Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average offerings of

average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $267.09/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −147.98 against this barn's trailing median of $415.07.

Average price

$267.09

11 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,419

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$71.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.81

vs SC average

−51.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	503	315.00	1,584	3thin
Medium and Large 2	510	285.00	1,454	1thin
Medium and Large 3	546	244.00	1,333	7thin

One grade step is worth $71.00/cwt here — about $251 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $440.91, low $358.90, median $415.07 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale11 hd

267.09

—

SC average5 barns · 64 hd

289.91

−22.81

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−51.20

This barn, trailing median9 sales

415.07

−147.98

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,500	127.85	1,918	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,454	121.19	1,762	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	116.00	1,370	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	971	105.78	1,027	5thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	965	$2,102	2thin

Every lot, as filed

56 lots · USDA AMS · Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	314	289.01/cwt	285.00–290.00	907	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	950	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	241.87/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,434	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,183	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,161	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,014	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	752	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,617	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	317.87/cwt	305.00–322.50	1,322	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	210	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	489	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,337	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	243.51/cwt	241.00–245.00	1,373	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	253.90/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,300	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	297.60/cwt	285.00–310.00	961	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,259	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	245.07/cwt	240.00–250.00	931	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	264.30/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,625	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,226	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	318.21/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,559	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	426	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,465	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,166	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	762	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,356	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	635	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	921	1
Stock Cows	Small 1	—	903	121.76/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,099	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	232.49/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,558	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,454	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	92.90/cwt	85.00–100.00	918	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	114.37/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,098	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	116.42/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,404	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	116.58/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,632	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,013	131.27/cwt	130.00–132.50	1,330	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,072	102.02/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,094	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	875	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,356	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	650	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	975	1
Bulls	—	—	1,335	123.60/cwt	122.50–125.00	1,650	2
Bulls	—	—	1,665	132.10/cwt	130.00–134.00	2,199	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,180	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	965	2,101.55/head	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,102	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	283.51/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,060	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,219	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	327.41/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,326	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	277.53/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,068	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	979	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	292.50/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,038	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,326	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,428	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	263.59/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,120	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	293.94/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,379	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,238	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,093	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	297.50/cwt	295.00–300.00	803	2

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.

South Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC

Wed Mar 20, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Columbia, SC (LS-CO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 221Last week 156Year ago 93

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 38Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 21Year ago 31

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average offerings of

average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	295.00–300.00	297.50
5	300–350	314	285.00–290.00	289.01
2	350–400	385	275.00–280.00	277.53
3	400–450	425	255.00–270.00	263.59
1	450–500	455	260.00	260.00
1	500–550	510	260.00	260.00
6	550–600	560	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	510	275.00	275.00
1	550–600	560	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	320.00–335.00	327.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	245.00	245.00
2	350–400	380	240.00–250.00	245.07
1	450–500	465	235.00	235.00
8	500–550	518	243.00	243.00
11	550–600	593	230.00–243.00	241.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	210	233.00	233.00
1	400–450	435	225.00	225.00
1	450–500	465	218.00	218.00
1	500–550	540	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	285.00–310.00	297.60
4	350–400	374	280.00–295.00	283.51
5	400–450	430	285.00	285.00
14	450–500	469	260.00	260.00
8	500–550	512	253.00–260.00	253.90
8	550–600	564	241.00–245.00	243.51
1	600–650	615	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	387	320.00	320.00
4	400–450	416	305.00–322.50	317.87
5	450–500	469	290.00–295.00	293.94
1	500–550	510	285.00	285.00
13	600–650	615	264.00–265.00	264.30
18	650–700	670	220.00–245.00	232.49
2	750–800	752	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	290.00–295.00	292.50
1	500–550	525	250.00	250.00
6	550–600	550	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	490	315.00–325.00	318.21
3	500–550	503	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	426	344.00	344.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	150.00	150.00
1	850–900	875	155.00	155.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	150.00	150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	635	145.00	145.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	762	178.00	178.00
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	903	120.00–125.00	121.76
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	965	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,101.55

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	988	85.00–100.00	92.90
3	—	960	112.00–116.00	114.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,206	110.00–125.00	116.42
2	—	1,013	130.00–132.50	131.27
3	—	1,072	98.00–105.00	102.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,400	114.00–121.00	116.58
1	—	1,615	135.00	135.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,335	122.50–125.00	123.60
2	—	1,665	130.00–134.00	132.10

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle