Sale reports / South Carolina / Laurens Livestock Auction / 2026-03-11

Laurens Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Laurens, South Carolina · Wed, Mar 11
● Final103 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1959
Feeder Cattle receipts
186 head
41 vs last sale 145 51 vs year ago 135 · +37.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
11 vs last sale 47 20 vs year ago 16 · +125.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
28 vs last sale 20 29 vs year ago 19 · +152.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering if 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 $300.06/cwt on 10 head, down $98.68 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits 41.28 against this barn's trailing median of $341.35.
Average price
$300.06
98.68 vs prior sale
10 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,647
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$57
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
57.34
vs SC average
113.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2525305.001,6012thin
Medium and Large 3555298.831,6588thin
One grade step is worth $6.17/cwt here — about −$57 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
413371328286median 341.3501/0702/2504/1507/0807/22
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 sale10 hd
300.06
SC average6 barns · 105 hd
357.40
−57.34
National average182 barns · 10,991 hd
413.78
−113.72
This barn, trailing median12 sales
341.35
−41.28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,833209.483,8405thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,089168.541,8358thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,572159.392,5054thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average995145.021,4436thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,000$3,1945
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,210$2,9394thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,038$2,7603thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,175$2,6503thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,034$2,4136
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)998$2,3553thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,090$2,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)915$1,9501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,000$1,4801thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,180$3,7002thin
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)860$2,2001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)870$1,9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)975$2,7501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)884$2,5346
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)925$1,7501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)864$1,7345
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,017$1,5593thin

Every lot, as filed

103 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0902,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350320430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3761
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added400–450425410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7431
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added400–450415459.88/cwt450.00–470.001,9092
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added500–550500400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0001
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450425430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8281
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500480460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,2082
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500464422.31/cwt405.00–450.001,9607
BullsMedium and Large 2Value Added450–500450460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0701
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added450–500498440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1913
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added600–650635329.92/cwt300.00–335.002,0957
BullsMedium and Large 2Value Added550–600599360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1565
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400390439.49/cwt400.00–480.001,7142
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650635320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0321
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650645290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8711
HeifersMedium and Large 3Value Added450–500480370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7766
HeifersMedium and Large 3Value Added500–550530315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6701
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350307433.42/cwt400.00–450.001,3313
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added800–850820315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,5831
BullsMedium and Large 2Value Added500–550525435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,2841
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600578292.64/cwt280.00–300.001,6914
SteersMedium and Large 3650–700680287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,9551
Stock CowsMedium and Large 38001,460.00/head1,460.00–1,460.001,4601
BullsMedium and Large 3200–250230370.00/cwt350.00–390.008512
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700690330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2771
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300260390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,0141
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650610280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7081
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500470350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6451
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 38362,450.26/head2,200.00–2,775.002,4504
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 38652,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550528357.32/cwt345.00–370.001,8872
Bred CowsSmall 17302,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Stock CowsSmall 17951,352.00/head1,352.00–1,352.001,3521
Stock CowsSmall 21,0101,303.00/head1,303.00–1,303.001,3031
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550532301.69/cwt300.00–305.001,6053
CowsLean 85-90%935154.76/cwt149.00–161.001,4473
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,428165.44/cwt165.00–166.002,3622
CowsBoner 80-85%863152.52/cwt150.00–155.001,3162
CowsBoner 80-85%1,435187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,6831
CowsLean 85-90%1,055135.28/cwt130.00–138.001,4273
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400370380.54/cwt370.00–390.001,4082
CowsBoner 80-85%1,110171.25/cwt164.00–175.001,9015
Bulls1,833209.48/cwt202.00–214.003,8405
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,715153.33/cwt151.00–156.002,6302
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1752,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350343370.15/cwt350.00–390.001,2702
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450442378.70/cwt350.00–385.001,67410
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550525310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6281
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500466366.93/cwt350.00–382.501,7105
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400365385.14/cwt380.00–390.001,4062
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500485462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,2435
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added900–950946275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,6028
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added350–400390485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,8921
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500470470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,2091
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2883,068.18/head2,800.00–3,550.003,0683
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800783305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,38810
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300250540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,3501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 19102,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1533,548.48/head3,450.00–3,650.003,5482
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550518428.66/cwt425.00–435.002,2207
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350300500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5002
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400365470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7161
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,1803,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2203,150.82/head2,950.00–3,350.003,1512
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy450–500490332.32/cwt315.00–350.001,6282
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy600–650625300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8751
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy550–600580327.52/cwt325.00–330.001,9002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2502,724.74/head2,632.00–2,800.002,7252
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500460470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,1621
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300260450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1701
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300280420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1761
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added450–500463416.73/cwt400.00–425.001,9293
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450435400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7401
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650600310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8601
HeifersMedium and Large 2800–850840285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3941
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,0201,686.98/head1,646.00–1,734.001,6872
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550538402.40/cwt380.00–425.002,1652
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500466391.97/cwt380.00–395.001,8275
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750710295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0951
BullsMedium and Large 2Value Added650–700697325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2652
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0953,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 28602,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29151,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800770287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,2141
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400395450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7781
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300287490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,4064
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0001,480.00/head1,480.00–1,480.001,4801
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy600–650605340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0571
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600592359.80/cwt350.00–380.002,1303
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29752,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29251,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29833,036.51/head2,650.00–3,350.003,0372
Stock CowsMedium and Large 29081,792.01/head1,787.00–1,797.001,7922
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350300520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,5601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29982,355.34/head2,250.00–2,450.002,3553
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29752,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29412,043.96/head1,800.00–2,450.002,0444
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy500–550525305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6012
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy500–550545350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9081
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250205580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,1891
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0252,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29702,789.69/head2,700.00–2,900.002,7902
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 28701,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001

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.