Sale reports / South Carolina / Laurens Livestock Auction / 2022-06-22

Laurens Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Laurens, South Carolina · Wed, Jun 22
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1959
Feeder Cattle receipts
136 head
94 vs last sale 230 61 vs year ago 197 · 31.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
109 head
8 vs last sale 101 4 vs year ago 113 · 3.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
34 vs last sale 46 22 vs year ago 34 · 64.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made 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 $118.15/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$118.15
29 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$548
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$141
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$32.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.23
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2370135.005001thin
Medium and Large 2470121.6757219thin
Small 1-2415110.664597thin
Medium and Large 3625102.446402thin
One grade step is worth $32.56/cwt here — about −$141 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 sale29 hd
118.15
SC average5 barns · 343 hd
130.38
−12.23
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,694117.401,98810
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26495.131,20251
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61084.121,3542thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low86972.3162835

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)996$9248
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)900$7851thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)867$1,0413thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsSmall 1-2565112.00/cwt112.00–112.006331
BullsSmall 1-2528112.01/cwt110.00–114.005912
BullsMedium and Large 3525105.00/cwt105.00–105.005511
BullsMedium and Large 3555101.00/cwt101.00–101.005611
BullsMedium and Large 3435104.00/cwt104.00–104.004521
BullsSmall 1-2428114.94/cwt110.00–120.004923
BullsMedium and Large 2558120.99/cwt118.00–125.006753
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370135.00/cwt135.00–135.005001
HeifersMedium and Large 2463122.71/cwt115.00–127.505686
HeifersMedium and Large 2508119.52/cwt117.50–123.006073
HeifersMedium and Large 3625102.44/cwt100.00–105.006402
HeifersMedium and Large 2570122.16/cwt118.00–127.506963
HeifersSmall 1-2460110.01/cwt109.00–111.005063
SteersSmall 1-2327132.11/cwt128.00–135.004325
SteersSmall 1-2368129.32/cwt123.00–135.004767
SteersMedium and Large 3710102.50/cwt102.50–102.507281
HeifersMedium and Large 2223126.93/cwt125.00–129.002832
HeifersSmall 1-2328111.28/cwt110.00–112.503652
HeifersMedium and Large 2613110.99/cwt110.00–112.006802
SteersMedium and Large 2572129.17/cwt126.00–132.507393
SteersSmall 1-2271132.51/cwt130.00–135.003594
SteersMedium and Large 2320142.42/cwt140.00–145.004562
HeifersMedium and Large 2417124.86/cwt120.00–130.005213
SteersMedium and Large 2465138.00/cwt138.00–138.006421
SteersMedium and Large 2620116.00/cwt116.00–116.007191
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 350585.00/cwt85.00–85.004291
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 388582.00/cwt82.00–82.007261
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 333085.00/cwt85.00–85.002811
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 338570.00/cwt70.00–70.002701
SteersMedium and Large 2515123.00/cwt123.00–123.006331
SteersMedium and Large 3315115.08/cwt110.00–120.003632
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 382583.00/cwt83.00–83.006851
BullsMedium and Large 2645110.00/cwt110.00–110.007101
BullsMedium and Large 2495131.00/cwt131.00–131.006481
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425140.00/cwt140.00–140.005951
CowsBoner 80-85%1,400107.73/cwt105.00–115.001,50811
Bulls1,664108.99/cwt102.00–116.001,8145
Bulls1,723125.81/cwt124.00–129.002,1685
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18170.36/cwt65.00–75.008314
CowsLean 85-90%85066.36/cwt55.00–75.0056421
CowsLean 85-90%89781.24/cwt78.00–86.0072914
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61084.12/cwt82.00–86.001,3542
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23194.03/cwt80.00–102.001,15836
Bred CowsSmall 1-2907854.00/head800.00–885.008543
Bred CowsSmall 1-2900785.00/head785.00–785.007851
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,049966.04/head900.00–1,050.009665
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 28551,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2873935.82/head925.00–950.009362
HeifersSmall 1-2433111.02/cwt110.00–112.004812
BullsSmall 1-2465113.34/cwt110.00–117.005273

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.