Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

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 flesh and hair.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $305.09/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −36.25 against this barn's trailing median of $341.35.

Average price

$305.09

8 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,622

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−16.33

vs SC average

−63.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	532	305.09	1,622	8thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale8 hd

305.09

—

SC average5 barns · 70 hd

321.42

−16.33

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

−63.82

This barn, trailing median12 sales

341.35

−36.25

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	1,363	164.64	2,244	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,210	155.56	1,882	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,544	141.13	2,179	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,498	119.03	1,783	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)	1,103	$2,050	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$1,855	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,145	$1,341	3thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	765	$1,800	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,021	$1,951	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,180	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,080	$2,400	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,315	$2,284	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,069	$1,624	9

Every lot, as filed

56 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	985	1,892.30/head	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,892	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,021	1,950.56/head	1,794.00–2,100.00	1,951	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,171	1,788.39/head	1,726.00–1,885.00	1,788	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,180	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,315	2,283.62/head	2,188.00–2,390.00	2,284	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	144.80/cwt	142.00–148.00	1,670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,491	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,338	1,526.99/head	1,510.00–1,549.00	1,527	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,295	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,055	1,540.00/head	1,540.00–1,540.00	1,540	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	971	1,480.23/head	1,423.00–1,591.00	1,480	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,275	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	760	969.00/head	969.00–969.00	969	1
Bred Cows	Small 1	—	645	1,742.00/head	1,742.00–1,742.00	1,742	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,080	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,498	119.03/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,783	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,551	1
Bulls	—	—	1,363	164.64/cwt	140.00–174.00	2,244	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,537	133.84/cwt	129.00–143.00	2,057	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	158.63/cwt	154.00–164.00	1,945	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	809	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,008	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	910	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	961	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	391	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,349	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	307.39/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,752	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,642	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	595	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,083	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	301.37/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,564	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	281.26/cwt	280.00–282.50	1,794	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	329.68/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,422	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	645	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700–750	735	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,113	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	460	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,610	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	535	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,034	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	628	321.39/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,018	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	743	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,452	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	265	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,285	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,265	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 →

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Feeder CattleReceipts 90Last week 171Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 32Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 16Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	985	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,892.30
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	910	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,338	1,510.00–1,549.00	1,526.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,295	2,100.00	2,100.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	760	969.00	969.00
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	645	1,742.00	1,742.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	7	—	1,021	1,794.00–2,100.00	1,950.56
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,171	1,726.00–1,885.00	1,788.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,315	2,188.00–2,390.00	2,283.62
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	1,540.00	1,540.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	971	1,423.00–1,591.00	1,480.23
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,180	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	765	1,800.00	1,800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,153	142.00–148.00	144.80
7	—	1,226	154.00–164.00	158.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,498	115.00–124.00	119.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	163.00	163.00
3	—	1,537	129.00–143.00	133.84
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,363	140.00–174.00	164.64

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	445	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	585	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	395	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	400	380.00	380.00
2	500–550	513	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	570	295.00–320.00	307.39
2	600–650	638	280.00–282.50	281.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	535	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	460.00	460.00
1	350–400	350	445.00	445.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	485.00	485.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	330.00	330.00
1	250–300	290	327.50	327.50
1	300–350	305	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	435	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	391	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	560	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	320.00–340.00	329.68
6	500–550	519	290.00–315.00	301.37
1	550–600	580	312.50	312.50
1	600–650	620	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	440.00	440.00
1	350–400	390	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	628	320.00–325.00	321.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	385.00	385.00
1	300–350	335	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	390	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	615	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	735	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	743	330.00	330.00

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

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