Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2026-06-17

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Jun 17
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
44 head
52 vs last sale 96 65 vs year ago 109 · 59.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
7 vs last sale 19 12 vs year ago 38 · 31.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
3 vs last sale 4 13 vs year ago 14 · 92.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $324.32/cwt on 6 head, down $69.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits 41.55 against this barn's trailing median of $365.87.
Average price
$324.32
69.45 vs prior sale
6 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,738
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$41.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
37.86
vs SC average
87.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2536331.181,7765thin
Medium and Large 3535290.001,5521thin
One grade step is worth $41.18/cwt here — about $224 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales
408377347316median 365.8701/1403/1104/2908/1208/19
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $393.78, low $330.48, median $365.87 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale6 hd
324.32
SC average6 barns · 101 hd
362.18
−37.86
National average169 barns · 9,451 hd
411.50
−87.18
This barn, trailing median7 sales
365.87
−41.55
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
BullsAverage1,383182.502,5232thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,295175.002,2661thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,045155.651,6275thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,034123.431,2764thin

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
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)955$1,9101thin

Every lot, as filed

28 lots · USDA AMS · Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450425315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3391
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550529332.73/cwt325.00–340.001,7604
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650610335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0441
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5771
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700690348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,4011
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600550360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9801
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500473355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6792
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800775285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2091
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600565325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8361
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy500–550525315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6542
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350320405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2961
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400375425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5941
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,295175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,2661
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450400430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7201
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500465430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0001
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650605362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,1931
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550535290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5521
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy400–450420325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3651
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450435360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5661
Bulls1,680204.00/cwt204.00–204.003,4271
BullsMedium and Large 29551,910.00/head1,910.00–1,910.001,9101
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300275480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,3201
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350345475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,6391
CowsBoner 80-85%1,035151.06/cwt136.00–159.001,5634
Bulls1,085161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,7471
CowsLean 85-90%925119.91/cwt100.00–130.001,1093
CowsLean 85-90%1,360134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,8221
CowsBoner 80-85%1,085174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,8881

How this sale compares

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.