Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2023-10-18

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Oct 18
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
198 head
36 vs last sale 162 61 vs year ago 137 · +44.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
3 vs last sale 75 0 vs year ago 78 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
4 vs last sale 8 3 vs year ago 15 · 20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week on all classes of feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows were 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls too few to trend. There was an 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 $220.04/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$220.04
45 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,156
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$646
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.62
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1664229.211,52219thin
Medium and Large 2409224.5091816thin
Medium and Large 3449195.4887710thin
One grade step is worth $33.73/cwt here — about $646 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 sale45 hd
220.04
SC average5 barns · 269 hd
235.66
−15.62
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
BullsAverage1,253127.091,5922thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55887.051,3562thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25083.511,04444
CowsLean 85-90%Average86580.0669312

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)1,215$1,5382thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 CowsSmall 372378.44/cwt70.00–82.505673
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,00595.00/cwt95.00–95.009551
Bred CowsSmall 1985102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,0101
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2501,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
BullsMedium and Large 2570200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1401
HeifersMedium and Large 2517188.79/cwt187.50–190.009764
HeifersMedium and Large 2423198.20/cwt190.00–201.008384
BullsMedium and Large 3370192.53/cwt190.00–195.007122
BullsMedium and Large 2450203.00/cwt203.00–203.009143
BullsMedium and Large 2376207.00/cwt207.00–207.007783
SteersMedium and Large 1740225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,66511
HeifersMedium and Large 2324203.73/cwt200.00–210.006604
HeifersMedium and Large 2612182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,1173
HeifersMedium and Large 3630170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0711
HeifersMedium and Large 3558175.75/cwt175.00–176.009814
HeifersMedium and Large 3382185.89/cwt183.00–190.007108
SteersMedium and Large 3327204.92/cwt200.00–210.006703
HeifersMedium and Large 2458192.51/cwt190.00–195.008824
SteersMedium and Large 3390196.25/cwt190.00–202.507652
SteersMedium and Large 3533187.51/cwt185.00–190.009993
SteersMedium and Large 2670202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,3571
SteersMedium and Large 2473209.76/cwt205.00–215.009922
SteersMedium and Large 3563192.51/cwt190.00–195.001,0842
SteersMedium and Large 2368230.00/cwt230.00–230.0084612
SteersMedium and Large 2510210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0711
SteersMedium and Large 1560235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3168
BullsMedium and Large 3440193.35/cwt190.00–195.008513
BullsMedium and Large 3558180.04/cwt175.00–185.001,0053
BullsMedium and Large 2405202.52/cwt200.00–205.008203
BullsMedium and Large 2525200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0501
BullsMedium and Large 3475195.00/cwt195.00–195.009264
BullsMedium and Large 3312196.63/cwt190.00–200.006133
CowsLean 85-90%85987.25/cwt85.00–90.007495
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55887.05/cwt85.00–89.001,3562
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27778.06/cwt70.00–82.0099720
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22888.05/cwt85.00–92.001,08124
CowsLean 85-90%87074.92/cwt70.00–80.006527
Bulls1,253127.09/cwt124.00–131.001,5922
Bred CowsSmall 1868102.40/cwt97.50–108.008892
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1801,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,00595.00/cwt95.00–95.009551
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1928141.52/cwt137.50–145.001,3132

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.