Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2024-01-10

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Jan 10
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
64 head
38 vs last sale 26 260 vs year ago 324 · 80.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
17 vs last sale 52 54 vs year ago 89 · 60.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 4 11 vs year ago 13 · 84.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons this week due to no sale last week. Light receipts due to heavy rains and severe weather in the trading area. There were very light offerings of mostly average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $243.00/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$243.00
20 head · 369 lb average
Value per head Derived
$897
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$286
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+29.09
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1301252.5076011thin
Medium and Large 2452231.401,0469thin
One grade step is worth $21.10/cwt here — about −$286 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 sale20 hd
243.00
SC average5 barns · 330 hd
213.91
+29.09
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
BullsLow1,119109.711,2274thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,24485.461,06324

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)998$1,5002thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls1,14398.61/cwt90.00–110.001,1273
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0501,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19451,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
HeifersMedium and Large 1505200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0102
HeifersMedium and Large 1435212.50/cwt212.50–212.509241
SteersMedium and Large 2615195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1991
HeifersMedium and Large 3710173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,2281
BullsMedium and Large 2620192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,1941
BullsMedium and Large 1301252.50/cwt252.50–252.5076011
SteersMedium and Large 3245200.00/cwt200.00–200.004901
SteersMedium and Large 3712142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0113
Dairy SteersLarge 3493148.00/cwt148.00–148.007305
HeifersMedium and Large 3230200.00/cwt200.00–200.004601
HeifersMedium and Large 1323214.57/cwt212.50–215.006936
HeifersMedium and Large 1389217.50/cwt217.50–217.508465
Dairy SteersLarge 3420117.50/cwt117.50–117.504941
SteersMedium and Large 3395181.00/cwt181.00–181.007151
SteersMedium and Large 2360236.00/cwt236.00–236.008501
SteersMedium and Large 2580211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,2241
SteersMedium and Large 1440252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,1111
SteersMedium and Large 2450235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0581
HeifersMedium and Large 2480187.50/cwt187.50–187.509001
HeifersMedium and Large 3365192.47/cwt190.00–195.007032
BullsMedium and Large 2398237.50/cwt237.50–237.509454
BullsMedium and Large 2438237.54/cwt235.00–240.001,0402
BullsMedium and Large 2500230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1501
BullsMedium and Large 2480235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1281
Bulls1,045143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,4941
CowsLean 85-90%1,17581.28/cwt71.00–87.0095512
CowsLean 85-90%1,31389.63/cwt88.00–92.001,17712

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.