Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week all classes of feeder cattle unevenly steady, slaughter cows 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $134.36/cwt on 190 head.

Average price

$134.36

190 head · 458 lb average

Value per head Derived

$615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$34.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.06

vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	467	139.57	652	153
Medium 2	391	121.66	476	15thin
Small 1-2	481	109.46	526	10thin
Medium and Large 3	401	104.65	420	12thin

One grade step is worth $34.92/cwt here — about $232 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale190 hd

134.36

—

SC average5 barns · 542 hd

125.30

+9.06

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	1,516	73.34	1,112	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,511	56.63	856	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,176	53.37	628	21

Every lot, as filed

105 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	99.65/cwt	94.00–105.00	563	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	93.33/cwt	90.00–100.00	399	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	335	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	402	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	623	107.51/cwt	105.00–110.00	670	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	565	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	622	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	335	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	369	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	104.67/cwt	100.00–114.00	351	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	135.81/cwt	135.50–136.50	714	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	614	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	780	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	422	108.40/cwt	105.00–110.00	457	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	495	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	115.33/cwt	113.00–120.00	669	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	667	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	700	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	488	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	539	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	607	106.68/cwt	105.00–110.00	648	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	700	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	651	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	628	91.51/cwt	90.00–93.00	575	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	447	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	610	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	564	104.01/cwt	100.00–105.00	587	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	513	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	539	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	528	98.91/cwt	93.00–105.00	522	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	620	108.24/cwt	106.00–110.00	671	4
Stock Cows	Medium 2	—	870	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,350	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	520	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	611	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	418	120.53/cwt	119.00–122.00	504	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	135.48/cwt	132.00–142.50	501	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	430	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	267	96.49/cwt	95.00–100.00	258	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	400	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	400	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	585	102.50/cwt	100.00–105.00	600	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	645	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	664	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	412	109.35/cwt	108.00–110.00	451	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	107.50/cwt	107.00–108.00	664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	559	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	629	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	94.10/cwt	90.00–100.00	287	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	406	91.94/cwt	90.00–97.50	373	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	335	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	335	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	475	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	475	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	523	102.18/cwt	100.00–105.00	534	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	354	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	524	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	265	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	297	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	107.10/cwt	100.00–114.00	391	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	210	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	221	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	510	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	530	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	378	113.79/cwt	112.50–115.00	430	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	48.49/cwt	42.00–53.00	526	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,195	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	574	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	59.88/cwt	58.00–63.00	777	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,546	57.59/cwt	54.00–61.00	890	9
Bulls	—	—	1,695	78.78/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,335	2
Bulls	—	—	1,397	69.72/cwt	69.00–70.00	974	3
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	945	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,796	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,328	737.66/cwt	725.00–750.00	9,796	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	1,008	661.10/cwt	625.00–700.00	6,664	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	9,302	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	713	332.84/cwt	300.00–360.00	2,373	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	915	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,176	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	554.00/cwt	554.00–554.00	6,260	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	660	235.23/cwt	200.00–275.00	1,553	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	725	478.48/cwt	425.00–535.00	3,469	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	660	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	752	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	371	124.23/cwt	119.00–129.00	461	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	545	107.50/cwt	105.00–110.00	586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	246	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	122.00/cwt	121.00–123.00	797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	123.55/cwt	121.00–126.00	638	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	582	134.42/cwt	134.25–134.50	782	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	454	142.91/cwt	130.00–144.25	649	56
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	104.14/cwt	94.00–113.00	448	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	465	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	525	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	720	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	792	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	570	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	656	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	273	124.04/cwt	117.50–130.00	339	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	387	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	134.35/cwt	125.00–144.00	622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	140.00/cwt	137.50–145.00	448	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	448	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	115.75/cwt	115.00–116.00	536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	401	123.78/cwt	123.75–125.00	496	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	670	92.48/cwt	91.00–94.00	620	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	218	91.29/cwt	87.50–95.00	199	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	265	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	278	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	670	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	677	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	379	103.60/cwt	100.00–110.00	393	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	453	108.49/cwt	107.00–110.00	491	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	565	107.75/cwt	105.00–110.00	609	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	115.02/cwt	114.00–116.00	480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	482	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	576	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	88.78/cwt	87.50–90.00	333	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	92.50/cwt	90.00–97.50	435	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	5,329	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	565	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,260	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	770	639.00/cwt	639.00–639.00	4,920	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	805	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,038	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	793	353.02/cwt	348.00–358.00	2,799	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,715	1,012.00/cwt	1,012.00–1,012.00	17,356	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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 490Last week 221Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 44Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 44Last week 25Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	94.00–105.00	99.65
4	—	428	90.00–100.00	93.33
2	—	628	90.00–93.00	91.51
1	—	470	95.00	95.00
2	—	528	93.00–105.00	98.91
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	105.00–110.00	108.40
1	—	495	105.00	105.00
3	—	607	105.00–110.00	106.68
1	—	700	93.00	93.00
5	—	564	100.00–105.00	104.01
2	—	513	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	113.00–120.00	115.33
1	—	540	113.00	113.00
1	—	645	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	667	105.00	105.00
2	—	488	110.00–111.00	110.50
2	—	525	110.00	110.00
4	—	620	106.00–110.00	108.24
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	120.00	120.00
1	—	520	117.50	117.50
2	—	418	119.00–122.00	120.53
1	—	660	114.00	114.00
5	—	371	119.00–129.00	124.23
1	—	570	115.00	115.00
4	—	273	117.50–130.00	124.04
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	105.00–110.00	107.51
1	—	565	110.00	110.00
1	—	335	110.00	110.00
1	—	210	105.00	105.00
1	—	510	104.00	104.00
2	—	378	112.50–115.00	113.79
1	—	465	113.00	113.00
1	—	720	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	335	100.00–114.00	104.67
1	—	465	100.00	100.00
1	—	265	112.00	112.00
2	—	365	100.00–114.00	107.10
1	—	630	99.00	99.00
4	—	430	94.00–113.00	104.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	526	135.50–136.50	135.81
3	—	614	127.00	127.00
2	—	430	142.00	142.00
22	—	354	148.00	148.00
12	—	582	134.25–134.50	134.42
56	—	454	130.00–144.25	142.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	215	151.00	151.00
1	—	550	125.00	125.00
3	—	370	132.00–142.50	135.48
1	—	400	134.00	134.00
2	—	653	121.00–123.00	122.00
5	—	516	121.00–126.00	123.55
1	—	260	149.00	149.00
2	—	463	125.00–144.00	134.35
4	—	320	137.50–145.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	267	95.00–100.00	96.49
1	—	555	92.50	92.50
3	—	305	90.00–100.00	94.10
4	—	406	90.00–97.50	91.94
2	—	670	91.00–94.00	92.48
4	—	218	87.50–95.00	91.29
2	—	375	87.50–90.00	88.78
3	—	470	90.00–97.50	92.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	100.00	100.00
2	—	585	100.00–105.00	102.50
1	—	335	100.00	100.00
2	—	475	100.00	100.00
6	—	523	100.00–105.00	102.18
1	—	265	105.00	105.00
1	—	670	101.00	101.00
4	—	379	100.00–110.00	103.60
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	103.00	103.00
3	—	412	108.00–110.00	109.35
2	—	545	105.00–110.00	107.50
2	—	453	107.00–110.00	108.49
4	—	565	105.00–110.00	107.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	618	107.00–108.00	107.50
1	—	205	120.00	120.00
1	—	380	118.00	118.00
4	—	463	115.00–116.00	115.75
3	—	417	114.00–116.00	115.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	559	112.50	112.50
50	—	401	123.75–125.00	123.78
22	—	482	119.50	119.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	500.00	500.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	639.00	639.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	793	348.00–358.00	353.02
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,008	625.00–700.00	661.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	915	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	725	425.00–535.00	478.48
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,328	725.00–750.00	737.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,185	785.00	785.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	554.00	554.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	713	300.00–360.00	332.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	660	200.00–275.00	235.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	735	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,715	1,012.00	1,012.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	565	400.00	400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	750.00	750.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,085	42.00–53.00	48.49
9	—	1,298	58.00–63.00	59.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	48.00	48.00
9	—	1,546	54.00–61.00	57.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,695	75.00–82.00	78.78
3	—	1,397	69.00–70.00	69.72

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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How this sale compares

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Replacement Cattle

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