Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light 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 $357.17/cwt on 17 head, down $10.12 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 6 comparable sales and sits −1.65 against this barn's trailing median of $358.82.

Average price

$357.17

▼ 10.12 vs prior sale

17 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,927

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−9.99

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	539	357.17	1,927	17thin

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

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 sale17 hd

357.17

—

SC average6 barns · 143 hd

367.15

−9.99

This barn, trailing median6 sales

358.82

−1.65

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	—	High	1,803	199.00	3,589	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,576	167.41	2,638	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,262	161.02	2,032	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,259	139.78	1,759	14

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
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,085	$1,866	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	890	$1,825	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$3,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,144	$3,034	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	800	$1,840	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	910	$1,824	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,070	$1,766	1thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	499.73/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,834	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	350.62/cwt	330.00–367.50	1,981	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,172	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	364.43/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,917	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	370	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	510	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,193	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	385	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,367	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	402.66/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,901	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	505	316.77/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,600	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,265	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,132	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	307.57/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	450.65/cwt	420.00–480.00	1,036	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	470	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	311.48/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,078	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	305.04/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,891	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	317.52/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,143	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	326.18/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	377.88/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,606	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,065	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,143	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	647	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	200	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	437.11/cwt	400.00–460.00	1,661	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,986	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,848	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	410.37/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,166	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	545	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,289	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,112	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,345	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	395	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	460	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,024	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,907	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,021	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,348	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	345	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	318	569.45/cwt	560.00–580.00	1,811	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	360	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,944	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,257	154.30/cwt	148.00–159.00	1,940	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,259	135.82/cwt	114.00–145.00	1,710	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,607	155.95/cwt	154.00–158.00	2,506	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	152.22/cwt	140.00–157.00	1,888	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,390	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	164.37/cwt	159.00–170.00	2,084	13
Bulls	—	—	1,560	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	3,370	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,557	174.29/cwt	168.00–179.00	2,714	5
Bulls	—	—	1,975	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	4,009	1
Bulls	—	—	1,875	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	3,338	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	840	1,344.00/head	1,344.00–1,344.00	1,344	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	980	2,303.00/head	2,303.00–2,303.00	2,303	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	800	1,840.00/head	1,840.00–1,840.00	1,840	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,070	1,766.00/head	1,766.00–1,766.00	1,766	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,210	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	955	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	3,292.17/head	3,225.00–3,350.00	3,292	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	890	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	1,085	1,866.00/head	1,866.00–1,866.00	1,866	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	560	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,806	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	489	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,467	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,974	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	466	360.41/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,680	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	410	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,415	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,275	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 Jan 14, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 145Last week 218Year ago 282

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 39Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 16Year ago 27

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	550.00	550.00
6	350–400	367	480.00–520.00	499.73
1	400–450	430	470.00	470.00
1	450–500	465	410.00	410.00
1	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	500.00	500.00
2	400–450	420	430.00	430.00
5	450–500	472	375.00–410.00	402.66
11	500–550	526	345.00–375.00	364.43
5	550–600	565	330.00–367.50	350.62
1	650–700	695	312.50	312.50
1	750–800	755	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	460.00	460.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	560.00–580.00	569.45
1	350–400	360	540.00	540.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	345.00	345.00
8	450–500	466	350.00–380.00	360.41
1	550–600	560	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	489	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	705	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	490.00	490.00
1	500–550	510	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	355.00	355.00
1	450–500	470	340.00	340.00
3	500–550	505	300.00–330.00	316.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	365.00	365.00
1	350–400	385	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	405	370.00	370.00
2	500–550	535	300.00–315.00	307.57
1	650–700	685	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	420.00–480.00	450.65
1	300–350	315	440.00	440.00
3	350–400	380	400.00–460.00	437.11
1	600–650	635	337.50	337.50
2	650–700	675	315.00–320.00	317.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	385.00	385.00
4	400–450	425	350.00–390.00	377.88
1	450–500	460	380.00	380.00
2	500–550	510	322.50–330.00	326.18
2	550–600	560	330.00	330.00
3	600–650	620	300.00–315.00	305.04
3	650–700	667	300.00–320.00	311.48
1	700–750	745	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	440.00	440.00
3	500–550	545	420.00	420.00
2	600–650	647	409.00	409.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	600.00	600.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	430.00	430.00
2	350–400	352	525.00	525.00
3	400–450	418	475.00	475.00
5	450–500	497	425.00	425.00
1	500–550	545	410.00	410.00
1	550–600	565	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	400.00–420.00	410.37
1	550–600	570	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	440.00	440.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,257	148.00–159.00	154.30
11	—	1,259	114.00–145.00	135.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,607	154.00–158.00	155.95
5	—	1,557	168.00–179.00	174.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,240	140.00–157.00	152.22
1	—	1,335	179.00	179.00
13	—	1,268	159.00–170.00	164.37
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	216.00	216.00
1	—	1,975	203.00	203.00
1	—	1,875	178.00	178.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	1,344.00	1,344.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	2,303.00	2,303.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	1,840.00	1,840.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	1,766.00	1,766.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,210	3,050.00	3,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,205	3,225.00–3,350.00	3,292.17
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	3,150.00	3,150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	890	1,825.00	1,825.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,085	1,866.00	1,866.00

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

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Laurens Livestock Exchange - Laurens, SC

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