Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2022-06-29

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Jun 29
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
314 head
▲ 242 vs last sale 72▲ 207 vs year ago 107 · +193.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 76 vs last sale 114▼ 36 vs year ago 74 · −48.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 14▼ 20 vs year ago 26 · −76.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* There will be no report issued next week due to sale being closed for holiday.* No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales . Average offering 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 $129.48/cwt on 125 head.
Average price
$129.48
125 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$662
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$331
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$39.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.13
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2578142.2782352
Medium and Large 2463123.3857160
Small 1-2449111.024996thin
Medium and Large 3479102.644917thin
One grade step is worth $39.63/cwt here — about $331 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 sale125 hd
129.48
—
SC average5 barns · 643 hd
130.62
−1.13
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
Bulls—Average1,360102.001,3871thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20081.5097818
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,27379.911,0173thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low93669.266497thin

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 PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)965$1,3001thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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
HeifersSmall 1-2—490110.51/cwt110.00–111.005412
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530102.57/cwt100.00–105.005442
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—600154.50/cwt154.50–154.5092720
HeifersMedium and Large 2—630115.00/cwt115.00–115.007251
HeifersMedium and Large 2—596127.51/cwt125.00–128.007606
SteersMedium and Large 3—388117.48/cwt115.00–120.004562
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—708128.00/cwt128.00–128.009066
HeifersMedium and Large 2—310122.50/cwt122.50–122.503801
HeifersMedium and Large 2—472116.63/cwt115.00–120.005503
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373123.37/cwt120.00–131.0046014
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524124.01/cwt119.00–125.006506
SteersMedium and Large 2—626144.00/cwt144.00–144.009016
SteersMedium and Large 2—366142.57/cwt140.00–148.005224
HeifersMedium and Large 2—685119.62/cwt119.00–120.008198
HeifersMedium and Large 2—258127.71/cwt120.00–130.003297
SteersMedium and Large 3—270112.55/cwt110.00–115.003042
SteersMedium and Large 3—228112.53/cwt110.00–115.002572
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—630162.72/cwt160.00–164.501,0255
SteersSmall 1-2—367127.51/cwt125.00–135.004685
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—772121.00/cwt121.00–121.009342
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—572136.38/cwt134.00–140.0078013
SteersSmall 1-2—735115.00/cwt115.00–115.008451
SteersMedium and Large 2—410130.00/cwt130.00–130.005333
SteersSmall 1-2—277132.57/cwt130.00–135.003675
SteersMedium and Large 2—345145.00/cwt145.00–145.005001
SteersSmall 1-2—538123.02/cwt120.00–124.006624
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—650167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,08660
SteersSmall 1-2—335130.70/cwt125.00–135.0043812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—568167.00/cwt167.00–167.009494
SteersSmall 1-2—475125.00/cwt125.00–125.005941
BullsMedium and Large 2—518120.00/cwt120.00–120.006223
BullsMedium and Large 2—432132.52/cwt130.00–145.0057215
HeifersSmall 1-2—520110.51/cwt110.00–111.005752
HeifersSmall 1-2—338112.04/cwt110.00–114.003792
HeifersMedium and Large 3—480102.61/cwt100.00–105.004933
HeifersMedium and Large 2—700112.50/cwt112.50–112.507881
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425102.75/cwt102.50–103.004372
BullsMedium and Large 2—483127.51/cwt125.00–130.006162
BullsMedium and Large 2—575122.50/cwt122.50–122.507041
HeifersMedium and Large 2—422124.26/cwt123.00–130.0052413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—440138.66/cwt135.00–141.0061011
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—9651,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred CowsSmall 3—78570.00/cwt70.00–70.005501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2—91698.72/cwt84.00–103.009044
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21484.97/cwt78.00–93.001,03214
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,27379.91/cwt78.00–83.001,0173
Bulls——1,360102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,3871
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15169.37/cwt65.00–72.007984
CowsLean 85-90%—91763.35/cwt55.00–69.005815
CowsLean 85-90%—98584.05/cwt79.00–89.008282
BullsSmall 1-2—438118.05/cwt115.00–121.005172
BullsSmall 1-2—490110.00/cwt110.00–110.005391
BullsSmall 1-2—673101.03/cwt100.00–102.006802
BullsMedium and Large 2—610126.00/cwt126.00–126.007696

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.