Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. There were very light offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $115.07/cwt on 25 head.

Average price

$115.07

25 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$584

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$22.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.03

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	505	122.91	621	12thin
Medium 2	515	114.05	587	6thin
Medium and Large 3	485	105.83	513	3thin
Small 1-2	518	100.00	518	4thin

One grade step is worth $22.91/cwt here — about $104 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 sale25 hd

115.07

—

SC average5 barns · 371 hd

115.04

+0.03

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	1,995	83.52	1,666	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,135	63.00	715	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,490	58.00	864	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,180	55.76	658	23

Every lot, as filed

40 lots · USDA AMS · Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	615	104.10/cwt	100.00–107.50	640	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	310	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	585	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	629	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	235	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	390	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	720	88.72/cwt	87.50–90.00	639	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	620	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	4,867	1
Bulls	—	—	1,995	83.52/cwt	83.00–84.00	1,666	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	530	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	467	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	127.53/cwt	122.50–132.50	539	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	468	115.07/cwt	112.50–117.50	539	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	610	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	678	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	562	113.02/cwt	112.00–114.50	635	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	465	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	465	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	545	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	122.83/cwt	120.00–125.00	631	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	1
Steers	Small 3	—	260	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	300	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	128.74/cwt	127.50–130.00	654	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	440	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	539	1
Steers	Small 3	—	315	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	315	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	370	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	389	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	126.32/cwt	126.00–127.00	738	9
Steers	Medium 2	—	555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	638	1
Steers	Small 3	—	367	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	367	3
Steers	Small 2	—	325	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	333	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	280	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	631	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	715	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,227	57.28/cwt	52.00–65.00	703	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	864	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	868	45.59/cwt	43.00–48.00	396	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 →

Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC

Wed Jul 24, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 161Last week 135Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 33Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 6Year ago 0

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. There were very light offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	105.00	105.00
1	—	550	97.50	97.50
1	—	310	100.00	100.00
1	—	380	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	100.00–107.50	104.10
1	—	445	110.00	110.00
1	—	585	107.50	107.50
2	—	720	87.50–90.00	88.72
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	100.00	100.00
1	—	610	100.00	100.00
2	—	465	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	105.00	105.00
1	—	465	112.50	112.50
1	—	545	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	122.50–132.50	127.53
2	—	565	120.00	120.00
7	—	514	120.00–125.00	122.83
1	—	490	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	112.50–117.50	115.07
3	—	562	112.00–114.50	113.02
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	100.00	100.00
2	—	315	100.00	100.00
3	—	367	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	112.50	112.50
1	—	280	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	127.50–130.00	128.74
9	—	584	126.00–127.00	126.32
1	—	485	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	122.50	122.50
1	—	555	115.00	115.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	105.00	105.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	102.50	102.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	620	785.00	785.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,995	83.00–84.00	83.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	63.00	63.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,227	52.00–65.00	57.28
3	—	868	43.00–48.00	45.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	58.00	58.00

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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Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle