Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 7.00 higher, slaughter bulls too few to trend. Light offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $234.25/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −131.62 against this barn's trailing median of $365.87.

Average price

$234.25

14 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,266

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$1

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

$12.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.94

vs SC average

−23.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	530	238.83	1,265	9thin
Medium and Large 3	560	226.00	1,266	5thin

One grade step is worth $12.83/cwt here — about −$1 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $393.78, low $330.48, median $365.87 across 7 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 sale14 hd

234.25

—

SC average5 barns · 174 hd

252.19

−17.94

National average156 barns · 7,883 hd

257.80

−23.55

This barn, trailing median7 sales

365.87

−131.62

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	1,482	155.32	2,302	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,219	141.53	1,725	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,315	138.75	1,824	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,072	117.41	1,258	26

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	132.60/cwt	121.00–145.00	1,398	11
Bulls	—	—	1,456	158.38/cwt	152.50–172.00	2,306	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	800	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	860	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	946	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	503	231.21/cwt	222.50–240.00	1,163	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,078	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,092	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	950	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,401	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,273	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,183	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	250	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	625	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	738	91.97/cwt	72.00–115.00	679	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	837	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,570	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	251.80/cwt	249.00–260.00	1,083	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	925	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,147	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,270	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,075	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,613	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,136	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	550	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,196	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,328	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,172	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	238.35/cwt	235.00–240.00	941	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	232.51/cwt	217.50–240.00	965	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	1,310	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	852	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	985	123.59/cwt	117.50–130.00	1,217	2
Bulls	—	—	1,613	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,258	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,195	130.49/cwt	128.00–132.50	1,559	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	106.27/cwt	84.00–120.00	1,153	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	582	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	829	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	143.16/cwt	132.50–156.00	1,775	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	147.00/cwt	140.00–155.00	2,109	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 Jul 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 88Last week 207Year ago 129

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 57Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 12Year ago 15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,054	121.00–145.00	132.60
15	—	1,085	84.00–120.00	106.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	985	117.50–130.00	123.59
22	—	1,240	132.50–156.00	143.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	128.00–132.50	130.49
2	—	1,435	140.00–155.00	147.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,456	152.50–172.00	158.38
2	—	1,613	140.00	140.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	100.00	100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	950	147.50	147.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,270	142.00	142.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,075	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,310	65.00	65.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	738	72.00–115.00	91.97
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	124.00	124.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	250.00	250.00
1	400–450	420	200.00	200.00
2	500–550	503	222.50–240.00	231.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	270.00	270.00
6	400–450	430	249.00–260.00	251.80
4	650–700	657	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	435	251.00	251.00
8	500–550	527	241.50	241.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	235.00–240.00	238.35
5	400–450	415	217.50–240.00	232.51
2	500–550	515	227.50	227.50
3	550–600	590	225.00	225.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	582	142.50	142.50

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

Heifers · 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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