Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2019-07-24

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Jul 24
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
161 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 135▲ 161 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 33▲ 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 6▲ 1 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. There were very light offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $115.07/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −18.58 against this barn's trailing median of $133.64.
Average price
$115.07
25 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$584
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$22.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.03
vs SC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2505122.9162112thin
Medium 2515114.055876thin
Medium and Large 3485105.835133thin
Small 1-2518100.005184thin
One grade step is worth $22.91/cwt here — about $104 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 sale25 hd
115.07
—
SC average5 barns · 371 hd
115.04
+0.03
This barn, trailing median1 sales
133.64
−18.58
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—Average1,99583.521,6662thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13563.007151thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49058.008641thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18055.7665823

Every lot

40 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 3260100.00/cwt100.00–100.002601
Steers—Medium and Large 3280115.00/cwt115.00–115.003221
Steers—Medium and Large 3300112.50/cwt112.50–112.503381
Steers—Small 3315100.00/cwt100.00–100.003152
Steers—Small 2325102.50/cwt102.50–102.503331
Steers—Small 3367100.00/cwt100.00–100.003673
Steers—Small 1-2370105.00/cwt105.00–105.003891
Steers—Medium 2440122.50/cwt122.50–122.505391
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2508128.74/cwt127.50–130.006542
Steers—Medium 2555115.00/cwt115.00–115.006381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584126.32/cwt126.00–127.007389
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 3235100.00/cwt100.00–100.002351
Heifers—Medium and Large 3310100.00/cwt100.00–100.003101
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380102.50/cwt102.50–102.503901
Heifers—Medium 2445110.00/cwt110.00–110.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 3495105.00/cwt105.00–105.005201
Heifers—Medium and Large 355097.50/cwt97.50–97.505361
Heifers—Medium 2585107.50/cwt107.50–107.506291
Heifers—Medium 2615104.10/cwt100.00–107.506403
Heifers—Medium 272088.72/cwt87.50–90.006392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,00580.00/cwt80.00–80.008041
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423127.53/cwt122.50–132.505392
Bulls—Medium and Large 3445105.00/cwt105.00–105.004671
Bulls—Medium and Large 3465112.50/cwt112.50–112.505231
Bulls—Small 1-2465100.00/cwt100.00–100.004652
Bulls—Medium 2468115.07/cwt112.50–117.505393
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2514122.83/cwt120.00–125.006317
Bulls—Small 1-2530100.00/cwt100.00–100.005301
Bulls—Medium and Large 3545100.00/cwt100.00–100.005451
Bulls—Medium 2562113.02/cwt112.00–114.506353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006782
Bulls—Small 1-2610100.00/cwt100.00–100.006101
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,99583.52/cwt83.00–84.001,6662
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86845.59/cwt43.00–48.003963
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13563.00/cwt63.00–63.007151
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22757.28/cwt52.00–65.0070320
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49058.00/cwt58.00–58.008641
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 3620785.00/cwt785.00–785.004,8671

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.