Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales on feeder cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Average offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.43/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −83.80 against this barn's trailing median of $207.23.

Average price

$123.43

67 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$690

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$43.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.17

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	544	132.84	722	34
Medium and Large 2	569	116.50	663	28
Small 1-2	478	111.30	532	2thin
Medium and Large 3	690	89.67	619	3thin

One grade step is worth $43.17/cwt here — about $104 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 sale67 hd

123.43

—

SC average5 barns · 530 hd

119.26

+4.17

This barn, trailing median2 sales

207.23

−83.80

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	—	High	1,529	96.90	1,481	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,133	64.93	736	56
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,327	62.00	823	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	899	58.51	526	22

Every lot, as filed

80 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	120.08/cwt	117.00–123.00	808	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	109.38/cwt	105.00–115.00	684	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	158.74/cwt	152.50–165.00	589	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	137.15/cwt	135.00–138.00	721	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	987	1,322.49/cwt	1,225.00–1,400.00	13,053	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,155	883.84/cwt	800.00–975.00	10,208	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	403	152.48/cwt	150.00–155.00	614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	121.33/cwt	119.00–127.00	626	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	131.67/cwt	130.00–135.00	743	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	500	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	478	111.30/cwt	110.00–112.50	532	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	848	711.50/cwt	675.00–750.00	6,034	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	1,137.38/cwt	1,125.00–1,150.00	11,601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	128.33/cwt	126.00–135.00	789	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	900	898.89/cwt	875.00–925.00	8,090	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,168	1,041.33/cwt	900.00–1,175.00	12,163	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	310	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	357	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	66.89/cwt	60.00–75.00	765	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,465	1,502.47/cwt	1,350.00–1,650.00	22,011	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	125.77/cwt	125.00–130.00	521	9
Steers	Small 1-2	—	385	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	501	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	317	126.66/cwt	125.00–130.00	402	3
Bulls	—	—	1,743	112.12/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,954	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	980	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,615	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	1,081.79/cwt	925.00–1,200.00	9,422	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	275	111.63/cwt	110.00–115.00	307	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	235	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	317	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	852	48.67/cwt	45.00–52.00	415	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	916	62.20/cwt	58.00–68.00	570	16
Bulls	—	—	1,589	96.60/cwt	89.00–100.00	1,535	6
Bulls	—	—	1,193	82.29/cwt	80.00–85.00	982	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	820	93.77/cwt	92.50–95.00	769	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	895	975.28/cwt	900.00–1,025.00	8,729	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,045	848.00/cwt	785.00–900.00	8,862	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,050	963.57/cwt	925.00–1,000.00	10,117	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,327	62.00/cwt	60.00–65.00	823	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	840	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	567	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,068	48.46/cwt	45.00–55.00	518	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	79.43/cwt	78.00–81.00	920	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	670	86.22/cwt	85.00–87.50	578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	700	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	118.73/cwt	117.50–120.00	508	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	1,111.06/cwt	1,075.00–1,175.00	9,300	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,202	955.06/cwt	800.00–1,075.00	11,480	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	695	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	535	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	235	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	294	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	132.57/cwt	130.00–135.00	561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	123.28/cwt	120.00–125.00	411	3
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	772	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	625	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	850	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	808	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	810	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	671	108.23/cwt	104.00–112.00	726	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,169	1,226.86/cwt	1,075.00–1,400.00	14,342	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	119.81/cwt	117.50–123.00	797	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	130.97/cwt	127.00–132.00	494	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	116.30/cwt	115.00–120.00	665	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	123.49/cwt	120.00–125.00	653	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	147.61/cwt	145.00–156.00	621	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	147.64/cwt	142.50–153.00	687	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	132.00/cwt	130.00–134.00	726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	122.96/cwt	120.00–127.00	751	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	123.02/cwt	120.00–125.00	621	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	391	144.37/cwt	142.50–145.00	564	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	121.41/cwt	120.00–125.00	567	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	127.06/cwt	120.00–133.00	532	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	649	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	126.73/cwt	120.00–130.00	593	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	215	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	144.15/cwt	140.00–152.00	665	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	134.89/cwt	132.50–139.00	696	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	723	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	108.49/cwt	107.00–110.00	678	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	136.01/cwt	135.00–139.00	650	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	120.97/cwt	118.00–125.00	702	3

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 Jun 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 231Last week 322Year ago 321

Slaughter CattleReceipts 152Last week 142Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 62Last week 118Year ago 45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	673	117.00–123.00	120.08
6	—	371	152.50–165.00	158.74
4	—	526	135.00–138.00	137.15
2	—	403	150.00–155.00	152.48
1	—	290	172.50	172.50
6	—	615	126.00–135.00	128.33
2	—	465	142.50–153.00	147.64
2	—	550	130.00–134.00	132.00
2	—	313	160.00	160.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	130.00	130.00
3	—	317	125.00–130.00	126.66
1	—	235	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	130.00–135.00	132.57
4	—	529	120.00–125.00	123.49
4	—	391	142.50–145.00	144.37
1	—	215	155.00	155.00
2	—	578	125.00	125.00
4	—	478	135.00–139.00	136.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	625	105.00–115.00	109.38
1	—	775	98.00	98.00
1	—	850	95.00	95.00
1	—	810	94.00	94.00
4	—	671	104.00–112.00	108.23
3	—	505	120.00–125.00	123.02
1	—	715	103.00	103.00
7	—	419	120.00–133.00	127.06
3	—	468	120.00–130.00	126.73
3	—	580	118.00–125.00	120.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	564	130.00–135.00	131.67
3	—	665	117.50–123.00	119.81
4	—	421	145.00–156.00	147.61
7	—	611	120.00–127.00	122.96
4	—	461	140.00–152.00	144.15
7	—	516	132.50–139.00	134.89
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	110.00–112.50	111.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	77.00	77.00
1	—	695	95.00	95.00
1	—	535	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	516	119.00–127.00	121.33
9	—	414	125.00–130.00	125.77
7	—	377	127.00–132.00	130.97
7	—	572	115.00–120.00	116.30
5	—	467	120.00–125.00	121.41
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	115.00	115.00
4	—	275	110.00–115.00	111.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	110.00	110.00
2	—	428	117.50–120.00	118.73
1	—	235	125.00	125.00
3	—	333	120.00–125.00	123.28
2	—	595	108.00–110.00	109.00
2	—	625	107.00–110.00	108.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	85.00–87.50	86.22
1	—	700	85.00	85.00
1	—	630	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	772	81.00	81.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	987	1,225.00–1,400.00	1,322.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,020	1,125.00–1,150.00	1,137.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	871	925.00–1,200.00	1,081.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	837	1,075.00–1,175.00	1,111.06
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	875.00–925.00	898.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,168	900.00–1,175.00	1,041.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	895	900.00–1,025.00	975.28
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,169	1,075.00–1,400.00	1,226.86
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,155	800.00–975.00	883.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,045	785.00–900.00	848.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,202	800.00–1,075.00	955.06
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	848	675.00–750.00	711.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	675.00	675.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,465	1,350.00–1,650.00	1,502.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,050	925.00–1,000.00	963.57
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	820	92.50–95.00	93.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,143	60.00–75.00	66.89
8	—	1,068	45.00–55.00	48.46
3	—	1,158	78.00–81.00	79.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	852	45.00–52.00	48.67
16	—	916	58.00–68.00	62.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,327	60.00–65.00	62.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,743	109.00–115.00	112.12
6	—	1,589	89.00–100.00	96.60
3	—	1,193	80.00–85.00	82.29

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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