Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2022-06-15

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Jun 15
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
118 head
208 vs last sale 326 71 vs year ago 189 · 37.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
1 vs last sale 81 23 vs year ago 57 · +40.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
30 vs last sale 0 21 vs year ago 9 · +233.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There were too few comparable sales to establish feeder cattle trends. Slaughter cows were steady. Slaughter bulls were too few to trend. There were light offerings of mostly plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.63/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$129.63
23 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$653
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$498
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$21.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.34
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2643139.4089610thin
Medium and Large 2602131.677923thin
Medium and Large 3325125.004062thin
Small 1-2338117.823988thin
One grade step is worth $21.58/cwt here — about $498 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 sale23 hd
129.63
SC average5 barns · 492 hd
137.98
−8.34
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
BullsLow1,41077.701,0963thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,33488.721,18430
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12975.6585430
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65875.241,2474thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)910$4301thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,07165.03/cwt61.00–70.006967
CowsLean 85-90%1,14678.88/cwt71.00–85.0090423
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65875.24/cwt74.00–76.001,2474
Bulls1,03571.55/cwt71.00–72.007412
Bulls2,16090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,9441
CowsBoner 80-85%1,75073.00/cwt73.00–73.001,2781
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32798.37/cwt92.50–106.001,3059
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31785.16/cwt76.00–90.001,12220
BullsSmall 1-2420130.48/cwt130.00–131.005482
BullsMedium and Large 3Value Added565116.00/cwt116.00–116.006554
BullsMedium and Large 3Value Added544119.00/cwt119.00–119.006475
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2457132.00/cwt132.00–132.006034
BullsMedium and Large 2615102.50/cwt102.50–102.506301
BullsSmall 1-2458111.52/cwt95.00–127.505112
SteersSmall 1-2371115.01/cwt110.00–123.004275
HeifersMedium and Large 3295110.00/cwt110.00–110.003251
HeifersSmall 1-2440120.00/cwt120.00–120.005281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added547149.00/cwt149.00–149.008152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added667137.00/cwt137.00–137.009148
Dairy HeifersLarge 352530.00/cwt30.00–30.001581
SteersSmall 1-2283122.50/cwt122.50–122.503473
HeifersSmall 1-2325115.00/cwt115.00–115.003741
SteersMedium and Large 3325125.00/cwt125.00–125.004062
SteersMedium and Large 2665110.00/cwt110.00–110.007321
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added570142.50/cwt142.50–142.508122
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added563119.00/cwt119.00–119.006703
HeifersMedium and Large 381070.00/cwt70.00–70.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 3392121.00/cwt121.00–121.004743
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added634128.65/cwt120.00–132.008167
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added522152.00/cwt152.00–152.007934
BullsMedium and Large 2450132.00/cwt132.00–132.005941
HeifersMedium and Large 3510100.00/cwt100.00–100.005101
HeifersSmall 1-249080.00/cwt80.00–80.003921
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3910430.00/head430.00–430.004301
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,16593.26/cwt80.00–104.001,08616

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.