Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2020-01-29

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Jan 29
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
341 head
▲ 196 vs last sale 145▲ 341 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 50▲ 110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 6▲ 57 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 steady to 3.00 lower . Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Slaughter bulls were 4.00 higher. Average offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer

participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.86/cwt on 116 head.
Average price
$113.86
116 head · 447 lb average
Value per head Derived
$509
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$47
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$30.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.08
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2423122.3651758
Medium and Large 2454110.4750228
Small 1-2361108.9639315thin
Medium and Large 361192.2256415thin
One grade step is worth $30.14/cwt here — about −$47 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 sale116 hd
113.86
—
SC average5 barns · 815 hd
119.94
−6.08
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—Average1,58785.891,3639thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23164.4079352
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61763.811,0323thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average87353.3546636

Every lot, as filed

68 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—77254.06/cwt45.00–62.504173
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—67078.75/cwt75.00–82.505282
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—86565.00/cwt65.00–65.005621
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—73556.29/cwt50.00–62.504142
Dairy SteersLarge 3—23060.00/cwt60.00–60.001381
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2—77464.20/cwt55.00–70.0049734
BullsMedium and Large 2—530118.31/cwt115.00–122.006274
BullsMedium and Large 2—468119.63/cwt115.00–123.005604
BullsMedium and Large 2—630102.56/cwt100.00–105.006462
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—630111.75/cwt111.00–112.507042
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—430132.53/cwt130.00–135.005702
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—500130.00/cwt130.00–130.006501
BullsMedium and Large 2—442123.48/cwt117.50–126.005466
BullsMedium and Large 2—567121.90/cwt117.50–124.006915
BullsSmall 1-2—425106.51/cwt102.00–112.504534
BullsSmall 1-2—520110.00/cwt110.00–110.005721
BullsMedium and Large 3—75080.00/cwt80.00–80.006001
Bulls——1,62888.50/cwt84.00–94.001,4418
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19361.75/cwt51.00–71.0073741
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,40877.59/cwt74.00–82.001,09210
Bulls——1,25565.00/cwt65.00–65.008161
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—469133.50/cwt130.00–134.0062616
BullsMedium and Large 3—71392.47/cwt90.00–95.006592
BullsMedium and Large 3—58396.51/cwt96.00–97.005632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—373130.38/cwt125.00–135.004868
HeifersSmall 1-2—415103.75/cwt100.00–105.004314
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02541.00/cwt41.00–41.004201
CowsLean 85-90%—86055.54/cwt49.00–61.0047831
CowsLean 85-90%—95139.74/cwt33.00–44.003785
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,61763.81/cwt60.00–69.001,0323
HeifersMedium and Large 3—62591.28/cwt87.50–94.005713
HeifersMedium and Large 3—52694.14/cwt92.50–95.004954
HeifersSmall 1-2—372109.14/cwt107.50–110.004063
HeifersSmall 1-2—277117.34/cwt115.00–120.003253
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328119.93/cwt117.00–122.503934
HeifersSmall 1-2—228115.00/cwt115.00–115.002622
HeifersMedium and Large 2—517106.97/cwt105.00–110.005533
HeifersSmall 1-2—540100.00/cwt100.00–100.005401
HeifersSmall 1-2—495100.00/cwt100.00–100.004951
HeifersSmall 1-2—315110.00/cwt110.00–110.003471
HeifersMedium and Large 3—71191.30/cwt90.00–94.006495
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—463117.87/cwt117.00–124.005468
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—414120.39/cwt120.00–123.004988
HeifersMedium and Large 3—57390.68/cwt87.50–94.005202
HeifersMedium and Large 3—49095.00/cwt95.00–95.004661
HeifersMedium and Large 2—477108.15/cwt104.00–110.0051611
HeifersMedium and Large 2—422110.08/cwt107.50–114.004656
HeifersMedium and Large 2—571107.50/cwt107.50–107.506143
SteersMedium and Large 2—518124.30/cwt121.00–127.506442
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—474143.00/cwt143.00–143.006786
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—310160.00/cwt160.00–160.004962
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365120.00/cwt120.00–120.004381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—302129.23/cwt129.00–132.5039021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—628110.30/cwt110.00–114.0069313
SteersMedium and Large 2—310141.33/cwt140.00–150.0043819
SteersMedium and Large 2—436134.00/cwt134.00–134.0058413
SteersMedium and Large 2—378141.36/cwt135.00–147.505347
SteersSmall 1-2—377129.12/cwt127.00–132.504873
SteersMedium and Large 2—290150.00/cwt150.00–150.004351
SteersMedium and Large 2—581124.99/cwt119.00–127.007264
SteersSmall 1-2—232129.32/cwt120.00–133.003009
SteersSmall 1-2—329130.60/cwt117.50–135.004305
SteersSmall 1-2—267126.01/cwt125.00–130.003365
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9751,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0010,2382
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—795840.00/cwt840.00–840.006,6781
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—808659.23/cwt600.00–700.005,3273
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—718622.28/cwt550.00–700.004,4688
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,140925.00/cwt925.00–925.0010,5451

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.