Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2020-04-15

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Apr 15
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 40▲ 76 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 51▲ 29 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. Light offerings of average to plain

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 $111.34/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −22.30 against this barn's trailing median of $133.64.
Average price
$111.34
29 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$617
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$59
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$38.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.23
vs SC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2451121.0854610thin
Medium and Large 2585110.6364716thin
Medium and Large 373282.676053thin
One grade step is worth $38.41/cwt here — about −$59 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 sale29 hd
111.34
—
SC average4 barns · 92 hd
111.57
−0.23
This barn, trailing median1 sales
133.64
−22.30
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—Low1,25578.449844thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24757.0171120
CowsLean 85-90%Low93847.534462thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1-2265105.00/cwt100.00–110.002782
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2368135.00/cwt135.00–135.004972
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480123.98/cwt123.00–125.005952
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518128.45/cwt125.00–132.006652
Steers—Medium and Large 2535117.01/cwt116.00–118.006263
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2238122.42/cwt120.00–125.002912
Heifers—Small 1-2240112.50/cwt112.50–112.502701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2348131.00/cwt131.00–131.004563
Heifers—Small 1-2360108.75/cwt107.50–110.003922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370128.65/cwt125.00–132.504762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416118.30/cwt118.00–120.004927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490114.01/cwt113.00–115.005592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531108.39/cwt107.50–110.005764
Heifers—Medium and Large 268393.01/cwt89.00–97.006352
Heifers—Medium and Large 278087.00/cwt87.00–87.006791
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2404122.72/cwt122.00–125.004965
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2457121.72/cwt120.00–125.005563
Bulls—Medium and Large 351595.00/cwt95.00–95.004891
Bulls—Medium and Large 2517113.42/cwt112.50–115.005866
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560116.00/cwt116.00–116.006502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580107.90/cwt105.00–109.006265
Bulls—Medium and Large 2670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007375
Bulls—Medium and Large 379075.00/cwt75.00–75.005931
Bulls—Medium and Large 389078.00/cwt78.00–78.006941
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 31,02074.00/cwt74.00–74.007551
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,25578.44/cwt76.00–84.009844
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93847.53/cwt47.00–48.004462
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02045.00/cwt45.00–45.004591
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25957.64/cwt50.00–62.0072619

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.