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Laurens Livestock Auction

Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Laurens, South Carolina · Wed, Jun 18

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1959

← Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

161 head

▲ 52 vs last sale 109▼ 30 vs year ago 191 · −15.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

38 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 48▼ 27 vs year ago 65 · −41.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 17▼ 5 vs year ago 21 · −23.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $306.89/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 5 of 14 comparable sales and sits −8.64 against this barn's trailing median of $315.53.

Average price

$306.89

24 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$341

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$60.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.47

vs SC average

−27.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	320.00	1,667	18thin
Medium and Large 2	538	269.05	1,449	5thin
Medium and Large 3	510	260.00	1,326	1thin

One grade step is worth $60.00/cwt here — about $341 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale24 hd

306.89

—

SC average6 barns · 130 hd

311.36

−4.47

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

−27.22

This barn, trailing median14 sales

315.53

−8.64

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $374.43, low $261.44, median $315.53 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,440	180.26	2,597	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,118	154.31	1,724	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,424	154.18	2,196	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,215	137.06	1,666	3thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,005	$1,975	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	992	$1,592	5
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,105	$1,978	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,065	$2,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	945	$1,875	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	798	$1,779	3thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	874	$1,764	5

Every lot

79 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	255	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	842	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,080	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,170	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	360.39/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,146	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,295	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	390	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,229	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	393	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,317	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	430	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,376	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,591	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,469	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,645	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,392	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,845	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,881	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	570	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,596	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	595	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,696	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	314.88/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,937	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	666	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,091	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	230	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	759	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	810	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Value Added	313	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	892	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	316	296.11/cwt	275.00–320.00	936	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Value Added	321	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,075	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,113	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,056	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,132	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,140	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	309.68/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,322	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,426	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	465	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,674	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	306.98/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,440	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	510	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,326	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	520	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,248	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,667	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	263.72/cwt	257.50–270.00	1,392	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	288.90/cwt	277.50–300.00	1,612	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	605	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,755	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,573	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,781	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650	251.25/cwt	247.50–255.00	1,633	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,961	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	785	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,963	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	253	325.05/cwt	320.00–330.00	822	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	263	409.52/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,077	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	315	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	929	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	360	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,008	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	362.25/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,351	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	403	287.55/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,159	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	415	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,162	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,513	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	453	305.08/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,382	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,656	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,456	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	319.91/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,728	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,760	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,540	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	273.32/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,708	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,613	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,243	176.83/cwt	175.00–178.00	2,198	4
Bulls	—	—	2,230	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	4,326	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	778	127.72/cwt	125.00–130.00	994	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,160	157.63/cwt	148.00–167.00	1,829	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,200	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,752	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,213	141.59/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,717	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,220	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,562	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,469	155.82/cwt	150.00–163.00	2,289	5
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	1,105	1,978.00/head	1,978.00–1,978.00	1,978	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 3	690	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,065	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Small 3	660	957.00/head	957.00–957.00	957	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	798	1,778.61/head	1,748.00–1,800.00	1,779	3
Stock Cows	—	Small 1	810	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	967	2,087.26/head	1,860.00–2,273.00	2,087	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 1	795	1,205.03/head	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,205	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,005	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,045	1,800.84/head	1,775.00–1,825.00	1,801	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,280	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1

This sale against other markets

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 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 161Last week 109Year ago 191

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 48Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 17Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	520	240.00	240.00
2	650–700	650	247.50–255.00	251.25
1	750–800	785	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	330.00	330.00
1	250–300	270	300.00	300.00
4	300–350	316	275.00–320.00	296.11
1	350–400	355	297.50	297.50
6	400–450	427	307.00–320.00	309.68
5	450–500	469	290.00–315.00	306.98
2	500–550	528	257.50–270.00	263.72
2	550–600	558	277.50–300.00	288.90
1	600–650	605	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	740	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	322.50	322.50
3	400–450	432	330.00	330.00
18	500–550	521	320.00	320.00
8	600–650	614	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	321	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	510	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	605	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	350.00–370.00	360.39
1	350–400	350	370.00	370.00
1	550–600	570	330.00	330.00
2	600–650	615	310.00–320.00	314.88
4	650–700	666	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	300	390.00	390.00
4	400–450	433	367.50	367.50
1	450–500	470	350.00	350.00
7	500–550	527	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	445	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	480	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	570	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	595	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	430	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	355.00–370.00	362.25
1	400–450	445	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	460	360.00	360.00
2	500–550	540	310.00–330.00	319.91
3	600–650	625	270.00–277.50	273.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	400.00–420.00	409.52
1	550–600	550	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	550	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	253	320.00–330.00	325.05
1	300–350	315	295.00	295.00
2	400–450	403	280.00–295.00	287.55
2	450–500	453	290.00–320.00	305.08
1	500–550	520	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	645	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	320.00	320.00

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	—	1,065	2,150.00	2,150.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	2,575.00	2,575.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	1,175.00	1,175.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	1,600.00	1,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	660	957.00	957.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	967	1,860.00–2,273.00	2,087.26
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	798	1,748.00–1,800.00	1,778.61

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	795	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,205.03

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,280	1,950.00	1,950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,975.00	1,975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,045	1,775.00–1,825.00	1,800.84

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,105	1,978.00	1,978.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,243	175.00–178.00	176.83
1	—	2,230	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	146.00	146.00
5	—	1,469	150.00–163.00	155.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	128.00	128.00
2	—	1,213	140.00–143.00	141.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	778	125.00–130.00	127.72
16	—	1,160	148.00–167.00	157.63

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.