Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no trends available due to 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 $121.64/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$121.64

43 head · 502 lb average

Value per head Derived

$610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$26.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.33

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	510	129.44	661	20
Medium and Large 2	508	120.00	610	14thin
Small 1-2	399	112.25	448	4thin
Medium and Large 3	532	102.50	545	5thin

One grade step is worth $26.94/cwt here — about $115 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 sale43 hd

121.64

—

SC average5 barns · 733 hd

124.96

−3.33

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	1,895	98.00	1,857	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,144	59.99	686	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,310	57.00	747	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,005	55.76	560	4thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	645	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	516	131.99/cwt	130.00–135.00	681	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	415	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	580	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	618	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	129.63/cwt	127.00–132.00	736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	119.17/cwt	117.50–120.00	616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	489	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	370	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	108.75/cwt	107.50–110.00	761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	220	129.92/cwt	123.00–137.50	286	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	129.01/cwt	125.00–134.00	679	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	133.73/cwt	130.00–137.50	546	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	315	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	347	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	595	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	129.66/cwt	127.50–135.00	615	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	119.22/cwt	115.00–122.50	671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	876	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	370	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	455	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	810	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	691	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	474	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	567	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	405	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	529	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	413	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	516	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	472	123.99/cwt	122.00–125.00	585	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	545	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	681	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	739	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	655	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	578	107.42/cwt	105.00–110.00	621	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	475	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	58.68/cwt	58.00–59.00	589	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,310	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	747	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	50.28/cwt	46.00–56.00	538	2
Bulls	—	—	1,895	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,857	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	61.93/cwt	57.00–66.00	718	10
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	875	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	4,681	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	880	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,720	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	8,125	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	600	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,510	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	13,968	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,300	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	7,605	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	815	571.00/cwt	571.00–571.00	4,654	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	725	453.10/cwt	375.00–525.00	3,285	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	920	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	5,842	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,106	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	955	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,595	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	735	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	5,770	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	992.77/cwt	875.00–1,100.00	11,665	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,010	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,595	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,085	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	5,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,120	926.61/cwt	925.00–928.00	10,378	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	328	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 Dec 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 127Last week 271Year ago 564

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 97Year ago 58

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 25Year ago 25

Compared to last week no trends available due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	120.00	120.00
5	—	516	130.00–135.00	131.99
3	—	475	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	120.00	120.00
1	—	645	100.00	100.00
1	—	415	100.00	100.00
1	—	655	102.00	102.00
2	—	578	105.00–110.00	107.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	140.00	140.00
2	—	528	140.00	140.00
1	—	450	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	117.00	117.00
2	—	413	125.00	125.00
3	—	472	122.00–125.00	123.99
1	—	545	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	100.00	100.00
1	—	455	107.50	107.50
1	—	575	102.50	102.50
1	—	320	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	130.00	130.00
1	—	645	117.50	117.50
3	—	517	117.50–120.00	119.17
2	—	700	107.50–110.00	108.75
2	—	220	123.00–137.50	129.92
2	—	473	120.00	120.00
3	—	563	115.00–122.50	119.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	127.00–132.00	129.63
1	—	635	122.50	122.50
8	—	526	125.00–134.00	129.01
2	—	408	130.00–137.50	133.73
6	—	474	127.50–135.00	129.66
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	119.00	119.00
2	—	315	110.00	110.00
1	—	595	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	100.00	100.00
1	—	640	108.00	108.00
1	—	395	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	142.50	142.50
1	—	460	145.00	145.00
1	—	360	157.50	157.50
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	100.00	100.00
1	—	545	97.00	97.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	47.00	47.00
3	—	1,003	58.00–59.00	58.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	57.00	57.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	46.00–56.00	50.28
10	—	1,159	57.00–66.00	61.93
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,895	98.00	98.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	535.00	535.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	880	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,510	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	600	425.00	425.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	725	375.00–525.00	453.10
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	585.00	585.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	635.00	635.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,085	500.00	500.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	571.00	571.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	785.00	785.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,175	875.00–1,100.00	992.77
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	950.00	950.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,120	925.00–928.00	926.61

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

Laurens Livestock Exchange - Laurens, SC

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle