Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls too few to trend. Light offerings of 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 $232.22/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −133.65 against this barn's trailing median of $365.87.

Average price

$232.22

9 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,248

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

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

$56.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.25

vs SC average

−26.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	250.00	1,325	6thin
Medium and Large 2	570	202.50	1,154	1thin
Medium and Large 3	543	193.75	1,051	2thin

One grade step is worth $56.25/cwt here — about $274 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

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 sale9 hd

232.22

—

SC average6 barns · 166 hd

215.97

+16.25

National average194 barns · 18,518 hd

258.39

−26.17

This barn, trailing median7 sales

365.87

−133.65

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	1,356	122.39	1,660	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,505	112.00	1,686	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,368	109.49	1,498	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	959	89.75	860	28

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)	865	$1,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	953	$1,425	3thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,287	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,260	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	260.00/cwt	255.00–265.00	962	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	550–600	570	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,154	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	690	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,187	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,582	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	258.00/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,060	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	800	1,236.95/head	1,150.00–1,325.00	1,237	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	770	121.18/cwt	117.50–125.00	933	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,118	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,052	120.81/cwt	112.50–132.50	1,271	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	865	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,027	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,124	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,545	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	2,101	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,255	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,173	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	890	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,068	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,366	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,283	1
Bulls	—	—	1,356	122.39/cwt	85.00–138.00	1,660	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	108.84/cwt	106.00–111.00	1,441	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,686	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,675	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,910	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	110.36/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,149	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	86.31/cwt	62.00–104.00	816	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	272	240.97/cwt	235.00–245.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	557	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	851	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,050	121.77/cwt	112.00–130.00	1,279	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	530	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,325	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	248.75/cwt	247.50–250.00	983	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	217.48/cwt	215.00–220.00	702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	220.05/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,047	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,425	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,639	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	896	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 Nov 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 100Last week 192Year ago 287

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 58Year ago 75

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 29Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	272	235.00–245.00	240.97
1	300–350	325	235.00	235.00
2	350–400	370	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	660	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	250.00	250.00
3	350–400	370	255.00–265.00	260.00
4	400–450	411	255.00–259.00	258.00
1	550–600	565	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	215.00–220.00	217.48
1	400–450	405	240.00	240.00
4	450–500	476	215.00–225.00	220.05
3	600–650	612	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	210.00	210.00
1	400–450	430	200.00	200.00
1	450–500	450	202.50	202.50
1	500–550	530	202.50	202.50
1	550–600	555	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	530	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	247.50–250.00	248.75
1	400–450	400	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	255.00	255.00
5	700–750	700	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	260.00	260.00
1	450–500	460	255.00	255.00
1	500–550	540	237.50	237.50
2	600–650	628	217.50	217.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	202.50	202.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	865	1,600.00	1,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	1,150.00–1,325.00	1,236.95
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	770	117.50–125.00	121.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	890	120.00	120.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,052	112.50–132.50	120.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,050	112.00–130.00	121.77
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,425	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,545	136.00	136.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,356	85.00–138.00	122.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,324	106.00–111.00	108.84
1	—	1,675	114.00	114.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	112.00	112.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,041	108.00–115.00	110.36
24	—	945	62.00–104.00	86.31

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle