Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2024-02-14

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Feb 14
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 160 vs last sale 191▼ 139 vs year ago 170 · −81.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 60▼ 20 vs year ago 50 · −40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 20▼ 34 vs year ago 40 · −85.0%
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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 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 $217.14/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$217.14
14 head · 416 lb average
Value per head Derived
$903
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$453
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$58.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.54
vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1425248.751,0574thin
Medium and Large 2475214.171,0176thin
Medium and Large 3318190.006044thin
One grade step is worth $58.75/cwt here — about $453 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 sale14 hd
217.14
—
SC average5 barns · 490 hd
224.68
−7.54
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
Bulls—Low1,432118.071,6913thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,373110.861,5225thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,190100.941,20115
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,91393.001,7792thin

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)982$1,4554thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Bulls——1,190110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3091
Bulls——1,553122.10/cwt120.00–124.001,8962
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—730120.00/cwt120.00–120.008761
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—855135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1541
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,1381,820.44/head1,700.00–1,900.001,8202
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3—550980.00/head980.00–980.009801
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1642
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360240.00/cwt240.00–240.008642
HeifersMedium and Large 2—580190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1021
BullsMedium and Large 3—785167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,3111
BullsMedium and Large 3—340245.00/cwt245.00–245.008331
BullsMedium and Large 2—510260.00/cwt255.00–265.001,3262
SteersMedium and Large 3—600207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,2451
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330220.00/cwt220.00–220.007261
HeifersMedium and Large 2—610197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,2052
HeifersMedium and Large 3—308200.00/cwt200.00–200.006162
HeifersMedium and Large 3—280200.00/cwt200.00–200.005601
HeifersMedium and Large 1—320245.00/cwt245.00–245.007841
SteersMedium and Large 2—520261.47/cwt255.00–275.001,3603
SteersMedium and Large 2—610225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3731
SteersMedium and Large 2—748180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3462
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375160.00/cwt160.00–160.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1181
BullsMedium and Large 2—433267.54/cwt260.00–275.001,1582
BullsMedium and Large 2—350285.00/cwt285.00–285.009981
BullsMedium and Large 3—605225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3611
BullsMedium and Large 2—580245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4211
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,270129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,6381
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,399106.33/cwt102.00–117.501,4884
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,91393.00/cwt93.00–93.001,7792
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00888.41/cwt84.00–92.008912
CowsLean 85-90%—1,218102.87/cwt97.00–112.501,25313

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.