Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales. There were light offerings of mostly plain cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $124.85/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$124.85

51 head · 448 lb average

Value per head Derived

$559

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$287

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 3

$27.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.58

vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	388	132.02	512	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	530	126.77	671	22
Medium and Large 3	389	114.72	446	9thin
Small 1-2	417	109.50	456	3thin
Small 3	215	105.00	226	1thin

One grade step is worth $27.02/cwt here — about $287 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 sale51 hd

124.85

—

SC average5 barns · 566 hd

134.43

−9.58

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	1,524	71.17	1,085	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,280	47.89	613	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,124	45.77	514	53

Every lot, as filed

83 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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	411	87.22/cwt	42.50–94.50	358	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	610	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	543	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	478	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	445	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	560	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	476	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	495	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	525	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	430	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	355	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	705	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	564	1
Steers	Small 3	—	215	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	226	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	475	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	475	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	585	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	591	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	328	104.01/cwt	92.50–115.00	341	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	375	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	413	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	595	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	536	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	440	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	334	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	395	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	365	1
Bulls	Small 2	—	430	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	462	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	658	83.39/cwt	74.00–93.00	549	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,131	73.38/cwt	66.00–84.00	830	8
Bulls	Small 3	—	580	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	464	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	870	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	461	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Full	—	510	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	497	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	523	108.54/cwt	102.50–115.00	568	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	290	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	341	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	150.84/cwt	150.00–152.50	548	6
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	630	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	599	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,745	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,843	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,227	75.78/cwt	67.00–84.00	930	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	816	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	625	98.66/cwt	95.00–102.50	617	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	66.70/cwt	50.00–76.00	727	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	6,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	722	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	751	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	533	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	661	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	139.12/cwt	137.50–142.00	582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	128.68/cwt	125.00–135.00	407	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	801	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	111.58/cwt	110.00–115.00	471	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	607	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	488	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	551	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	140.03/cwt	130.00–145.00	521	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	105.67/cwt	100.00–117.00	528	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	342	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	—	520	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	225	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	116.62/cwt	112.55–122.50	373	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	316	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	269	139.79/cwt	132.50–145.00	376	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	680	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	503	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	895	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	116.68/cwt	107.50–127.50	368	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	785	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	215	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	247	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	548	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	44.61/cwt	40.00–47.00	571	4
Bulls	—	—	1,681	77.27/cwt	70.00–86.00	1,299	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,274	51.27/cwt	47.00–57.00	653	22
Bulls	—	—	1,273	61.42/cwt	49.00–74.00	782	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	41.87/cwt	30.00–47.00	426	31
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	710	76.50/cwt	70.00–80.00	543	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	778	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	900	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	441	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,243	51.75/cwt	40.00–61.00	643	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	3,990	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	502	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	457	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	124.70/cwt	117.50–132.50	461	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	718	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	101.45/cwt	90.00–115.00	477	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	1,070.67/cwt	950.00–1,150.00	11,274	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	399	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	985	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	680	1

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 Nov 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 217Last week 110Year ago 280

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 49Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 9Year ago 12

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales. There were light offerings of mostly plain cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	411	42.50–94.50	87.22
7	—	610	89.00	89.00
8	—	478	93.00	93.00
2	—	560	85.00	85.00
5	—	502	91.00	91.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	106.00	106.00
1	—	705	80.00	80.00
1	—	595	90.00	90.00
2	—	658	74.00–93.00	83.39
2	—	523	102.50–115.00	108.54
1	—	630	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	82.50	82.50
1	—	580	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	107.50	107.50
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	97.50	97.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	90.00	90.00
3	—	418	137.50–142.00	139.12
1	—	560	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	95.00	95.00
1	—	690	88.00	88.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	488	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	102.50	102.50
1	—	680	74.00	74.00
1	—	895	80.00	80.00
1	—	445	115.00	115.00
1	—	785	85.00	85.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	215	105.00	105.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	101.00	101.00
1	—	375	110.00	110.00
1	—	290	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	363	150.00–152.50	150.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	722	104.00	104.00
11	—	533	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	142.50	142.50
1	—	775	110.00	110.00
5	—	372	130.00–145.00	140.03
3	—	500	100.00–117.00	105.67
1	—	435	141.00	141.00
1	—	240	142.50	142.50
4	—	269	132.50–145.00	139.79
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	315	107.50–127.50	116.68
1	—	215	115.00	115.00
1	—	535	102.50	102.50
1	—	400	107.50	107.50
2	—	370	117.50–132.50	124.70
1	—	665	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	100.00	100.00
2	—	328	92.50–115.00	104.01
1	—	395	92.50	92.50
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	76.00	76.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	95.00–102.50	98.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	316	125.00–135.00	128.68
1	—	475	115.00	115.00
1	—	840	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	110.00–115.00	111.58
1	—	225	117.50	117.50
3	—	320	112.55–122.50	116.62
1	—	275	115.00	115.00
1	—	370	120.00	120.00
1	—	510	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	90.00–115.00	101.45
1	—	380	105.00	105.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,131	66.00–84.00	73.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,227	67.00–84.00	75.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	68.00	68.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,090	50.00–76.00	66.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,243	40.00–61.00	51.75
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	53.00	53.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	49.00	49.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	69.00	69.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,270	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	665	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,053	950.00–1,150.00	1,070.67
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	710	70.00–80.00	76.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,281	40.00–47.00	44.61
1	—	1,275	61.00	61.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,274	47.00–57.00	51.27
31	—	1,017	30.00–47.00	41.87
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,681	70.00–86.00	77.27
5	—	1,273	49.00–74.00	61.42

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

Reporter comment USDA

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle