Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2020-04-08

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Apr 8
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
43 vs last sale 83 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
5 vs last sale 46 51 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Correction slaughter goat entry changed from per cwt to per head *

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.70/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$119.70
17 head · 437 lb average
Value per head Derived
$523
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$14.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.42
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2438122.3253614thin
Medium and Large 2430107.504623thin
One grade step is worth $14.82/cwt here — about $73 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 sale17 hd
119.70
SC average5 barns · 232 hd
106.28
+13.42
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
BullsAverage1,15077.008861thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,46255.998193thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10948.1953442

Every lot, as filed

24 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385120.00/cwt120.00–120.004621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2278127.50/cwt127.50–127.503542
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2489120.31/cwt120.00–122.505888
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added426125.00/cwt125.00–125.005333
HeifersMedium and Large 2285112.50/cwt112.50–112.503211
HeifersMedium and Large 2400115.00/cwt115.00–115.004601
HeifersMedium and Large 260595.00/cwt95.00–95.005751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy255150.00/cwt150.00–150.003831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2280140.00/cwt140.00–140.003921
BullsSmall 1-2515112.50/cwt112.50–112.505791
BullsMedium and Large 2463122.95/cwt121.00–125.005692
BullsMedium and Large 2430122.50/cwt122.50–122.505271
SteersMedium and Large 1-2325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380132.00/cwt132.00–132.005021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2452132.50/cwt132.50–132.505992
SteersMedium and Large 1-2440126.00/cwt126.00–126.005543
SteersMedium and Large 1-2788104.00/cwt104.00–104.008203
SteersMedium and Large 2285127.50/cwt127.50–127.503631
SteersMedium and Large 2615113.00/cwt113.00–113.006951
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2770646.00/cwt646.00–646.004,9741
Bulls1,15077.00/cwt77.00–77.008861
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46255.99/cwt54.00–57.008193
CowsLean 85-90%1,21253.43/cwt50.00–59.0064820
CowsLean 85-90%1,01543.42/cwt36.00–49.0044122

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.