Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and feeder heifers too few to trend, feeder bulls unevenly steady, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 5.00 lower. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.36/cwt on 90 head.

Average price

$114.36

90 head · 502 lb average

Value per head Derived

$574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$24.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.52

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	455	128.00	582	1thin
Medium and Large 2	494	116.98	577	65
Small 1-2	534	108.40	578	15thin
Medium and Large 3	514	103.87	534	9thin

One grade step is worth $24.13/cwt here — about $49 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 sale90 hd

114.36

—

SC average5 barns · 619 hd

119.88

−5.52

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	1,862	95.56	1,779	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,502	67.23	1,010	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,266	65.98	835	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,004	55.28	555	12

Every lot, as filed

93 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	—	637	126.87/cwt	126.00–127.00	808	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	16,065	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,050	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	10,238	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	329	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	589	125.75/cwt	124.00–130.00	741	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	132.90/cwt	120.00–138.00	619	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	135.17/cwt	134.00–137.00	573	5
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	870	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,350	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	273	123.99/cwt	120.00–127.50	338	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	680	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	126.02/cwt	125.00–127.00	836	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	886.23/cwt	823.00–960.00	8,065	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	953	1,198.40/cwt	960.00–1,575.00	11,421	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	528	109.99/cwt	109.00–111.00	581	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	295	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	351	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	9,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	133.78/cwt	130.00–137.00	697	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	493	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	545	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	830	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	5,063	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	570	107.01/cwt	106.00–108.00	610	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	655	103.01/cwt	102.00–104.00	675	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	745	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	120.38/cwt	118.00–124.00	761	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	420	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	470	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	380	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	429	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	635	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	686	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	66.61/cwt	62.00–75.00	847	28
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	478	114.52/cwt	114.00–115.00	547	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	685	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	719	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	315	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	394	1
Bulls	—	—	2,395	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,916	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	586	110.27/cwt	108.00–113.00	646	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	630	103.65/cwt	101.00–105.00	653	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	391	123.73/cwt	119.00–127.50	484	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	60.66/cwt	58.00–63.00	635	6
Bulls	—	—	2,015	106.53/cwt	106.00–107.00	2,147	2
Bulls	—	—	1,769	94.85/cwt	89.00–100.00	1,678	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	49.90/cwt	44.00–57.00	480	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	385	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	690	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	662	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,378	1,020.39/cwt	940.00–1,140.00	14,061	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	945	652.00/cwt	652.00–652.00	6,161	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,060	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	764.90/cwt	750.00–780.00	8,781	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	555	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	591	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,502	67.23/cwt	63.00–71.00	1,010	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	57.23/cwt	55.00–59.00	683	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	735	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	772	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	118.39/cwt	113.00–123.00	566	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	112.66/cwt	111.50–115.00	650	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	890.07/cwt	800.00–960.00	11,660	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	1,270.00/cwt	1,270.00–1,270.00	17,272	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	446	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	625	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	121.77/cwt	115.00–126.00	519	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	129.49/cwt	129.00–130.00	486	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	551	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	668	105.51/cwt	105.00–106.00	705	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	773	100.98/cwt	100.00–103.00	781	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	108.99/cwt	108.00–110.00	790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	130.99/cwt	130.00–132.00	576	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	109.62/cwt	106.00–113.00	676	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	136.78/cwt	133.00–143.00	667	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	151.23/cwt	150.00–152.50	461	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	399	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	107.32/cwt	105.00–109.00	730	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	126.99/cwt	118.00–132.50	531	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	151.52/cwt	148.00–155.00	565	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	857	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	800	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	124.37/cwt	120.00–130.00	590	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	103.71/cwt	100.00–105.00	537	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	120.49/cwt	120.00–124.00	459	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	582	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	126.99/cwt	125.00–129.00	603	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	132.80/cwt	130.00–140.00	440	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	113.62/cwt	110.00–117.00	424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	115.41/cwt	113.00–119.00	604	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	689	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	569	118.14/cwt	115.00–123.00	672	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	106.00/cwt	104.00–108.00	806	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	317	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	120.53/cwt	117.00–125.00	635	16

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 Aug 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 307Last week 165Year ago 321

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 69Year ago 130

Replacement CattleReceipts 39Last week 20Year ago 48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	637	126.00–127.00	126.87
1	—	215	153.00	153.00
1	—	445	149.00	149.00
2	—	663	125.00–127.00	126.02
9	—	521	130.00–137.00	133.78
1	—	580	131.00	131.00
6	—	488	133.00–143.00	136.78
2	—	305	150.00–152.50	151.23
2	—	373	148.00–155.00	151.52
1	—	720	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	589	124.00–130.00	125.75
2	—	375	129.00–130.00	129.49
1	—	600	125.00	125.00
2	—	440	130.00–132.00	130.99
1	—	280	142.50	142.50
3	—	475	125.00–129.00	126.99
5	—	331	130.00–140.00	132.80
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	273	120.00–127.50	123.99
1	—	315	125.00	125.00
6	—	391	119.00–127.50	123.73
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	105.00	105.00
2	—	668	105.00–106.00	105.51
2	—	373	110.00–117.00	113.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	466	120.00–138.00	132.90
5	—	424	134.00–137.00	135.17
3	—	632	118.00–124.00	120.38
1	—	590	127.00	127.00
1	—	680	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	108.00	108.00
2	—	478	114.00–115.00	114.52
1	—	685	105.00	105.00
4	—	586	108.00–113.00	110.27
2	—	535	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	105.00	105.00
2	—	405	110.00	110.00
1	—	625	97.00	97.00
1	—	525	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	773	100.00–103.00	100.98
2	—	725	108.00–110.00	108.99
7	—	418	118.00–132.50	126.99
1	—	800	97.00	97.00
10	—	474	120.00–130.00	124.37
1	—	655	113.00	113.00
2	—	615	112.00	112.00
5	—	569	115.00–123.00	118.14
16	—	527	117.00–125.00	120.53
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	109.00–111.00	109.99
1	—	295	119.00	119.00
2	—	493	110.00–111.00	110.50
2	—	570	106.00–108.00	107.01
2	—	655	102.00–104.00	103.01
1	—	420	112.00	112.00
1	—	380	113.00	113.00
3	—	630	101.00–105.00	103.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	100.00	100.00
3	—	563	105.00	105.00
1	—	480	105.00	105.00
4	—	518	100.00–105.00	103.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	478	113.00–123.00	118.39
9	—	577	111.50–115.00	112.66
16	—	426	115.00–126.00	121.77
3	—	617	106.00–113.00	109.62
3	—	680	105.00–109.00	107.32
8	—	381	120.00–124.00	120.49
10	—	523	113.00–119.00	115.41
2	—	325	120.00	120.00
2	—	760	104.00–108.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	128.00	128.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	69.00	69.00

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	1	—	1,190	1,350.00	1,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	975.00	975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	953	960.00–1,575.00	1,198.40
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	610.00	610.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	500.00	500.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	910	823.00–960.00	886.23
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	652.00	652.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	680	350.00	350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	745	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	780.00	780.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,378	940.00–1,140.00	1,020.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,148	750.00–780.00	764.90
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,310	800.00–960.00	890.07
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,060	625.00	625.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,360	1,270.00	1,270.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,271	62.00–75.00	66.61
2	—	1,193	55.00–59.00	57.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,046	58.00–63.00	60.66
6	—	962	44.00–57.00	49.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,502	63.00–71.00	67.23
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,395	80.00	80.00
2	—	2,015	106.00–107.00	106.53
9	—	1,769	89.00–100.00	94.85

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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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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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