Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales, Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $341.27/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 3 of 6 comparable sales and sits −17.55 against this barn's trailing median of $358.82.

Average price

$341.27

14 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,895

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$51.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.89

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	370.85	1,983	6thin
Medium and Large 2	571	319.09	1,821	8thin

One grade step is worth $51.76/cwt here — about $162 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $392.02, low $321.75, median $358.82 across 6 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 sale14 hd

341.27

—

SC average5 barns · 82 hd

347.16

−5.89

This barn, trailing median6 sales

358.82

−17.55

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	1,483	171.00	2,535	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,244	148.01	1,841	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,472	139.76	2,058	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,053	129.15	1,360	6thin

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)	1,365	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,105	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,230	$1,950	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,230	$1,800	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,218	$2,522	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	765	$2,600	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	733	$1,112	2thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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 2Fleshy	600–650	630	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,078	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	378	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	1,864	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	355.14/cwt	350.00–360.00	970	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	361.32/cwt	352.50–370.00	1,702	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,022	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	418	307.87/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,287	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	350.48/cwt	350.00–352.50	1,714	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	379.91/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,417	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	362.46/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,914	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	302.59/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,885	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,939	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	250–300	260	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	326.77/cwt	295.00–355.00	1,879	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	445	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	362.54/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,066	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	284.50/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,915	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	337.54/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,580	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	505	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	380.44/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,077	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	387.34/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,239	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	210	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,431	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	585	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,077	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	405	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,906	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,766	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,330	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,453	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,395	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,577	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,173	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	456.56/cwt	440.00–465.00	1,849	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	439.45/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,397	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	595	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,681	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	350	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,330	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,218	2,522.22/head	2,350.00–2,900.00	2,522	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	845	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	685	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,230	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,230	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,365	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	705	1,251.00/head	1,251.00–1,251.00	1,251	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	760	973.00/head	973.00–973.00	973	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	139.62/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,712	9
Bulls	—	—	1,190	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,952	1
Bulls	—	—	1,775	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	3,160	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	135.20/cwt	121.00–148.00	1,944	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,544	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	126.38/cwt	117.00–140.00	1,319	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,573	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	157.45/cwt	147.00–168.00	1,990	8

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 Dec 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 135Last week 82Year ago 99

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 35Year ago 32

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 11Year ago 41

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales, Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	335.00	335.00
2	400–450	418	295.00–320.00	307.87
1	500–550	505	307.50	307.50
1	600–650	630	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	440.00	440.00
2	250–300	283	370.00–390.00	380.44
2	300–350	320	385.00–390.00	387.34
3	350–400	373	370.00–390.00	379.91
1	500–550	535	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	625	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	365.00	365.00
1	400–450	425	345.00	345.00
5	450–500	489	350.00–352.50	350.48
1	650–700	655	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	330.00	330.00
1	300–350	300	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	475	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	493.00	493.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	420.00	420.00
1	550–600	550	375.00	375.00
1	700–750	725	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	585	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	375	387.50	387.50
1	450–500	495	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	465	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	350.00–360.00	355.14
1	300–350	335	350.00	350.00
2	350–400	365	390.00	390.00
1	400–450	415	380.00	380.00
4	450–500	471	352.50–370.00	361.32
2	500–550	528	355.00–370.00	362.46
3	550–600	575	295.00–355.00	326.77
2	600–650	623	300.00–305.00	302.59
2	650–700	673	270.00–300.00	284.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	430.00–450.00	439.45
3	400–450	405	440.00–465.00	456.56
4	500–550	517	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	570	360.00–365.00	362.54
6	600–650	637	317.50	317.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	445	350.00	350.00
3	550–600	595	282.50	282.50
1	600–650	645	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	325.00	325.00
2	450–500	468	330.00–345.00	337.54

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,218	2,350.00–2,900.00	2,522.22
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	3,500.00	3,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	685	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,230	1,950.00	1,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,105	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,230	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,365	2,700.00	2,700.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	705	1,251.00	1,251.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	760	973.00	973.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,226	130.00–145.00	139.62
8	—	1,264	147.00–168.00	157.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,438	121.00–148.00	135.20
1	—	1,610	158.00	158.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,044	117.00–140.00	126.38
1	—	1,100	143.00	143.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	164.00	164.00
1	—	1,775	178.00	178.00

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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Bulls · 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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