Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2023-12-20

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Dec 20
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
26 head
254 vs last sale 280 197 vs year ago 223 · 88.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
15 vs last sale 67 40 vs year ago 92 · 43.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
6 vs last sale 10 14 vs year ago 18 · 77.8%
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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 $192.12/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$192.12
12 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$894
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$258
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$37.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.45
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478200.089576thin
Medium and Large 2463195.009024thin
Medium 1-2430162.506992thin
One grade step is worth $37.58/cwt here — about $258 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 sale12 hd
192.12
SC average5 barns · 222 hd
195.58
−3.45
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
BullsLow1,416101.401,4369thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36499.251,3544thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13187.8399412
CowsLean 85-90%Low79254.084288thin

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 PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)833$1,2552thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
BullsMedium and Large 2320240.00/cwt240.00–240.007681
BullsLarge 1-2515155.00/cwt155.00–155.007981
BullsMedium and Large 2385200.00/cwt200.00–200.007701
HeifersMedium and Large 1368213.24/cwt208.00–218.007852
HeifersMedium and Large 2408210.00/cwt210.00–210.008572
BullsMedium 1-2455150.00/cwt150.00–150.006831
HeifersMedium and Large 2495170.00/cwt170.00–170.008421
HeifersMedium 1-2315170.00/cwt170.00–170.005361
SteersMedium and Large 1400230.00/cwt230.00–230.009201
SteersMedium and Large 2755186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,4041
SteersMedium and Large 1Full615208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,2791
SteersMedium and Large 1395245.00/cwt245.00–245.009681
HeifersMedium and Large 1603188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,1343
HeifersMedium and Large 1325210.00/cwt210.00–210.006831
HeifersMedium and Large 2540190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0261
HeifersMedium 1-2545155.00/cwt155.00–155.008451
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2595950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0701,560.00/head1,560.00–1,560.001,5601
Bulls1,08075.08/cwt74.00–76.008112
Bulls1,415106.12/cwt100.00–112.001,5025
Bulls1,755115.92/cwt115.00–117.002,0342
CowsLean 85-90%86570.00/cwt70.00–70.006062
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22098.93/cwt98.00–100.001,2072
CowsLean 85-90%76848.77/cwt31.00–60.003756
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09091.54/cwt88.00–96.009986
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,370103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,4112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14976.71/cwt70.00–82.008814
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35895.50/cwt95.00–96.001,2972

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.