	300.00	300.00
1	300–350	320	295.00	295.00
1	350–400	370	290.00	290.00
1	400–450	445	290.00	290.00
3	450–500	485	287.50–305.00	295.82
2	500–550	513	285.00–295.00	289.88
1	550–600	550	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	325.00	325.00
2	400–450	433	330.00–335.00	332.49
3	450–500	485	320.00–325.00	323.40
2	500–550	510	312.50	312.50
4	550–600	589	292.50–315.00	309.32
4	600–650	618	280.00–300.00	290.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	337.50	337.50
1	350–400	370	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	435	315.00	315.00
4	450–500	485	330.00–340.00	337.63
3	500–550	527	300.00–317.50	309.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	508	290.00–292.50	291.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	420.00	420.00
1	400–450	405	400.00	400.00
4	600–650	616	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	405.00	405.00
4	400–450	421	400.00–410.00	407.57
5	500–550	515	360.00	360.00
4	650–700	663	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	275.00–285.00	279.95
1	600–650	600	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	730	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	460	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	645	265.00	265.00
1	650–700	675	265.00	265.00
1	700–750	710	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	525	290.00–300.00	294.95
2	550–600	573	270.00–295.00	282.01
1	600–650	605	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	295.00	295.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	165.00	165.00
1	350–400	350	170.00	170.00
2	450–500	460	175.00	175.00
2	500–550	515	145.00–170.00	157.62
1	550–600	555	160.00	160.00

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