Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2019-07-10

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Jul 10
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
170 head
▲ 170 vs last sale 0▲ 170 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 0▲ 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 0▲ 5 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. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $123.64/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$123.64
53 head · 483 lb average
Value per head Derived
$597
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$172
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$15.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.21
vs SC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2528128.7568034
Small 1-2327116.063797thin
Medium 2447113.5950812thin
One grade step is worth $15.15/cwt here — about $172 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 sale53 hd
123.64
—
SC average5 barns · 351 hd
125.84
−2.21
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—Average1,64187.541,4374thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21354.8366518
CowsLean 85-90%Average98447.484674thin

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1-2215115.00/cwt115.00–115.002471
Steers—Medium 2305130.00/cwt130.00–130.003971
Steers—Small 1-2328116.20/cwt110.00–120.003814
Steers—Small 1-2380116.30/cwt112.50–120.004422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2400130.00/cwt130.00–130.005201
Steers—Medium 2434111.75/cwt110.00–115.004858
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2462125.02/cwt120.00–130.005783
Steers—Medium 2478114.57/cwt112.00–117.005482
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2511130.96/cwt120.00–133.0066921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560130.00/cwt130.00–130.007282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617123.16/cwt118.00–124.007607
Steers—Medium 2635110.00/cwt110.00–110.006991
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 2323117.40/cwt115.00–120.003792
Heifers—Medium 2373113.69/cwt110.00–115.004244
Heifers—Small 1-2373110.50/cwt110.00–112.004124
Heifers—Medium 2425112.54/cwt110.00–115.004785
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425102.29/cwt100.00–105.004353
Heifers—Medium 2473111.67/cwt110.00–115.005283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520118.43/cwt116.00–122.506163
Heifers—Medium 2530109.69/cwt107.50–112.005812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558116.27/cwt115.00–117.506492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623113.14/cwt110.00–115.007054
Heifers—Medium 2660105.00/cwt105.00–105.006931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680111.00/cwt111.00–111.007553
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1-2423107.46/cwt105.00–110.004552
Bulls—Medium 2430115.98/cwt115.00–117.004992
Bulls—Small 1-2465100.00/cwt100.00–100.004651
Bulls—Medium 2475114.18/cwt110.00–120.005429
Bulls—Small 1-2525105.00/cwt105.00–105.005511
Bulls—Medium 2543112.51/cwt110.00–115.006112
Bulls—Small 1-2575103.26/cwt102.50–104.005942
Bulls—Medium 2577111.37/cwt110.00–113.006436
Bulls—Medium 2600100.00/cwt100.00–100.006002
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,64187.54/cwt83.00–96.001,4374
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97342.00/cwt41.00–43.004092
Cows—Lean 85-90%99552.96/cwt52.00–54.005272
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15346.57/cwt43.00–50.005376
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24358.96/cwt53.00–67.0073312
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 3970590.00/cwt590.00–590.005,7231
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 370057.00/cwt57.00–57.003991
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 1-264572.00/cwt72.00–72.004641
Stock Cows—Small 1-285063.43/cwt62.00–65.005392

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.