Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2022-11-16

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Nov 16
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
208 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 125▼ 12 vs year ago 220 · −5.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 50▲ 18 vs year ago 60 · +30.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 15▼ 19 vs year ago 21 · −90.5%
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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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.09/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$139.09
59 head · 350 lb average
Value per head Derived
$486
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$35.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.86
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2391152.2859525
Medium and Large 1-2632140.008852thin
Small 1-2276133.9636922
Medium and Large 3354117.2041510thin
One grade step is worth $35.08/cwt here — about $180 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 sale59 hd
139.09
—
SC average5 barns · 412 hd
149.95
−10.86
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—Average1,45681.881,1925thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28266.6385437
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60065.971,0562thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low86555.2047826

Every lot, as filed

52 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 2—488132.46/cwt130.00–135.006462
BullsMedium and Large 3—545100.00/cwt100.00–100.005451
BullsSmall 1-2—473117.59/cwt115.00–120.005562
BullsMedium and Large 2—603118.98/cwt115.00–120.007175
BullsMedium and Large 3—478102.46/cwt100.00–110.004904
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—706119.00/cwt119.00–119.008404
HeifersMedium and Large 2—382118.48/cwt115.00–125.004535
HeifersMedium and Large 2—550117.50/cwt117.50–117.506463
HeifersMedium and Large 3—380106.00/cwt106.00–106.004031
HeifersMedium and Large 3—340100.00/cwt100.00–100.003401
BullsMedium and Large 3—445110.00/cwt110.00–110.004901
HeifersMedium and Large 3—585105.00/cwt105.00–105.006141
HeifersMedium and Large 3—460100.00/cwt100.00–100.004601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—352131.00/cwt131.00–131.004617
HeifersMedium and Large 3—408101.72/cwt100.00–105.004153
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328124.12/cwt120.00–127.504076
HeifersMedium and Large 2—492121.00/cwt121.00–121.005953
SteersSmall 1-2—278133.29/cwt130.00–135.003713
HeifersMedium and Large 2—269119.37/cwt115.00–125.003218
HeifersSmall 1-2—388110.00/cwt110.00–110.004272
HeifersMedium and Large 2—413119.35/cwt115.00–121.004937
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—340135.00/cwt135.00–135.004591
HeifersMedium and Large 2—215120.00/cwt120.00–120.002581
SteersSmall 1-2—420120.00/cwt120.00–120.005041
SteersMedium and Large 3—328119.90/cwt117.50–122.503934
SteersMedium and Large 3—405109.94/cwt105.00–115.004452
SteersMedium and Large 3—285115.00/cwt115.00–115.003281
SteersMedium and Large 2—480145.00/cwt145.00–145.006963
SteersMedium and Large 2—426148.29/cwt147.50–150.006323
SteersMedium and Large 2—377153.91/cwt145.00–157.5058017
SteersSmall 1-2—318132.44/cwt130.00–135.004212
SteersMedium and Large 2—320155.31/cwt150.00–160.004972
SteersSmall 1-2—225136.00/cwt136.00–136.0030612
SteersSmall 1-2—368132.59/cwt125.00–135.004884
SteersMedium and Large 3—377119.18/cwt115.00–122.504493
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—632140.00/cwt140.00–140.008852
BullsMedium and Large 2—555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006661
BullsMedium and Large 2—715105.00/cwt105.00–105.007511
BullsMedium and Large 2—400135.00/cwt135.00–135.005401
BullsSmall 1-2—600100.00/cwt100.00–100.006001
BullsSmall 1-2—438117.54/cwt115.00–120.005152
BullsMedium and Large 2—531129.60/cwt127.50–135.006887
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30669.48/cwt65.00–79.0090730
CowsLean 85-90%—84150.82/cwt45.00–58.0042718
CowsLean 85-90%—92065.07/cwt60.00–68.005998
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,60065.97/cwt64.00–68.001,0562
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18154.44/cwt45.00–61.006437
Bulls——1,61588.63/cwt80.00–94.001,4313
Bulls——1,21871.75/cwt70.00–74.008742
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,02587.50/cwt87.50–87.508971
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—81077.50/cwt77.50–77.506281
BullsMedium and Large 2—660112.50/cwt112.50–112.507431

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.