Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2019-09-11

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Sep 11
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
297 head
▲ 297 vs last sale 0▲ 297 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 0▲ 91 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 0▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder cattle were unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Average offerings of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand

for cattle with excessive hair.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $112.89/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$112.89
77 head · 435 lb average
Value per head Derived
$491
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$367
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$23.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.58
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2568121.636913thin
Medium 2494118.9558845
Small 1-2328109.4135912thin
Medium and Large 333197.7732417thin
One grade step is worth $23.86/cwt here — about $367 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 sale77 hd
112.89
—
SC average5 barns · 351 hd
117.47
−4.58
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
Bulls—Low1,44279.081,1408thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50254.498189thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20154.3265240
CowsLean 85-90%Average88044.0838819

Every lot, as filed

51 lots · USDA AMS · Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersSmall 1-2—378106.31/cwt105.00–110.004024
SteersSmall 1-2—230110.00/cwt110.00–110.002531
SteersMedium and Large 3—37996.85/cwt92.50–100.003678
SteersMedium and Large 3—27697.13/cwt90.00–102.502687
SteersMedium and Large 3—333103.72/cwt102.50–105.003452
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—568121.63/cwt120.00–125.006913
SteersMedium 2—475121.06/cwt110.00–125.0057522
SteersMedium 2—548120.00/cwt120.00–120.0065810
SteersMedium 2—428115.00/cwt115.00–115.004927
SteersMedium 2—563115.15/cwt110.00–117.506484
SteersMedium 2—740104.00/cwt104.00–104.007701
SteersMedium 2—315120.00/cwt120.00–120.003781
HeifersSmall 1-2—570100.49/cwt100.00–102.505735
HeifersSmall 1-2—366110.86/cwt110.00–112.504064
HeifersSmall 1-2—530100.00/cwt100.00–100.005303
HeifersSmall 1-2—465100.86/cwt100.00–102.504693
HeifersSmall 1-2—423100.00/cwt100.00–100.004232
HeifersMedium and Large 3—36697.23/cwt90.00–105.0035610
HeifersMedium and Large 3—46794.25/cwt90.00–97.504403
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—508115.50/cwt115.00–116.005872
HeifersMedium 2—479105.91/cwt105.00–111.0050716
HeifersMedium 2—430111.97/cwt110.00–113.004819
HeifersMedium 2—637101.14/cwt101.00–102.006447
HeifersMedium 2—530107.34/cwt106.00–110.005694
BullsSmall 1-2—432101.62/cwt100.00–105.004393
BullsMedium and Large 3—72477.00/cwt77.00–77.005575
BullsMedium and Large 3—52590.11/cwt85.00–95.004733
BullsMedium and Large 3—58096.25/cwt95.00–97.505582
BullsMedium and Large 3—44090.00/cwt90.00–90.003962
BullsMedium 2—581107.27/cwt105.00–110.0062311
BullsMedium 2—530108.92/cwt108.00–112.505777
BullsMedium 2—420113.57/cwt110.00–117.504776
BullsMedium 2—463115.28/cwt110.00–118.005345
BullsMedium 2—600105.00/cwt105.00–105.006301
SteersSmall 1-2—313111.10/cwt107.50–115.003487
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—57560.00/cwt60.00–60.003451
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—67061.00/cwt61.00–61.004091
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—83567.00/cwt67.00–67.005591
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—86061.00/cwt61.00–61.005251
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—75866.50/cwt65.00–68.005042
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2—1,050800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,4001
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—745647.65/cwt500.00–750.004,8252
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—850675.00/cwt675.00–675.005,7381
Stock CowsSmall 1-2—86475.74/cwt71.00–78.006544
Bulls——1,32374.40/cwt71.00–79.009844
Bulls——1,56183.75/cwt82.00–86.001,3074
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13745.09/cwt40.00–49.0051312
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22858.27/cwt51.00–64.0071628
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50254.49/cwt50.00–58.008189
CowsLean 85-90%—86052.89/cwt41.00–60.004554
CowsLean 85-90%—88541.73/cwt36.00–48.0036915

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.