Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2024-07-24

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Jul 24
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
154 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 88▼ 69 vs year ago 223 · −30.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 67▲ 2 vs year ago 51 · +3.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 14▼ 5 vs year ago 32 · −15.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows 10.00 lower, slaughter bulls 8.00 lower both based on limited comparable sales. Light offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $217.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −136.15 against this barn's trailing median of $353.65.
Average price
$217.50
2 head · 583 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,267
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$4
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−31.15
vs SC average
−47.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2575220.001,2651thin
Medium and Large 3590215.001,2691thin
One grade step is worth $5.00/cwt here — about −$4 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale2 hd
217.50
—
SC average6 barns · 181 hd
248.65
−31.15
National average157 barns · 8,958 hd
264.63
−47.13
This barn, trailing median8 sales
353.65
−136.15
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
408365323280median 353.6503/1104/2908/1208/2610/28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,370131.231,7986thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,392121.321,68815
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,303120.001,5642thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01898.971,00718

Every lot

57 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315315.00/cwt315.00–315.009923
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added515250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2883
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3Value Added530245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2992
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5205
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4187
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2607238.76/cwt235.00–240.001,44912
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy697230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6032
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3270222.50/cwt222.50–222.506011
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3Full295220.00/cwt220.00–220.006491
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320280.00/cwt280.00–280.008962
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1352280.00/cwt280.00–280.009862
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3385227.40/cwt220.00–235.008752
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3403230.87/cwt222.50–235.009303
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433249.02/cwt245.00–250.001,0785
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1271
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3468234.92/cwt230.00–240.001,0992
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy575220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2651
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3590215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2691
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2607225.00/cwt217.50–231.001,36617
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added630207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,3074
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3655190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2451
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2Fleshy770216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,66311
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3260220.00/cwt210.00–230.005722
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280260.00/cwt260.00–260.007281
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315260.00/cwt260.00–260.008191
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0407
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3320215.00/cwt215.00–215.006881
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2394268.61/cwt265.00–275.001,05811
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3395245.00/cwt245.00–245.009681
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2403255.03/cwt250.00–260.001,0282
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1808
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Full430240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0321
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3473215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0173
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3Full478160.00/cwt160.00–160.007652
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy485200.00/cwt200.00–200.009701
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2254
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3505230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1622
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy560215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2041
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3600220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3205
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Full680200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3601
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers700–750Large 3735117.00/cwt117.00–117.008601
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,370131.23/cwt106.00–138.001,7986
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00694.69/cwt25.00–115.0095315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,065134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,4271
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,077120.36/cwt118.00–122.001,2963
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,303120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,5642
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,415120.41/cwt112.00–124.001,70414
Replacement Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2860130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1181
Bulls—Medium and Large 2873155.04/cwt140.00–170.001,3532
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,215131.41/cwt127.00–136.001,5972
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 390045.00/cwt45.00–45.004051
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 393099.73/cwt89.00–110.009272
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2765127.35/cwt125.00–130.009742
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2800125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 388095.00/cwt95.00–95.008361
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2975121.92/cwt117.00–125.001,1893
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,185125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,4811

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.