Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2021-11-03

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Nov 3
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
256 head
14 vs last sale 270 11 vs year ago 267 · 4.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
35 vs last sale 89 29 vs year ago 25 · +116.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
2 vs last sale 11 11 vs year ago 2 · +550.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales . 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 $141.95/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$141.95
73 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$694
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$503
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$47.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.78
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2515155.1879844
Medium and Large 2458126.0357820
Small 1-2478114.145457thin
Medium and Large 3275107.592962thin
One grade step is worth $47.59/cwt here — about $503 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 sale73 hd
141.95
SC average5 barns · 463 hd
136.18
+5.78
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20352.9963724
CowsLean 85-90%Average85550.9843618
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,55346.547232thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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 21,3901,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0018,0701
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2790525.00/cwt525.00–525.004,1481
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2838550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,6092
Bred CowsSmall 1-292082.00/cwt82.00–82.007541
Bred CowsSmall 298574.00/cwt74.00–74.007291
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,09585.80/cwt85.00–87.509403
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,01050.00/cwt50.00–50.005051
Bred CowsSmall 281571.00/cwt71.00–71.005791
Bred CowsSmall 279568.00/cwt68.00–68.005411
Stock CowsSmall 283566.00/cwt66.00–66.005511
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55346.54/cwt46.00–47.007232
CowsLean 85-90%80555.56/cwt53.00–60.0044710
CowsLean 85-90%91845.26/cwt41.00–48.004158
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22056.60/cwt54.00–63.0069115
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17446.97/cwt44.00–50.005519
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added580126.00/cwt126.00–126.007313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added632127.50/cwt127.50–127.508066
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added530154.00/cwt154.00–154.008163
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added484158.00/cwt158.00–158.0076527
HeifersMedium and Large 347393.96/cwt93.00–95.004442
HeifersMedium and Large 2365119.97/cwt115.00–125.004388
HeifersMedium and Large 2655107.50/cwt107.50–107.507041
HeifersMedium and Large 2461114.18/cwt110.00–120.005269
SteersMedium and Large 2569118.00/cwt118.00–118.006717
SteersMedium and Large 2385133.00/cwt133.00–133.005125
HeifersMedium and Large 2528118.65/cwt117.50–119.006267
HeifersMedium and Large 342395.05/cwt94.00–96.004022
SteersSmall 1-2560111.89/cwt110.00–112.506274
SteersMedium and Large 3275107.59/cwt105.00–110.002962
SteersMedium and Large 2308130.00/cwt130.00–130.004004
SteersSmall 1-2368117.15/cwt111.00–120.004313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added570150.00/cwt150.00–150.0085514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520121.48/cwt121.00–122.006322
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 331986.08/cwt80.00–93.0027530
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 336890.00/cwt90.00–90.0033130
SteersMedium and Large 2523121.02/cwt120.00–122.006332
SteersMedium and Large 2490133.74/cwt132.50–135.006552
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615118.00/cwt118.00–118.007261
BullsMedium and Large 2568110.65/cwt110.00–112.006283
BullsMedium and Large 2455117.47/cwt115.00–120.005342
BullsMedium and Large 341795.00/cwt95.00–95.003962
BullsMedium and Large 347291.30/cwt90.00–93.004313
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420135.00/cwt135.00–135.005671

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.