Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady based on limited comparable sales. Light 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 $118.90/cwt on 35 head.

Average price

$118.90

35 head · 475 lb average

Value per head Derived

$565

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

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

$20.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.13

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	126.84	604	14thin
Medium and Large 2	486	118.87	578	11thin
Small 1-2	500	108.16	540	8thin
Medium and Large 3	313	106.50	333	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.34/cwt here — about $271 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 sale35 hd

118.90

—

SC average5 barns · 425 hd

116.77

+2.13

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	1,530	97.99	1,499	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,135	66.59	756	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	915	56.20	514	6thin

Every lot, as filed

90 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	890	763.41/cwt	750.00–775.00	6,794	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	979	1,076.33/cwt	925.00–1,150.00	10,537	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	6,174	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	975	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	134.92/cwt	132.50–137.50	780	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,231	987.84/cwt	950.00–1,025.00	12,160	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	920.42/cwt	900.00–940.00	10,861	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,195	968.00/cwt	968.00–968.00	11,568	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,005	653.04/cwt	635.00–675.00	6,563	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	640	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	4,384	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	940	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	7,990	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	980	725.37/cwt	662.00–792.00	7,109	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,095	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,844	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	943	617.08/cwt	600.00–635.00	5,819	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	380	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	437	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	970	873.00/cwt	873.00–873.00	8,468	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,191	962.20/cwt	850.00–1,100.00	11,460	3
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	780	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	3,042	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	813	483.00/cwt	450.00–525.00	3,927	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	880	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,280	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	780	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	4,563	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	445	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	556	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	785	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,318	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	440	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	495	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	618	104.02/cwt	100.00–108.00	643	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	290	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	334	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	670	477.61/cwt	425.00–525.00	3,200	2
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	843	517.79/cwt	510.00–525.00	4,365	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	655	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	721	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	240	126.25/cwt	125.00–127.50	303	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	735	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	786	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	570	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	667	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	450	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	473	107.38/cwt	105.00–110.00	508	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	677	109.32/cwt	108.00–110.00	740	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	730	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	5,293	1
Bulls	—	—	1,470	91.95/cwt	87.00–95.00	1,352	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	708	47.95/cwt	47.00–49.00	339	2
Bulls	—	—	1,590	104.03/cwt	103.00–105.00	1,654	2
Bred Heifers	Small 1-2	—	600	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,550	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	993	55.16/cwt	53.00–57.00	548	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	60.32/cwt	55.00–64.00	615	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	305	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	366	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	68.40/cwt	59.00–76.00	791	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	385	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,056	709.04/cwt	625.00–800.00	7,487	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,080	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	8,748	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	915	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,091	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	840	992.86/cwt	975.00–1,025.00	8,340	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	702.59/cwt	650.00–750.00	8,487	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	783	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,275	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	308	104.96/cwt	100.00–110.00	323	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	235	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	290	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	319	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	868	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	404	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	295	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	319	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	347	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	116.74/cwt	115.00–120.00	609	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	728	115.24/cwt	113.00–117.50	839	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	114.21/cwt	111.00–117.50	717	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	356	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	123.23/cwt	122.50–124.00	583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	120.97/cwt	120.00–122.00	702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	128.37/cwt	125.00–130.00	549	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	450	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	683	116.98/cwt	115.00–119.00	799	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	809	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	425	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	126.79/cwt	125.00–129.00	612	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	155.00/cwt	150.00–160.00	519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	125.11/cwt	120.00–130.00	657	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	1,247.65/cwt	1,175.00–1,325.00	14,947	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	126.00/cwt	125.00–127.00	716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	355	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	522	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	136.22/cwt	135.00–137.50	651	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	853	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	945	542.10/cwt	528.00–554.00	5,123	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	284	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	15,720	1

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 122Last week 203Year ago 189

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 56Year ago 51

Replacement CattleReceipts 67Last week 38Year ago 104

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	890	750.00–775.00	763.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	979	925.00–1,150.00	1,076.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	840	975.00–1,025.00	992.86
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	735.00	735.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,198	1,175.00–1,325.00	1,247.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,310	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	640	685.00	685.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	670	425.00–525.00	477.61
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	730	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	975	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,005	635.00–675.00	653.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	625.00	625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	943	600.00–635.00	617.08
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,080	810.00	810.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,231	950.00–1,025.00	987.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,191	850.00–1,100.00	962.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,056	625.00–800.00	709.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,208	650.00–750.00	702.59
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	855	500.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	813	450.00–525.00	483.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	880	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	780	585.00	585.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,180	900.00–940.00	920.42
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	980	662.00–792.00	725.37
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	390.00	390.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	843	510.00–525.00	517.79
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	945	528.00–554.00	542.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,195	968.00	968.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	970	873.00	873.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	785	550.00	550.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	600	425.00	425.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	775.00	775.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	132.50–137.50	134.92
1	—	700	124.00	124.00
2	—	478	135.00–137.50	136.22
1	—	755	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	677	108.00–110.00	109.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	728	113.00–117.50	115.24
2	—	545	120.00	120.00
3	—	428	125.00–130.00	128.37
1	—	450	130.00	130.00
2	—	683	115.00–119.00	116.98
2	—	568	125.00–127.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	115.00	115.00
1	—	705	100.00	100.00
1	—	440	112.50	112.50
2	—	618	100.00–108.00	104.02
1	—	290	115.00	115.00
2	—	473	105.00–110.00	107.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	125.00	125.00
3	—	522	115.00–120.00	116.74
1	—	650	107.50	107.50
2	—	628	111.00–117.50	114.21
1	—	285	125.00	125.00
2	—	473	122.50–124.00	123.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	108.00	108.00
1	—	330	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	140.00	140.00
2	—	580	120.00–122.00	120.97
5	—	483	125.00–129.00	126.79
1	—	610	117.00	117.00
1	—	425	132.50	132.50
3	—	525	120.00–130.00	125.11
1	—	210	135.00	135.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	125.00	125.00
1	—	655	110.00	110.00
2	—	240	125.00–127.50	126.25
1	—	735	107.00	107.00
1	—	570	117.00	117.00
1	—	375	120.00	120.00
1	—	305	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	135.00	135.00
1	—	580	135.00	135.00
1	—	615	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	308	100.00–110.00	104.96
1	—	235	117.50	117.50
1	—	290	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	122.50	122.50
2	—	335	150.00–160.00	155.00
1	—	360	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	170.00	170.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	53.00	53.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	87.00–95.00	91.95
2	—	1,590	103.00–105.00	104.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	708	47.00–49.00	47.95
4	—	1,019	55.00–64.00	60.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	993	53.00–57.00	55.16
19	—	1,157	59.00–76.00	68.40

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

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Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle