Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2020-06-17

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Jun 17
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
221 head
49 vs last sale 172 107 vs year ago 114 · +93.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
46 vs last sale 68 51 vs year ago 73 · 69.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
33 vs last sale 34 8 vs year ago 9 · 88.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average offerings 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 $117.97/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$117.97
79 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$665
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$29.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.29
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2602119.9672259
Medium and Large 2438115.4850615thin
Small 1-2380109.674173thin
Medium and Large 365390.505912thin
One grade step is worth $29.46/cwt here — about $132 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 sale79 hd
117.97
SC average5 barns · 728 hd
119.26
−1.29
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
BullsAverage1,50590.521,3622thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,80062.001,1161thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26661.537798thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low88857.925148thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31465.38/cwt63.00–68.008596
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12349.99/cwt46.00–54.005612
Bulls1,50590.52/cwt90.00–91.001,3622
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3801,690.00/cwt1,690.00–1,690.0023,3221
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 340373.51/cwt72.00–75.002962
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 338571.35/cwt67.50–75.002752
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 347574.00/cwt74.00–74.003521
SteersSmall 1-2392123.50/cwt122.50–125.004843
SteersMedium and Large 3770105.00/cwt105.00–105.008091
SteersMedium and Large 2776114.50/cwt114.50–114.5088914
SteersMedium and Large 2376131.01/cwt127.50–135.004937
SteersMedium and Large 2531125.29/cwt122.50–126.006655
SteersMedium and Large 2645113.00/cwt112.00–114.007292
SteersMedium and Large 2555123.50/cwt123.00–124.006852
SteersMedium and Large 2475126.25/cwt125.00–127.506002
SteersMedium and Large 2275134.51/cwt134.00–135.003702
SteersMedium and Large 2425125.00/cwt125.00–125.005311
SteersMedium and Large 2305127.50/cwt127.50–127.503891
SteersMedium and Large 1-2685122.50/cwt122.50–122.5083911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531132.91/cwt130.00–134.5070611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2471131.71/cwt131.00–135.006207
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250150.00/cwt150.00–150.003751
HeifersSmall 1-2500104.00/cwt104.00–104.005201
HeifersSmall 1-2430105.00/cwt105.00–105.004521
HeifersSmall 1-2210120.00/cwt120.00–120.002521
HeifersMedium and Large 368090.00/cwt90.00–90.006121
HeifersMedium and Large 362591.00/cwt91.00–91.005691
HeifersMedium and Large 2433114.70/cwt112.00–117.004974
HeifersMedium and Large 2510112.55/cwt110.00–115.005742
HeifersMedium and Large 2473115.00/cwt115.00–115.005442
HeifersMedium and Large 2390115.49/cwt115.00–116.004502
HeifersMedium and Large 2318122.40/cwt120.00–125.003892
HeifersMedium and Large 2645107.50/cwt107.50–107.506931
HeifersMedium and Large 2560110.00/cwt110.00–110.006161
HeifersMedium and Large 2250125.00/cwt125.00–125.003131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added540133.00/cwt133.00–133.0071810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2768108.50/cwt108.50–108.5083317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2652116.50/cwt116.50–116.5076012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432129.03/cwt125.00–130.0055710
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600117.00/cwt117.00–117.007021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2460135.00/cwt135.00–135.006212
BullsMedium and Large 2510115.00/cwt115.00–115.005871
BullsMedium and Large 2595110.00/cwt110.00–110.006551
BullsMedium and Large 2650110.00/cwt110.00–110.007151
BullsMedium and Large 2422129.03/cwt125.00–132.505453
BullsMedium and Large 2631110.00/cwt110.00–110.006946
BullsMedium and Large 2461122.90/cwt115.00–126.005677
BullsMedium and Large 367592.00/cwt92.00–92.006211
BullsMedium and Large 373592.00/cwt92.00–92.006761
BullsMedium and Large 387092.00/cwt92.00–92.008001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373127.38/cwt125.00–130.004752
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468122.05/cwt120.00–124.005712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585121.00/cwt121.00–121.007082
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520118.49/cwt118.00–120.006164
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,80062.00/cwt62.00–62.001,1161
CowsLean 85-90%87048.35/cwt43.00–54.004214
CowsLean 85-90%90567.49/cwt66.00–70.006114

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.