Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made 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 $109.58/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$109.58

51 head · 436 lb average

Value per head Derived

$478

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$41.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.98

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	368	137.02	504	5thin
Medium and Large 2	477	116.45	556	14thin
Small 1-2	398	104.67	417	24
Medium and Large 3	523	95.12	498	8thin

One grade step is worth $41.90/cwt here — about $7 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 sale51 hd

109.58

—

SC average5 barns · 325 hd

115.56

−5.98

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	—	Low	1,649	90.37	1,491	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,504	67.61	1,017	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,131	66.47	752	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	936	53.44	500	14

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	465	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	767	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,209	1,275.93/cwt	1,085.00–1,400.00	15,426	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	955	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,401	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	1,053.28/cwt	900.00–1,275.00	13,745	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	153.77/cwt	150.00–157.50	597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	468	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	970	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,548	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,209	980.26/cwt	800.00–1,350.00	11,851	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	726.17/cwt	650.00–802.00	8,300	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,103	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	210	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	320	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	685	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,206	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	995	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	5,721	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	855	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,344	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	750.77/cwt	700.00–800.00	8,544	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	970	1,118.67/cwt	950.00–1,325.00	10,851	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	948	695.98/cwt	675.00–735.00	6,598	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,090	885.00/cwt	885.00–885.00	9,647	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,880	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	275	121.20/cwt	120.00–122.50	333	2
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	825	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,125	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,015	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	7,004	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	940	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,640	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	688	527.55/cwt	425.00–625.00	3,630	2
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	810	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	3,475	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	275	107.88/cwt	105.00–112.50	297	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	245	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	245	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	865	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,325	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	998	959.57/cwt	800.00–1,325.00	9,577	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	670	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	620	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	311	121.01/cwt	115.00–125.00	376	5
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	795	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	3,347	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	735	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	5,513	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	815	687.32/cwt	660.00–700.00	5,602	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	875	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	4,681	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	450	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	459	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	319	106.74/cwt	100.00–110.00	341	7
Bulls	—	—	1,525	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,190	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	577	102.54/cwt	98.00–110.00	592	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	745	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	689	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	775	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	7,169	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	607.00/cwt	607.00–607.00	6,465	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,128	1,325.33/cwt	1,275.00–1,375.00	14,950	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	880	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	67.94/cwt	61.00–79.00	766	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	58.20/cwt	51.00–64.00	571	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	57.59/cwt	53.00–60.00	663	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	113.69/cwt	113.00–115.00	589	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	392	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	856	44.87/cwt	42.00–49.00	384	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	934	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,013	901.42/cwt	875.00–925.00	9,131	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,013	691.65/cwt	623.00–735.00	7,006	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	116.39/cwt	112.50–120.00	544	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	494	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,207	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	120.84/cwt	120.00–122.50	516	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	582	95.32/cwt	94.00–97.00	555	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	8,303	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	383	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	121.22/cwt	120.00–122.50	682	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	117.99/cwt	115.00–124.00	661	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	228	104.73/cwt	100.00–110.00	239	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	137.41/cwt	130.00–142.50	453	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	153.06/cwt	149.00–160.00	655	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	126.68/cwt	125.00–130.00	668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	399	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	280	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	308	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	137.54/cwt	130.00–140.00	642	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	952	1,111.29/cwt	950.00–1,300.00	10,579	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	138.69/cwt	130.00–145.00	519	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	130.06/cwt	125.00–135.00	527	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	797.13/cwt	707.00–879.00	9,550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	215	138.66/cwt	137.50–140.00	298	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	870	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,090	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	819	978.66/cwt	900.00–1,025.00	8,015	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	388	110.03/cwt	105.00–115.00	427	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	442	103.64/cwt	100.00–107.00	458	3
Bulls	—	—	1,665	91.92/cwt	85.00–98.00	1,530	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,491	68.81/cwt	64.00–74.00	1,026	8

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 Feb 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 211Last week 51Year ago 399

Slaughter CattleReceipts 151Last week 56Year ago 41

Replacement CattleReceipts 106Last week 49Year ago 57

No comparisons made 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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	112.00	112.00
3	—	518	113.00–115.00	113.69
7	—	467	112.50–120.00	116.39
3	—	427	120.00–122.50	120.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	137.50	137.50
1	—	480	135.00	135.00
2	—	405	125.00–135.00	130.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	275	105.00–112.50	107.88
1	—	245	100.00	100.00
1	—	670	92.50	92.50
1	—	450	102.00	102.00
7	—	319	100.00–110.00	106.74
3	—	577	98.00–110.00	102.54
1	—	745	92.50	92.50
2	—	388	105.00–115.00	110.03
3	—	442	100.00–107.00	103.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	90.00	90.00
2	—	520	95.00	95.00
3	—	582	94.00–97.00	95.32
1	—	605	95.00	95.00
1	—	360	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	150.00–157.50	153.77
1	—	460	147.50	147.50
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	120.00–122.50	121.20
5	—	311	115.00–125.00	121.01
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	110.00	110.00
1	—	340	112.50	112.50
2	—	228	100.00–110.00	104.73
1	—	355	112.50	112.50
1	—	280	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	120.00	120.00
2	—	563	120.00–122.50	121.22
4	—	330	130.00–142.50	137.41
1	—	515	130.00	130.00
4	—	374	130.00–145.00	138.69
2	—	215	137.50–140.00	138.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	137.50	137.50
3	—	428	149.00–160.00	153.06
1	—	480	152.50	152.50
1	—	560	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	560	115.00–124.00	117.99
1	—	620	107.00	107.00
3	—	527	125.00–130.00	126.68
1	—	425	140.00	140.00
5	—	467	130.00–140.00	137.54

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	8	—	1,209	1,085.00–1,400.00	1,275.93
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,128	1,275.00–1,375.00	1,325.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	970	950.00–1,325.00	1,118.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	952	950.00–1,300.00	1,111.29
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	735	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	819	900.00–1,025.00	978.66
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	995	575.00	575.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,305	900.00–1,275.00	1,053.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,209	800.00–1,350.00	980.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,138	700.00–800.00	750.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,110	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	607.00	607.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,188	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,198	707.00–879.00	797.13
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	970	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	948	675.00–735.00	695.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,090	885.00	885.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	600.00	600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	865	500.00	500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	998	800.00–1,325.00	959.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,013	875.00–925.00	901.42
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	855	625.00	625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	688	425.00–625.00	527.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	815	660.00–700.00	687.32
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	535.00	535.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	870	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	500.00	500.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,143	650.00–802.00	726.17
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	685	322.00	322.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	690.00	690.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,013	623.00–735.00	691.65
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	429.00	429.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	795	421.00	421.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	785	650.00	650.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	888	935.00	935.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	78.00	78.00
8	—	1,665	85.00–98.00	91.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	80.00	80.00
45	—	1,128	61.00–79.00	67.94
9	—	1,152	53.00–60.00	57.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	981	51.00–64.00	58.20
5	—	856	42.00–49.00	44.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	58.00	58.00
8	—	1,491	64.00–74.00	68.81

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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Replacement Cattle

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