Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

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 $323.42/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 5 of 12 comparable sales and sits −17.93 against this barn's trailing median of $341.35.

Average price

$323.42

16 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,774

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$18.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.38

vs SC average

−60.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	330.50	1,791	10thin
Medium and Large 2	559	311.61	1,742	6thin

One grade step is worth $18.89/cwt here — about $49 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 sale16 hd

323.42

—

SC average6 barns · 180 hd

322.04

+1.38

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

−60.97

This barn, trailing median12 sales

341.35

−17.93

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	1,676	171.60	2,875	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,178	159.09	1,874	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,363	145.41	1,981	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,371	116.79	1,601	13

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)	875	$1,226	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,253	$3,126	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	755	$2,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	820	$1,550	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	755	$1,850	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	986	$1,744	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	890	$1,353	1thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,080	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	655	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	284.96/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,673	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	456.43/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,278	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,628	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	485	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,746	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	635	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	275	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,265	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	375	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,012	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	365	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	654	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,371	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1	—	755	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	725	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Stock Cows	Small 1	—	755	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	280	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,288	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,450	108.34/cwt	94.00–120.00	1,571	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,437	153.54/cwt	150.00–157.00	2,206	3
Bulls	—	—	1,689	168.37/cwt	152.00–176.00	2,844	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,288	137.28/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,768	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	159.09/cwt	154.00–163.00	1,874	9
Bulls	—	—	1,595	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	3,046	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	144.95/cwt	144.00–146.00	1,605	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	820	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	890	1,353.00/head	1,353.00–1,353.00	1,353	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	875	1,226.14/head	998.00–1,425.00	1,226	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,073	2,034.11/head	1,935.00–2,189.00	2,034	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,253	3,125.90/head	2,115.00–3,950.00	3,126	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	430	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,398	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	311.78/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,372	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	320.08/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	250	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	205	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	923	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	530	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,908	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	309.81/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,788	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	542	330.50/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,791	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,161	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	525	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	374.77/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,218	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	250–300	275	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	633	254.90/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	673	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,683	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	307.74/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,585	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,370	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	285.06/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	372.10/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,500	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	897	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	315.22/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	388	424.97/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,649	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	260	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	882	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 172Last week 90Year ago 235

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 27Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 30Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	460.00	460.00
10	500–550	542	330.00–335.00	330.50
3	650–700	650	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	450.00	450.00
1	250–300	275	460.00	460.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	410.00	410.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	360.00	360.00
1	250–300	260	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	440	300.00–330.00	311.78
1	450–500	465	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	390.00	390.00
2	300–350	325	370.00–380.00	374.77
2	400–450	415	330.00	330.00
8	450–500	451	332.50	332.50
2	500–550	523	310.00–320.00	315.22
4	550–600	577	305.00–325.00	309.81
2	600–650	608	280.00–290.00	285.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	633	250.00–260.00	254.90
4	650–700	673	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	635	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	655	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	430.00	430.00
1	300–350	345	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	395	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	470	360.00–385.00	372.10
2	500–550	515	295.00–320.00	307.74
3	550–600	587	270.00–300.00	284.96
1	600–650	600	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	460.00	460.00
3	250–300	280	450.00–470.00	456.43
1	350–400	350	465.00	465.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	480.00	480.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	488	315.00–325.00	320.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	435.00	435.00
1	550–600	550	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	485	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	500.00	500.00
25	650–700	654	362.50	362.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	310.00	310.00
1	300–350	325	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	425	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	455	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	530	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	420.00–430.00	424.97
1	500–550	530	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	395.00	395.00
1	600–650	610	340.00	340.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	325.00	325.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	2,050.00	2,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	1,550.00	1,550.00
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	725	875.00	875.00
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	1,850.00	1,850.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	1,353.00	1,353.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,073	1,935.00–2,189.00	2,034.11
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	875	998.00–1,425.00	1,226.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,253	2,115.00–3,950.00	3,125.90

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,450	94.00–120.00	108.34
3	—	1,107	144.00–146.00	144.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,437	150.00–157.00	153.54
3	—	1,288	134.00–143.00	137.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,178	154.00–163.00	159.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,689	152.00–176.00	168.37
1	—	1,595	191.00	191.00

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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