Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2020-12-02

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Dec 2
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
185 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 217▼ 36 vs year ago 221 · −16.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 80▼ 21 vs year ago 58 · −36.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 45▼ 5 vs year ago 12 · −41.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week due to sale being closed last week for Thanksgiving holiday. Average offering

of average 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 $111.55/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$111.55
95 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$568
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$19
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$29.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.85
vs SC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2478119.7457252
Medium and Large 2562107.9060619thin
Small 1-2443104.2346211thin
Medium and Large 361290.3355313thin
One grade step is worth $29.41/cwt here — about $19 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 sale95 hd
111.55
—
SC average5 barns · 849 hd
113.40
−1.85
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—Low1,51077.531,1716thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29849.6164420
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61049.337942thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90440.243645thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2290140.00/cwt140.00–140.004061
Steers—Medium and Large 2305130.00/cwt130.00–130.003971
Steers—Small 1-2355117.50/cwt117.50–117.504171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360154.93/cwt150.00–160.005582
Steers—Medium and Large 2386129.98/cwt125.00–135.005024
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2401152.18/cwt145.00–153.0061010
Steers—Medium and Large 2413120.03/cwt115.00–125.004962
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475140.00/cwt140.00–140.006651
Steers—Medium and Large 2495132.50/cwt132.50–132.506561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522135.60/cwt134.00–136.0070815
Steers—Small 1-2528102.24/cwt102.00–102.505402
Steers—Medium and Large 2530115.00/cwt115.00–115.006101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2550135.00/cwt135.00–135.0074313
Steers—Medium and Large 2555118.50/cwt115.00–122.006582
Steers—Small 1-2570104.00/cwt104.00–104.005931
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2266126.45/cwt125.00–130.003364
Heifers—Small 1-2343106.24/cwt105.00–107.503642
Heifers—Small 1-2375108.68/cwt105.00–111.004083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425124.10/cwt120.00–127.0052729
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435112.00/cwt112.00–112.004871
Heifers—Small 1-2445100.00/cwt100.00–100.004451
Heifers—Medium and Large 347392.43/cwt90.00–95.004372
Heifers—Small 1-2485102.35/cwt100.00–105.004963
Heifers—Medium and Large 2487110.64/cwt110.00–112.005393
Heifers—Medium and Large 351393.77/cwt92.50–95.004812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515110.96/cwt109.00–113.005713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2555117.00/cwt117.00–117.006496
Heifers—Medium and Large 356590.98/cwt90.00–92.005142
Heifers—Medium and Large 2569108.60/cwt105.00–110.006187
Heifers—Small 1-2583100.50/cwt100.00–101.005862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2603108.00/cwt108.00–108.006519
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618104.00/cwt103.00–105.006432
Heifers—Medium and Large 362894.98/cwt94.00–96.005962
Heifers—Medium and Large 2658103.52/cwt102.00–105.006812
Heifers—Medium and Large 366891.01/cwt90.00–92.006082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2677112.00/cwt112.00–112.007584
Heifers—Medium and Large 270098.00/cwt98.00–98.006861
Heifers—Medium and Large 375582.66/cwt80.00–85.006243
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400125.00/cwt125.00–125.005001
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483117.64/cwt116.00–120.005683
Bulls—Small 1-2515102.00/cwt102.00–102.005251
Bulls—Medium and Large 354595.00/cwt95.00–95.005181
Bulls—Medium and Large 355097.50/cwt97.50–97.505361
Bulls—Small 1-2578100.51/cwt100.00–101.005812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2627103.05/cwt101.00–105.006463
Bulls—Medium and Large 364594.00/cwt94.00–94.006061
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655107.00/cwt107.00–107.007016
Bulls—Medium and Large 371891.03/cwt90.00–93.006543
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45572.58/cwt71.00–74.001,0562
Bulls——1,53880.00/cwt76.00–84.001,2304
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87236.04/cwt35.00–38.003143
Cows—Lean 85-90%95346.55/cwt45.00–48.004442
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03039.00/cwt39.00–39.004021
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31250.17/cwt45.00–55.0065819
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61049.33/cwt47.50–51.007942
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2750575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,3131
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2781634.76/cwt550.00–775.004,9574
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 292076.02/cwt74.00–78.006992

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.