Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2023-11-01

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Nov 1
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
54 head
78 vs last sale 132 61 vs year ago 115 · 53.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
22 vs last sale 60 35 vs year ago 47 · +74.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
6 vs last sale 15 12 vs year ago 21 · 57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week. Average 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 $188.89/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$188.89
9 head · 456 lb average
Value per head Derived
$862
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$6
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$22.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.86
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2425201.258554thin
Medium and Large 3481179.008615thin
One grade step is worth $22.25/cwt here — about −$6 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 sale9 hd
188.89
SC average4 barns · 133 hd
191.75
−2.86
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
BullsLow1,57896.201,5183thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23479.1297624
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,55377.431,2022thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low89576.586852thin

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)760$6002thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
CowsLean 85-90%89576.58/cwt72.00–81.006852
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55377.43/cwt76.00–79.001,2022
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23479.12/cwt71.00–85.0097624
Bulls1,57896.20/cwt92.00–104.001,5183
Stock CowsSmall 2645100.00/cwt100.00–100.006451
Bred CowsSmall 295795.82/cwt95.00–97.509173
Bred CowsSmall 2935112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,0521
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,06594.88/cwt90.00–100.001,0102
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3795400.00/head400.00–400.004001
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2725800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3320104.00/cwt104.00–104.003333
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3505125.00/cwt125.00–125.006311
SteersMedium and Large 2445206.00/cwt206.00–206.009171
SteersMedium and Large 3425175.00/cwt175.00–175.007441
HeifersMedium and Large 3462180.00/cwt180.00–180.008323
HeifersMedium and Large 3510177.50/cwt175.00–180.009052
HeifersMedium and Large 2365205.00/cwt205.00–205.007481
HeifersMedium and Large 2445200.00/cwt200.00–200.008903
BullsMedium and Large 3310192.50/cwt190.00–195.005972
BullsMedium and Large 3245200.00/cwt200.00–200.004902
BullsMedium and Large 2455225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0241
BullsMedium and Large 2400200.00/cwt200.00–200.008001

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.