Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week. Average offering of average to plain quality

cattle with active buyer participation. A light demand for cattle with

excessive hair

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $205.37/cwt on 48 head.

Average price

$205.37

48 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,055

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$35.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.75

vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	225.63	1,199	4thin
Medium and Large 2	510	214.01	1,091	25
Medium and Large 3	515	189.73	978	19thin

One grade step is worth $35.90/cwt here — about $222 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 sale48 hd

205.37

—

SC average5 barns · 456 hd

226.12

−20.75

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	—	Low	1,160	100.97	1,171	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,199	89.08	1,068	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	787	79.95	629	6thin

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	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	890	$1,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	890	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	680	103.60/cwt	90.00–115.00	704	2
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	880	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	946	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	192.54/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,026	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	206.35/cwt	200.00–215.00	790	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	202.59/cwt	200.00–205.00	746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	627	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,129	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	226.27/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,077	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	569	187.96/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,069	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	531	180.52/cwt	180.00–185.00	959	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	200	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	765	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,156	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,331	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	214.99/cwt	210.00–222.50	1,230	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	201.22/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,052	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	199.20/cwt	197.50–200.00	936	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	827	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	765	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,153	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	466	191.23/cwt	185.00–195.00	891	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	260	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	216.43/cwt	212.50–225.00	1,149	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	897	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	305	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,127	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	280	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	222.40/cwt	220.00–225.00	707	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	89.95/cwt	87.00–95.00	1,115	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	728	75.09/cwt	70.00–80.00	547	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	89.67/cwt	86.00–93.00	812	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	81.91/cwt	80.00–84.00	951	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,249	1
Bulls	—	—	1,160	100.97/cwt	94.00–110.00	1,171	2

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 4, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 173Last week 186Year ago 238

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 111Year ago 87

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 22Year ago 11

No comparisons made this week. Average offering of average to plain quality

cattle with active buyer participation. A light demand for cattle with

excessive hair

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	1,100.00	1,100.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	680	90.00–115.00	103.60
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	880	107.50	107.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	190.00–195.00	192.54
5	—	569	185.00–190.00	187.96
1	—	765	180.00	180.00
2	—	625	185.00	185.00
4	—	435	190.00	190.00
4	—	466	185.00–195.00	191.23
1	—	260	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	476	225.00–230.00	226.27
5	—	572	210.00–222.50	214.99
5	—	373	205.00	205.00
1	—	810	181.00	181.00
10	—	531	212.50–225.00	216.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	220.00	220.00
3	—	507	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	383	200.00–215.00	206.35
1	—	420	202.50	202.50
1	—	200	200.00	200.00
8	—	523	190.00–205.00	201.22
3	—	470	197.50–200.00	199.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	187.50	187.50
8	—	627	180.00	180.00
9	—	531	180.00–185.00	180.52
1	—	485	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	200.00–205.00	202.59
4	—	575	196.00	196.00
1	—	500	205.00	205.00
1	—	280	225.00	225.00
2	—	318	220.00–225.00	222.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	190.00	190.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,240	87.00–95.00	89.95
4	—	1,161	80.00–84.00	81.91
1	—	1,110	112.50	112.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	728	70.00–80.00	75.09
2	—	905	86.00–93.00	89.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,160	94.00–110.00	100.97

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle