Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-24

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 $374.11/cwt on 6 head, up $52.37 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 6 comparable sales and sits +15.30 against this barn's trailing median of $358.82.

Average price

$374.11

▲ 52.37 vs prior sale

6 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,063

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.55

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	552	374.11	2,063	6thin

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 sale6 hd

374.11

—

SC average6 barns · 82 hd

389.66

−15.55

This barn, trailing median6 sales

358.82

+15.30

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	1,496	188.88	2,826	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,188	174.26	2,070	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,457	171.66	2,502	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	949	156.38	1,485	8thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,057	$2,380	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,081	$2,153	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	967	$2,132	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,046	$1,885	4thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	890	$2,136	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,070	$2,044	1thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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 3	700–750	720	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,730	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	338.81/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,077	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	608	276.71/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,682	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	465	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	378.33/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,967	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,016	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	325.00/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,210	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,075	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,253	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	369.90/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,157	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	374	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,421	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	412.51/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,827	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	463	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,096	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	334.82/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,373	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	402.29/cwt	385.00–420.00	2,546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,184	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	690	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	410.26/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,580	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	485	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,843	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	164.76/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,628	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,298	167.15/cwt	165.00–168.00	2,170	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,517	173.35/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,630	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	181.69/cwt	174.00–190.00	2,168	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	142.41/cwt	135.00–150.00	1,260	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	163.57/cwt	137.00–172.00	1,932	16
Bulls	—	—	1,553	197.03/cwt	185.00–212.00	3,060	6
Bulls	—	—	1,325	164.43/cwt	164.00–165.00	2,179	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,410	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,070	2,044.00/head	2,044.00–2,044.00	2,044	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	967	2,132.16/head	2,050.00–2,250.00	2,132	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,295	2,639.58/head	2,550.00–2,750.00	2,640	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	996	1,958.18/head	1,850.00–2,250.00	1,958	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,057	2,379.73/head	2,104.00–2,700.00	2,380	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	825	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	975	1,644.33/head	1,600.00–1,691.00	1,644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	890	2,136.00/head	2,136.00–2,136.00	2,136	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 Jun 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 73Last week 58Year ago 100

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 39Year ago 31

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 15Year ago 18

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 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	640	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	690	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	720	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	500.00	500.00
1	300–350	330	520.00	520.00
2	350–400	353	490.00	490.00
1	800–850	825	342.50	342.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	450.00	450.00
2	350–400	385	400.00–420.00	410.26
1	400–450	405	410.00	410.00
3	500–550	520	375.00–380.00	378.33
3	550–600	583	360.00–375.00	369.90
4	600–650	613	330.00–350.00	338.81
2	650–700	680	320.00–330.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	410	320.00–350.00	334.82
1	500–550	540	280.00	280.00
3	600–650	608	270.00–280.00	276.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	400	370.00	370.00
1	650–700	680	315.00	315.00
3	700–750	728	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	500.00	500.00
1	250–300	290	450.00	450.00
1	650–700	655	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	374	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	410.00–415.00	412.51
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	463	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	500.00	500.00
1	350–400	390	475.00	475.00
2	600–650	633	385.00–420.00	402.29
1	650–700	655	370.00	370.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	988	160.00–170.00	164.76
3	—	885	135.00–150.00	142.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,298	165.00–168.00	167.15
8	—	1,517	170.00–175.00	173.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,193	174.00–190.00	181.69
16	—	1,181	137.00–172.00	163.57
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,553	185.00–212.00	197.03
2	—	1,325	164.00–165.00	164.43

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,410	2,350.00	2,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,295	2,550.00–2,750.00	2,639.58
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	967	2,050.00–2,250.00	2,132.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	996	1,850.00–2,250.00	1,958.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,057	2,104.00–2,700.00	2,379.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	975	1,600.00–1,691.00	1,644.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	1,900.00	1,900.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	2,044.00	2,044.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	890	2,136.00	2,136.00

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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Laurens Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle