Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, there were too few comparable sales to establish a trend. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were steady. There were moderate offerings of average to good quality cattle, and numerous value added groups sold with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.04/cwt on 106 head.

Average price

$143.04

106 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$248

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$21.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.19

vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	517	146.03	755	77
Medium and Large 2	446	136.49	608	25
Small 1-2	215	130.00	280	1thin
Medium and Large 3	405	125.00	506	3thin

One grade step is worth $21.03/cwt here — about $248 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 sale106 hd

143.04

—

SC average5 barns · 632 hd

140.85

+2.19

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,744	104.94	1,830	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,393	73.74	1,027	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,154	67.70	781	30

Every lot, as filed

59 lots · USDA AMS · Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	495	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	433	175.53/cwt	173.00–176.50	760	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	445	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	668	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	215	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	280	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	385	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	645	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	783	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	670	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	871	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	904	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	931	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	667	143.79/cwt	138.00–146.00	959	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	315	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	499	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	163.65/cwt	163.00–165.00	614	6
Steers	Small 1-2	—	320	140.23/cwt	135.00–145.00	449	2
Steers	Large 3	—	375	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	573	144.57/cwt	144.00–145.00	828	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	860	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	143.10/cwt	140.00–148.00	748	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	519	162.44/cwt	160.00–167.50	843	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	308	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	573	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	383	1
Steers	Large 3	—	905	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	724	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	637	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	854	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	555	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	905	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	800	1
Steers	Small 1-2Value Added	—	450	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	630	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	615	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	692	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	295	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	435	1
Steers	Small 3	—	615	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	449	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	645	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,013	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	520	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	754	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	358	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	644	11
Steers	Small 1-2Value Added	—	407	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	620	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	769	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	757	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	468	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	721	3
Bulls	Large 3	—	580	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	450	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	574	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	61.73/cwt	52.00–69.00	653	15
Bulls	—	—	1,744	104.94/cwt	95.00–118.00	1,830	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,249	73.66/cwt	70.00–78.00	920	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,528	71.97/cwt	70.00–74.00	1,100	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	75.50/cwt	75.00–76.00	950	2
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	735	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	895	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,029	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	352	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	507	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	555	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	555	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	392	139.16/cwt	135.00–142.50	546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	490	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	711	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	610	125.41/cwt	125.00–127.50	765	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	471	139.36/cwt	137.00–141.00	656	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	225	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	293	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	383	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	597	9

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.

South Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC

Wed Aug 31, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Columbia, SC (LS-CO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 222Last week 231Year ago 172

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 74Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 7Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	154.00	154.00
2	—	637	134.00	134.00
3	—	520	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	433	173.00–176.50	175.53
9	—	519	160.00–167.50	162.44
10	—	308	186.00	186.00
4	—	555	163.00	163.00
5	—	645	157.00	157.00
11	—	358	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	145.00	145.00
1	—	360	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,000	80.00	80.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	130.00	130.00
2	—	320	135.00–145.00	140.23
1	—	615	112.50	112.50
1	—	295	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	170.00	170.00
6	—	375	163.00–165.00	163.65
1	—	225	170.00	170.00
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	117.00	117.00
1	—	905	80.00	80.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	450	140.00	140.00
2	—	407	135.00	135.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	73.00	73.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	445	150.00	150.00
5	—	904	103.00	103.00
15	—	667	138.00–146.00	143.79
16	—	315	158.50	158.50
9	—	573	144.00–145.00	144.57
6	—	610	141.00	141.00
5	—	523	140.00–148.00	143.10
3	—	490	145.00	145.00
9	—	383	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	215	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	280	137.50	137.50
7	—	352	144.00	144.00
6	—	610	125.00–127.50	125.41
5	—	471	137.00–141.00	139.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	145.00	145.00
2	—	383	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	392	135.00–142.50	139.16
1	—	645	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	120.00	120.00
1	—	485	125.00	125.00
1	—	225	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	127.50	127.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	124.00	124.00
1	—	450	127.50	127.50
1	—	555	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	77.50	77.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,058	52.00–69.00	61.73
15	—	1,249	70.00–78.00	73.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,528	70.00–74.00	71.97
2	—	1,258	75.00–76.00	75.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,744	95.00–118.00	104.94

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	44.00	44.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	895	115.00	115.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle