Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2022-06-22

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Jun 22
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 118▼ 42 vs year ago 114 · −36.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 80▲ 67 vs year ago 47 · +142.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 30▲ 6 vs year ago 8 · +75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average to plain quality cattle with light 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 $141.53/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$141.53
19 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$753
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$351
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$20.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.13
vs SC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2579143.2682915thin
Medium and Large 2347139.194833thin
Small 1-2390122.504781thin
One grade step is worth $20.76/cwt here — about $351 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 sale19 hd
141.53
—
SC average5 barns · 250 hd
141.40
+0.13
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—Average1,613108.771,7544thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43391.521,3112thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23289.221,09930
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07577.6983617

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,265$1,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,380$9751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)805$6101thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$8251thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2330138.79/cwt137.50–140.004582
Steers—Medium and Large 2380140.00/cwt140.00–140.005321
Steers—Small 1-2390122.50/cwt122.50–122.504781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added496148.00/cwt148.00–148.007346
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added634140.10/cwt139.00–141.008889
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-2230107.50/cwt107.50–107.502471
Heifers—Small 1-2290115.00/cwt115.00–115.003341
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320125.00/cwt125.00–125.004001
Heifers—Small 1-2395110.00/cwt110.00–110.004351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added425125.00/cwt125.00–125.005314
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3490100.00/cwt100.00–100.004901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2505130.00/cwt130.00–130.006571
Bulls—Small 1-2510110.00/cwt110.00–110.005611
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525109.00/cwt109.00–109.005721
Bulls—Small 1-2570117.50/cwt117.50–117.506701
Bulls—Medium and Large 3665107.50/cwt107.50–107.507151
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,55582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,2751
Bulls——1,598121.54/cwt120.00–123.001,9422
Bulls——1,700110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,8701
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98667.48/cwt57.00–72.506654
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,005105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0551
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10380.83/cwt75.00–90.0089213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23090.18/cwt85.00–98.001,10925
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30379.24/cwt72.50–85.001,0324
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43391.52/cwt88.00–96.001,3112
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 297580.00/cwt80.00–80.007801
Stock Cows—Medium 21,04092.50/cwt92.50–92.509621
Stock Cows—Medium 21,08198.27/cwt85.00–115.001,06220
Stock Cows—Medium 21,08394.38/cwt85.00–101.001,0224
Stock Cows—Medium 1-21,100825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Stock Cows—Medium 1-21,27390.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1462
Stock Cows—Medium 1-21,277104.87/cwt94.00–115.001,3395
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 21,08392.59/cwt90.00–95.001,0032
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,310112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,4741
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 3805610.00/head610.00–610.006101
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 21,2651,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,380975.00/head975.00–975.009751

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.