Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2019-06-19

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Jun 19
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
114 head
▲ 114 vs last sale 0▲ 114 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 0▲ 73 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 0▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.26/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$109.26
34 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$544
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium 2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.86
vs SC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 2461113.1552116thin
Small 1-2347110.003813thin
Medium and Large 1-2691109.847596thin
Medium and Large 3484101.714939thin
One grade step is worth $11.44/cwt here — about $29 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 sale34 hd
109.26
—
SC average5 barns · 446 hd
112.12
−2.86
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
Bulls—Low1,57979.841,2618thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69062.001,0481thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21054.6866224
CowsLean 85-90%Low88449.454377thin

Every lot

42 lots · USDA AMS · Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 2290132.50/cwt132.50–132.503841
Steers—Medium 2313133.78/cwt132.50–135.004192
Steers—Small 1-2370123.04/cwt120.00–125.004554
Steers—Medium 2373137.76/cwt137.50–138.005142
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525127.55/cwt125.00–130.006702
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586130.38/cwt125.00–133.007646
Steers—Medium 2652114.00/cwt114.00–114.007434
Steers—Medium 2707110.00/cwt110.00–110.007782
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770116.00/cwt116.00–116.008931
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-2300110.00/cwt110.00–110.003301
Heifers—Medium 2339118.29/cwt117.50–120.004015
Heifers—Medium 2360115.00/cwt115.00–115.004141
Heifers—Small 1-2370110.00/cwt110.00–110.004072
Heifers—Medium 2415114.00/cwt114.00–114.004732
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428100.00/cwt100.00–100.004283
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485104.31/cwt101.00–107.005063
Heifers—Medium 2490111.00/cwt111.00–111.005441
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520101.23/cwt100.00–102.505262
Heifers—Medium 2548112.00/cwt112.00–112.006146
Heifers—Medium and Large 3580100.00/cwt100.00–100.005801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2691109.84/cwt109.00–110.007596
Heifers—Medium 271093.00/cwt93.00–93.006601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430138.39/cwt131.00–140.005956
Bulls—Medium 2458118.81/cwt117.50–120.005443
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468140.00/cwt140.00–140.006557
Bulls—Medium 2533116.11/cwt112.50–120.006194
Bulls—Medium 2580113.73/cwt112.50–115.006602
Bulls—Medium 2630110.00/cwt110.00–110.006931
Bulls—Medium 265893.75/cwt92.50–95.006172
Bulls—Medium 292073.00/cwt73.00–73.006721
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,42874.42/cwt70.00–77.001,0635
Bulls——1,83088.88/cwt86.00–93.001,6273
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87759.99/cwt52.00–64.005263
Cows—Lean 85-90%88941.54/cwt38.00–47.003694
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18572.00/cwt72.00–72.008531
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21157.45/cwt55.00–61.0069617
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21343.96/cwt40.00–48.005336
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,69062.00/cwt62.00–62.001,0481
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 3810550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,4551
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 3930610.00/cwt610.00–610.005,6731
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-271583.00/cwt83.00–83.005931
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 1-281378.52/cwt77.00–80.006382

This sale against other markets

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.