Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2020-09-23

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Sep 23
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
232 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 241▼ 4 vs year ago 236 · −1.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 63▼ 35 vs year ago 106 · −33.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 56▼ 27 vs year ago 31 · −87.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales . Average offering average

quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $102.87/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$102.87
60 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$26.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.66
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2488120.705896thin
Medium and Large 2487112.6354911thin
Medium and Large 3576101.3158322
Small 1-252194.2849221
One grade step is worth $26.42/cwt here — about $98 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 sale60 hd
102.87
—
SC average5 barns · 500 hd
113.53
−10.66
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
Bulls—Average1,67681.701,3695thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57056.6588914
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19256.1566927
CowsLean 85-90%Low85550.8243517

Every lot, as filed

61 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
BullsMedium and Large 2—429124.37/cwt122.50–125.005344
BullsMedium and Large 2—535112.54/cwt110.00–115.006024
BullsMedium and Large 2—608109.00/cwt108.00–110.006636
BullsMedium and Large 3—578102.55/cwt100.00–105.005932
BullsMedium and Large 3—73390.02/cwt88.00–92.006602
BullsMedium and Large 3—528102.00/cwt100.00–105.005393
BullsMedium and Large 3—665100.65/cwt100.00–102.006693
BullsMedium and Large 3—437108.58/cwt105.00–110.004747
BullsMedium and Large 3—624100.55/cwt100.00–104.006279
BullsSmall 1-2—42093.00/cwt93.00–93.003911
BullsSmall 1-2—53590.51/cwt90.00–91.004842
BullsSmall 1-2—57994.61/cwt90.00–96.005487
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—425127.11/cwt124.00–130.005402
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—520117.50/cwt117.50–117.506114
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325125.00/cwt125.00–125.004061
HeifersMedium and Large 2—450114.00/cwt114.00–114.005131
HeifersMedium and Large 2—735105.00/cwt105.00–105.007721
HeifersMedium and Large 2—353115.00/cwt115.00–115.004062
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524110.83/cwt110.00–111.005816
HeifersMedium and Large 3—670102.00/cwt102.00–102.006831
HeifersMedium and Large 3—70586.68/cwt86.00–88.006113
HeifersMedium and Large 3—531104.50/cwt103.00–106.005554
HeifersMedium and Large 3—623101.48/cwt100.00–105.006324
HeifersMedium and Large 3—482105.00/cwt105.00–105.005065
HeifersMedium and Large 3—570103.58/cwt100.00–106.005905
HeifersSmall 1-2—285120.00/cwt120.00–120.003421
HeifersSmall 1-2—325115.00/cwt115.00–115.003741
HeifersSmall 1-2—350100.00/cwt100.00–100.003501
HeifersSmall 1-2—405101.00/cwt101.00–101.004091
HeifersSmall 1-2—52391.52/cwt90.00–93.004792
HeifersSmall 1-2—55791.99/cwt90.00–93.005123
HeifersSmall 1-2—68788.34/cwt85.00–90.006073
HeifersSmall 1-2—61090.51/cwt88.00–92.005524
HeifersSmall 1-2—47391.57/cwt90.00–98.004335
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—345150.00/cwt150.00–150.005181
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—410141.00/cwt141.00–141.005781
SteersMedium and Large 2—235140.00/cwt140.00–140.003291
SteersMedium and Large 2—255140.00/cwt140.00–140.003571
SteersMedium and Large 2—49095.00/cwt95.00–95.004661
SteersMedium and Large 2—318132.52/cwt130.00–135.004212
SteersMedium and Large 2—557117.51/cwt115.00–122.506553
SteersMedium and Large 2—443124.53/cwt120.00–126.005524
SteersMedium and Large 2—660119.00/cwt119.00–119.007854
SteersMedium and Large 2—377136.78/cwt130.00–143.005168
SteersMedium and Large 2—513118.60/cwt115.00–119.0060810
SteersSmall 1-2—205130.00/cwt130.00–130.002671
SteersSmall 1-2—275126.61/cwt120.00–130.003483
SteersSmall 1-2—325119.85/cwt115.00–125.003903
SteersSmall 1-2—381118.74/cwt115.00–120.004524
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,30063.68/cwt61.00–66.008282
Stock CowsSmall 1-2—77084.01/cwt83.00–85.006472
Bulls——1,26090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1341
Bulls——1,78079.62/cwt74.50–86.001,4174
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07945.74/cwt41.00–48.004945
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21858.52/cwt52.00–65.0071322
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57056.65/cwt54.00–60.0088914
CowsLean 85-90%—85243.14/cwt40.00–47.003688
CowsLean 85-90%—85857.65/cwt53.00–64.004959
BullsMedium and Large 2—585111.26/cwt110.00–112.506512
BullsMedium and Large 2—475115.00/cwt115.00–115.005461
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—415135.00/cwt135.00–135.005601

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.