Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales . Average offering 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 $118.66/cwt on 83 head.

Average price

$118.66

83 head · 479 lb average

Value per head Derived

$568

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$35.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.49

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	470	128.61	604	44
Medium and Large 2	441	115.88	510	19thin
Small 1-2	489	105.55	517	10thin
Medium and Large 3	580	93.24	540	10thin

One grade step is worth $35.37/cwt here — about $64 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 sale83 hd

118.66

—

SC average5 barns · 469 hd

124.15

−5.49

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	—	High	1,873	100.27	1,878	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,258	72.56	913	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,586	69.03	1,095	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	930	62.01	577	11

Every lot, as filed

68 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	Small 1-2	—	838	683.90/cwt	600.00–750.00	5,731	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	426	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	133.86/cwt	130.00–140.00	568	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	133.28/cwt	130.00–135.00	769	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	148.23/cwt	140.00–152.50	826	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	152.25/cwt	152.00–152.50	921	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	526	103.99/cwt	100.00–106.00	547	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	156.25/cwt	150.00–162.50	461	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	329	128.75/cwt	125.00–130.00	424	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	383	119.85/cwt	115.00–125.00	459	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	435	113.07/cwt	110.00–116.00	492	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	660	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	4,620	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	435	104.89/cwt	100.00–110.00	456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	286	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	380	112.40/cwt	110.00–115.00	427	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	525	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	604	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	72.28/cwt	66.00–79.00	904	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	80.97/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,069	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	580	102.48/cwt	100.00–105.00	594	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	58.40/cwt	54.00–63.00	554	7
Bulls	—	—	2,010	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	2,191	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	410	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	472	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	898	68.33/cwt	65.00–72.00	614	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,586	69.03/cwt	65.00–74.00	1,095	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,420	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	852	1
Bulls	—	—	1,640	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	461	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,115	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	10,425	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	906	1,011.47/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	9,164	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,194	974.52/cwt	925.00–1,000.00	11,636	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	1,122.96/cwt	1,035.00–1,200.00	15,272	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,256	1,093.13/cwt	1,000.00–1,180.00	13,730	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	92.75/cwt	92.50–93.00	570	2
Bulls	—	—	1,905	101.12/cwt	96.00–104.00	1,926	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	617	92.50/cwt	92.00–93.00	571	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	410	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	90.98/cwt	90.00–93.00	482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	689	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	131.40/cwt	125.00–135.00	569	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	136.59/cwt	135.00–140.00	652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	112.51/cwt	110.00–115.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	120.58/cwt	117.50–125.00	383	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	522	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	835	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	140.04/cwt	135.00–145.00	457	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	710	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	116.50/cwt	114.00–119.00	495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	112.29/cwt	110.00–115.00	603	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	668	114.33/cwt	114.00–115.00	764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	119.01/cwt	117.00–120.00	428	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	750	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	118.56/cwt	117.00–122.00	749	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	139.93/cwt	135.00–145.00	518	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	137.50/cwt	135.00–140.00	598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	125.97/cwt	118.00–130.00	645	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	118.66/cwt	115.00–125.00	618	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	122.22/cwt	120.00–126.00	695	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	152.46/cwt	150.00–155.00	518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	110.00/cwt	105.00–115.00	699	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	126.73/cwt	125.00–130.00	773	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	127.91/cwt	125.00–130.00	592	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	158.90/cwt	155.00–163.00	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	131.11/cwt	125.00–137.50	618	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	132.82/cwt	130.00–137.50	506	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	533	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 Jul 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 203Last week 235Year ago 165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 109Year ago 69

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 67Year ago 20

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales . Average offering of average to plain

quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	838	600.00–750.00	683.90
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	935.00	935.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,194	925.00–1,000.00	974.52
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,360	1,035.00–1,200.00	1,122.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,256	1,000.00–1,180.00	1,093.13
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	660	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	906	900.00–1,100.00	1,011.47

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	130.00	130.00
7	—	424	130.00–140.00	133.86
1	—	220	130.00	130.00
5	—	632	117.00–122.00	118.56
8	—	512	118.00–130.00	125.97
4	—	569	120.00–126.00	122.22
9	—	471	125.00–137.50	131.11
8	—	381	130.00–137.50	132.82
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	526	100.00–106.00	103.99
2	—	435	100.00–110.00	104.89
2	—	380	110.00–115.00	112.40
2	—	580	100.00–105.00	102.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	95.00	95.00
2	—	615	92.50–93.00	92.75
3	—	530	90.00–93.00	90.98
2	—	725	95.00	95.00
1	—	555	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	553	110.00–115.00	112.51
4	—	318	117.50–125.00	120.58
2	—	425	114.00–119.00	116.50
2	—	458	115.00	115.00
1	—	265	117.50	117.50
3	—	537	110.00–115.00	112.29
3	—	360	117.00–120.00	119.01
2	—	635	105.00–115.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	577	130.00–135.00	133.28
3	—	477	135.00–140.00	136.59
4	—	610	125.00–130.00	126.73
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	110.00–116.00	113.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	92.00–93.00	92.50
1	—	410	90.00	90.00
1	—	835	90.00	90.00
1	—	710	97.00	97.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	433	125.00–135.00	131.40
3	—	668	114.00–115.00	114.33
1	—	750	99.00	99.00
4	—	521	115.00–125.00	118.66
1	—	550	115.00	115.00
6	—	463	125.00–130.00	127.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	557	140.00–152.50	148.23
2	—	605	152.00–152.50	152.25
2	—	295	150.00–162.50	156.25
2	—	340	150.00–155.00	152.46
2	—	513	155.00–163.00	158.90
1	—	355	150.00	150.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	329	125.00–130.00	128.75
3	—	383	115.00–125.00	119.85
1	—	525	115.00	115.00
1	—	410	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	326	135.00–145.00	140.04
3	—	370	135.00–145.00	139.93
2	—	435	135.00–140.00	137.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,250	66.00–79.00	72.28
3	—	1,320	80.00–82.00	80.97
1	—	1,420	60.00	60.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	949	54.00–63.00	58.40
4	—	898	65.00–72.00	68.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,586	65.00–74.00	69.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,010	109.00	109.00
1	—	1,640	89.00	89.00
3	—	1,905	96.00–104.00	101.12

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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Reporter comment USDA

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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle