Sale reports / South Carolina / Laurens Livestock Auction / 2026-03-11

Laurens Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Laurens, South Carolina · Wed, Mar 11
● Final103 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1959
Feeder Cattle receipts
186 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 145▲ 51 vs year ago 135 · +37.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 47▲ 20 vs year ago 16 · +125.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 20▲ 29 vs year ago 19 · +152.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering if average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.06/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −15.46 against this barn's trailing median of $315.53.
Average price
$300.06
10 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,647
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$57
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−57.34
vs SC average
−113.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2525305.001,6012thin
Medium and Large 3555298.831,6588thin
One grade step is worth $6.17/cwt here — about −$57 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 sale10 hd
300.06
—
SC average6 barns · 105 hd
357.40
−57.34
National average182 barns · 10,991 hd
413.78
−113.72
This barn, trailing median14 sales
315.53
−15.46
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
388341294247median 315.5303/1105/0607/2209/2310/28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,833209.483,8405thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,089168.541,8358thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,572159.392,5054thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average995145.021,4436thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,000$3,1945
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,210$2,9394thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,038$2,7603thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,175$2,6503thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,034$2,4136
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)998$2,3553thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,090$2,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)915$1,9501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,000$1,4801thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,180$3,7002thin
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)860$2,2001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)870$1,9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)975$2,7501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)884$2,5346
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)925$1,7501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)864$1,7345
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,017$1,5593thin

Every lot

103 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2287490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,4064
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5002
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added415459.88/cwt450.00–470.001,9092
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,1621
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added470470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,2091
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,2082
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added498440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1913
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added500400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518428.66/cwt425.00–435.002,2207
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6281
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2538402.40/cwt380.00–425.002,1652
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy545350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9081
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2592359.80/cwt350.00–380.002,1303
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy605340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0571
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3680287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,9551
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2Value Added820315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,5831
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1205580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,1891
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1701
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3260390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,0141
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1761
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3761
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7161
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370380.54/cwt370.00–390.001,4082
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added390485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,8921
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7781
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added425410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7431
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7401
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added463416.73/cwt400.00–425.001,9293
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2466391.97/cwt380.00–395.001,8275
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3470350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6451
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3Value Added480370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7766
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy490332.32/cwt315.00–350.001,6282
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy525305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3Value Added530315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6701
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3532301.69/cwt300.00–305.001,6053
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3578292.64/cwt280.00–300.001,6914
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8601
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3610280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7081
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy625300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8751
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added635329.92/cwt300.00–335.002,0957
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0951
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,2141
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added783305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,38810
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2840285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3941
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added946275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,6028
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3230370.00/cwt350.00–390.008512
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1250540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,3501
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,5601
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2307433.42/cwt400.00–450.001,3313
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3343370.15/cwt350.00–390.001,2702
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3365385.14/cwt380.00–390.001,4062
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390439.49/cwt400.00–480.001,7142
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8281
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3442378.70/cwt350.00–385.001,67410
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added450460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0701
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2464422.31/cwt405.00–450.001,9607
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3466366.93/cwt350.00–382.501,7105
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added485462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,2435
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added525435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,2841
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528357.32/cwt345.00–370.001,8872
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy580327.52/cwt325.00–330.001,9002
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added599360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1565
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0321
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3645290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8711
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2690330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2771
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added697325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2652
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,833209.48/cwt202.00–214.003,8405
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%863152.52/cwt150.00–155.001,3162
Cows—Lean 85-90%935154.76/cwt149.00–161.001,4473
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055135.28/cwt130.00–138.001,4273
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110171.25/cwt164.00–175.001,9015
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,428165.44/cwt165.00–166.002,3622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,435187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,6831
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,715153.33/cwt151.00–156.002,6302
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows15 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 17302,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29151,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29412,043.96/head1,800.00–2,450.002,0444
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29702,789.69/head2,700.00–2,900.002,7902
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29752,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29833,036.51/head2,650.00–3,350.003,0372
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29982,355.34/head2,250.00–2,450.002,3553
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0001,480.00/head1,480.00–1,480.001,4801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0252,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0902,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1533,548.48/head3,450.00–3,650.003,5482
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1752,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2203,150.82/head2,950.00–3,350.003,1512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2502,724.74/head2,632.00–2,800.002,7252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2883,068.18/head2,800.00–3,550.003,0683
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 17951,352.00/head1,352.00–1,352.001,3521
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 38001,460.00/head1,460.00–1,460.001,4601
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 29081,792.01/head1,787.00–1,797.001,7922
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 19102,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751
Stock Cows—Small 21,0101,303.00/head1,303.00–1,303.001,3031
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,0201,686.98/head1,646.00–1,734.001,6872
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 38362,450.26/head2,200.00–2,775.002,4504
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 38652,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29251,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29752,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0953,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 28602,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 28701,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,1803,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7002

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.