Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2022-04-06

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Apr 6
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
36 head
197 vs last sale 233 194 vs year ago 230 · 84.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
33 vs last sale 70 37 vs year ago 74 · 50.0%
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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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.27/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$164.27
10 head · 402 lb average
Value per head Derived
$660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$238
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$22.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.74
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2430171.077367thin
Medium and Large 2335148.394983thin
One grade step is worth $22.68/cwt here — about $238 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 sale10 hd
164.27
SC average5 barns · 302 hd
156.53
+7.74
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
BullsLow2,16996.982,10310
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29081.781,05514
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69578.311,3273thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average85570.626043thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
SteersMedium and Large 2363152.59/cwt150.00–155.005542
SteersMedium and Large 2280140.00/cwt140.00–140.003921
SteersMedium and Large 1-2492162.50/cwt162.50–162.508004
Bulls1,96081.91/cwt81.00–84.001,6052
Bulls2,221100.75/cwt94.00–118.002,2388
BullsMedium and Large 2473136.43/cwt132.50–140.006452
BullsMedium and Large 2615127.50/cwt127.50–127.507841
BullsMedium and Large 2505127.50/cwt127.50–127.506441
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2715120.00/cwt120.00–120.008581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added332170.00/cwt170.00–170.005643
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2485148.62/cwt142.50–155.007212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2348182.50/cwt182.50–182.506353
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36186.06/cwt81.00–90.001,1719
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69578.31/cwt75.00–81.001,3273
CowsLean 85-90%93073.43/cwt72.00–75.006832
CowsLean 85-90%70565.00/cwt65.00–65.004581
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16174.07/cwt72.00–76.008605

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.