Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2023-11-29

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Nov 29
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
125 head
0 vs last sale 125 44 vs year ago 169 · 26.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
45 vs last sale 101 17 vs year ago 73 · 23.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
4 vs last sale 7 9 vs year ago 12 · 75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week due to sale being closed for holiday last week. Average offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $199.12/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$199.12
34 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$957
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$40.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.97
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1448221.509938thin
Medium and Large 2488198.4496817thin
Medium and Large 3497180.528969thin
One grade step is worth $40.98/cwt here — about $97 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 sale34 hd
199.12
SC average5 barns · 481 hd
192.15
+6.97
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
BullsLow1,13086.049722thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28288.191,13135
CowsLean 85-90%Average91577.057057thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Bulls1,13086.04/cwt85.00–87.009722
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,02595.00/cwt95.00–95.009741
Bred CowsSmall 164080.00/cwt80.00–80.005121
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1985121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1921
HeifersMedium and Large 3617172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,0642
HeifersMedium and Large 3280185.00/cwt185.00–185.005181
SteersMedium and Large 2573215.67/cwt213.00–217.001,2363
BullsMedium and Large 2400212.50/cwt212.50–212.508501
BullsMedium and Large 1525223.51/cwt222.50–225.001,1735
BullsMedium and Large 2385230.00/cwt230.00–230.008861
HeifersMedium and Large 2520195.58/cwt190.00–199.001,0178
HeifersMedium and Large 2303217.50/cwt217.50–217.506593
HeifersMedium and Large 2463202.43/cwt200.00–205.009372
SteersMedium and Large 1517231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,1948
HeifersMedium and Large 1456221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,0087
HeifersMedium and Large 3423181.63/cwt180.00–185.007683
SteersMedium and Large 2325220.00/cwt220.00–220.007151
SteersMedium and Large 1426243.06/cwt242.00–247.501,03510
SteersMedium and Large 2425220.00/cwt220.00–220.009351
SteersMedium and Large 3430190.00/cwt190.00–190.008171
HeifersMedium and Large 1395225.00/cwt225.00–225.008891
HeifersMedium and Large 3562183.26/cwt180.00–185.001,0303
SteersMedium and Large 3610171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0431
SteersMedium and Large 1485235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1401
HeifersMedium and Large 2574187.88/cwt187.50–188.001,0784
BullsMedium and Large 1407237.50/cwt237.50–237.509673
BullsMedium and Large 2319214.94/cwt210.00–220.006864
BullsMedium and Large 3580182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,0591
BullsMedium and Large 1365259.28/cwt250.00–262.509464
BullsMedium and Large 1468231.67/cwt230.00–232.501,0843
CowsLean 85-90%96089.00/cwt89.00–89.008541
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10479.23/cwt73.00–83.008757
CowsLean 85-90%90875.06/cwt68.00–80.006826
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32790.43/cwt87.00–102.001,20028

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.