Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

cows and slaughter bulls steady. There was an average 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 $217.98/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −123.37 against this barn's trailing median of $341.35.

Average price

$217.98

13 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,182

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$269

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

$38.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.92

vs SC average

−45.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	241.76	1,366	3thin
Medium and Large 2	531	218.68	1,161	5thin
Medium and Large 3	540	203.00	1,097	5thin

One grade step is worth $38.76/cwt here — about $269 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 sale13 hd

217.98

—

SC average5 barns · 108 hd

234.90

−16.92

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

−45.98

This barn, trailing median12 sales

341.35

−123.37

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	2,315	158.00	3,658	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,248	131.00	1,635	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,578	127.18	2,007	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	918	120.21	1,103	8thin

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)	990	$1,401	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	912	$1,205	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	710	$575	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	970	$1,873	5
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	816	$1,310	15

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	—	2,315	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	3,658	1
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	718	960.00/head	960.00–960.00	960	2
Bred Cows	Small 1	—	625	678.00/head	600.00–750.00	678	2
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	710	575.00/head	575.00–575.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	241.76/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,366	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	1,997.04/head	1,675.00–2,400.00	1,997	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	890	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	831	1,363.67/head	1,140.00–1,415.00	1,364	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,265	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	255.15/cwt	250.00–260.00	855	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	215.97/cwt	215.00–217.00	1,220	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	240.81/cwt	235.00–247.50	1,007	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	220.48/cwt	217.50–224.00	1,120	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,355	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	127.18/cwt	120.00–135.00	2,007	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	116.19/cwt	105.00–121.00	1,380	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	882	112.55/cwt	105.00–116.00	993	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	134.55/cwt	125.00–146.00	1,699	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,338	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,136	1,690.54/head	1,575.00–1,850.00	1,691	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	923	1,206.83/head	1,070.00–1,325.00	1,207	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	843	1,686.13/head	1,525.00–1,825.00	1,686	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	480	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	852	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	939	124.81/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,172	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	217.57/cwt	215.00–220.00	827	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	242.52/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,237	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,178	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,031	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	287.32/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,187	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	403	264.96/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,068	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	233	227.58/cwt	225.00–230.00	530	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	225	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	966	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	252.53/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,200	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	206.35/cwt	200.00–215.00	852	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	272.45/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,281	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	287.59/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,222	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	248.11/cwt	245.00–255.00	876	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	203.32/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,067	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	202.53/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,140	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	222.60/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,158	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	224.01/cwt	222.50–235.00	1,055	10

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 Apr 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 123Last week 142Year ago 124

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 80Year ago 76

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 46Year ago 8

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

cows and slaughter bulls steady. There was an average offering of average to plain quality cattle with

active buyer participation.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,315	158.00	158.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,578	120.00–135.00	127.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,188	105.00–121.00	116.19
25	—	1,263	125.00–146.00	134.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	882	105.00–116.00	112.55
5	—	939	120.00–128.00	124.81

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	718	960.00	960.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	831	1,140.00–1,415.00	1,363.67
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	625	600.00–750.00	678.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	710	575.00	575.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,136	1,575.00–1,850.00	1,690.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	923	1,070.00–1,325.00	1,206.83
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,055	1,675.00–2,400.00	1,997.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	843	1,525.00–1,825.00	1,686.13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	565	235.00–250.00	241.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	250.00–260.00	255.15
4	350–400	353	245.00–255.00	248.11
3	400–450	418	235.00–247.50	240.81
10	450–500	471	222.50–235.00	224.01
3	500–550	508	217.50–224.00	220.48
2	550–600	565	215.00–217.00	215.97
5	600–650	645	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	225.00–230.00	227.58
2	350–400	380	215.00–220.00	217.57
4	400–450	413	200.00–215.00	206.35
3	500–550	525	200.00–205.00	203.32
2	550–600	563	200.00–205.00	202.53
1	600–650	620	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	315.00	315.00
4	400–450	413	280.00–295.00	287.32
1	450–500	460	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	505	265.00	265.00
1	550–600	580	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	300.00	300.00
1	300–350	345	280.00	280.00
1	350–400	375	275.00	275.00
3	400–450	403	260.00–270.00	264.96
2	450–500	475	250.00–255.00	252.53
2	500–550	510	240.00–245.00	242.52
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	177.50	177.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	280.00–295.00	287.59
2	450–500	470	270.00–275.00	272.45
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	520	220.00–225.00	222.60

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle