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Laurens Livestock Auction

Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Laurens, South Carolina · Wed, Oct 15

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1959

← Oct 8Oct 15Oct 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

181 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 172▲ 80 vs year ago 101 · +79.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 46▼ 76 vs year ago 96 · −79.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 12▼ 4 vs year ago 15 · −26.7%

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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 $312.86/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 6 of 14 comparable sales and sits −2.67 against this barn's trailing median of $315.53.

Average price

$312.86

13 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,750

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$371

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

$47.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.12

vs SC average

−85.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	325.00	1,856	7thin
Medium and Large 2	551	309.30	1,705	4thin
Medium and Large 3	535	277.50	1,485	2thin

One grade step is worth $47.50/cwt here — about $371 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 sale13 hd

312.86

—

SC average5 barns · 88 hd

318.98

−6.12

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−85.00

This barn, trailing median14 sales

315.53

−2.67

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	1,625	177.10	2,877	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,488	158.04	2,352	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,215	153.54	1,865	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,090	109.00	1,188	1thin

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
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	887	$1,911	5
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$1,262	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,053	$1,247	4thin

Every lot

72 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,328	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,432	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,482	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	424.05/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,628	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	465	329.68/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,533	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,811	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,601	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,014	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,586	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,978	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	590	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,165	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	635	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,302	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	685	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,124	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1Fancy	205	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	923	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	260	414.81/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,079	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Fancy	265	459.43/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,217	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	270	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	905	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,140	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	325	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,089	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,398	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,501	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	362.58/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,497	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	420	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,386	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	323.71/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,538	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,713	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,575	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,456	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,662	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,513	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	571	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,856	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	308.60/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,790	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,890	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	620	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,674	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,991	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	675	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,924	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	675	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,823	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1Fancy	235	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,246	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	255	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	727	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,160	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,140	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	439.95/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,395	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	414.84/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,514	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	332.60/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,214	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	377.39/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,411	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	410	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,271	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,806	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	292.50/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,316	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,824	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	517	336.90/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,742	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	526	294.57/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,549	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,955	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,638	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	307.50/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,931	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	630	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,607	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	633	275.12/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,742	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	685	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,850	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,100	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,628	1
Bulls	—	—	1,712	181.95/cwt	170.00–194.00	3,115	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,188	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,155	135.99/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,571	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,232	158.55/cwt	153.00–164.00	1,953	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,430	161.30/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,307	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,720	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,494	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Small 3	615	1,046.00/head	1,046.00–1,046.00	1,046	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	795	1,658.49/head	1,650.00–1,665.00	1,658	2
Stock Cows	—	Small 3	865	908.00/head	908.00–908.00	908	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	948	2,080.05/head	1,659.00–2,600.00	2,080	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	985	1,478.00/head	1,478.00–1,478.00	1,478	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,110	1,332.00/head	1,332.00–1,332.00	1,332	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,118	1,373.69/head	1,367.00–1,380.00	1,374	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 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 181Last week 172Year ago 101

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 46Year ago 96

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 12Year ago 15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,232	153.00–164.00	158.55
2	—	1,155	135.00–137.00	135.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	145.00	145.00
4	—	1,430	160.00–165.00	161.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,712	170.00–194.00	181.95
1	—	1,100	148.00	148.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	450.00	450.00
2	300–350	308	465.00	465.00
5	350–400	384	420.00–425.00	424.05
8	500–550	513	392.50	392.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	590	367.00	367.00
10	600–650	635	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	465	320.00–340.00	329.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	520	305.00	305.00
1	650–700	685	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	390.00	390.00
2	450–500	483	375.00	375.00
1	550–600	565	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	410.00–420.00	414.81
5	350–400	354	395.00	395.00
13	450–500	493	347.50	347.50

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
2	250–300	265	450.00–470.00	459.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	335.00	335.00
1	300–350	325	335.00	335.00
1	350–400	390	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	520	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	550	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	620	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	675	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	395	380.00	380.00
2	400–450	413	350.00–375.00	362.58
4	450–500	475	320.00–335.00	323.71
1	500–550	545	305.00	305.00
2	550–600	580	300.00–317.50	308.60
1	600–650	600	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	675	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	675	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	571	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	300	380.00	380.00
4	350–400	374	370.00–380.00	377.39
1	450–500	480	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	517	320.00–350.00	336.90
1	550–600	575	340.00	340.00
3	600–650	628	300.00–320.00	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	430.00–460.00	439.95
3	350–400	365	410.00–420.00	414.84
1	400–450	420	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	530.00	530.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	285.00	285.00
2	350–400	365	330.00–335.00	332.60
1	400–450	410	310.00	310.00
2	450–500	450	290.00–295.00	292.50
5	500–550	526	285.00–305.00	294.57
1	550–600	585	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	633	265.00–285.00	275.12
1	650–700	685	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	255.00	255.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	865	908.00	908.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	615	1,046.00	1,046.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	795	1,650.00–1,665.00	1,658.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,118	1,367.00–1,380.00	1,373.69
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	1,478.00	1,478.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	948	1,659.00–2,600.00	2,080.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,110	1,332.00	1,332.00

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.