Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available this week due to limited comparable sales. 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 $118.51/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$118.51

59 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$20.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.98

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	471	126.19	594	20
Medium and Large 2	492	117.16	577	29
Small 1-2	530	108.25	574	6thin
Medium and Large 3	444	105.25	467	4thin

One grade step is worth $20.94/cwt here — about $127 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 sale59 hd

118.51

—

SC average5 barns · 500 hd

113.53

+4.98

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	1,613	85.51	1,379	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,479	60.66	897	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,202	60.04	721	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	992	49.87	495	7thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	125.00/cwt	124.00–127.00	551	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	127.08/cwt	122.50–130.00	583	5
Heifer Pairs	Small 1-2	—	590	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	3,983	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	587	108.66/cwt	108.00–110.00	638	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	618	104.23/cwt	103.00–106.00	644	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	514	110.42/cwt	107.00–113.00	568	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	133.74/cwt	132.50–135.00	445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	472	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	745	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	662	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	122.11/cwt	121.00–123.00	506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	118.51/cwt	115.00–120.00	545	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	115.03/cwt	112.50–117.50	657	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	122.62/cwt	117.00–126.00	450	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	114.75/cwt	113.00–115.00	606	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	329	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	655	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	671	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	480	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	564	101.02/cwt	100.00–104.00	570	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	106.36/cwt	105.00–108.00	553	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	108.52/cwt	108.00–109.00	521	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	121.84/cwt	120.00–125.00	582	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	719	110.48/cwt	107.00–113.00	794	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	405	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	486	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	525	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	614	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	595	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	669	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	845	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	532	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	672	88.49/cwt	88.00–89.00	595	4
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	851	83.86/cwt	69.00–86.00	714	8
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	735	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	720	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	385	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	474	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	555	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	572	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	494	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	149.91/cwt	147.00–155.00	627	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	147.29/cwt	144.00–152.00	675	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	156.25/cwt	152.50–160.00	508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	602	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	622	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	653	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	46.52/cwt	43.00–49.00	493	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	903	54.34/cwt	53.00–55.00	491	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,531	61.60/cwt	59.00–67.00	943	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,170	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	644	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	62.99/cwt	59.00–70.00	776	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	55.90/cwt	52.00–58.00	648	10
Bulls	—	—	1,674	90.93/cwt	86.00–96.00	1,522	4
Bulls	—	—	1,490	74.67/cwt	61.00–82.00	1,113	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,490	918.88/cwt	835.00–1,000.00	13,691	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	7,873	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	670	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,513	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	830	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,603	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	943	723.99/cwt	685.00–760.00	6,827	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	890	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,895	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	940	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,170	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	8,265	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	260	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	719	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	115.49/cwt	115.00–116.00	777	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	560	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	117.04/cwt	115.00–119.00	626	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	118.52/cwt	118.00–119.00	673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	113.00/cwt	112.00–114.00	710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	129.28/cwt	127.00–130.00	555	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	528	107.26/cwt	107.00–107.50	566	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 Sep 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 200Last week 210Year ago 774

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 81Year ago 99

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 65Year ago 27

No trend available this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	441	124.00–127.00	125.00
5	—	459	122.50–130.00	127.08
1	—	500	121.00	121.00
2	—	333	132.50–135.00	133.74
2	—	670	114.00–115.00	114.50
3	—	363	130.00	130.00
3	—	587	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	125.00	125.00
1	—	630	105.00	105.00
1	—	685	111.00	111.00
1	—	775	103.00	103.00
4	—	414	121.00–123.00	122.11
4	—	460	115.00–120.00	118.51
4	—	571	112.50–117.50	115.03
5	—	367	117.00–126.00	122.62
8	—	528	113.00–115.00	114.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	106.00	106.00
2	—	558	105.00	105.00
1	—	350	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	105.00	105.00
1	—	260	120.00	120.00
2	—	528	107.00–107.50	107.26
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	587	108.00–110.00	108.66
4	—	618	103.00–106.00	104.23
6	—	514	107.00–113.00	110.42
1	—	655	102.50	102.50
1	—	480	111.00	111.00
1	—	735	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	564	100.00–104.00	101.02
3	—	520	105.00–108.00	106.36
2	—	480	108.00–109.00	108.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	478	120.00–125.00	121.84
4	—	719	107.00–113.00	110.48
2	—	535	115.00–119.00	117.04
2	—	568	118.00–119.00	118.52
2	—	628	112.00–114.00	113.00
4	—	429	127.00–130.00	129.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	125.00	125.00
1	—	625	116.00	116.00
2	—	673	115.00–116.00	115.49
3	—	415	135.00	135.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	120.00	120.00
1	—	525	117.00	117.00
1	—	595	112.50	112.50
1	—	385	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	100.00	100.00
1	—	540	106.00	106.00
1	—	460	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	130.00	130.00
1	—	605	115.00	115.00
1	—	595	120.00	120.00
1	—	530	123.00	123.00
1	—	445	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	418	147.00–155.00	149.91
3	—	458	144.00–152.00	147.29
2	—	325	152.50–160.00	156.25
1	—	650	120.00	120.00
1	—	565	130.00	130.00
1	—	525	132.00	132.00
1	—	395	152.50	152.50
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	63.00	63.00
4	—	672	88.00–89.00	88.49
8	—	851	69.00–86.00	83.86

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	590	675.00	675.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,490	835.00–1,000.00	918.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	670.00	670.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	670	375.00	375.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	830	675.00	675.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	943	685.00–760.00	723.99
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	890	550.00	550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	940	550.00	550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,140	725.00	725.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,059	43.00–49.00	46.52
3	—	903	53.00–55.00	54.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,531	59.00–67.00	61.60
1	—	1,170	55.00	55.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,232	59.00–70.00	62.99
10	—	1,159	52.00–58.00	55.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,674	86.00–96.00	90.93
2	—	1,490	61.00–82.00	74.67

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

Slaughter Cattle