Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2022-11-09

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Nov 9
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
125 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 115▲ 0 vs year ago 125 · +0.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 47▲ 0 vs year ago 50 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 21▲ 0 vs year ago 15 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.72/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$141.72
57 head · 601 lb average
Value per head Derived
$852
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$505
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$31.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.88
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2626144.8390650
Medium and Large 2545137.007471thin
Small 1-2510122.506252thin
Medium and Large 3353113.754014thin
One grade step is worth $31.08/cwt here — about $505 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 sale57 hd
141.72
—
SC average5 barns · 477 hd
152.60
−10.88
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—Low1,57280.961,2737thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06165.386949thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,82062.001,1281thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10059.5565518

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)1,180$1,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)805$6501thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
BullsMedium and Large 3—440112.50/cwt112.50–112.504951
BullsMedium and Large 2—545122.50/cwt122.50–122.506681
BullsSmall 1-2—585122.51/cwt122.51–122.517171
SteersMedium and Large 3—500117.50/cwt117.50–117.505881
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325127.50/cwt127.50–127.504141
HeifersMedium and Large 3—310110.00/cwt110.00–110.003411
HeifersMedium and Large 3—250100.00/cwt100.00–100.002501
HeifersSmall 1-2—485115.00/cwt115.00–115.005581
HeifersSmall 1-2—395125.00/cwt125.00–125.004941
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—975124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,20913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—415131.00/cwt131.00–131.005441
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525122.50/cwt122.50–122.506432
HeifersMedium and Large 3—535102.50/cwt102.50–102.505481
HeifersMedium and Large 2—479127.51/cwt121.00–129.0061111
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005171
SteersMedium and Large 3—330113.75/cwt110.00–117.503752
SteersMedium and Large 3—250110.00/cwt110.00–110.002751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—554148.00/cwt148.00–148.008206
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—417161.69/cwt160.00–164.006745
HeifersSmall 1-2—448125.00/cwt125.00–125.005604
HeifersMedium and Large 2—590120.00/cwt120.00–120.007081
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—430101.00/cwt101.00–101.004341
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—478152.00/cwt152.00–152.0072712
SteersMedium and Large 2—545137.00/cwt137.00–137.007471
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—533150.63/cwt150.00–151.0080314
SteersSmall 1-2—695125.00/cwt125.00–125.008691
SteersSmall 1-2—325120.00/cwt120.00–120.003901
HeifersSmall 1-2—325120.00/cwt120.00–120.003901
BullsMedium and Large 2—645123.00/cwt123.00–123.007932
BullsMedium and Large 2—475132.50/cwt132.50–132.506291
BullsSmall 1-2—485123.74/cwt122.50–125.006002
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—485149.00/cwt149.00–149.007231
BullsSmall 1-2—707105.50/cwt105.50–105.507463
CowsLean 85-90%—1,18863.98/cwt60.00–70.0076013
CowsLean 85-90%—87048.04/cwt43.00–55.004185
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,82062.00/cwt62.00–62.001,1281
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02069.41/cwt65.00–76.007085
Bulls——1,45175.30/cwt63.00–83.001,0934
Bulls——1,73388.50/cwt85.00–91.001,5343
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11360.34/cwt55.00–63.006724
Stock CowsMedium 2—1,21068.41/cwt65.00–71.008282
Stock CowsMedium 3—87052.00/cwt52.00–52.004521
Stock CowsMedium 3—1,14065.00/cwt65.00–65.007411
Stock CowsSmall 3—1,00564.53/cwt55.00–75.006496
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2—1,1801,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Stock CowsSmall 2—71080.00/cwt80.00–80.005681
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—805650.00/head650.00–650.006501
BullsSmall 3—96068.00/cwt68.00–68.006531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—533130.00/cwt130.00–130.0069313
HeifersMedium and Large 3—605102.00/cwt102.00–102.006171

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.