Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $374.95/cwt on 11 head, up $44.17 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 11 of 12 comparable sales and sits +33.61 against this barn's trailing median of $341.35.

Average price

$374.95

▲ 44.17 vs prior sale

11 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,973

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$52.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.18

vs SC average

−54.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	389.30	2,032	8thin
Medium and Large 2	537	336.70	1,808	3thin

One grade step is worth $52.60/cwt here — about $224 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale11 hd

374.95

—

SC average6 barns · 104 hd

370.77

+4.18

National average184 barns · 15,729 hd

429.17

−54.22

This barn, trailing median12 sales

341.35

+33.61

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	1,952	189.53	3,700	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,221	174.71	2,133	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,440	168.00	2,419	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,251	137.57	1,720	4thin

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)	1,125	$2,950	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,115	$2,536	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	998	$2,433	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	983	$2,094	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,032	$2,082	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	935	$2,450	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	640	$1,800	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,259	$2,604	3thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	835	$2,380	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$3,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	980	$3,288	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,155	$2,368	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	928	$1,419	5

Every lot, as filed

91 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	—	—	2,012	197.22/cwt	188.00–205.00	3,968	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1	—	670	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	775	1,182.00/head	1,182.00–1,182.00	1,182	1
Bred Cows	Small 1	—	825	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,145	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	935	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Heifers	Small 1	—	640	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,193	2,953.98/head	2,850.00–3,050.00	2,954	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,692	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	410	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,517	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	355	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	613	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,992	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	575.66/cwt	560.00–610.00	1,900	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	600–650	605	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	518.33/cwt	510.00–535.00	1,892	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,206	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	350.12/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,506	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	357.50/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,984	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,372	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	491	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,657	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,217	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	391.34/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,008	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	485	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,746	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,115	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,299	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	553	340.05/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	441.70/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,926	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,194	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,214	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	318.75/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,928	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,449	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	440	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,566	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,636	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,962	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	336.03/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,932	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,028	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,127	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,210	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	496.41/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,075	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,139	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,244	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	420	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	480	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,968	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fancy	550–600	575	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,898	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	148.84/cwt	145.00–153.00	1,738	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,419	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,333	126.29/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,683	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	202.87/cwt	193.00–221.00	2,643	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	175.31/cwt	170.00–184.00	2,170	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	156.73/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,787	5
Bulls	—	—	1,863	178.00/cwt	177.00–179.00	3,316	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,050	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	975	2,098.72/head	2,050.00–2,150.00	2,099	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,155	1,709.00/head	1,709.00–1,709.00	1,709	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	775	1,422.00/head	1,296.00–1,575.00	1,422	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,070	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	968	1,271.37/head	1,018.00–1,494.00	1,271	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,155	2,310.00/head	2,310.00–2,310.00	2,310	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	1,155	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	960	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	895	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,185	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,198	2,256.10/head	2,070.00–2,428.00	2,256	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,380	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	835	2,380.00/head	2,380.00–2,380.00	2,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,560	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	531.67/cwt	530.00–540.00	1,983	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,525	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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Wed Feb 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 132Last week 134Year ago 88

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 21Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 18Year ago 11

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,012	188.00–205.00	197.22
2	—	1,863	177.00–179.00	178.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,168	145.00–153.00	148.84
2	—	1,333	120.00–131.00	126.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	168.00	168.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,303	193.00–221.00	202.87
9	—	1,238	170.00–184.00	175.31
5	—	1,140	150.00–165.00	156.73

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	3,450.00	3,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,145	2,050.00	2,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,193	2,850.00–3,050.00	2,953.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,170	3,100.00	3,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,105	2,150.00	2,150.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	775	1,182.00	1,182.00
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	1,850.00	1,850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	2,450.00	2,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	975	2,050.00–2,150.00	2,098.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	2,350.00	2,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,070	2,950.00	2,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	1,700.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,170	3,600.00	3,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	3,400.00	3,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,185	3,500.00	3,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	670	2,400.00	2,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	3,650.00	3,650.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	935	2,450.00	2,450.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	640	1,800.00	1,800.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,155	1,709.00	1,709.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	775	1,296.00–1,575.00	1,422.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,155	2,425.00	2,425.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	968	1,018.00–1,494.00	1,271.37
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,155	2,310.00	2,310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,198	2,070.00–2,428.00	2,256.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,380	3,300.00	3,300.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	835	2,380.00	2,380.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	470.00	470.00
2	550–600	555	350.00–365.00	357.50
1	650–700	690	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	500	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	600.00	600.00
3	300–350	330	560.00–610.00	575.66
6	350–400	373	530.00–540.00	531.67
3	400–450	418	480.00–520.00	496.41
1	450–500	455	470.00	470.00
1	500–550	510	440.00	440.00
1	600–650	610	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	450.00	450.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	410.00	410.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	370.00	370.00
1	400–450	410	370.00	370.00
3	450–500	491	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	613	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	560.00	560.00
1	250–300	265	490.00	490.00
1	300–350	330	540.00	540.00
3	350–400	365	510.00–535.00	518.33
12	400–450	436	440.00–460.00	441.70
1	450–500	470	450.00	450.00
7	500–550	513	380.00–400.00	391.34
1	550–600	585	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	600	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	715	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	360.00	360.00
2	400–450	430	340.00–360.00	350.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	460.00	460.00
1	400–450	415	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	455	385.00	385.00
1	500–550	505	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	553	330.00–350.00	340.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	430.00	430.00
1	450–500	485	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	505	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	575	330.00–342.50	336.03
2	600–650	605	317.50–320.00	318.75
1	700–750	720	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	500.00	500.00
1	400–450	435	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	495	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	545	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	615	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	715	342.50	342.50
1	800–850	805	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	560.00	560.00
1	350–400	390	520.00	520.00
4	400–450	434	490.00	490.00
7	450–500	491	450.00	450.00
5	550–600	564	455.00	455.00

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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