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
BullsLow1,432118.071,6913thin
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
Bulls1,190110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3091
Bulls1,553122.10/cwt120.00–124.001,8962
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1730120.00/cwt120.00–120.008761
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1855135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1541
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1001,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1381,820.44/head1,700.00–1,900.001,8202
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3550980.00/head980.00–980.009801
HeifersMedium and Large 1475245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1642
HeifersMedium and Large 2360240.00/cwt240.00–240.008642
HeifersMedium and Large 2580190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1021
BullsMedium and Large 3785167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,3111
BullsMedium and Large 3340245.00/cwt245.00–245.008331
BullsMedium and Large 2510260.00/cwt255.00–265.001,3262
SteersMedium and Large 3600207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,2451
HeifersMedium and Large 2330220.00/cwt220.00–220.007261
HeifersMedium and Large 2610197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,2052
HeifersMedium and Large 3308200.00/cwt200.00–200.006162
HeifersMedium and Large 3280200.00/cwt200.00–200.005601
HeifersMedium and Large 1320245.00/cwt245.00–245.007841
SteersMedium and Large 2520261.47/cwt255.00–275.001,3603
SteersMedium and Large 2610225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3731
SteersMedium and Large 2748180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3462
HeifersMedium and Large 3375160.00/cwt160.00–160.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 1430260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1181
BullsMedium and Large 2433267.54/cwt260.00–275.001,1582
BullsMedium and Large 2350285.00/cwt285.00–285.009981
BullsMedium and Large 3605225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3611
BullsMedium and Large 2580245.00/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.