Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-09

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 $120.60/cwt on 91 head.

Average price

$120.60

91 head · 466 lb average

Value per head Derived

$561

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$30.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.45

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	427	130.83	559	30
Medium and Large 2	503	118.40	596	45
Small 1-2	445	109.99	489	12thin
Medium and Large 3	388	100.63	390	4thin

One grade step is worth $30.20/cwt here — about $169 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 sale91 hd

120.60

—

SC average5 barns · 710 hd

120.15

+0.45

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	1,737	98.81	1,716	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,513	76.42	1,156	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,214	74.71	907	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	925	59.90	554	15

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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	985	842.26/cwt	825.00–875.00	8,296	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,113.00/cwt	1,113.00–1,113.00	13,467	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	950	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	10,688	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	940	757.45/cwt	735.00–785.00	7,120	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	65.94/cwt	60.00–69.00	667	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,604	83.24/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,335	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	382	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	110.91/cwt	109.00–113.00	521	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	71.24/cwt	66.00–77.00	1,054	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,190	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	675	97.48/cwt	95.00–100.00	658	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	558	104.50/cwt	104.00–105.00	583	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	615	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	646	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,095	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	12,866	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	890	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	6,542	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	619	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	910	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,370	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	875	613.00/cwt	613.00–613.00	5,364	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	745	574.00/cwt	574.00–574.00	4,276	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	330	111.50/cwt	108.00–115.00	368	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	592	107.49/cwt	105.00–110.00	636	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	897	878.39/cwt	800.00–975.00	7,879	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	965	714.00/cwt	714.00–714.00	6,890	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	395	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	435	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	680	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	721	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	270	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	329	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	825	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,600	1
Bred Heifers	Small 1-2	—	725	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,350	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	410	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	496	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	320	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	371	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	460	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	543	1
Bulls	—	—	1,593	89.86/cwt	86.00–92.00	1,431	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	485	117.67/cwt	116.00–119.00	571	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	570	112.46/cwt	110.00–115.00	641	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	615	110.54/cwt	108.00–113.00	680	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	520	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	585	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	82.96/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,120	14
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	426	108.09/cwt	105.00–112.50	460	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	678	106.18/cwt	102.50–110.00	720	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	290	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	348	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	363	119.18/cwt	118.00–120.00	433	5
Bulls	—	—	1,840	105.21/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,936	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	72.93/cwt	66.00–79.00	852	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,122	62.62/cwt	58.00–65.00	703	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	827	53.00/cwt	46.00–58.00	438	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	880	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	6,028	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	119.40/cwt	117.00–122.00	454	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	119.47/cwt	115.00–120.00	577	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	113.35/cwt	112.00–115.00	661	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	465	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	126.02/cwt	125.00–127.00	514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	220	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	231	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	127.29/cwt	122.00–130.00	420	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	225	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	287	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	124.36/cwt	122.00–127.50	524	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	684	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	780	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	820	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	124.09/cwt	115.00–126.00	522	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	512	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	120.98/cwt	119.00–123.00	617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	324	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	140.31/cwt	135.00–145.00	449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	130.49/cwt	130.00–132.00	552	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	882	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	791	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	679	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	113.98/cwt	112.50–115.00	586	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	279	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	133.88/cwt	130.00–138.00	580	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	611	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	771	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	790	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	7,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,445	1,517.00/cwt	1,517.00–1,517.00	21,921	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,393	1,134.31/cwt	900.00–1,425.00	15,801	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	820	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	5,945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	135.53/cwt	130.00–136.00	733	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,055	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	8,809	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,066.00/cwt	1,066.00–1,066.00	11,566	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	685	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	5,651	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 →

Laurens Livestock Exchange - Laurens, SC

Wed Jun 9, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 289Last week 197Year ago 237

Slaughter CattleReceipts 114Last week 52Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 14Year ago 29

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

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	985	825.00–875.00	842.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	940	735.00–785.00	757.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,055	835.00	835.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,393	900.00–1,425.00	1,134.31
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,210	1,113.00	1,113.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	613.00	613.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	574.00	574.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	714.00	714.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	950	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,445	1,517.00	1,517.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,085	1,066.00	1,066.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,095	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	897	800.00–975.00	878.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	790	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	735.00	735.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	685	825.00	825.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	725	600.00	600.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	685.00	685.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,011	60.00–69.00	65.94
7	—	827	46.00–58.00	53.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,604	80.00–87.00	83.24
4	—	1,479	66.00–77.00	71.24
1	—	1,190	63.00	63.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,350	80.00–87.00	82.96
31	—	1,168	66.00–79.00	72.93
5	—	1,122	58.00–65.00	62.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,593	86.00–92.00	89.86
7	—	1,840	101.00–110.00	105.21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	106.00	106.00
2	—	470	109.00–113.00	110.91
1	—	305	105.00	105.00
1	—	425	112.50	112.50
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	106.00	106.00
1	—	410	121.00	121.00
1	—	320	116.00	116.00
1	—	460	118.00	118.00
1	—	290	120.00	120.00
5	—	363	118.00–120.00	119.18
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	408	125.00–127.00	126.02
3	—	330	122.00–130.00	127.29
1	—	450	127.50	127.50
4	—	820	111.50	111.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	130.00–131.00	130.50
1	—	250	145.00	145.00
2	—	320	135.00–145.00	140.31
6	—	700	126.00	126.00
1	—	565	140.00	140.00
1	—	665	124.00	124.00
6	—	413	148.00	148.00
3	—	617	125.00	125.00
1	—	390	141.00	141.00
12	—	541	130.00–136.00	135.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	675	95.00–100.00	97.48
2	—	558	104.00–105.00	104.50
1	—	615	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	136.00	136.00
2	—	433	130.00–138.00	133.88
1	—	575	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	116.00–119.00	117.67
2	—	570	110.00–115.00	112.46
2	—	615	108.00–113.00	110.54
1	—	520	112.50	112.50
2	—	678	102.50–110.00	106.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	421	122.00–127.50	124.36
1	—	615	108.00	108.00
1	—	555	120.00	120.00
2	—	510	119.00–123.00	120.98
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	108.00–115.00	111.50
3	—	592	105.00–110.00	107.49
1	—	395	110.00	110.00
1	—	535	110.00	110.00
1	—	270	122.00	122.00
4	—	426	105.00–112.50	108.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	117.00–122.00	119.40
9	—	483	115.00–120.00	119.47
4	—	583	112.00–115.00	113.35
1	—	305	118.00	118.00
1	—	225	127.50	127.50
9	—	684	114.00	114.00
12	—	421	115.00–126.00	124.09
1	—	270	120.00	120.00
1	—	640	110.00	110.00
5	—	514	112.50–115.00	113.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	97.50	97.50
2	—	465	100.00	100.00
1	—	220	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	391	131.00	131.00
20	—	423	130.00–132.00	130.49
5	—	518	131.00	131.00
1	—	205	136.00	136.00

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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Slaughter Cattle

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