Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2020-05-27

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, May 27
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
67 head
78 vs last sale 145 34 vs year ago 101 · 33.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
13 vs last sale 47 39 vs year ago 73 · 53.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
1 vs last sale 6 10 vs year ago 15 · 66.7%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

quality cattle with moderate buyer participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $125.00/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$125.00
29 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$650
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$304
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$44.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.19
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2372139.395184thin
Medium and Large 2516125.1564523
Medium and Large 387094.508222thin
One grade step is worth $44.89/cwt here — about −$304 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
125.00
SC average4 barns · 197 hd
129.19
−4.19
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35062.008371thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20360.9973422
CowsLean 85-90%Low90057.1351410

Every lot, as filed

32 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 2573103.47/cwt102.00–105.005932
HeifersMedium and Large 2488107.51/cwt105.00–110.005252
HeifersMedium and Large 2740100.00/cwt100.00–100.007401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435116.52/cwt115.00–118.005072
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2323128.66/cwt125.00–132.504162
SteersMedium and Large 2480130.00/cwt130.00–130.006244
SteersMedium and Large 2637118.00/cwt118.00–118.007526
SteersMedium and Large 2523124.73/cwt122.50–125.006529
SteersMedium and Large 382598.00/cwt98.00–98.008091
SteersMedium and Large 391591.00/cwt91.00–91.008331
Bred CowsSmall 1-266368.23/cwt64.00–72.004522
Bred CowsSmall 1-261856.98/cwt55.00–59.003522
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,04080.00/cwt80.00–80.008321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06045.42/cwt44.00–47.004812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21762.55/cwt53.00–69.0076120
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35062.00/cwt62.00–62.008371
CowsLean 85-90%87543.00/cwt43.00–43.003761
CowsLean 85-90%90358.70/cwt51.00–63.005309
SteersMedium and Large 2363132.45/cwt130.00–135.004812
SteersMedium and Large 2343131.49/cwt130.00–133.004512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2405136.23/cwt135.00–137.505522
SteersMedium and Large 1-2338142.56/cwt140.00–145.004822
HeifersSmall 1-2385111.27/cwt110.00–112.504282
HeifersMedium and Large 360594.00/cwt94.00–94.005691
HeifersMedium and Large 351097.00/cwt97.00–97.004951
HeifersMedium and Large 2630100.98/cwt100.00–102.006362
BullsMedium and Large 1-2418129.63/cwt127.00–132.505422
BullsMedium and Large 1-2490125.00/cwt125.00–125.006133
BullsMedium and Large 2425115.00/cwt115.00–115.004891
BullsMedium and Large 2490117.50/cwt117.50–117.505761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380125.00/cwt125.00–125.004751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2283132.50/cwt132.50–132.503752

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.