Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.26/cwt on 101 head.

Average price

$104.26

101 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$515

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$23.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.18

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	558	115.03	642	14thin
Medium and Large 2	484	108.24	524	44
Small 1-2	475	103.00	489	20
Medium and Large 3	489	91.15	446	23

One grade step is worth $23.88/cwt here — about $196 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 sale101 hd

104.26

—

SC average5 barns · 612 hd

114.44

−10.18

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	1,875	92.35	1,732	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,547	61.90	957	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,227	60.79	746	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	943	51.47	485	6thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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 2	—	400	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	505	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	593	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	682	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	125.48/cwt	120.00–128.00	587	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	469	102.25/cwt	100.00–105.00	480	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,105	862.73/cwt	850.00–875.00	9,533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	680	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	111.49/cwt	111.00–112.00	594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	666	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	849	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	649	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	740	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	128.52/cwt	127.00–130.00	598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	123.87/cwt	122.50–125.00	468	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	141.80/cwt	140.00–147.50	518	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	477	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	769	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	137.97/cwt	136.00–140.00	659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	116.99/cwt	116.00–117.50	374	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	756	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	711	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	112.23/cwt	107.50–116.00	475	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	670	98.79/cwt	97.50–100.00	662	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	718.68/cwt	650.00–775.00	9,091	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	915	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	9,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	130.97/cwt	128.00–132.50	622	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	116.25/cwt	115.00–117.50	703	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	400	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	460	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	788	389.15/cwt	372.00–409.00	3,067	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	700	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,695	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	730	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	883	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	840	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	960	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	6,528	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	528	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	502	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	425	105.77/cwt	105.00–108.00	450	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	568	99.57/cwt	95.00–105.00	566	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	875	512.40/cwt	404.00–575.00	4,484	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	855	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	5,429	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	317	117.26/cwt	112.50–122.50	372	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	483	115.50/cwt	109.00–116.50	558	11
Steers	Small 1-2	—	369	116.19/cwt	112.50–120.00	429	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	835	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,593	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	745	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	3,427	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	555	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	583	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	625	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	656	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	620	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	698	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	225	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	264	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	480	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	552	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	618	97.45/cwt	95.00–100.00	602	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	412	116.46/cwt	115.00–117.50	480	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	51.47/cwt	47.00–57.00	485	6
Bulls	—	—	1,875	92.35/cwt	89.00–94.00	1,732	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	53.23/cwt	48.00–57.00	624	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,665	53.49/cwt	53.00–54.00	891	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,485	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,114	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	63.23/cwt	58.00–71.00	782	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,531	63.02/cwt	56.00–72.00	965	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	88.74/cwt	87.50–90.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	403	90.02/cwt	87.50–92.50	363	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	283	108.85/cwt	105.00–112.50	308	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	97.45/cwt	96.00–99.00	302	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	92.98/cwt	92.50–94.00	347	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	94.14/cwt	90.00–98.00	448	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	633	87.80/cwt	83.00–92.50	556	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	521	88.62/cwt	85.00–90.00	462	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	495	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	632	110.13/cwt	108.00–112.50	696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	102.18/cwt	100.00–107.00	538	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	112.15/cwt	110.00–117.00	418	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	104.00/cwt	101.00–107.00	624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	103.12/cwt	100.00–107.50	583	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	111.11/cwt	107.00–117.00	519	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	725	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	384	108.88/cwt	106.00–111.00	418	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	870	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	4,568	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	900	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,625	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	840	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	3,461	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	718.33/cwt	625.00–800.00	4,849	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	665	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,560	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	980	592.53/cwt	575.00–620.00	5,807	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 Nov 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 319Last week 149Year ago 240

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 42Year ago 67

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 24Year ago 50

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	130.00	130.00
2	—	465	127.00–130.00	128.52
4	—	378	122.50–125.00	123.87
1	—	655	115.00	115.00
1	—	715	107.00	107.00
2	—	525	120.00	120.00
1	—	315	125.00	125.00
1	—	630	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	140.00	140.00
4	—	523	130.00	130.00
1	—	635	123.00	123.00
4	—	365	140.00–147.50	141.80
1	—	335	142.50	142.50
2	—	478	136.00–140.00	137.97
1	—	550	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	666	127.50	127.50
2	—	620	124.00	124.00
4	—	730	121.00	121.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	115.00	115.00
3	—	317	112.50–122.50	117.26
11	—	483	109.00–116.50	115.50
4	—	369	112.50–120.00	116.19
1	—	620	112.50	112.50
1	—	225	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	102.50	102.50
2	—	283	105.00–112.50	108.85
1	—	545	92.50	92.50
2	—	355	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	424	119.00	119.00
1	—	550	112.50	112.50
2	—	533	111.00–112.00	111.49
1	—	385	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	469	100.00–105.00	102.25
2	—	528	95.00	95.00
4	—	425	105.00–108.00	105.77
3	—	568	95.00–105.00	99.57
2	—	618	95.00–100.00	97.45
5	—	384	106.00–111.00	108.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	649	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	320	116.00–117.50	116.99
1	—	720	94.00	94.00
11	—	423	107.50–116.00	112.23
6	—	527	100.00–107.00	102.18
4	—	373	110.00–117.00	112.15
2	—	600	101.00–107.00	104.00
3	—	565	100.00–107.50	103.12
11	—	467	107.00–117.00	111.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	756	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	87.50–90.00	88.74
2	—	403	87.50–92.50	90.02
2	—	310	96.00–99.00	97.45
1	—	675	88.00	88.00
3	—	373	92.50–94.00	92.98
5	—	476	90.00–98.00	94.14
3	—	633	83.00–92.50	87.80
5	—	521	85.00–90.00	88.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	593	115.00	115.00
2	—	525	120.00	120.00
7	—	468	120.00–128.00	125.48
3	—	632	108.00–112.50	110.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	97.50–100.00	98.79
1	—	420	100.00	100.00
1	—	495	100.00	100.00
1	—	585	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	128.00–132.50	130.97
2	—	605	115.00–117.50	116.25
1	—	730	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	105.00	105.00
1	—	625	105.00	105.00
2	—	480	115.00	115.00
3	—	412	115.00–117.50	116.46

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	—	1,105	850.00–875.00	862.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	680.00	680.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,265	650.00–775.00	718.68
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	700	385.00	385.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	835	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	745	460.00	460.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	875	404.00–575.00	512.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	855	635.00	635.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	665	385.00	385.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	788	372.00–409.00	389.15
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	412.00	412.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	980	575.00–620.00	592.53
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	870	525.00	525.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	675	625.00–800.00	718.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	943	47.00–57.00	51.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,172	48.00–57.00	53.23
1	—	1,485	75.00	75.00
19	—	1,236	58.00–71.00	63.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,665	53.00–54.00	53.49
15	—	1,531	56.00–72.00	63.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,875	89.00–94.00	92.35

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