Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales. Light 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 $111.93/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$111.93

34 head · 458 lb average

Value per head Derived

$512

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$55

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

$18.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.65

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	384	122.32	470	10thin
Medium and Large 2	472	111.19	525	13thin
Small 1-2	508	103.36	525	11thin

One grade step is worth $18.96/cwt here — about −$55 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 sale34 hd

111.93

—

SC average5 barns · 232 hd

106.28

+5.65

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	1,745	85.19	1,487	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,332	59.98	799	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	823	46.00	378	2thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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	Medium and Large 2	—	948	943.27/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	8,942	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	640	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	3,520	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	655	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	4,814	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,380	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	12,558	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	1,035.00/cwt	1,035.00–1,035.00	13,559	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,025	627.00/cwt	627.00–627.00	6,427	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,065	761.18/cwt	725.00–800.00	8,107	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	835	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	3,925	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	860	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,590	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,721	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	845	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	4,014	1
Bulls	—	—	1,745	85.19/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,487	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	59.98/cwt	53.00–76.00	799	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	408	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	609	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	102.58/cwt	100.00–105.00	641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	116.73/cwt	115.00–120.00	432	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	112.53/cwt	110.00–115.00	476	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	515	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	541	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	630	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	617	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	733	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	674	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	480	103.33/cwt	100.00–105.00	496	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	383	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	421	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	412	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	574	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	135.00/cwt	132.50–137.50	635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	140.60/cwt	135.00–145.00	519	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	125.06/cwt	120.00–130.00	481	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	460	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	506	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	590	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	679	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	383	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	421	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	1,136.53/cwt	1,055.00–1,220.00	14,434	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	140.12/cwt	135.00–145.00	589	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	930	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	7,068	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	1,014.19/cwt	925.00–1,075.00	10,324	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	123.02/cwt	120.00–125.00	466	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	119.05/cwt	116.00–122.00	545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	492	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	344	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	525	110.58/cwt	107.00–115.00	581	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	458	115.24/cwt	113.00–117.50	528	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	550	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	123.28/cwt	120.00–125.00	586	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	113.72/cwt	110.00–117.50	705	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	498	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	136.23/cwt	130.00–145.00	632	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	128.67/cwt	125.00–137.50	732	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	121.51/cwt	120.00–123.00	806	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	135.15/cwt	130.00–140.00	696	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 Apr 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 120Last week 207Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 32Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 32Year ago 0

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales. Light 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 — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	948	900.00–1,000.00	943.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	760.00	760.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	640	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	655	735.00	735.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,018	925.00–1,075.00	1,014.19
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,380	910.00	910.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,310	1,035.00	1,035.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	627.00	627.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,065	725.00–800.00	761.18
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	835	470.00	470.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	650.00	650.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	725.00	725.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	475.00	475.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,270	1,055.00–1,220.00	1,136.53

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,745	84.00–87.00	85.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,332	53.00–76.00	59.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	50.00	50.00
1	—	830	42.00	42.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	105.00	105.00
2	—	625	100.00–105.00	102.58
3	—	370	115.00–120.00	116.73
4	—	423	110.00–115.00	112.53
2	—	465	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	105.00	105.00
1	—	630	98.00	98.00
2	—	733	92.00	92.00
3	—	480	100.00–105.00	103.33
4	—	383	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	379	120.00–125.00	123.02
2	—	458	116.00–122.00	119.05
1	—	410	120.00	120.00
1	—	345	125.00	125.00
1	—	275	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	135.00	135.00
1	—	425	135.00	135.00
1	—	515	125.00	125.00
1	—	550	125.00	125.00
1	—	620	120.00	120.00
2	—	470	132.50–137.50	135.00
4	—	369	135.00–145.00	140.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	120.00	120.00
2	—	385	120.00–130.00	125.06
2	—	550	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	110.00	110.00
1	—	460	110.00	110.00
1	—	590	115.00	115.00
2	—	383	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	135.00–145.00	140.12
5	—	464	130.00–145.00	136.23
4	—	569	125.00–137.50	128.67
2	—	663	120.00–123.00	121.51
2	—	515	130.00–140.00	135.15
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	107.00–115.00	110.58
2	—	458	113.00–117.50	115.24
1	—	555	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	100.00	100.00
1	—	465	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	120.00–125.00	123.28
2	—	620	110.00–117.50	113.72
1	—	550	120.00	120.00
1	—	505	120.00	120.00
1	—	415	120.00	120.00

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.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Laurens Livestock Exchange - Laurens, SC

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle