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Laurens Livestock Auction

Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Laurens, South Carolina · Wed, Oct 8

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1959

← Oct 1Oct 8Oct 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

172 head

▲ 82 vs last sale 90▼ 63 vs year ago 235 · −26.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

46 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 27▲ 20 vs year ago 26 · +76.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 30▼ 9 vs year ago 21 · −42.9%

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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 flesh and hair.

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 $323.42/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 11 of 14 comparable sales and sits +7.89 against this barn's trailing median of $315.53.

Average price

$323.42

16 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,774

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$18.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.38

vs SC average

−60.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	330.50	1,791	10thin
Medium and Large 2	559	311.61	1,742	6thin

One grade step is worth $18.89/cwt here — about $49 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale16 hd

323.42

—

SC average6 barns · 180 hd

322.04

+1.38

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

−60.97

This barn, trailing median14 sales

315.53

+7.89

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	—	Low	1,676	171.60	2,875	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,178	159.09	1,874	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,363	145.41	1,981	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,371	116.79	1,601	13

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	875	$1,226	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,253	$3,126	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	755	$2,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	820	$1,550	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	755	$1,850	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	986	$1,744	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	890	$1,353	1thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	250	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	775	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	275	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	990	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	365	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,825	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,588	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,521	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	388	424.97/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,649	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,479	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	485	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,746	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	530	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,908	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	530	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,696	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,008	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,074	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	654	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,371	25
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	200	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	820	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1Fancy	205	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	923	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	230	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	897	2
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 3	245	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	882	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	260	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	910	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Fancy	275	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,265	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Value Added	280	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,288	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	374.77/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,218	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,370	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	311.78/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,372	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	451	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,500	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,418	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	315.22/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,649	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	542	330.50/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,791	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	577	309.81/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,788	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	608	285.06/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,733	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	633	254.90/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,614	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,080	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	673	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,683	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	220	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,012	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,161	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	456.43/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,278	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,380	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,628	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	375	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,800	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,248	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,659	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	372.10/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,749	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	488	320.08/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,562	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	307.74/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,585	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	525	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,208	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	587	284.96/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,673	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,680	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	635	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,397	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	655	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,703	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	430	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,398	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,595	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	3,046	1
Bulls	—	—	1,689	168.37/cwt	152.00–176.00	2,844	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,107	144.95/cwt	144.00–146.00	1,605	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,178	159.09/cwt	154.00–163.00	1,874	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,288	137.28/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,768	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,437	153.54/cwt	150.00–157.00	2,206	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,450	108.34/cwt	94.00–120.00	1,571	10
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	1,253	3,125.90/head	2,115.00–3,950.00	3,126	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1	755	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	820	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Small 2	725	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Stock Cows	—	Small 1	755	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	890	1,353.00/head	1,353.00–1,353.00	1,353	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,073	2,034.11/head	1,935.00–2,189.00	2,034	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	875	1,226.14/head	998.00–1,425.00	1,226	2

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 Oct 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 172Last week 90Year ago 235

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 27Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 30Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	460.00	460.00
10	500–550	542	330.00–335.00	330.50
3	650–700	650	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	450.00	450.00
1	250–300	275	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	360.00	360.00
1	250–300	260	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	440	300.00–330.00	311.78
1	450–500	465	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	390.00	390.00
2	300–350	325	370.00–380.00	374.77
2	400–450	415	330.00	330.00
8	450–500	451	332.50	332.50
2	500–550	523	310.00–320.00	315.22
4	550–600	577	305.00–325.00	309.81
2	600–650	608	280.00–290.00	285.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	633	250.00–260.00	254.90
4	650–700	673	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	635	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	655	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	430.00	430.00
1	300–350	345	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	395	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	470	360.00–385.00	372.10
2	500–550	515	295.00–320.00	307.74
3	550–600	587	270.00–300.00	284.96
1	600–650	600	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	460.00	460.00
3	250–300	280	450.00–470.00	456.43
1	350–400	350	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	488	315.00–325.00	320.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	435.00	435.00
1	550–600	550	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	485	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	500.00	500.00
25	650–700	654	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	310.00	310.00
1	300–350	325	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	425	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	455	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	530	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	420.00–430.00	424.97
1	500–550	530	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	395.00	395.00
1	600–650	610	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	325.00	325.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	2,050.00	2,050.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	1,550.00	1,550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	725	875.00	875.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	1,850.00	1,850.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	1,353.00	1,353.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,073	1,935.00–2,189.00	2,034.11

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	875	998.00–1,425.00	1,226.14

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	2	—	1,253	2,115.00–3,950.00	3,125.90

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,450	94.00–120.00	108.34
3	—	1,107	144.00–146.00	144.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,437	150.00–157.00	153.54
3	—	1,288	134.00–143.00	137.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,178	154.00–163.00	159.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,689	152.00–176.00	168.37
1	—	1,595	191.00	191.00

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.