Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week all classes of feeder cattle 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter cows 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.00 higher. 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 $158.41/cwt on 133 head.

Average price

$158.41

133 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$818

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$548

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

$53.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.98

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	546	175.56	958	67
Medium and Large 2	600	149.90	899	37
Small 2	285	142.50	406	1thin
Small 1-2	332	138.65	461	11thin
Small 3	457	128.00	585	2thin
Medium and Large 3	335	122.43	410	15thin

One grade step is worth $53.13/cwt here — about $548 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 sale133 hd

158.41

—

SC average5 barns · 423 hd

159.39

−0.98

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	1,512	110.51	1,671	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,510	87.45	1,320	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,253	84.48	1,059	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,019	62.24	634	3thin

Every lot, as filed

98 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	Small 1-2	—	720	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	159.31/cwt	153.00–167.00	905	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	697	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	163.74/cwt	162.50–165.00	873	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	455	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	569	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	176.96/cwt	175.00–179.00	832	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	534	185.63/cwt	174.00–188.00	991	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	315	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	665	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	476	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	819	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	389	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	768	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	159.44/cwt	150.00–167.50	582	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	773	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,040	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	141.30/cwt	140.00–142.50	664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	148.22/cwt	147.50–149.00	768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	571	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	113.66/cwt	107.00–120.00	594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	116.26/cwt	115.00–117.50	492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	818	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	121.01/cwt	120.00–122.00	490	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	520	136.26/cwt	135.00–137.50	709	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	408	130.41/cwt	125.00–140.00	532	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	153.33/cwt	150.00–160.00	644	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	153.33/cwt	147.50–160.00	733	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	1,185.00/cwt	1,185.00–1,185.00	14,042	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	1,725.00/cwt	1,725.00–1,725.00	20,441	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	705	790.96/cwt	750.00–825.00	5,576	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	920	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	6,256	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	12,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	865	709.00/cwt	709.00–709.00	6,133	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	910	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	8,645	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	710	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	4,970	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	965	1,187.44/cwt	1,075.00–1,275.00	11,459	2
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	870	530.00/cwt	510.00–550.00	4,611	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	905	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	4,100	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	695	598.00/cwt	598.00–598.00	4,156	1
Bulls	—	—	1,515	117.40/cwt	116.00–119.00	1,779	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	57.86/cwt	56.00–60.00	560	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	795	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	866	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	84.56/cwt	76.00–90.00	1,239	4
Bulls	—	—	1,510	105.35/cwt	92.00–113.00	1,591	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	85.21/cwt	78.00–94.00	1,074	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,673	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	645	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,006	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	685	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	993	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	530	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	739	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,123	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	563	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	169.50/cwt	169.00–170.00	907	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	596	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,025	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	163.58/cwt	163.00–164.00	1,014	7
Steers	Small 2	—	285	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	406	1
Steers	Small 1-2Fancy	—	530	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	769	1
Steers	Small 3	—	457	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	585	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	360	142.43/cwt	140.00–145.00	513	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	320	136.68/cwt	130.00–144.00	437	6
Steers	Small 1-2	—	243	137.58/cwt	130.00–145.00	334	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	118.87/cwt	110.00–124.00	431	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	434	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	638	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	167.81/cwt	162.50–172.50	794	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	123.35/cwt	112.50–132.50	405	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	155.03/cwt	152.50–157.50	865	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	409	193.50/cwt	193.00–195.00	791	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	423	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	917	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	793	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	153.72/cwt	150.00–157.50	489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	146.29/cwt	145.00–147.50	629	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	144.00/cwt	143.00–145.00	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	578	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	115.03/cwt	111.00–119.00	423	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	145.46/cwt	145.00–147.50	676	8
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	573	122.58/cwt	120.00–125.00	702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	540	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	767	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	240	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	134.19/cwt	132.00–138.00	382	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	368	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	442	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	335	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	516	149.14/cwt	149.00–150.00	770	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	633	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	886	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	360	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	136.80/cwt	130.00–140.00	443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	714	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	935	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	883	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	277	125.69/cwt	120.00–130.00	348	3

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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 304Last week 196Year ago 235

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 88Year ago 36

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 34Year ago 33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	120.00	120.00
1	—	455	125.00	125.00
2	—	520	135.00–137.50	136.26
3	—	408	125.00–140.00	130.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	568	153.00–167.00	159.31
1	—	455	172.50	172.50
2	—	410	170.00	170.00
2	—	533	162.50–165.00	163.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	119.00	119.00
2	—	523	107.00–120.00	113.66
2	—	405	120.00–122.00	121.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	128.00	128.00
1	—	665	123.00	123.00
3	—	420	150.00–160.00	153.33
3	—	478	147.50–160.00	153.33
1	—	505	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	175.00–179.00	176.96
2	—	535	169.00–170.00	169.50
1	—	585	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	534	174.00–188.00	185.63
3	—	315	211.00	211.00
9	—	476	172.00	172.00
5	—	389	197.50	197.50
11	—	739	152.00	152.00
10	—	596	172.00	172.00
7	—	620	163.00–164.00	163.58
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	365	150.00–167.50	159.44
6	—	473	162.50–172.50	167.81
1	—	305	152.50	152.50
2	—	558	152.50–157.50	155.03
1	—	655	140.00	140.00
1	—	410	160.00	160.00
1	—	535	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	773	134.50	134.50
2	—	645	156.00	156.00
7	—	685	145.00	145.00
2	—	530	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	116.00	116.00
3	—	363	110.00–124.00	118.87
8	—	328	112.50–132.50	123.35
3	—	277	120.00–130.00	125.69
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	142.50	142.50
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	145.00	145.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	457	128.00	128.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	140.00–145.00	142.43
6	—	320	130.00–144.00	136.68
2	—	243	130.00–145.00	137.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	409	193.00–195.00	193.50
1	—	335	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	140.00–142.50	141.30
1	—	590	141.00	141.00
3	—	368	140.00	140.00
7	—	413	140.00	140.00
3	—	285	132.00–138.00	134.19
4	—	324	130.00–140.00	136.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	147.50–149.00	148.22
2	—	318	150.00–157.50	153.72
4	—	430	145.00–147.50	146.29
2	—	573	143.00–145.00	144.00
8	—	465	145.00–147.50	145.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	115.00–117.50	116.26
1	—	465	112.00	112.00
1	—	620	100.00	100.00
1	—	555	100.00	100.00
1	—	650	110.00	110.00
2	—	368	111.00–119.00	115.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	434	147.00	147.00
21	—	516	149.00–150.00	149.14
6	—	633	140.00	140.00
4	—	360	149.00	149.00
6	—	714	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	120.00	120.00
2	—	460	120.00	120.00
2	—	573	120.00–125.00	122.58
1	—	240	131.00	131.00
2	—	368	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	540	142.00	142.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,185	1,185.00	1,185.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,185	1,725.00	1,725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	705	750.00–825.00	790.96
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	680.00	680.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	710	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	965	1,075.00–1,275.00	1,187.44
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	910	950.00	950.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	865	709.00	709.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	453.00	453.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	870	510.00–550.00	530.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	695	598.00	598.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,515	116.00–119.00	117.40
4	—	1,510	92.00–113.00	105.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	968	56.00–60.00	57.86
1	—	1,120	71.00	71.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	75.00	75.00
13	—	1,261	78.00–94.00	85.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,465	76.00–90.00	84.56
1	—	1,690	99.00	99.00

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Replacement Cattle

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