Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2022-06-08

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Jun 8
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
326 head
▲ 175 vs last sale 151▲ 134 vs year ago 192 · +69.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 57▲ 18 vs year ago 63 · +28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales . Average 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 $158.73/cwt on 151 head.
Average price
$158.73
151 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$943
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$690
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$45.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.69
vs SC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2662163.821,084117
Medium and Large 2378149.0856423
Small 1-2315132.154165thin
Medium and Large 3332118.753946thin
One grade step is worth $45.07/cwt here — about $690 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 sale151 hd
158.73
—
SC average5 barns · 488 hd
153.04
+5.69
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—Low1,32297.441,2885thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24180.5199941
CowsLean 85-90%Low82465.0853623

Every lot

47 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—Medium and Large 3235120.00/cwt120.00–120.002821
Steers—Small 1-2255135.00/cwt135.00–135.003441
Steers—Small 1-2323131.92/cwt130.00–136.004263
Steers—Medium and Large 2325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004551
Steers—Medium and Large 3334119.37/cwt112.00–125.003994
Steers—Small 1-2350130.00/cwt130.00–130.004551
Steers—Medium and Large 2374149.47/cwt145.00–155.0055921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385158.00/cwt158.00–158.006087
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420165.00/cwt165.00–165.006934
Steers—Medium and Large 3420115.00/cwt115.00–115.004831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added438188.00/cwt188.00–188.008238
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy485184.00/cwt184.00–184.008922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485165.00/cwt165.00–165.008005
Steers—Medium and Large 2520150.00/cwt150.00–150.007801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522172.00/cwt172.00–172.008982
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added537184.00/cwt184.00–184.0098811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added571175.12/cwt174.00–176.001,0009
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2681159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,0834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added790155.75/cwt155.75–155.751,23065
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2224122.50/cwt122.50–122.502744
Heifers—Medium and Large 2314130.72/cwt125.00–132.004109
Heifers—Small 1-2323112.40/cwt110.00–115.003633
Heifers—Medium and Large 2359133.26/cwt130.00–135.004786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2400151.00/cwt151.00–151.006042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added408161.00/cwt161.00–161.006575
Heifers—Medium and Large 2464128.37/cwt120.00–130.005966
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added475171.49/cwt170.00–173.0081528
Heifers—Small 1-2485110.00/cwt110.00–110.005341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy502159.00/cwt159.00–159.007986
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515121.00/cwt121.00–121.006231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560145.00/cwt145.00–145.008123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added590159.00/cwt159.00–159.009386
Heifers—Medium and Large 2707114.00/cwt114.00–114.008062
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470136.57/cwt125.00–142.006423
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Value Added490143.00/cwt143.00–143.007018
Bulls—Small 1-2505115.00/cwt115.00–115.005811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2512132.43/cwt125.00–135.006784
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578122.51/cwt120.00–125.007083
Bulls—Small 1-2585115.00/cwt115.00–115.006731
Bulls—Small 1-2623102.96/cwt101.00–105.006412
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,15088.07/cwt83.00–92.001,0132
Bulls——1,437103.69/cwt99.00–106.001,4903
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%77158.43/cwt50.00–67.0045015
Cows—Lean 85-90%92477.56/cwt75.00–85.007178
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09563.94/cwt57.00–70.007005
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24782.04/cwt75.00–91.001,02334
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,51395.87/cwt94.00–98.001,4512

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.