Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week on all classes of feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales. Slaughter

cows were 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls to few too trend. There was an light offering of average to plain

quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.64/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −93.70 against this barn's trailing median of $341.35.

Average price

$247.64

16 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,281

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$42.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.40

vs SC average

−19.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	257.50	1,288	10thin
Medium and Large 2	541	234.46	1,268	5thin
Medium and Large 3	570	215.00	1,226	1thin

One grade step is worth $42.50/cwt here — about $62 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $398.74, low $300.06, median $341.35 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale16 hd

247.64

—

SC average5 barns · 211 hd

246.24

+1.40

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−19.23

This barn, trailing median12 sales

341.35

−93.70

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	—	Average	1,641	148.87	2,443	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,215	131.53	1,598	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,498	123.86	1,855	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	873	120.96	1,055	11

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	950	$1,422	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	755	$1,130	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,215	$2,422	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	985	$2,493	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	760	$2,425	1thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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	450–500	473	273.31/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,293	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	235.80/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,233	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,218	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,057	2,756.11/head	2,250.00–3,250.00	2,756	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	941	147.09/cwt	135.00–155.00	1,384	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,215	2,422.02/head	2,350.00–2,475.00	2,422	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	605	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	927	2,275.16/head	2,025.00–2,550.00	2,275	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	865	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	760	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	314.93/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,165	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,431	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	950	1,421.67/head	1,375.00–1,500.00	1,422	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	105.04/cwt	102.00–108.00	893	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,522	132.04/cwt	127.00–135.00	2,010	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	115.67/cwt	115.00–116.00	1,704	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,233	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	235.79/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	232.44/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,320	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	755	1,130.00/head	1,125.00–1,135.00	1,130	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	395	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,076	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	255.11/cwt	250.00–260.00	975	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	267.55/cwt	265.00–270.00	642	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,355	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	265.62/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,509	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,274	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	312.44/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,040	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	963	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,086	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,226	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,122	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	826	164.41/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,358	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,288	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	318.29/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,346	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	295.00/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,534	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	881	126.93/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,118	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	114.17/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,343	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	133.31/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,620	24
Bulls	—	—	1,767	159.25/cwt	153.00–168.00	2,814	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	144.95/cwt	144.00–146.00	1,870	2
Bulls	—	—	1,453	133.29/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,937	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 Mar 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 118Last week 187Year ago 141

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 120Year ago 80

Replacement CattleReceipts 41Last week 60Year ago 20

No comparisons made this week on all classes of feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales. Slaughter

cows were 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls to few too trend. There was an light offering of average to plain

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	350–400	390	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	420	290.00	290.00
3	450–500	473	270.00–280.00	273.31
1	500–550	530	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	500	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	645	210.00	210.00
1	700–750	700	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	265.00–270.00	267.55
1	300–350	340	265.00	265.00
3	350–400	382	250.00–260.00	255.11
3	500–550	523	230.00–242.50	235.80
2	550–600	568	230.00–235.00	232.44
1	600–650	605	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	395	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	235.00	235.00
1	550–600	570	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	500	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	300.00	300.00
1	250–300	280	300.00	300.00
4	300–350	333	300.00–325.00	312.44
2	350–400	370	310.00–320.00	314.93
2	400–450	425	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	455	280.00	280.00
4	550–600	568	260.00–270.00	265.62
1	600–650	635	250.00	250.00
3	650–700	668	230.00–240.00	235.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	335.00	335.00
1	350–400	385	335.00	335.00
3	400–450	423	315.00–320.00	318.29
2	500–550	520	290.00–300.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	275.00	275.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,057	2,250.00–3,250.00	2,756.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	927	2,025.00–2,550.00	2,275.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	865	2,050.00	2,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	760	2,425.00	2,425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	605	1,125.00	1,125.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	941	135.00–155.00	147.09
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	826	160.00–175.00	164.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,215	2,350.00–2,475.00	2,422.02
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	950	1,375.00–1,500.00	1,421.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	755	1,125.00–1,135.00	1,130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	850	102.00–108.00	105.04
8	—	881	125.00–130.00	126.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,522	127.00–135.00	132.04
3	—	1,473	115.00–116.00	115.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,176	110.00–116.00	114.17
24	—	1,215	125.00–140.00	133.31
2	—	1,290	144.00–146.00	144.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,767	153.00–168.00	159.25
2	—	1,453	131.00–136.00	133.29

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Laurens Livestock Exchange - Laurens, SC

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle