Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2020-09-16

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Sep 16
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
241 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 301▲ 54 vs year ago 187 · +28.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 42▼ 24 vs year ago 87 · −27.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 0▲ 49 vs year ago 7 · +700.0%
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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 $122.54/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$122.54
82 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$715
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$395
per head · Small 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$24.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.24
vs SC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small 1-2320126.4940410thin
Medium and Large 2525124.0165125
Medium and Large 1-2658123.1281042
Medium and Large 3780102.407995thin
One grade step is worth $24.09/cwt here — about −$395 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 sale82 hd
122.54
—
SC average5 barns · 476 hd
130.78
−8.24
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—Low1,51894.511,4353thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17158.0267936
CowsLean 85-90%Average88155.0648516

Every lot

70 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1-2225135.00/cwt135.00–135.003041
Steers—Small 1-2273122.43/cwt120.00–130.003344
Steers—Medium and Large 2338132.56/cwt130.00–135.004482
Steers—Medium and Large 2355132.54/cwt130.00–135.004712
Steers—Small 1-2376128.03/cwt120.00–130.004815
Steers—Medium and Large 2430127.05/cwt120.00–130.005465
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474134.84/cwt134.00–135.006396
Steers—Medium and Large 2493131.00/cwt131.00–131.006462
Steers—Medium and Large 2527125.97/cwt124.00–128.006645
Steers—Medium and Large 2561122.75/cwt120.00–125.006894
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2664122.92/cwt118.00–124.5081624
Steers—Medium and Large 2670114.00/cwt114.00–114.007642
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2739117.66/cwt115.00–119.5087012
Steers—Medium and Large 3743103.50/cwt103.00–104.007692
Steers—Medium and Large 3760105.00/cwt105.00–105.007981
Steers—Medium and Large 2765112.00/cwt112.00–112.008571
Steers—Medium and Large 2805106.00/cwt106.00–106.008532
Steers—Medium and Large 3805100.00/cwt100.00–100.008051
Steers—Medium and Large 3850100.00/cwt100.00–100.008501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-2358112.45/cwt110.00–115.004032
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420113.96/cwt112.00–115.004793
Heifers—Small 1-2428103.39/cwt102.00–106.004433
Heifers—Medium and Large 2450114.00/cwt114.00–114.005133
Heifers—Medium and Large 346092.50/cwt92.50–92.504261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472117.85/cwt117.00–125.005569
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526110.37/cwt108.00–112.505815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530116.00/cwt116.00–116.006154
Heifers—Small 1-2530103.77/cwt102.50–105.005502
Heifers—Medium and Large 353592.00/cwt92.00–92.004921
Heifers—Small 1-2565102.50/cwt102.50–102.505791
Heifers—Medium and Large 2587109.32/cwt108.00–112.006423
Heifers—Medium and Large 2624108.67/cwt105.00–110.006786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630114.00/cwt114.00–114.007183
Heifers—Medium and Large 363393.02/cwt91.00–95.005892
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665107.00/cwt107.00–107.007121
Heifers—Medium and Large 390084.00/cwt84.00–84.007561
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2419118.76/cwt115.00–125.004984
Bulls—Small 1-2453103.99/cwt102.00–106.004712
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463117.51/cwt115.00–120.005442
Bulls—Medium and Large 346391.62/cwt90.00–95.004243
Bulls—Medium and Large 2509111.36/cwt110.00–117.0056711
Bulls—Small 1-2540101.50/cwt100.00–103.005482
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560112.36/cwt109.00–115.006295
Bulls—Medium and Large 356892.96/cwt90.00–95.005283
Bulls—Medium and Large 361491.26/cwt90.00–93.005604
Bulls—Medium and Large 2645115.00/cwt115.00–115.007421
Bulls—Medium and Large 366891.97/cwt90.00–95.006144
Bulls—Medium and Large 2670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007371
Bulls—Medium and Large 372191.00/cwt89.00–95.006565
Bulls—Medium and Large 2745100.00/cwt100.00–100.007451
Bulls—Medium and Large 375590.33/cwt86.00–94.006823
Bulls—Medium and Large 2775100.00/cwt100.00–100.007753
Bulls—Medium and Large 392591.00/cwt91.00–91.008421
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,375102.26/cwt102.00–102.501,4062
Bulls——1,80579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,4261
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86645.38/cwt40.00–48.003934
Cows—Lean 85-90%88658.28/cwt56.00–61.0051612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08048.21/cwt45.00–51.005216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18959.98/cwt55.00–68.0071330
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 290883.30/cwt77.50–87.007567
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 295785.21/cwt83.00–88.008153
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 295871.87/cwt70.00–74.006892
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 196195.31/cwt90.00–102.5091614
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2855979.82/cwt900.00–1,050.008,3772
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28741,086.01/cwt950.00–1,175.009,4925
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28941,028.43/cwt910.00–1,175.009,1948
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29471,110.64/cwt1,000.00–1,225.0010,51810
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2950844.61/cwt725.00–950.008,0242
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0031,138.15/cwt1,100.00–1,175.0011,4162
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,4701,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0016,9051

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.