Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no comparisons based on limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $126.30/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$126.30

44 head · 454 lb average

Value per head Derived

$573

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$344

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

$26.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.71

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	595	136.20	810	10thin
Medium and Large 2	439	129.86	570	18thin
Small 1-2	348	121.10	422	9thin
Medium and Large 3	425	109.65	466	7thin

One grade step is worth $26.55/cwt here — about $344 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 sale44 hd

126.30

—

SC average5 barns · 374 hd

129.00

−2.71

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	1,556	82.64	1,286	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,594	58.80	937	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,218	57.22	697	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	915	53.97	494	6thin

Every lot, as filed

96 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	937	58.60/cwt	53.00–62.00	549	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	892	49.33/cwt	45.00–53.00	440	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	866	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	63.35/cwt	60.00–66.00	740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	126.45/cwt	122.50–130.00	599	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	120.01/cwt	118.00–122.00	748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	718	96.48/cwt	95.00–98.00	693	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	660	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	117.38/cwt	115.00–119.00	790	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	362	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	461	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	478	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	575	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	112.25/cwt	110.00–114.00	697	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	119.51/cwt	119.00–120.00	574	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	275	111.18/cwt	110.00–112.50	306	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	345	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	658	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	235	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	270	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	685	106.34/cwt	105.00–107.00	728	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	295	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	339	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	133.75/cwt	130.00–137.50	500	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	515	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	126.50/cwt	125.00–128.00	538	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	200	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	255	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	311	129.96/cwt	127.50–132.50	404	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	127.44/cwt	125.00–130.00	679	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	110.04/cwt	105.00–115.00	350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	727	128.34/cwt	128.00–129.00	933	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	597	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	410	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	125.28/cwt	122.50–127.50	783	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	593	127.49/cwt	125.00–130.00	756	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	134.72/cwt	132.50–137.00	559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	560	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	762	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	300	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	902	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	811	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	268	118.67/cwt	117.50–120.00	318	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	378	121.02/cwt	120.00–122.50	457	5
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	967	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	899	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	549	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	680	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	877	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	616	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	417	120.20/cwt	116.00–125.00	501	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	660	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	750	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	855	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	143.59/cwt	140.00–147.50	607	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	54.15/cwt	52.00–59.00	673	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	60.06/cwt	58.00–62.00	961	3
Bulls	—	—	1,420	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	923	1
Bulls	—	—	1,579	85.58/cwt	80.00–93.00	1,351	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	690	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	4,830	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	780	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	4,095	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	7,094	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	11,685	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,095	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,844	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	890	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	4,228	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	900	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	6,840	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	990	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,673	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,308	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	770	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	3,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	960	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,400	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	960	543.04/cwt	484.00–593.00	5,213	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	8,508	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	879.44/cwt	585.00–1,075.00	6,622	13
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	925	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	6,336	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	835	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	4,676	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	7,625	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	705	333.00/cwt	250.00–420.00	2,348	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,070	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,095	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	770	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	7,315	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	775	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	4,146	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	18,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,859	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	111.52/cwt	110.00–113.00	524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	765	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	518	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	570	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	104.25/cwt	101.00–107.50	599	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 →

Laurens Livestock Exchange - Laurens, SC

Wed Oct 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 189Last week 145Year ago 241

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 83Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 70Year ago 28

Compared to last week no comparisons based on limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	937	53.00–62.00	58.60
3	—	892	45.00–53.00	49.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	55.00	55.00
3	—	1,600	58.00–62.00	60.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,168	60.00–66.00	63.35
4	—	1,243	52.00–59.00	54.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	65.00	65.00
6	—	1,579	80.00–93.00	85.58

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	120.00	120.00
1	—	500	120.00	120.00
1	—	575	118.00	118.00
1	—	405	118.00	118.00
4	—	621	110.00–114.00	112.25
2	—	480	119.00–120.00	119.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	95.00–98.00	96.48
1	—	345	105.00	105.00
1	—	600	100.00	100.00
1	—	470	98.00	98.00
1	—	405	110.00	110.00
1	—	655	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	130.00	130.00
1	—	485	124.00	124.00
2	—	425	125.00–128.00	126.50
1	—	640	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	111.00	111.00
2	—	275	110.00–112.50	111.18
1	—	345	117.00	117.00
1	—	235	115.00	115.00
3	—	685	105.00–107.00	106.34
1	—	515	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	474	122.50–130.00	126.45
2	—	623	118.00–122.00	120.01
8	—	673	115.00–119.00	117.38
2	—	513	120.00	120.00
1	—	750	114.00	114.00
1	—	580	117.50	117.50
1	—	420	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	100.00	100.00
2	—	470	110.00–113.00	111.52
1	—	765	100.00	100.00
2	—	518	110.00	110.00
2	—	575	101.00–107.50	104.25
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	116.00–125.00	120.20
1	—	660	111.00	111.00
1	—	490	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	140.00–147.50	143.59
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	112.50	112.50
1	—	445	100.00	100.00
1	—	295	115.00	115.00
2	—	318	105.00–115.00	110.04
2	—	508	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	374	130.00–137.50	133.75
1	—	200	127.50	127.50
4	—	311	127.50–132.50	129.96
2	—	533	125.00–130.00	127.44
3	—	625	122.50–127.50	125.28
2	—	593	125.00–130.00	127.49
2	—	415	132.50–137.00	134.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	727	128.00–129.00	128.34
1	—	560	136.00	136.00
1	—	680	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	150.00	150.00
1	—	405	147.50	147.50
1	—	705	128.00	128.00
1	—	605	134.00	134.00
1	—	360	152.50	152.50
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	125.00	125.00
1	—	300	122.50	122.50
2	—	268	117.50–120.00	118.67
5	—	378	120.00–122.50	121.02
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	967	93.00	93.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	960	484.00–593.00	543.04
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	1,025.00	1,025.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	13	—	753	585.00–1,075.00	879.44
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	705	250.00–420.00	333.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	780	525.00	525.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	770	435.00	435.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	835	560.00	560.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,135	625.00	625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,095	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,220	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	625.00	625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	760.00	760.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	675.00	675.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	875.00	875.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	775	535.00	535.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	475.00	475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	850.00	850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	950.00	950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	950.00	950.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	685.00	685.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,500	1,250.00	1,250.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	885	775.00	775.00

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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