Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2022-03-23

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Mar 23
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
50 head
17 vs last sale 67 173 vs year ago 223 · 77.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
1 vs last sale 42 13 vs year ago 56 · 23.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
29 vs last sale 12 37 vs year ago 4 · +925.0%
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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 with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.00/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$121.00
13 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$513
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$45.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.57
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2381145.005533thin
Medium and Large 2423119.855077thin
Medium and Large 347099.674683thin
One grade step is worth $45.33/cwt here — about $84 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
121.00
SC average5 barns · 465 hd
135.57
−14.57
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
BullsAverage1,465107.451,5746thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29482.061,06223
CowsLean 85-90%Average85668.355858thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 2505138.00/cwt138.00–138.006971
BullsMedium and Large 364597.50/cwt97.50–97.506291
HeifersMedium and Large 3485100.00/cwt100.00–100.004851
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420140.00/cwt140.00–140.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 2513113.48/cwt112.00–115.005822
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2362147.50/cwt147.50–147.505342
SteersMedium and Large 2275140.00/cwt140.00–140.003851
HeifersMedium and Large 362594.00/cwt94.00–94.005881
SteersMedium and Large 2685112.00/cwt112.00–112.007671
HeifersMedium and Large 3300105.00/cwt105.00–105.003151
HeifersMedium and Large 2455121.00/cwt121.00–121.005512
HeifersMedium and Large 2405115.00/cwt115.00–115.004661
SteersMedium and Large 2225140.00/cwt140.00–140.003151
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385170.00/cwt170.00–170.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 2340135.00/cwt135.00–135.004591
HeifersMedium and Large 2280120.00/cwt120.00–120.003361
SteersMedium and Large 2745112.50/cwt112.50–112.508381
BullsMedium and Large 2730102.50/cwt102.50–102.507481
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425160.00/cwt160.00–160.006803
BullsMedium and Large 2650105.00/cwt105.00–105.006831
BullsMedium and Large 2420140.00/cwt140.00–140.005881
BullsMedium and Large 2579117.49/cwt117.00–118.006802
BullsMedium and Large 2465140.00/cwt140.00–140.006511
Bred CowsSmall 272080.00/cwt80.00–80.005761
Stock CowsMedium and Large 286495.23/cwt84.00–112.0082335
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2643525.49/cwt500.00–550.003,3792
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,110950.00/cwt950.00–950.0010,5451
Stock CowsSmall 1-269591.17/cwt87.00–95.006342
Bulls1,465107.45/cwt100.00–118.001,5746
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34586.80/cwt80.00–93.001,16719
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05359.53/cwt50.00–68.006274
CowsLean 85-90%87381.17/cwt75.00–85.007093
CowsLean 85-90%84560.66/cwt56.00–65.005135

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.