Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2019-12-18

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Dec 18
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 186 vs last sale 271▲ 85 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 68▲ 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 21▲ 10 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 $95.47/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$95.47
27 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$491
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$22.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.10
vs SC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2470110.005173thin
Medium and Large 2569100.9057411thin
Medium and Large 347987.5241913thin
One grade step is worth $22.48/cwt here — about $98 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 sale27 hd
95.47
—
SC average5 barns · 356 hd
109.56
−14.10
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—Average1,25072.509062thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23945.1455936
CowsLean 85-90%Average92137.0934226

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 335698.00/cwt98.00–98.003493
Steers—Small 1-2370115.00/cwt115.00–115.004261
Steers—Medium and Large 2425122.50/cwt122.50–122.505211
Steers—Medium and Large 2467119.05/cwt115.00–125.005563
Steers—Small 1-2545107.50/cwt107.50–107.505861
Steers—Medium and Large 2568112.50/cwt112.50–112.506392
Steers—Small 1-2630100.00/cwt100.00–100.006301
Steers—Medium and Large 385095.00/cwt95.00–95.008081
Steers—Medium and Large 391090.00/cwt90.00–90.008191
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 337088.54/cwt87.50–90.003285
Heifers—Medium and Large 341990.00/cwt90.00–90.003774
Heifers—Medium and Large 345080.00/cwt80.00–80.003601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005173
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473101.20/cwt100.00–102.504792
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525102.50/cwt102.50–102.505381
Heifers—Medium and Large 2569101.78/cwt100.00–102.505797
Heifers—Medium and Large 360090.00/cwt90.00–90.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 377585.00/cwt85.00–85.006591
Heifers—Medium and Large 280092.50/cwt92.50–92.507401
Heifers—Medium and Large 388080.00/cwt80.00–80.007041
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423119.53/cwt119.00–120.005062
Bulls—Medium and Large 343095.00/cwt95.00–95.004091
Bulls—Small 1-2435110.00/cwt110.00–110.004791
Bulls—Medium and Large 2540111.00/cwt110.00–112.005992
Bulls—Medium and Large 2569107.51/cwt100.00–112.506125
Bulls—Medium and Large 361585.00/cwt85.00–85.005231
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,17067.00/cwt67.00–67.007841
Bulls——1,33078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,0371
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91934.42/cwt28.00–39.0031617
Cows—Lean 85-90%92642.13/cwt40.00–47.003909
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18834.51/cwt30.00–37.004106
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24947.26/cwt40.00–53.0059030
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-275055.00/cwt55.00–55.004131
Bred Cows—Small 1-275050.00/cwt50.00–50.003751
Bred Cows—Small 1-284567.50/cwt67.50–67.505701
Bred Cows—Small 1-284567.50/cwt67.50–67.505701
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 1-287467.08/cwt55.00–77.505865
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 291069.50/cwt65.00–77.506324
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,05059.00/cwt59.00–59.006201
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,07658.22/cwt57.00–59.006265

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.