Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2022-10-26

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Oct 26
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
313 head
▲ 176 vs last sale 137▲ 43 vs year ago 270 · +15.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 78▼ 26 vs year ago 89 · −29.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 15▲ 1 vs year ago 11 · +9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average offerings 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 $144.26/cwt on 116 head.
Average price
$144.26
116 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$858
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$486
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$44.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.49
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2638152.7097485
Medium and Large 2480122.5158828
Small 1-2450108.334883thin
One grade step is worth $44.36/cwt here — about $486 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 sale116 hd
144.26
—
SC average5 barns · 538 hd
130.77
+13.49
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—Low1,74480.611,4066thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59766.181,0575thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18965.1477433
CowsLean 85-90%Average89259.8353413

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
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)825$9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)812$6369

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—230185.00/cwt185.00–185.004261
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—505150.00/cwt150.00–150.007581
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—587146.00/cwt146.00–146.008575
BullsSmall 1-2—468122.54/cwt120.00–125.005733
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—433157.82/cwt157.00–161.006835
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—605119.00/cwt119.00–119.007201
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—580132.00/cwt132.00–132.007662
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—502135.00/cwt135.00–135.006782
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—475157.00/cwt157.00–157.007461
BullsMedium and Large 2—420141.22/cwt140.00–142.505932
BullsMedium and Large 2—655100.00/cwt100.00–100.006551
BullsSmall 1-2—536111.41/cwt110.00–115.005975
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—448137.50/cwt137.50–137.506168
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370123.73/cwt120.00–125.004584
HeifersMedium and Large 2—280130.00/cwt130.00–130.003641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—415180.00/cwt180.00–180.007471
HeifersSmall 1-2—340115.00/cwt115.00–115.003911
HeifersSmall 1-2—405110.00/cwt110.00–110.004461
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—475132.42/cwt131.00–135.006297
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—383137.45/cwt135.00–142.505263
HeifersMedium and Large 2—519123.36/cwt115.00–127.0064012
SteersMedium and Large 3—371126.55/cwt115.00–129.004706
SteersMedium and Large 2—365151.80/cwt150.00–155.005543
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335125.07/cwt120.00–130.004192
SteersMedium and Large 2—250160.00/cwt160.00–160.004001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—734133.00/cwt133.00–133.009766
SteersSmall 1-2—297135.00/cwt135.00–135.004013
SteersSmall 1-2—381136.52/cwt135.00–137.005204
SteersSmall 1-2—323136.80/cwt130.00–140.004423
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—695157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,09566
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—24577.50/cwt77.50–77.501901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—373163.77/cwt157.50–175.0061118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—459161.39/cwt160.00–164.0074115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—630145.00/cwt145.00–145.009141
SteersMedium and Large 2—430150.00/cwt150.00–150.006453
SteersMedium and Large 2—564138.73/cwt135.00–141.007828
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—30393.00/cwt93.00–93.002828
CowsLean 85-90%—97069.04/cwt65.00–73.006705
CowsLean 85-90%—84454.08/cwt47.00–60.004568
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,59766.18/cwt64.00–68.001,0575
Bulls——1,74480.61/cwt74.00–87.001,4066
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20968.14/cwt64.00–74.0082424
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13457.15/cwt52.00–61.006489
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,11573.00/cwt73.00–73.008141
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—79585.00/cwt85.00–85.006761
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3—635412.60/head400.00–425.004132
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—765631.59/head500.00–700.006323
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,000800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—915735.97/head650.00–800.007363
BullsMedium and Large 2—825900.00/head900.00–900.009001
HeifersSmall 1-2—605100.00/cwt100.00–100.006051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—265145.00/cwt145.00–145.003841
BullsMedium and Large 2—573124.12/cwt120.00–128.007112
BullsMedium and Large 2—480147.00/cwt147.00–147.007061
BullsSmall 1-2—680101.00/cwt101.00–101.006871
BullsMedium and Large 2—630110.00/cwt110.00–110.006931
HeifersMedium and Large 2—579119.18/cwt115.00–120.006906
HeifersMedium and Large 2—435119.90/cwt115.00–125.005223
BullsMedium and Large 2—513129.16/cwt125.00–130.006636

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.