Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2022-06-01

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Jun 1
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
151 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 164▲ 25 vs year ago 126 · +19.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 65▲ 27 vs year ago 30 · +90.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 40▲ 2 vs year ago 14 · +14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of 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 $140.72/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$140.72
47 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$677
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$497
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$66.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.31
vs SC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2521178.5593011thin
Medium and Large 2487145.2770716thin
Small 1-2584123.987247thin
Medium and Large 3386112.1343313thin
One grade step is worth $66.42/cwt here — about $497 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 sale47 hd
140.72
—
SC average4 barns · 217 hd
144.03
−3.31
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—Average1,77098.001,7351thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,32678.501,04115
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,17071.008311thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,18468.4381013

Every lot

52 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2248141.00/cwt141.00–141.003502
Steers—Medium and Large 3295110.00/cwt110.00–110.003251
Steers—Medium and Large 3305101.64/cwt100.00–105.003103
Steers—Small 1-2355135.00/cwt135.00–135.004791
Steers—Medium and Large 2389147.50/cwt147.50–147.505745
Steers—Medium and Large 3392119.32/cwt115.00–120.004687
Steers—Medium and Large 3405102.50/cwt102.50–102.504151
Steers—Small 1-2465127.42/cwt125.00–130.005932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy470176.00/cwt176.00–176.008273
Steers—Medium and Large 2485146.00/cwt146.00–146.007083
Steers—Medium and Large 2535148.00/cwt148.00–148.007921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy540179.50/cwt179.50–179.509698
Steers—Small 1-2555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006661
Steers—Medium and Large 3660105.00/cwt105.00–105.006931
Steers—Medium and Large 2672143.75/cwt141.00–148.009665
Steers—Small 1-2720120.00/cwt120.00–120.008641
Steers—Small 1-2763119.00/cwt119.00–119.009082
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320100.00/cwt100.00–100.003201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2344135.00/cwt135.00–135.004646
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370110.00/cwt110.00–110.004073
Heifers—Medium and Large 2393140.00/cwt140.00–140.0055010
Heifers—Small 1-2480115.00/cwt115.00–115.005521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485147.50/cwt147.50–147.507153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy509151.99/cwt149.00–155.0077410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510150.00/cwt150.00–150.007651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620133.00/cwt133.00–133.008254
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400155.00/cwt155.00–155.006201
Bulls—Small 1-2416123.39/cwt122.50–125.005133
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430145.00/cwt145.00–145.006241
Bulls—Medium and Large 3490102.50/cwt102.50–102.505021
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520135.00/cwt135.00–135.007021
Bulls—Medium and Large 3545115.00/cwt115.00–115.006271
Bulls—Small 1-2570120.00/cwt120.00–120.006844
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,77098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,7351
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06664.00/cwt62.00–67.006827
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,17071.00/cwt71.00–71.008311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30174.86/cwt73.00–76.009745
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,32173.59/cwt69.00–76.009726
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33880.32/cwt77.00–88.001,07510
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 1-262065.04/cwt60.00–70.004032
Stock Cows—Small 1-271368.68/cwt65.00–72.004902
Stock Cows—Small 372537.50/cwt37.50–37.502721
Stock Cows—Small 381048.00/cwt48.00–48.003891
Stock Cows—Medium 284087.50/cwt87.50–87.507351
Stock Cows—Medium 288893.65/cwt92.50–95.008322
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 264575.00/cwt75.00–75.004841
Bred Cows—Small 1-281566.00/cwt66.00–66.005381
Bred Cows—Medium 282564.00/cwt64.00–64.005281
Bred Cows—Small 1-285072.50/cwt72.50–72.506161
Bred Cows—Medium 291052.50/cwt52.50–52.504781
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,23071.00/cwt71.00–71.008731
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,24068.00/cwt68.00–68.008431

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.