Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2024-10-09

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Oct 9
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 324 vs last sale 426▼ 60 vs year ago 162 · −37.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 55▼ 34 vs year ago 75 · −45.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 26▼ 3 vs year ago 8 · −37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to no market report last week. Light offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $218.81/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −134.83 against this barn's trailing median of $353.65.
Average price
$218.81
8 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,184
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$276
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$60.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.70
vs SC average
−33.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550240.001,3201thin
Medium and Large 2533221.751,1826thin
Medium and Large 3580180.001,0441thin
One grade step is worth $60.00/cwt here — about $276 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 sale8 hd
218.81
—
SC average6 barns · 122 hd
217.11
+1.70
National average183 barns · 16,319 hd
252.68
−33.87
This barn, trailing median8 sales
353.65
−134.83
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—Low1,660114.451,9003thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,320116.001,5312thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03989.4993017

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)1,075$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,005$1,2501thin

Every lot

34 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3420225.00/cwt225.00–225.009451
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3590225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3283
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3625205.04/cwt200.00–210.001,2822
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3Value Added644215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3856
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3285200.00/cwt200.00–200.005701
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315225.00/cwt225.00–225.007091
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3315215.00/cwt215.00–215.006771
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3367215.00/cwt215.00–215.007892
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0051
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420195.00/cwt195.00–195.008191
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423223.19/cwt220.00–230.009443
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485217.35/cwt210.00–225.001,0542
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added500227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1383
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3201
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2566216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,2233
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3580180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0441
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2903
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added640217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3898
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3651
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3230225.00/cwt225.00–225.005181
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3395220.00/cwt220.00–220.008694
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410240.00/cwt240.00–240.009841
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,0151
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3472215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0152
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,660114.45/cwt95.00–125.001,9003
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01185.79/cwt62.50–98.0086714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,160110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2761
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,168106.78/cwt104.00–110.001,2473
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,480122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,8061
Replacement Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 390083.00/cwt83.00–83.007471
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,025123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,2611
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,065120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2781
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 31,0051,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0752,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001

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.