Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Correction with removal of incorrect low weight feeder heifer calf record *

No trends available this week due to sales being closed for the holidays. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.02/cwt on 132 head.

Average price

$116.02

132 head · 471 lb average

Value per head Derived

$547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$23.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.27

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	466	126.00	587	43
Medium and Large 2	487	113.28	552	68
Small 1-2	450	105.90	477	13thin
Medium and Large 3	397	102.07	405	8thin

One grade step is worth $23.93/cwt here — about $182 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 sale132 hd

116.02

—

SC average5 barns · 604 hd

117.29

−1.27

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	—	Low	1,728	74.12	1,280	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,197	55.57	665	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,512	53.67	811	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,053	41.48	437	4thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	780	876.82/cwt	825.00–925.00	6,839	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	708	862.90/cwt	825.00–900.00	6,109	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	953.04/cwt	700.00–1,210.00	11,370	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	870	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,785	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	940	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	900	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	935	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,078	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	938	657.49/cwt	575.00–775.00	6,167	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	952	758.32/cwt	725.00–800.00	7,219	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	660	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,980	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	865	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	4,671	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	840	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	989	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	37.42/cwt	36.00–39.00	373	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	445	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	507	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	665	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	698	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	565	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	121.34/cwt	119.00–123.00	670	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	114.52/cwt	112.00–117.50	699	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	128.30/cwt	120.00–135.00	595	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	133.29/cwt	125.00–140.00	493	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	130.04/cwt	120.00–135.00	541	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	120.32/cwt	116.00–127.00	623	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	250	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	306	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	104.51/cwt	100.00–107.00	698	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	115.04/cwt	110.00–120.00	531	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	106.41/cwt	105.00–110.00	669	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	113.82/cwt	109.00–117.50	592	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	117.50/cwt	115.00–120.00	499	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	112.07/cwt	107.00–115.00	642	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	339	115.63/cwt	115.00–125.00	392	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	245	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	251	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	845	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,549	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	995	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	9,701	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	695	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	5,734	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	45.53/cwt	45.00–46.00	504	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	408	160.86/cwt	157.50–165.00	656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	140.57/cwt	135.00–145.00	668	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	126.98/cwt	124.00–130.00	664	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	117.83/cwt	115.00–120.00	722	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	124.73/cwt	120.00–130.00	703	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	149.14/cwt	145.00–154.00	629	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	705	108.50/cwt	108.00–109.00	765	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	133.15/cwt	130.00–135.00	606	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	117.49/cwt	115.00–120.00	605	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	118.23/cwt	115.00–120.00	677	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	634	110.81/cwt	109.00–115.00	703	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	683	109.15/cwt	105.00–110.00	745	6
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	715	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,939	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	930.00/cwt	930.00–930.00	11,207	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,007	458.80/cwt	450.00–475.00	4,620	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	950	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	7,695	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	907	470.74/cwt	385.00–575.00	4,270	3
Bulls	—	—	1,467	67.68/cwt	65.00–70.00	993	3
Bulls	—	—	1,988	80.55/cwt	74.00–86.00	1,601	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	43.87/cwt	42.00–46.00	557	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	56.59/cwt	47.00–75.00	674	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	402	104.68/cwt	100.00–107.00	421	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	458	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	151.58/cwt	150.00–155.00	406	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	250	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	800	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	245	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	319	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	468	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	122.50/cwt	120.00–125.00	655	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	118.29/cwt	115.00–122.00	680	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	347	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	405	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	106.96/cwt	104.00–110.00	385	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	365	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	438	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	325	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	390	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	1,163.09/cwt	900.00–1,425.00	13,003	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,105	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,288	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	11,556	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	13,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,342	1,220.28/cwt	1,100.00–1,400.00	16,376	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	915	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	440	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	102.57/cwt	100.00–105.00	475	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	220	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	248	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	295	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	325	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	315	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	331	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	540	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	556	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	585	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	608	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	670	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	704	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	423	103.31/cwt	100.00–110.00	437	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	489	106.82/cwt	105.00–110.00	522	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	280	176.25/cwt	170.00–182.50	494	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	390	165.96/cwt	163.00–169.00	647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	337	171.59/cwt	167.00–175.00	578	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	510	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	152.55/cwt	145.00–160.00	592	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	148.73/cwt	147.50–150.00	629	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	137.42/cwt	135.00–140.00	653	2

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 →

Laurens Livestock Exchange - Laurens, SC

Wed Jan 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 403Last week 99Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 68Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 62Last week 43Year ago 0

*Correction with removal of incorrect low weight feeder heifer calf record *

No trends available this week due to sales being closed for the holidays. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	780	825.00–925.00	876.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	708	825.00–900.00	862.90
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	975.00	975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	695	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	600.00	600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,342	1,100.00–1,400.00	1,220.28
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,193	700.00–1,210.00	953.04
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	870	550.00	550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	940	500.00	500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	625.00	625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	935	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	938	575.00–775.00	657.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	952	725.00–800.00	758.32
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	660	300.00	300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	865	540.00	540.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	715	411.00	411.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	930.00	930.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,007	450.00–475.00	458.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	810.00	810.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	907	385.00–575.00	470.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,118	900.00–1,425.00	1,163.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,105	750.00	750.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	56.00	56.00
1	—	1,570	63.00	63.00
1	—	1,465	42.00	42.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	998	36.00–39.00	37.42
2	—	1,108	45.00–46.00	45.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,270	42.00–46.00	43.87
23	—	1,191	47.00–75.00	56.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,467	65.00–70.00	67.68
3	—	1,988	74.00–86.00	80.55

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	114.00	114.00
1	—	470	120.00	120.00
1	—	665	105.00	105.00
2	—	565	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	408	157.50–165.00	160.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	135.00–145.00	140.57
7	—	523	124.00–130.00	126.98
7	—	613	115.00–120.00	117.83
8	—	564	120.00–130.00	124.73
11	—	422	145.00–154.00	149.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	125.00	125.00
2	—	705	108.00–109.00	108.50
4	—	455	130.00–135.00	133.15
4	—	515	115.00–120.00	117.49
4	—	573	115.00–120.00	118.23
5	—	634	109.00–115.00	110.81
6	—	683	105.00–110.00	109.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	100.00	100.00
1	—	530	100.00	100.00
2	—	463	100.00–105.00	102.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	552	119.00–123.00	121.34
3	—	610	112.00–117.50	114.52
6	—	464	120.00–135.00	128.30
8	—	370	125.00–140.00	133.29
11	—	416	120.00–135.00	130.04
12	—	518	116.00–127.00	120.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	122.50	122.50
1	—	370	115.00	115.00
1	—	700	102.00	102.00
4	—	668	100.00–107.00	104.51
5	—	462	110.00–120.00	115.04
7	—	629	105.00–110.00	106.41
11	—	520	109.00–117.50	113.82
12	—	425	115.00–120.00	117.50
12	—	573	107.00–115.00	112.07
14	—	339	115.00–125.00	115.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	102.50	102.50
1	—	350	100.00	100.00
3	—	402	100.00–107.00	104.68
3	—	458	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	112.50	112.50
1	—	295	110.00	110.00
1	—	315	105.00	105.00
1	—	540	103.00	103.00
1	—	585	104.00	104.00
1	—	670	105.00	105.00
3	—	423	100.00–110.00	103.31
4	—	489	105.00–110.00	106.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	268	150.00–155.00	151.58
1	—	580	125.00	125.00
2	—	340	150.00	150.00
2	—	388	145.00–160.00	152.55
2	—	423	147.50–150.00	148.73
2	—	475	135.00–140.00	137.42
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	140.00	140.00
1	—	460	130.00	130.00
1	—	645	107.50	107.50
1	—	800	100.00	100.00
2	—	245	130.00	130.00
2	—	360	130.00	130.00
2	—	535	120.00–125.00	122.50
4	—	575	115.00–122.00	118.29
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	110.00	110.00
1	—	405	100.00	100.00
2	—	360	104.00–110.00	106.96
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	120.00	120.00
2	—	325	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	170.00–182.50	176.25
2	—	390	163.00–169.00	165.96
3	—	337	167.00–175.00	171.59

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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