Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.50 lower based on limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $254.13/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −122.71 against this barn's trailing median of $376.83.

Average price

$254.13

8 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,332

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$54.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.28

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	511	274.60	1,403	5thin
Medium and Large 3	546	220.00	1,201	3thin

One grade step is worth $54.60/cwt here — about $202 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $385.00, low $371.92, median $376.83 across 3 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 sale8 hd

254.13

—

SC average5 barns · 68 hd

264.40

−10.28

This barn, trailing median3 sales

376.83

−122.71

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	—	Average	1,505	150.00	2,258	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,177	120.58	1,420	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,147	119.05	1,366	14

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	263.35/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,014	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	819	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	244.96/cwt	242.50–247.50	1,146	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	624	231.18/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	440	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,162	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	602	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	638	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	728	162.27/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,181	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,752	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,370	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,161	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	200.06/cwt	195.00–220.00	1,266	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,120	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,132	120.60/cwt	116.00–127.00	1,365	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	298.81/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,132	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	274.60/cwt	272.50–276.00	1,403	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	965	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,103	143.99/cwt	132.50–157.00	1,588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,043	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	385	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	832	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	522	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,579	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	260	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	865	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	245.41/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,553	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	250–300	290	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	318.33/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,114	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,280	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	368	323.34/cwt	322.50–325.00	1,190	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	284	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	824	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	237.64/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,271	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	388	248.24/cwt	240.00–255.00	963	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	227.33/cwt	225.00–230.00	734	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	546	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,201	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	597	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,194	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,220	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	122.01/cwt	119.00–124.00	1,498	15
Bulls	—	—	1,505	150.00/cwt	146.00–154.00	2,258	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,069	117.50/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,256	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,202	113.39/cwt	112.50–115.00	1,363	3

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 Apr 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 180Last week 138Year ago 118

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 63Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 8Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	270.00	270.00
3	350–400	385	260.00–265.00	263.35
4	400–450	417	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	468	242.50–247.50	244.96
4	500–550	535	230.00–240.00	237.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	440	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	225.00–230.00	227.33
1	350–400	370	240.00	240.00
4	500–550	540	215.00	215.00
2	550–600	597	200.00	200.00
3	600–650	610	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	297	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	284	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	515	250.00	250.00
4	700–750	730	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	624	220.00–235.00	231.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	635	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	260	332.50	332.50
12	350–400	368	322.50–325.00	323.34
9	500–550	522	302.50	302.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	290.00	290.00
2	250–300	273	300.00	300.00
4	350–400	379	280.00–305.00	298.81
1	400–450	400	280.00	280.00
5	500–550	511	272.50–276.00	274.60
6	600–650	633	241.00–250.00	245.41
1	700–750	730	257.50	257.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	250.00	250.00
1	300–350	320	250.00	250.00
3	350–400	388	240.00–255.00	248.24
3	500–550	546	220.00	220.00
5	600–650	633	195.00–220.00	200.06
7	700–750	710	193.00	193.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	315.00–320.00	318.33
7	400–450	400	320.00	320.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	728	160.00–165.00	162.27
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,103	132.50–157.00	143.99

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,132	116.00–127.00	120.60
3	—	1,202	112.50–115.00	113.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,228	119.00–124.00	122.01
7	—	1,069	115.00–118.00	117.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,505	146.00–154.00	150.00

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Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · 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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC

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