Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2022-11-02

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Nov 2
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
115 head
▼ 198 vs last sale 313▼ 141 vs year ago 256 · −55.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 63▼ 7 vs year ago 54 · −13.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 12▲ 8 vs year ago 13 · +61.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light 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 $130.58/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$130.58
36 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$626
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$21.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.55
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2492133.9065924
Medium and Large 2497126.556298thin
Small 1-2230125.002882thin
Medium and Large 3508112.505712thin
One grade step is worth $21.40/cwt here — about $88 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 sale36 hd
130.58
—
SC average5 barns · 1,092 hd
127.03
+3.55
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—Low1,59777.811,2438thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27563.3380817
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12258.1765310

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)1,403$1,0132thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Stock CowsMedium 2—1,06968.60/cwt61.00–73.007337
Bred CowsMedium 2—93570.00/cwt70.00–70.006551
BullsMedium 2—85376.52/cwt68.00–87.506532
HeifersSmall 1-2—250120.00/cwt120.00–120.003001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—435134.40/cwt134.00–135.005855
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—350140.00/cwt140.00–140.004901
HeifersMedium and Large 2—557124.01/cwt120.00–125.006915
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—580132.50/cwt132.50–132.507691
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—561136.00/cwt136.00–136.007635
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360132.50/cwt132.50–132.504771
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415129.94/cwt127.50–132.505392
HeifersMedium and Large 3—520110.00/cwt110.00–110.005721
HeifersMedium and Large 3—495115.00/cwt115.00–115.005691
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—533131.46/cwt130.00–133.007016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—505165.00/cwt165.00–165.008331
SteersMedium and Large 2—610130.00/cwt130.00–130.007935
SteersMedium and Large 3—230115.00/cwt115.00–115.002651
SteersSmall 1-2—290135.00/cwt135.00–135.003921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—469133.26/cwt131.00–135.006257
HeifersSmall 1-2—210130.00/cwt130.00–130.002731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—373156.61/cwt155.00–160.005843
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—639143.64/cwt142.50–144.009184
SteersSmall 1-2—515130.00/cwt130.00–130.006701
SteersSmall 1-2—360130.00/cwt130.00–130.004681
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—405175.00/cwt175.00–175.007092
SteersMedium and Large 2—264145.16/cwt135.00–150.003833
SteersMedium and Large 2—318141.88/cwt137.50–150.004513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—341170.00/cwt170.00–170.005803
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—465170.29/cwt167.50–171.007925
BullsMedium and Large 3—500110.00/cwt110.00–110.005501
BullsMedium and Large 3—645107.50/cwt107.50–107.506931
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—435137.50/cwt137.50–137.505981
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—523133.83/cwt130.00–138.007002
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—450155.00/cwt155.00–155.006981
BullsSmall 1-2—476122.00/cwt122.00–122.005813
CowsLean 85-90%—97453.42/cwt40.00–60.005206
CowsLean 85-90%—1,34565.30/cwt63.00–68.008784
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,38067.99/cwt62.00–79.009389
Bulls——1,47369.73/cwt61.00–80.001,0274
Bulls——1,72185.88/cwt83.00–90.001,4784
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15758.09/cwt51.00–63.006728
Stock CowsMedium 1-2—78097.50/cwt97.50–97.507611
Stock CowsMedium 2—70884.76/cwt82.50–87.506002
Stock CowsMedium 1-2—1,29369.10/cwt68.00–70.008932
Stock CowsMedium 2—96073.00/cwt73.00–73.007011
Stock CowsSmall 1-2—67047.50/cwt47.50–47.503181
Bred HeifersMedium 2—76072.50/cwt72.50–72.505511
Bred CowsMedium 2—1,21562.00/cwt62.00–62.007531
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2—1,4001,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2—1,4051,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001

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.