Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2023-12-06

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Dec 6
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
130 head
5 vs last sale 125 2 vs year ago 128 · +1.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
11 vs last sale 56 9 vs year ago 54 · 16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
3 vs last sale 3 5 vs year ago 11 · 45.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons this week due to limited comparable sales. There were light offerings of mostly 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 $176.44/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$176.44
45 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$947
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$114
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$19.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.44
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2438193.088466thin
Medium and Large 3552173.8896039
One grade step is worth $19.21/cwt here — about −$114 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
176.44
SC average5 barns · 454 hd
193.87
−17.44
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
BullsLow1,865102.001,9021thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30087.091,1325thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13481.7292723
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,51575.001,1361thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 280581.00/cwt81.00–81.006521
Stock CowsMedium and Large 384565.00/cwt65.00–65.005491
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2750108.00/cwt108.00–108.008101
HeifersMedium and Large 2500182.50/cwt182.50–182.509131
BullsMedium and Large 2507212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,0772
BullsMedium and Large 2232227.50/cwt227.50–227.505282
BullsMedium and Large 3480185.00/cwt185.00–185.008881
BullsMedium and Large 3280200.00/cwt200.00–200.005603
HeifersMedium and Large 3614166.23/cwt162.00–172.001,02117
HeifersMedium and Large 2315202.50/cwt202.50–202.506381
HeifersMedium and Large 3529180.00/cwt180.00–180.009525
SteersMedium and Large 3418192.63/cwt185.00–200.008052
SteersMedium and Large 3614191.58/cwt191.00–192.501,1768
HeifersMedium and Large 3725150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0881
HeifersMedium and Large 3429187.54/cwt185.00–190.008054
SteersMedium and Large 2530219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,1614
SteersMedium and Large 3540180.00/cwt180.00–180.009721
SteersMedium and Large 3478191.81/cwt190.00–195.009174
HeifersMedium and Large 3474181.12/cwt175.00–187.508599
HeifersMedium and Large 2475192.00/cwt192.00–192.009123
HeifersMedium and Large 2390197.50/cwt197.50–197.507701
SteersMedium and Large 1580250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4501
HeifersMedium and Large 3580175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0153
BullsMedium and Large 2468210.16/cwt208.00–212.509848
BullsMedium and Large 2410222.50/cwt222.50–222.509123
BullsMedium and Large 3335190.00/cwt190.00–190.006371
BullsMedium and Large 3530170.00/cwt170.00–170.009014
BullsMedium and Large 3362198.63/cwt182.50–207.507193
CowsLean 85-90%98373.40/cwt63.00–78.007229
CowsLean 85-90%1,23187.07/cwt82.00–97.501,07214
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1361
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16578.61/cwt75.00–82.009162
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39092.74/cwt92.00–94.001,2893
Bulls1,865102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,9021
Bred CowsMedium and Large 283590.00/cwt90.00–90.007521
Bred CowsMedium and Large 277891.73/cwt87.00–97.507142

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.