Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-22

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. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $402.50/cwt on 3 head, down $15.40 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 9 comparable sales and sits −12.57 against this barn's trailing median of $415.07.

Average price

$402.50

▼ 15.40 vs prior sale

3 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,101

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+34.18

vs SC average

−16.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	402.50	2,101	3thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $440.91, low $358.90, median $415.07 across 9 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 sale3 hd

402.50

—

SC average6 barns · 55 hd

368.32

+34.18

National average142 barns · 5,313 hd

419.04

−16.54

This barn, trailing median9 sales

415.07

−12.57

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,731	194.67	3,370	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,338	172.52	2,308	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,190	158.50	1,886	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	873	101.22	884	2thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	935	$1,870	1thin

Every lot, as filed

30 lots · USDA AMS · Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,916	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	377.51/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,329	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,443	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,697	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,015	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,862	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,204	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	387.15/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,429	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,769	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	386.28/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,758	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,639	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	632	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,402	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,206	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,343	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	278	350.54/cwt	330.00–370.00	975	2
Bulls	—	—	1,730	206.33/cwt	200.00–215.00	3,570	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	935	1,870.00/head	1,870.00–1,870.00	1,870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,364	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1100–1150	1,125	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	3,184	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	522	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,101	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	813	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,602	3
Bulls	—	—	1,733	171.35/cwt	164.00–178.00	2,969	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,455	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,488	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	925	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,351	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,338	172.52/cwt	172.00–173.00	2,308	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	873	101.22/cwt	97.50–105.00	884	2

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.

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

Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC

Wed Jul 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 122Last week 129Year ago 145

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 41Year ago 53

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 12Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	380.00–395.00	387.15
4	450–500	455	385.00–390.00	386.28
3	500–550	536	330.00	330.00
2	550–600	572	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	330.00–370.00	350.54
1	450–500	460	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	352	370.00–380.00	377.51
1	400–450	435	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	455	365.00	365.00
3	550–600	565	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	640	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	560.00	560.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	360.00	360.00
2	350–400	395	340.00	340.00
3	450–500	461	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	342	422.00	422.00
6	400–450	404	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	522	402.50	402.50
4	600–650	632	380.00	380.00
3	800–850	813	320.00	320.00
2	1000–1050	1,015	282.00	282.00
2	1100–1150	1,125	283.00	283.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,730	200.00–215.00	206.33
2	—	1,733	164.00–178.00	171.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	171.00	171.00
1	—	925	146.00	146.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,338	172.00–173.00	172.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	873	97.50–105.00	101.22

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	935	1,870.00	1,870.00

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.

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Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle