Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-15

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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $128.15/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$128.15

42 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$652

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

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

$42.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.84

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	547	132.25	724	32
Medium and Large 2	323	123.97	400	7thin
Small 1-2	365	102.50	374	1thin
Medium and Large 3	620	90.00	558	2thin

One grade step is worth $42.25/cwt here — about $166 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 sale42 hd

128.15

—

SC average5 barns · 323 hd

127.31

+0.84

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	1,324	84.61	1,120	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,295	56.04	726	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,850	51.00	944	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	893	42.45	379	4thin

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	—	440	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	407	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	450	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	492	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	126.00/cwt	124.00–128.00	782	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	609	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	648	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	497	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	126.34/cwt	125.00–127.50	341	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	123.82/cwt	122.50–125.00	400	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	365	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	119.94/cwt	115.00–125.00	510	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	500	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	56.04/cwt	52.00–61.00	726	6
Bulls	—	—	1,565	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,440	1
Bulls	—	—	1,203	80.92/cwt	78.00–83.00	973	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	133.73/cwt	132.50–135.00	435	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	504	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	245	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	263	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	184	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	426	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	737	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	770	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	855	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	787	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	740	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	666	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	235	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	492	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	467	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,050	1,210.00/cwt	1,210.00–1,210.00	12,705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	678	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	132.55/cwt	130.00–135.00	365	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	566	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,850	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	944	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	893	42.45/cwt	38.00–45.00	379	4

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 Jul 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 107Last week 123Year ago 135

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 56Year ago 33

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 6

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average 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	—	440	92.50	92.50
3	—	492	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	100.00	100.00
1	—	345	115.00	115.00
1	—	475	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	132.50–135.00	133.73
3	—	275	130.00–135.00	132.55
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	90.00	90.00
1	—	740	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	621	124.00–128.00	126.00
1	—	435	140.00	140.00
6	—	495	131.00	131.00
11	—	540	136.50	136.50
1	—	325	147.50	147.50
1	—	390	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	270	125.00–127.50	126.34
2	—	323	122.50–125.00	123.82
2	—	420	120.00	120.00
1	—	235	127.50	127.50
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	102.50	102.50
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	600	82.00	82.00
1	—	350	70.00	70.00
2	—	263	70.00	70.00
6	—	520	82.00	82.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	92.00	92.00
1	—	770	90.00	90.00
1	—	855	92.00	92.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	115.00–125.00	119.94
1	—	500	100.00	100.00
1	—	465	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	132.50	132.50
12	—	605	112.00	112.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,295	52.00–61.00	56.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	51.00	51.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	893	38.00–45.00	42.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	92.00	92.00
2	—	1,203	78.00–83.00	80.92

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,210.00	1,210.00

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

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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