Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2021-02-17

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Feb 17
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
11 head
194 vs last sale 205 265 vs year ago 276 · 96.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
30 vs last sale 46 34 vs year ago 42 · +81.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
2 vs last sale 6 4 vs year ago 8 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.00/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$130.00
2 head · 320 lb average
Value per head Derived
$416
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$15
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$40.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.72
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2265150.003981thin
Small 1-2375110.004131thin
One grade step is worth $40.00/cwt here — about −$15 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 sale2 hd
130.00
SC average5 barns · 58 hd
130.72
−0.72
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
BullsAverage1,99094.001,8711thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31955.6373431
CowsLean 85-90%Average81150.3040830

Every lot, as filed

13 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
CowsLean 85-90%80853.55/cwt50.00–59.0043323
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35157.85/cwt51.00–66.0078226
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3510375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9131
HeifersMedium and Large 340090.00/cwt90.00–90.003601
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 383066.50/cwt66.50–66.505521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2265150.00/cwt150.00–150.003981
HeifersMedium and Large 339095.00/cwt95.00–95.003711
Bulls1,99094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,8711
CowsLean 85-90%82139.62/cwt35.00–44.003257
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15444.11/cwt40.00–46.005095
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2610574.59/cwt550.00–600.003,5052
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2740625.00/cwt625.00–625.004,6251
SteersSmall 1-2375110.00/cwt110.00–110.004131

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.