Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-15

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

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $111.34/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$111.34

29 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$59

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

$38.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.23

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	451	121.08	546	10thin
Medium and Large 2	585	110.63	647	16thin
Medium and Large 3	732	82.67	605	3thin

One grade step is worth $38.41/cwt here — about −$59 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 sale29 hd

111.34

—

SC average4 barns · 92 hd

111.57

−0.23

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	—	Low	1,255	78.44	984	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,247	57.01	711	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	938	47.53	446	2thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 2	—	780	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	118.30/cwt	118.00–120.00	492	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	108.39/cwt	107.50–110.00	576	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	456	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	114.01/cwt	113.00–115.00	559	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	128.65/cwt	125.00–132.50	476	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	890	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	790	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	489	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	517	113.42/cwt	112.50–115.00	586	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	737	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	107.90/cwt	105.00–109.00	626	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	404	122.72/cwt	122.00–125.00	496	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	121.72/cwt	120.00–125.00	556	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	238	122.42/cwt	120.00–125.00	291	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	93.01/cwt	89.00–97.00	635	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	240	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	270	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	360	108.75/cwt	107.50–110.00	392	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	497	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	123.98/cwt	123.00–125.00	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	128.45/cwt	125.00–132.00	665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	117.01/cwt	116.00–118.00	626	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	265	105.00/cwt	100.00–110.00	278	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	1,020	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	755	1
Bulls	—	—	1,255	78.44/cwt	76.00–84.00	984	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,020	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	459	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	57.64/cwt	50.00–62.00	726	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	47.53/cwt	47.00–48.00	446	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 Apr 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 76Last week 40Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 51Year 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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	87.00	87.00
2	—	238	120.00–125.00	122.42
2	—	683	89.00–97.00	93.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	416	118.00–120.00	118.30
4	—	531	107.50–110.00	108.39
3	—	348	131.00	131.00
2	—	490	113.00–115.00	114.01
2	—	370	125.00–132.50	128.65
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	112.50	112.50
2	—	360	107.50–110.00	108.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	78.00	78.00
1	—	790	75.00	75.00
1	—	515	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	517	112.50–115.00	113.42
5	—	670	110.00	110.00
5	—	580	105.00–109.00	107.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	404	122.00–125.00	122.72
3	—	457	120.00–125.00	121.72
2	—	560	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	135.00	135.00
2	—	480	123.00–125.00	123.98
2	—	518	125.00–132.00	128.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	116.00–118.00	117.01
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	265	100.00–110.00	105.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	74.00	74.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,255	76.00–84.00	78.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	45.00	45.00
19	—	1,259	50.00–62.00	57.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	938	47.00–48.00	47.53

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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