Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate 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 $123.78/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$123.78

43 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

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

$20.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.26

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	490	132.61	650	19thin
Medium and Large 2	611	118.18	722	16thin
Small 1-2	505	117.51	593	3thin
Medium and Large 3	369	111.90	413	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.71/cwt here — about $237 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 sale43 hd

123.78

—

SC average5 barns · 435 hd

124.04

−0.26

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	1,510	100.00	1,510	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,207	59.57	719	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,388	59.00	819	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,068	56.76	606	17

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,286	$1,206	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,087	$867	3thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1-2	—	705	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	973	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	144.66/cwt	142.00–147.50	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	357	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	118.49/cwt	118.00–121.00	732	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	350	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	495	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	506	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	712	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	819	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	388	110.83/cwt	105.00–115.00	430	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	240	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	129.54/cwt	124.00–134.00	723	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	140.86/cwt	140.00–142.50	599	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	400	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	460	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	529	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	401	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	565	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	510	116.27/cwt	115.00–117.50	593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	158.14/cwt	150.00–161.00	745	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	215	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	312	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	159.20/cwt	156.00–160.00	807	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	148.14/cwt	143.00–156.00	838	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	894	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	493	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	573	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	889	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	574	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	360	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	432	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	210	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	252	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	143.45/cwt	140.00–150.00	602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	760	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	912	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	700	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	605	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	756	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	430	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	516	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	506	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	1,234.86/head	1,200.00–1,270.00	1,235	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,338	1,167.24/head	1,075.00–1,250.00	1,167	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,205	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	880	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,070	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	875	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	438	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	1,470	62.15/cwt	53.00–69.00	914	4
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	1,195	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	621	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	775	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	465	1
Bulls	—	—	1,510	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,510	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	62.83/cwt	60.00–65.00	800	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,112	54.92/cwt	48.00–59.00	611	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,265	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	772	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	861	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	60.02/cwt	57.00–63.00	671	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	48.93/cwt	40.00–54.00	464	5

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 Oct 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 137Last week 211Year ago 137

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 75Year ago 78

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 9Year ago 15

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	138.00	138.00
1	—	440	150.00	150.00
5	—	471	150.00–161.00	158.14
5	—	507	156.00–160.00	159.20
5	—	566	143.00–156.00	148.14
1	—	650	135.00	135.00
3	—	335	171.00	171.00
1	—	635	140.00	140.00
1	—	370	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	135.00	135.00
1	—	740	125.00	125.00
2	—	470	142.00–147.50	144.66
1	—	215	145.00	145.00
1	—	650	137.50	137.50
1	—	365	135.00	135.00
3	—	420	140.00–150.00	143.45
1	—	555	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	115.00	115.00
1	—	325	100.00	100.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	120.00	120.00
2	—	210	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	140.00	140.00
1	—	215	135.00	135.00
13	—	558	124.00–134.00	129.54
1	—	385	137.50	137.50
3	—	401	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	618	118.00–121.00	118.49
1	—	280	125.00	125.00
1	—	395	125.00	125.00
1	—	405	125.00	125.00
7	—	712	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	120.00	120.00
2	—	510	115.00–117.50	116.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	388	105.00–115.00	110.83
1	—	240	115.00	115.00
1	—	440	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	140.00–142.50	140.86
1	—	500	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	115.00	115.00
1	—	570	112.50	112.50
1	—	460	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	131.00	131.00
1	—	760	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	125.00	125.00
1	—	430	120.00	120.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,275	1,200.00–1,270.00	1,234.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,338	1,075.00–1,250.00	1,167.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,310	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	875	50.00	50.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,470	53.00–69.00	62.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,195	52.00	52.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	100.00	100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,274	60.00–65.00	62.83
7	—	1,112	48.00–59.00	54.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	61.00	61.00
1	—	1,510	57.00	57.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,118	57.00–63.00	60.02
5	—	948	40.00–54.00	48.93

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle