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Laurens Livestock Auction

Name: Laurens Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Laurens, South Carolina · Wed, Feb 26

● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1959

← Feb 19Feb 26Mar 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

399 head

▲ 286 vs last sale 113▲ 399 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

41 head

▲ 21 vs last sale 20▲ 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

57 head

▲ 16 vs last sale 41▲ 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average to good quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.71/cwt on 200 head.

Average price

$130.71

200 head · 462 lb average

Value per head Derived

$604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$316

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

$26.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.63

vs SC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	464	133.62	620	161
Medium and Large 2	496	121.17	601	26
Small 1-2	397	115.94	460	10thin
Medium and Large 3	285	106.67	304	3thin

One grade step is worth $26.95/cwt here — about $316 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 sale200 hd

130.71

—

SC average5 barns · 548 hd

126.08

+4.63

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	1,405	82.84	1,164	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,465	74.00	1,084	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,182	59.45	703	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	942	49.92	470	10

Every lot

99 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 1-2	215	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	274	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	220	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	385	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	270	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	459	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	283	155.76/cwt	147.50–162.50	441	3
Steers	—	Small 1-2	285	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	371	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	311	171.23/cwt	162.50–177.50	533	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	313	161.28/cwt	160.00–162.50	505	2
Steers	—	Small 1-2	318	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	398	2
Steers	—	Small 1-2	373	126.85/cwt	120.00–132.50	473	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	150.43/cwt	140.00–157.50	564	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	171.95/cwt	164.00–180.00	667	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	672	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	425	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	684	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	450	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	720	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	488	147.46/cwt	145.00–150.00	720	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	520	153.98/cwt	151.00–159.00	801	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	139.97/cwt	137.50–142.50	742	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	540	134.98/cwt	130.00–137.50	729	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	573	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	837	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	600	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	627	131.66/cwt	125.00–136.00	826	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	634	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	888	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	871	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	665	127.52/cwt	125.00–130.00	848	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	679	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	873	7
Steers	—	Small 1-2	790	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	830	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	205	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	226	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	210	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	252	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	265	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	392	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	275	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	303	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	280	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	350	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	330	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	388	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	139.87/cwt	135.00–147.50	464	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	335	130.64/cwt	130.00–132.50	438	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	133.77/cwt	132.50–135.00	488	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	365	128.06/cwt	125.00–132.00	467	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	375	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	382	136.15/cwt	136.00–137.50	520	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	590	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	409	136.31/cwt	136.00–137.50	558	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	133.49/cwt	130.00–142.50	561	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	121.65/cwt	117.50–126.00	511	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	464	128.47/cwt	125.00–130.00	596	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	476	136.78/cwt	130.00–138.50	651	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	122.47/cwt	115.00–127.50	585	3
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	480	117.94/cwt	116.00–120.00	566	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	509	122.38/cwt	120.00–124.00	623	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	521	129.50/cwt	127.00–130.50	675	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	126.24/cwt	125.00–127.50	663	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	545	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	578	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	555	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	611	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	558	117.49/cwt	115.00–120.00	656	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	571	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	685	10
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	600	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	666	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	743	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	420	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	470	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	152.55/cwt	150.00–155.00	644	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	146.28/cwt	145.00–147.50	622	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	428	173.40/cwt	170.00–177.00	742	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	478	137.51/cwt	132.50–140.00	657	4
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	525	118.51/cwt	117.00–120.00	622	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	534	131.19/cwt	125.00–135.00	701	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	568	131.80/cwt	125.00–137.50	749	3
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	590	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	684	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	130.54/cwt	125.00–135.00	809	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	119.99/cwt	119.00–121.00	822	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	805	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	853	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	385	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	164	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	438	65.24/cwt	63.00–67.50	286	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	690	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	469	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,203	80.07/cwt	75.00–83.00	963	3
Bulls	—	—	1,560	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,591	1
Bulls	—	—	1,855	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,336	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	921	43.84/cwt	40.00–47.00	404	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	956	53.98/cwt	51.00–56.00	516	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,124	49.43/cwt	43.00–54.00	556	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,209	64.01/cwt	55.00–75.00	774	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,465	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,084	1
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,515	1,650.00/cwt	1,650.00–1,650.00	24,998	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs9 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	7,140	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	885	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	8,408	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	925	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	10,869	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	939	1,313.15/cwt	1,200.00–1,425.00	12,330	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	985	786.55/cwt	775.00–800.00	7,748	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,000	1,352.75/cwt	1,300.00–1,400.00	13,528	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,043	1,437.77/cwt	1,425.00–1,450.00	14,996	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,095	1,384.06/cwt	1,350.00–1,425.00	15,155	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,270	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	18,415	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	785	362.34/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,844	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	840	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,880	1
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	900	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	4,275	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	940	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	4,089	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	960	1,425.00/cwt	1,425.00–1,425.00	13,680	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,007	940.34/cwt	800.00–1,050.00	9,469	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,030	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,725	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,035	675.00/cwt	625.00–725.00	6,986	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,070	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,898	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,090	663.02/cwt	625.00–700.00	7,227	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,113	883.08/cwt	875.00–900.00	9,829	3

This sale against other markets

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 Feb 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 399Last week 113Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 20Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 57Last week 41Year ago 0

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average to good quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	885	950.00	950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	925	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	939	1,200.00–1,425.00	1,313.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,000	1,300.00–1,400.00	1,352.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,043	1,425.00–1,450.00	1,437.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	985	775.00–800.00	786.55

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,095	1,350.00–1,425.00	1,384.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,270	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	840	850.00	850.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,090	625.00–700.00	663.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,113	875.00–900.00	883.08

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	435.00	435.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,030	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	840	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,035	625.00–725.00	675.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,007	800.00–1,050.00	940.34

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	785	350.00–375.00	362.34

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	475.00	475.00

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	—	1,515	1,650.00	1,650.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	634	140.00	140.00
2	—	573	146.00	146.00
7	—	679	128.50	128.50
16	—	520	151.00–159.00	153.98
21	—	425	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	530	137.50–142.50	139.97
4	—	311	162.50–177.50	171.23
2	—	388	164.00–180.00	171.95
1	—	660	132.00	132.00
1	—	220	175.00	175.00
1	—	270	170.00	170.00
1	—	420	160.00	160.00
1	—	450	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	160.00–162.50	161.28
2	—	488	145.00–150.00	147.46
2	—	665	125.00–130.00	127.52
3	—	283	147.50–162.50	155.76
3	—	627	125.00–136.00	131.66
4	—	540	130.00–137.50	134.98
7	—	375	140.00–157.50	150.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	215	127.50	127.50
1	—	790	105.00	105.00
2	—	285	130.00	130.00
2	—	318	125.00	125.00
3	—	373	120.00–132.50	126.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	409	136.00–137.50	136.31
37	—	521	127.00–130.50	129.50
51	—	476	130.00–138.50	136.78
9	—	382	136.00–137.50	136.15
10	—	571	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	117.50–126.00	121.65
2	—	558	115.00–120.00	117.49
3	—	478	115.00–127.50	122.47
4	—	335	130.00–132.50	130.64
4	—	365	125.00–132.00	128.06
4	—	509	120.00–124.00	122.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	666	111.50	111.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	205	110.00	110.00
1	—	275	110.00	110.00
1	—	375	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	117.50	117.50
1	—	545	106.00	106.00
1	—	555	110.00	110.00
1	—	600	100.00	100.00
2	—	210	120.00	120.00
2	—	280	125.00	125.00
2	—	480	116.00–120.00	117.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	148.00	148.00
2	—	365	132.50–135.00	133.77
2	—	525	125.00–127.50	126.24
4	—	464	125.00–130.00	128.47
6	—	332	135.00–147.50	139.87
10	—	420	130.00–142.50	133.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	42.50	42.50
2	—	438	63.00–67.50	65.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	170.00–177.00	173.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	685	119.00–121.00	119.99
4	—	620	125.00–135.00	130.54
5	—	422	150.00–155.00	152.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	106.00	106.00
2	—	425	145.00–147.50	146.28
3	—	568	125.00–137.50	131.80
4	—	478	132.50–140.00	137.51
4	—	534	125.00–135.00	131.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	117.00–120.00	118.51
2	—	590	115.00–117.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	68.00	68.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,203	75.00–83.00	80.07
1	—	1,560	102.00	102.00
1	—	1,855	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,124	43.00–54.00	49.43
11	—	1,209	55.00–75.00	64.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	74.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	921	40.00–47.00	43.84
6	—	956	51.00–56.00	53.98

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.