Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2021-02-24

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Feb 24
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
94 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 11▲ 9 vs year ago 85 · +10.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 76▲ 11 vs year ago 31 · +35.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 4▼ 5 vs year ago 9 · −55.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales . Light offering average to plain

quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $119.90/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$119.90
27 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$326
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$23.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.09
vs SC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2684127.4787215thin
Medium and Large 2463127.465902thin
Small 1-2370120.204452thin
Medium and Large 3527103.755468thin
One grade step is worth $23.72/cwt here — about $326 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
119.90
—
SC average5 barns · 187 hd
132.99
−13.09
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—Average1,37579.691,0963thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21860.3973625
CowsLean 85-90%Low86850.514389thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,74050.008701thin

Every lot

37 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360153.00/cwt153.00–153.005514
Steers—Small 1-2370120.20/cwt115.00–125.004452
Steers—Medium and Large 3424102.50/cwt100.00–105.004354
Steers—Medium and Large 2463127.46/cwt125.00–130.005902
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 3629105.00/cwt105.00–105.006604
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2822118.00/cwt118.00–118.0097010
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-2235112.39/cwt110.00–115.002642
Heifers—Small 1-2322110.00/cwt110.00–110.003542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2333132.59/cwt130.00–135.004422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375153.38/cwt152.50–155.005753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383139.97/cwt135.00–145.005362
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455110.99/cwt110.00–112.005052
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518112.34/cwt110.00–115.005823
Heifers—Medium and Large 3518100.59/cwt100.00–103.005215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2613101.66/cwt100.00–105.006233
Heifers—Medium and Large 366091.48/cwt90.00–93.006042
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418121.44/cwt118.00–125.005082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425150.00/cwt150.00–150.006381
Bulls—Medium and Large 342894.96/cwt93.00–97.004063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
Bulls—Medium and Large 2529110.33/cwt108.00–115.005845
Bulls—Medium and Large 2571108.38/cwt107.00–112.006197
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610105.00/cwt105.00–105.006411
Bulls—Medium and Large 362593.00/cwt93.00–93.005812
Bulls—Medium and Large 380082.00/cwt82.00–82.006562
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,09074.04/cwt72.00–76.008072
Bulls——1,94591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,7701
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85241.57/cwt37.00–46.003543
Cows—Lean 85-90%87654.98/cwt51.00–58.004826
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08345.74/cwt40.00–49.004954
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24463.18/cwt59.00–70.0078621
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,74050.00/cwt50.00–50.008701
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 3673595.63/cwt500.00–675.004,0092
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2860145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2471
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 291085.00/cwt85.00–85.007741

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.