Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2021-10-13

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Oct 13
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
212 head
▼ 152 vs last sale 364▲ 26 vs year ago 186 · +14.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 63▲ 5 vs year ago 56 · +8.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 22▼ 1 vs year ago 12 · −8.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week on all class of feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales.

Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were 4.00 lower. Average offering 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 $123.95/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$123.95
84 head · 415 lb average
Value per head Derived
$514
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$446
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$47.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.05
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2514147.0575622
Medium and Large 2430126.5854433
Small 1-2368116.484296thin
Medium and Large 3310100.0331023
One grade step is worth $47.02/cwt here — about $446 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 sale84 hd
123.95
—
SC average5 barns · 374 hd
129.00
−5.05
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—Low1,53273.001,11812
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60353.648602thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14348.8655928
CowsLean 85-90%Low88146.8741314

Every lot, as filed

48 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—400123.50/cwt123.50–123.504945
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—545120.00/cwt120.00–120.006544
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—560120.51/cwt120.00–121.006752
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330117.28/cwt114.00–120.003873
HeifersMedium and Large 2—638111.49/cwt111.00–112.007112
HeifersMedium and Large 3—56092.98/cwt91.00–95.005212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—460133.50/cwt133.50–133.5061410
BullsMedium and Large 3—46790.00/cwt90.00–90.004202
BullsMedium and Large 2—468119.81/cwt115.00–125.005612
BullsMedium and Large 3—52893.48/cwt92.50–95.004943
HeifersMedium and Large 2—363116.28/cwt114.00–120.004223
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2—775520.00/cwt520.00–520.004,0301
Stock CowsSmall 1-2—75964.29/cwt61.00–72.004887
Bred CowsSmall 3—98055.00/cwt55.00–55.005391
Bred CowsSmall 2—66358.99/cwt58.00–60.003912
Bulls——1,43470.51/cwt64.00–75.001,0118
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12545.60/cwt42.00–49.0051318
Bulls——1,72877.98/cwt77.00–79.001,3474
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17654.74/cwt51.00–57.0064410
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,60353.64/cwt52.00–55.008602
CowsLean 85-90%—91844.22/cwt40.00–48.0040610
CowsLean 85-90%—79053.48/cwt50.00–58.004224
HeifersMedium and Large 2—432118.42/cwt110.00–121.005129
HeifersMedium and Large 2—563114.49/cwt112.50–117.006453
HeifersMedium and Large 2—508113.76/cwt112.50–115.005782
HeifersSmall 1-2—578104.50/cwt104.00–105.006042
SteersMedium and Large 2—522118.07/cwt115.00–120.006165
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—539148.21/cwt145.50–151.0079917
HeifersMedium and Large 3—51091.51/cwt90.00–93.004672
SteersMedium and Large 3—237102.50/cwt102.50–102.502439
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—387128.00/cwt128.00–128.004955
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—491121.50/cwt121.50–121.505976
SteersMedium and Large 2—367129.36/cwt125.00–135.004759
SteersMedium and Large 3—43292.00/cwt92.00–92.003978
HeifersSmall 1-2—240110.98/cwt110.00–112.002662
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—431143.10/cwt140.00–145.006175
SteersMedium and Large 2—641123.00/cwt123.00–123.007884
SteersMedium and Large 2—703110.00/cwt110.00–110.007733
SteersMedium and Large 2—279135.10/cwt130.00–140.003777
SteersMedium and Large 3—258107.04/cwt105.00–107.502766
SteersMedium and Large 2—331130.97/cwt125.00–140.004345
SteersSmall 1-2—368116.48/cwt114.00–120.004296
BullsMedium and Large 3—67999.00/cwt99.00–99.006726
BullsMedium and Large 2—615102.56/cwt100.00–105.006312
BullsMedium and Large 3—62092.62/cwt90.00–95.005743
BullsMedium and Large 2—663102.45/cwt100.00–105.006792
BullsSmall 1-2—460103.75/cwt100.00–107.504772
BullsSmall 1-2—442104.00/cwt104.00–104.004602

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.