Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average offerings of average to plain

quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.06/cwt on 121 head.

Average price

$110.06

121 head · 446 lb average

Value per head Derived

$490

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$27.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.93

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	476	119.84	571	27
Medium and Large 2	456	111.67	509	55
Small 1-2	331	105.87	350	25
Medium and Large 3	552	92.34	509	14thin

One grade step is worth $27.50/cwt here — about $61 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 sale121 hd

110.06

—

SC average5 barns · 631 hd

113.99

−3.93

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	1,568	79.79	1,251	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,224	57.51	704	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	817	53.13	434	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,384	51.34	711	4thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	720	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	648	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	431	100.49/cwt	100.00–102.00	433	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	472	106.83/cwt	100.00–110.00	504	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	323	122.48/cwt	120.00–125.00	396	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,080	808.94/cwt	760.00–850.00	8,737	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	11,173	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,083	563.28/cwt	550.00–575.00	6,100	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,117	72.24/cwt	70.00–76.00	807	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,174	808.22/cwt	600.00–950.00	9,489	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	122.48/cwt	120.00–128.00	578	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	108.93/cwt	105.00–110.00	625	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	730	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	468	92.54/cwt	90.00–95.00	433	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	435	93.33/cwt	90.00–95.00	406	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	117.45/cwt	115.00–120.00	439	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	141.58/cwt	135.00–150.00	457	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	807	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	118.29/cwt	115.00–120.00	677	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	119.95/cwt	115.00–125.00	633	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	109.38/cwt	105.00–111.00	528	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	125.55/cwt	120.00–130.00	534	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	113.78/cwt	110.00–121.00	596	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	106.59/cwt	100.00–115.00	666	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	141.65/cwt	135.00–150.00	380	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	109.10/cwt	105.00–112.50	461	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	144.10/cwt	135.00–150.00	525	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	154.00/cwt	150.00–158.00	661	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	116.67/cwt	115.00–118.00	627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	116.04/cwt	114.00–118.00	658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	342	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	120.58/cwt	115.00–122.50	557	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	114.65/cwt	110.00–120.00	651	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	142.44/cwt	140.00–145.00	738	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	121.51/cwt	120.00–123.00	733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	149.09/cwt	140.00–155.00	631	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	786	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	971	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	103.99/cwt	101.00–110.00	646	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	530	102.00/cwt	100.00–105.00	541	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	435	106.49/cwt	100.00–112.00	463	4
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	762	72.89/cwt	67.00–75.00	555	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	121.82/cwt	120.00–123.00	515	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	154.72/cwt	150.00–159.00	709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	108.00/cwt	105.00–110.00	570	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	317	104.34/cwt	100.00–110.00	331	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	377	107.40/cwt	100.00–110.00	405	6
Steers	Small 1-2	—	290	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	137.53/cwt	135.00–140.00	653	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	124.67/cwt	124.00–125.00	702	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	134.50/cwt	134.00–135.00	760	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	376	118.79/cwt	115.00–125.00	447	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	279	107.51/cwt	105.00–110.00	300	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	238	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	262	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	856	549.03/cwt	500.00–600.00	4,700	5
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	841	522.54/cwt	500.00–560.00	4,395	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	425	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	697	2
Bulls	—	—	1,742	81.51/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,420	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	43.64/cwt	40.00–46.00	505	7
Bulls	—	—	1,158	69.11/cwt	66.00–72.00	800	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	41.26/cwt	38.00–45.00	336	3
Bulls	—	—	1,865	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,790	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	70.50/cwt	70.00–71.00	799	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	818	58.22/cwt	50.00–65.00	476	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	60.25/cwt	50.00–68.00	753	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,384	51.34/cwt	48.00–55.00	711	4
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	390	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	220	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	132	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	90.66/cwt	90.00–92.00	562	3
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	667	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	477	92.98/cwt	90.00–95.00	444	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	665	92.48/cwt	91.00–94.00	615	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	552	92.00/cwt	91.00–93.00	508	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	117.67/cwt	115.00–125.00	382	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	103.44/cwt	100.00–107.00	479	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	529	93.69/cwt	90.00–96.00	496	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,093	969.36/cwt	935.00–1,000.00	10,595	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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 348Last week 319Year ago 307

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 75Year ago 122

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 28Year ago 117

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average offerings of average to plain

quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	90.00	90.00
2	—	468	90.00–95.00	92.54
3	—	435	90.00–95.00	93.33
2	—	665	91.00–94.00	92.48
3	—	552	91.00–93.00	92.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	472	100.00–110.00	106.83
5	—	530	100.00–105.00	102.00
4	—	435	100.00–112.00	106.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	472	120.00–128.00	122.48
5	—	425	120.00–130.00	125.55
15	—	524	110.00–121.00	113.78
6	—	625	100.00–115.00	106.59
6	—	568	110.00–120.00	114.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	423	140.00–155.00	149.09
4	—	475	135.00–140.00	137.53
3	—	563	124.00–125.00	124.67
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	431	100.00–102.00	100.49
7	—	317	100.00–110.00	104.34
6	—	377	100.00–110.00	107.40
4	—	279	105.00–110.00	107.51
4	—	238	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	106.00	106.00
8	—	574	105.00–110.00	108.93
11	—	374	115.00–120.00	117.45
6	—	483	105.00–111.00	109.38
10	—	423	105.00–112.50	109.10
1	—	285	120.00	120.00
4	—	621	101.00–110.00	103.99
6	—	528	105.00–110.00	108.00
8	—	325	115.00–125.00	117.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	86.00	86.00
3	—	620	90.00–92.00	90.66
3	—	477	90.00–95.00	92.98
7	—	529	90.00–96.00	93.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	115.00–118.00	116.67
3	—	567	114.00–118.00	116.04
12	—	462	115.00–122.50	120.58
1	—	615	116.00	116.00
8	—	423	120.00–123.00	121.82
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	120.00–125.00	122.48
1	—	290	125.00	125.00
4	—	376	115.00–125.00	118.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	323	135.00–150.00	141.58
1	—	690	117.00	117.00
3	—	572	115.00–120.00	118.29
3	—	528	115.00–125.00	119.95
3	—	268	135.00–150.00	141.65
6	—	364	135.00–150.00	144.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	429	150.00–158.00	154.00
2	—	518	140.00–145.00	142.44
2	—	603	120.00–123.00	121.51
3	—	458	150.00–159.00	154.72
2	—	565	134.00–135.00	134.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	786	123.50	123.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	100.00–107.00	103.44
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	65.00	65.00
1	—	220	60.00	60.00
17	—	725	92.00	92.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,080	760.00–850.00	808.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,174	600.00–950.00	808.22
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,083	550.00–575.00	563.28
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	856	500.00–600.00	549.03
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	841	500.00–560.00	522.54
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,117	70.00–76.00	72.24
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	762	67.00–75.00	72.89
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,093	935.00–1,000.00	969.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,742	80.00–84.00	81.51
2	—	1,158	66.00–72.00	69.11
1	—	1,865	96.00	96.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,157	40.00–46.00	43.64
2	—	1,133	70.00–71.00	70.50
26	—	1,249	50.00–68.00	60.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	815	38.00–45.00	41.26
7	—	818	50.00–65.00	58.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,384	48.00–55.00	51.34

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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Replacement Cattle

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