Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-05

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. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh,

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.01/cwt on 7 head, up $2.53 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 12 comparable sales and sits −10.33 against this barn's trailing median of $341.35.

Average price

$331.01

▲ 2.53 vs prior sale

7 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,735

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$51.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.63

vs SC average

−43.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	353.05	1,826	4thin
Medium and Large 2	533	301.63	1,609	3thin

One grade step is worth $51.41/cwt here — about $217 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 sale7 hd

331.01

—

SC average5 barns · 130 hd

333.64

−2.63

National average160 barns · 6,700 hd

374.03

−43.02

This barn, trailing median12 sales

341.35

−10.33

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	1,958	215.50	4,219	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,260	183.35	2,310	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,297	174.82	2,267	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,019	142.11	1,448	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)	975	$3,174	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,083	$2,666	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,098	$2,450	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	875	$1,700	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,015	$2,233	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	866	$3,010	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	826	$3,000	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	795	$2,250	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	640	$2,756	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	863	$1,991	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	775	$1,766	3thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	899	$1,536	4thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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 2	650–700	655	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	441.89/cwt	425.00–460.00	1,900	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,095	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	340.03/cwt	337.50–342.50	1,965	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	545	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,786	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	292.42/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,813	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	355.74/cwt	347.50–360.00	1,619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	344.06/cwt	337.50–347.50	1,748	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	435	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	473	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	580	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	304.95/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,555	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	595	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,142	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	375	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,173	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,129	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	392	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,725	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	330	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,287	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,348	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	530	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	580	274.91/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,594	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	128.25/cwt	100.00–140.00	1,275	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	169.83/cwt	169.00–171.00	1,814	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,260	183.35/cwt	180.00–187.00	2,310	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,440	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,347	1
Bulls	—	—	1,958	215.50/cwt	205.00–225.00	4,219	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	176.51/cwt	173.00–182.00	2,252	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	795	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	745	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	870	3,174.71/head	2,950.00–3,375.00	3,175	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	890	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,015	2,233.00/head	2,233.00–2,233.00	2,233	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	805	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	640	2,756.25/head	2,650.00–2,850.00	2,756	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	795	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	745	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	813	2,825.08/head	2,800.00–2,850.00	2,825	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	982	2,397.20/head	2,100.00–2,800.00	2,397	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	855	2,287.00/head	2,287.00–2,287.00	2,287	1
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	710	1,491.00/head	1,491.00–1,491.00	1,491	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	840	1,277.00/head	1,277.00–1,277.00	1,277	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	863	1,991.37/head	1,863.00–2,105.00	1,991	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	760	1,520.00/head	1,520.00–1,520.00	1,520	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,290	2,536.89/head	2,350.00–2,650.00	2,537	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	918	1,622.68/head	1,453.00–1,789.00	1,623	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,030	2,599.51/head	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,600	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	975	3,173.85/head	3,100.00–3,250.00	3,174	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	875	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	775	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 80Last week 76Year ago 142

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 25Year ago 44

Replacement CattleReceipts 39Last week 12Year ago 43

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh,

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	340.00	340.00
1	350–400	375	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	400	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	450	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	510	300.00–310.00	304.95
1	650–700	655	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	755	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	420.00	420.00
3	450–500	455	347.50–360.00	355.74
3	500–550	508	337.50–347.50	344.06
1	650–700	650	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	355.00	355.00
5	450–500	473	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	580	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	340	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	445	350.00	350.00
2	500–550	525	330.00	330.00
2	550–600	578	337.50–342.50	340.03
2	600–650	620	290.00–295.00	292.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	450.00	450.00
1	300–350	335	480.00	480.00
1	350–400	380	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	430	425.00–460.00	441.89
1	550–600	590	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	580	270.00–280.00	274.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	445.00	445.00
1	400–450	420	460.00	460.00
1	500–550	545	365.00	365.00
1	550–600	575	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	610	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	805	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	392	440.00	440.00
1	550–600	595	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	450	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	540	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	560	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	580	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	390.00	390.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	994	100.00–140.00	128.25
2	—	1,068	169.00–171.00	169.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,260	180.00–187.00	183.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	163.00	163.00
7	—	1,276	173.00–182.00	176.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,958	205.00–225.00	215.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	795	3,150.00	3,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	870	2,950.00–3,375.00	3,174.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	3,500.00	3,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	795	2,250.00	2,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	813	2,800.00–2,850.00	2,825.08
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,165	3,550.00	3,550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	2,500.00	2,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	2,900.00	2,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	2,750.00	2,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	2,700.00	2,700.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,015	2,233.00	2,233.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	640	2,650.00–2,850.00	2,756.25
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	982	2,100.00–2,800.00	2,397.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,030	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,599.51
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	975	3,100.00–3,250.00	3,173.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	875	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)	3	—	1,290	2,350.00–2,650.00	2,536.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	2,800.00	2,800.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	855	2,287.00	2,287.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	863	1,863.00–2,105.00	1,991.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	918	1,453.00–1,789.00	1,622.68
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	710	1,491.00	1,491.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	1,277.00	1,277.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	760	1,520.00	1,520.00

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

Heifers · 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

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