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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offerings of average to plain

quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.87/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$142.87

24 head · 409 lb average

Value per head Derived

$585

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$62.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.56

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	398	160.21	638	7thin
Medium and Large 2	389	140.79	547	15thin
Medium and Large 3	603	97.75	589	2thin

One grade step is worth $62.46/cwt here — about $48 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 sale24 hd

142.87

—

SC average5 barns · 338 hd

153.44

−10.56

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	1,768	93.53	1,654	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,239	60.57	750	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	887	49.91	443	6thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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 3	—	550	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	87.47/cwt	80.00–95.00	545	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	250	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	158.75/cwt	157.50–160.00	564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	134.93/cwt	130.00–140.00	499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	506	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	128.34/cwt	127.50–130.00	536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	336	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	570	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	570	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	495	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	795	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	720	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	139.14/cwt	135.00–142.50	651	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	142.42/cwt	140.00–145.00	612	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	709	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	922	55.11/cwt	52.00–60.00	508	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	852	44.71/cwt	44.00–46.00	381	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	60.57/cwt	51.00–71.00	750	15
Bulls	—	—	1,768	93.53/cwt	84.00–99.00	1,654	6
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	670	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	302	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	795	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	398	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	845	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,610	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,658	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,565	1,600.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,600.00	25,040	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,145	890.28/cwt	850.00–925.00	10,194	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	975	738.31/cwt	710.00–770.00	7,199	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	134.17/cwt	130.00–140.00	627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	307	150.00/cwt	145.00–155.00	461	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	266	152.63/cwt	145.00–160.00	406	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	603	97.75/cwt	97.50–98.00	589	2

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 Feb 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 85Last week 276Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 42Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 8Year ago 0

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offerings of average to plain

quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	87.50	87.50
2	—	623	80.00–95.00	87.47
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	105.00	105.00
1	—	425	119.00	119.00
1	—	335	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	127.50–130.00	128.34
1	—	610	110.00	110.00
1	—	240	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	165.00	165.00
2	—	355	157.50–160.00	158.75
3	—	480	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	132.50	132.50
1	—	550	132.50	132.50
1	—	655	114.00	114.00
2	—	370	130.00–140.00	134.93
3	—	467	130.00–140.00	134.17
3	—	307	145.00–155.00	150.00
4	—	266	145.00–160.00	152.63
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	603	97.50–98.00	97.75
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	100.00	100.00
1	—	495	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	795	97.50	97.50
1	—	720	93.00	93.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	135.00–142.50	139.14
3	—	430	140.00–145.00	142.42
1	—	535	132.50	132.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	922	52.00–60.00	55.11
3	—	852	44.00–46.00	44.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,239	51.00–71.00	60.57
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,768	84.00–99.00	93.53

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	670	45.00	45.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	795	50.00	50.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	845	77.50	77.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,610	103.00	103.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,565	1,600.00	1,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,145	850.00–925.00	890.28
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	975	710.00–770.00	738.31

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

Steers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle