Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2022-03-16

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Mar 16
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
67 head
101 vs last sale 168 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
21 vs last sale 63 42 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
2 vs last sale 10 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.58/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$131.58
13 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$489
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$23.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.10
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2557138.297707thin
Medium and Large 2453125.505685thin
Small 1-2245115.002821thin
One grade step is worth $23.29/cwt here — about $489 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 sale13 hd
131.58
SC average5 barns · 359 hd
135.68
−4.10
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
BullsAverage1,44798.591,42714
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28273.5394220
CowsLean 85-90%Average84664.095425thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Stock CowsSmall 1-262897.25/cwt90.00–104.006112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,25095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,1881
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0171,338.16/cwt1,230.00–1,450.0013,6093
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0241,163.43/cwt1,050.00–1,300.0011,9144
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2775975.00/cwt975.00–975.007,5561
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0301,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0011,3301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510132.00/cwt132.00–132.006731
HeifersMedium and Large 2516124.38/cwt120.00–127.506424
HeifersSmall 1-2245115.00/cwt115.00–115.002821
SteersMedium and Large 2616131.73/cwt131.00–132.508114
BullsMedium and Large 2680115.00/cwt115.00–115.007821
SteersMedium and Large 3388107.45/cwt105.00–110.004172
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0001
SteersMedium and Large 2680123.00/cwt123.00–123.008361
SteersMedium and Large 3270122.45/cwt120.00–125.003312
SteersSmall 1-2320132.50/cwt132.50–132.504241
HeifersMedium and Large 2200130.00/cwt130.00–130.002601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380144.50/cwt144.00–145.005492
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy660139.00/cwt139.00–139.009173
BullsMedium and Large 367593.48/cwt92.00–95.006312
BullsMedium and Large 3620102.00/cwt102.00–102.006321
BullsMedium and Large 2610115.00/cwt115.00–115.007021
BullsMedium and Large 2705105.00/cwt105.00–105.007401
CowsLean 85-90%92570.00/cwt70.00–70.006481
CowsLean 85-90%82662.61/cwt60.00–65.005174
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34577.42/cwt73.00–86.001,04116
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02957.95/cwt51.00–65.005964
Bulls1,565103.68/cwt99.00–111.001,6236
Bulls1,35994.77/cwt90.00–97.001,2888

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.