Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2021-01-27

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Jan 27
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
59 vs last sale 146 254 vs year ago 341 · 74.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
28 vs last sale 69 69 vs year ago 110 · 62.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
2 vs last sale 11 48 vs year ago 57 · 84.2%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

quality cattle due to wet conditions, with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $125.33/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$125.33
26 head · 400 lb average
Value per head Derived
$501
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1-2
$11.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.48
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2407129.0652515thin
Medium and Large 1-2586126.007383thin
Small 1-2316118.073738thin
One grade step is worth $11.00/cwt here — about $153 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 sale26 hd
125.33
SC average5 barns · 480 hd
137.81
−12.48
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
BullsLow1,80374.711,3473thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24953.8367220
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42653.087576thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90048.0943312

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
Bulls1,66069.50/cwt69.50–69.501,1541
Bulls1,87577.32/cwt76.00–79.001,4502
CowsLean 85-90%90353.51/cwt50.00–58.004837
CowsLean 85-90%89540.51/cwt33.00–43.003635
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26756.20/cwt51.00–68.0071217
SteersSmall 1-2372116.59/cwt115.00–120.004343
HeifersMedium and Large 2330114.69/cwt114.00–115.003783
HeifersSmall 1-2330106.02/cwt105.00–107.003502
SteersMedium and Large 2406133.00/cwt133.00–133.005404
BullsMedium and Large 353391.51/cwt91.00–92.004882
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3768454.93/cwt425.00–500.003,4946
SteersSmall 1-2315117.42/cwt115.00–120.003702
BullsMedium and Large 366586.48/cwt85.00–88.005752
SteersSmall 1-2260119.97/cwt115.00–125.003123
BullsMedium and Large 357388.08/cwt86.00–94.005054
BullsMedium and Large 346393.00/cwt90.00–95.004315
SteersMedium and Large 2505119.32/cwt118.00–120.006033
BullsMedium and Large 1-2553132.01/cwt130.00–134.007302
HeifersMedium and Large 265298.00/cwt98.00–98.006392
HeifersMedium and Large 2461108.17/cwt105.00–109.004995
SteersMedium and Large 2371130.75/cwt130.00–131.004858
HeifersMedium and Large 2436108.67/cwt105.00–115.004744
BullsMedium and Large 2478124.00/cwt124.00–124.005933
BullsMedium and Large 2518114.86/cwt110.00–120.005953
BullsMedium and Large 376390.02/cwt89.00–91.006872
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,24077.00/cwt77.00–77.009551
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1581,035.91/cwt800.00–1,225.0011,9962
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586126.00/cwt126.00–126.007383
BullsMedium and Large 2567109.90/cwt105.00–115.006233
HeifersMedium and Large 2530103.99/cwt103.00–105.005514
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14740.38/cwt38.00–43.004633
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42653.08/cwt51.00–56.007576

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.