Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $126.34/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$126.34

56 head · 443 lb average

Value per head Derived

$560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$37.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.52

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	412	144.00	593	12thin
Medium and Large 2	436	130.07	567	20
Small 1-2	459	121.14	556	13thin
Medium and Large 3	471	106.43	501	11thin

One grade step is worth $37.56/cwt here — about $91 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 sale56 hd

126.34

—

SC average5 barns · 427 hd

132.86

−6.52

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	1,648	86.91	1,432	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,589	62.01	985	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,173	59.52	698	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,010	55.54	561	2thin

Every lot, as filed

116 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	—	422	120.67/cwt	120.00–121.00	509	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	331	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	151.45/cwt	149.00–154.00	735	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	530	110.26/cwt	105.00–113.00	584	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	536	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	467	109.41/cwt	106.00–115.00	511	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	355	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	376	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	645	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	677	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	260	111.39/cwt	107.50–115.00	290	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	583	98.49/cwt	97.00–100.00	574	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	705	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	115.50/cwt	114.00–117.00	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	119.34/cwt	118.00–120.00	450	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	584	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	128.96/cwt	120.00–136.00	553	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	427	110.32/cwt	110.00–111.00	471	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	655	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	421	105.04/cwt	103.00–110.00	442	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	104.49/cwt	104.00–105.00	408	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	104.51/cwt	104.00–105.00	505	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	103.18/cwt	100.00–108.00	542	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	141.95/cwt	139.00–145.00	593	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	560	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	616	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	615	112.99/cwt	112.00–114.00	695	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	435	117.39/cwt	115.00–120.00	511	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	473	116.33/cwt	112.00–120.00	550	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	600	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	124.27/cwt	121.00–130.00	589	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	118.48/cwt	115.00–120.00	741	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	807	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	125.05/cwt	120.00–130.00	632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	10,285	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	12,454	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	970	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	9,458	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	1,094.43/cwt	1,000.00–1,200.00	13,275	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	11,448	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,460	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	18,980	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,363	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	755	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,567	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	990	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	4,802	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	1,010	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	5,505	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	730	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	3,723	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	925	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	5,319	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	922.81/cwt	920.00–925.00	9,367	2
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	895	583.38/cwt	543.00–622.00	5,221	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	704.03/cwt	656.00–775.00	7,604	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	943	493.40/cwt	418.00–570.00	4,653	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	850.47/cwt	830.00–875.00	10,376	4
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	745	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	3,166	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,177	952.28/cwt	800.00–1,150.00	11,208	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,060	956.54/cwt	900.00–1,075.00	10,139	4
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	780	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	3,705	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	825	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	4,620	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	7,999	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	15,795	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	735	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	4,263	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	790	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,135	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,080	805.07/cwt	800.00–810.00	8,695	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	905	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	6,245	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	888	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	63.21/cwt	62.00–65.00	1,005	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	63.04/cwt	60.00–67.00	789	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,117	56.96/cwt	50.00–59.00	636	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	55.54/cwt	54.00–57.00	561	2
Bulls	—	—	1,150	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	840	1
Bulls	—	—	1,693	88.17/cwt	80.00–98.00	1,493	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,128	762.25/cwt	750.00–775.00	8,598	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	843	700.86/cwt	530.00–825.00	5,908	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	970	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	7,857	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	1,119.90/cwt	1,000.00–1,375.00	14,055	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,033	1,125.82/cwt	1,025.00–1,200.00	11,630	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	970	941.15/cwt	875.00–1,000.00	9,129	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	663	107.45/cwt	105.00–110.00	712	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	422	113.74/cwt	110.00–116.00	480	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	477	108.08/cwt	100.00–114.00	516	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	408	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	578	104.89/cwt	100.00–110.00	606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	530	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	299	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	112.98/cwt	110.00–116.00	517	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	238	132.53/cwt	130.00–135.00	315	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	440	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	577	110.33/cwt	109.00–112.00	637	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	133.39/cwt	127.50–137.50	380	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	385	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	382	126.14/cwt	122.50–129.00	482	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	133.51/cwt	130.00–139.00	505	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	515	117.24/cwt	114.00–120.00	604	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	338	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	338	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	583	116.70/cwt	115.00–119.00	680	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	595	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	132.07/cwt	130.00–136.00	618	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	188	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	318	127.30/cwt	122.50–132.50	405	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	624	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	443	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	532	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	119.67/cwt	119.00–120.00	730	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	140.85/cwt	140.00–142.50	465	3
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	430	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	239	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	145.01/cwt	140.00–150.00	687	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	694	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 Oct 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 355Last week 189Year ago 296

Slaughter CattleReceipts 92Last week 48Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 65Last week 40Year ago 20

Compared to last week no comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average to plain 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
3	—	422	120.00–121.00	120.67
1	—	550	115.00	115.00
2	—	470	120.00	120.00
2	—	530	114.00–117.00	115.50
3	—	377	118.00–120.00	119.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	125.00	125.00
1	—	475	123.00	123.00
1	—	230	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	105.00–113.00	110.26
5	—	467	106.00–115.00	109.41
1	—	355	106.00	106.00
1	—	645	105.00	105.00
2	—	260	107.50–115.00	111.39
1	—	705	105.00	105.00
3	—	427	110.00–111.00	110.32
3	—	577	109.00–112.00	110.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	104.00	104.00
2	—	583	97.00–100.00	98.49
4	—	421	103.00–110.00	105.04
2	—	390	104.00–105.00	104.49
2	—	483	104.00–105.00	104.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	121.00	121.00
2	—	438	138.00	138.00
2	—	238	130.00–135.00	132.53
3	—	285	127.50–137.50	133.39
1	—	575	125.00	125.00
4	—	378	130.00–139.00	133.51
3	—	468	130.00–136.00	132.07
1	—	525	125.00	125.00
3	—	610	119.00–120.00	119.67
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	110.00	110.00
1	—	355	115.00	115.00
2	—	578	100.00–110.00	104.89
2	—	530	100.00	100.00
2	—	458	110.00–116.00	112.98
1	—	400	110.00	110.00
2	—	338	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	157.50	157.50
2	—	485	149.00–154.00	151.45
1	—	560	125.00	125.00
1	—	275	140.00	140.00
1	—	510	143.00	143.00
1	—	410	145.00	145.00
1	—	625	132.00	132.00
1	—	390	160.00	160.00
3	—	330	140.00–142.50	140.85
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	122.50–129.00	126.14
3	—	515	114.00–120.00	117.24
3	—	583	115.00–119.00	116.70
2	—	318	122.50–132.50	127.30
2	—	443	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	429	120.00–136.00	128.96
4	—	474	121.00–130.00	124.27
4	—	625	115.00–120.00	118.48
1	—	555	120.00	120.00
1	—	690	117.00	117.00
2	—	505	120.00–130.00	125.05
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	110.00	110.00
1	—	560	110.00	110.00
2	—	615	112.00–114.00	112.99
3	—	435	115.00–120.00	117.39
3	—	473	112.00–120.00	116.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	525	100.00–108.00	103.18
1	—	600	105.00	105.00
2	—	663	105.00–110.00	107.45
3	—	422	110.00–116.00	113.74
3	—	477	100.00–114.00	108.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	139.00–145.00	141.95
1	—	575	121.00	121.00
4	—	474	140.00–150.00	145.01
1	—	510	136.00	136.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	50.00	50.00
1	—	405	59.00	59.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	100.00	100.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,100	935.00	935.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,215	1,025.00	1,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	810.00	810.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,033	1,025.00–1,200.00	1,125.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	970	875.00–1,000.00	941.15
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,213	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,094.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,460	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,255	1,000.00–1,375.00	1,119.90
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,220	830.00–875.00	850.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,177	800.00–1,150.00	952.28
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,185	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,128	750.00–775.00	762.25
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	485.00	485.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,060	900.00–1,075.00	956.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,080	800.00–810.00	805.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	905	690.00	690.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	730	510.00	510.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	575.00	575.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	560.00	560.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	843	530.00–825.00	700.86
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	745	425.00	425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	780	475.00	475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	735	580.00	580.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	790	650.00	650.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	340.00	340.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	545.00	545.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	943	418.00–570.00	493.40
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	895	543.00–622.00	583.38
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,080	656.00–775.00	704.03
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,015	920.00–925.00	922.81

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	56.00	56.00
5	—	1,590	62.00–65.00	63.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,251	60.00–67.00	63.04
11	—	1,117	50.00–59.00	56.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,010	54.00–57.00	55.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	73.00	73.00
11	—	1,693	80.00–98.00	88.17

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Laurens Livestock Auction

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Laurens Livestock Exchange - Laurens, SC

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