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Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Apr 17

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964

← Apr 10Apr 17Apr 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

198 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 180▲ 15 vs year ago 183 · +8.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

73 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 48▲ 4 vs year ago 69 · +5.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

18 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 6▲ 13 vs year ago 5 · +260.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold weak based on light offerings. Light offering of average quality cattle with moderate buyer participation.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $214.08/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −139.57 against this barn's trailing median of $353.65.

Average price

$214.08

16 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,149

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$402

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium 3

$58.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.49

vs SC average

−50.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	550	231.38	1,273	11thin
Medium and Large 3	515	190.00	979	1thin
Medium 3	505	172.50	871	4thin

One grade step is worth $58.88/cwt here — about $402 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale16 hd

214.08

—

SC average5 barns · 93 hd

234.56

−20.49

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−50.44

This barn, trailing median8 sales

353.65

−139.57

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $393.78, low $294.14, median $353.65 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,377	131.96	1,817	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,363	110.86	1,511	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,188	109.67	1,303	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,070	105.11	1,125	25

Every lot

69 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	335	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	871	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,424	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,412	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,481	2
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	470	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,387	1
Steers	450–500	Large 2	481	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,203	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	292.43/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,477	6
Steers	550–600	Medium 2	560	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,708	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,148	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,716	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	254.96/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,721	4
Steers	650–700	Large 2	682	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,500	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	753	217.51/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,638	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	280	252.95/cwt	240.00–265.00	708	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	870	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	235.78/cwt	223.00–250.00	773	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	350	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	700	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	268.00/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,010	5
Heifers	400–450	Large 2	405	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	932	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,066	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	413	209.13/cwt	200.00–217.50	864	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,034	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	457	230.57/cwt	225.00–232.50	1,054	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,067	1
Heifers	450–500	Large 2	485	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	985	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium 3	505	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	871	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	979	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	536	240.53/cwt	227.50–245.00	1,289	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	220.41/cwt	217.50–225.00	1,250	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	603	199.98/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,206	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium 3	603	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,055	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	673	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,447	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	697	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,366	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,379	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	820	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,517	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	235	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	717	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	260	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	650	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	262	311.37/cwt	305.00–315.00	816	3
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	275	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	839	1
Bulls	250–300	Large 1	285	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	713	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	900	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	315	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	725	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	267.54/cwt	265.00–270.00	870	2
Bulls	300–350	Large 1	345	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	897	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	395	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	948	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	397	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,251	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,266	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	281.25/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,204	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,196	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	288.26/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,343	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	309.88/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,456	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	253.41/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,300	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1	560	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,512	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	565	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,229	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,390	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	617	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,481	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	678	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,339	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	691	236.66/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,635	6
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2Full	837	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,632	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,176	124.66/cwt	114.00–130.00	1,466	4
Bulls	—	—	1,578	139.26/cwt	137.50–143.00	2,198	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,049	100.32/cwt	90.00–107.50	1,052	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,097	111.21/cwt	107.00–115.00	1,220	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,180	108.49/cwt	104.00–114.00	1,280	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	112.92/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,366	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,363	110.86/cwt	108.00–116.00	1,511	5
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Small 3	665	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	466	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 1	740	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,147	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,275	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,594	1

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.

South Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC

Wed Apr 17, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Columbia, SC (LS-CO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 198Last week 180Year ago 183

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 48Year ago 69

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 6Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	240.00–265.00	252.95
1	350–400	350	200.00	200.00
3	400–450	413	200.00–217.50	209.13
1	450–500	485	220.00	220.00
1	500–550	515	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	300.00	300.00
2	300–350	328	223.00–250.00	235.78
5	350–400	377	267.50–270.00	268.00
1	400–450	440	235.00	235.00
4	450–500	457	225.00–232.50	230.57
6	500–550	536	227.50–245.00	240.53
5	550–600	567	217.50–225.00	220.41
5	650–700	673	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	505	172.50	172.50
6	600–650	603	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	197.00	197.00
1	800–850	820	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	230.00	230.00
1	450–500	485	203.00	203.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	603	195.00–205.00	199.98
10	650–700	697	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	260.00	260.00
1	550–600	560	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	307.00	307.00
6	500–550	505	280.00–295.00	292.43
4	650–700	675	240.00–260.00	254.96
2	750–800	753	215.00–220.00	217.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	325.00	325.00
2	450–500	470	315.00	315.00
4	550–600	572	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	560	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	481	250.00	250.00
2	650–700	682	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	250.00	250.00
1	300–350	315	230.00	230.00
1	350–400	395	240.00	240.00
1	450–500	460	260.00	260.00
1	550–600	565	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	262	305.00–315.00	311.37
1	300–350	300	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	397	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	415	305.00	305.00
4	450–500	470	300.00–315.00	309.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	250.00	250.00
1	300–350	345	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	678	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	837	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	305.00	305.00
1	250–300	275	305.00	305.00
2	300–350	325	265.00–270.00	267.54
5	400–450	428	270.00–290.00	281.25
6	450–500	466	280.00–290.00	288.26
3	500–550	513	250.00–260.00	253.41
4	550–600	573	242.50	242.50
2	600–650	617	240.00	240.00
6	650–700	691	230.00–250.00	236.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,363	108.00–116.00	110.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,180	104.00–114.00	108.49
4	—	1,210	110.00–117.00	112.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,049	90.00–107.50	100.32
11	—	1,097	107.00–115.00	111.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,578	137.50–143.00	139.26
4	—	1,176	114.00–130.00	124.66

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	665	70.00	70.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	740	155.00	155.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,275	125.00	125.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.