Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-29

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 excess hair and flesh.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $314.12/cwt on 8 head, down $79.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −51.75 against this barn's trailing median of $365.87.

Average price

$314.12

▼ 79.65 vs prior sale

8 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,709

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$16.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.11

vs SC average

−46.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	316.14	1,726	7thin
Medium and Large 2	530	300.00	1,590	1thin

One grade step is worth $16.14/cwt here — about $136 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

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 sale8 hd

314.12

—

SC average6 barns · 104 hd

313.01

+1.11

National average152 barns · 4,754 hd

360.52

−46.40

This barn, trailing median7 sales

365.87

−51.75

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	1,585	189.48	3,003	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,433	175.31	2,512	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,150	155.58	1,790	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	943	122.50	1,155	4thin

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 Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,223	$3,268	6
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	940	$2,039	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,110	$2,555	1thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	300–350	305	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,159	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,925	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	279.03/cwt	275.00–283.00	1,978	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,920	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	652	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,923	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,487	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	305.74/cwt	305.00–306.00	1,734	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,049	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	877	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,973	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	915	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,506	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	175.31/cwt	172.00–179.00	2,512	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,110	2,555.00/head	2,555.00–2,555.00	2,555	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,223	3,267.75/head	2,757.00–3,825.00	3,268	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	940	2,039.32/head	1,978.00–2,104.00	2,039	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	537	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,982	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,130	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	149.50/cwt	149.00–150.00	1,622	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	95.50/cwt	95.00–96.00	764	2
Bulls	—	—	1,685	199.31/cwt	198.00–200.00	3,358	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	149.40/cwt	140.00–158.00	1,706	3
Bulls	—	—	1,285	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,056	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	164.86/cwt	162.00–168.00	1,917	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 29, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 77Last week 122Year ago 153

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 23Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 1Year ago 8

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 excess hair and flesh.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	350.00	350.00
1	300–350	305	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	473	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	725	254.00	254.00
2	850–900	877	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	611	315.00	315.00
12	700–750	709	275.00–283.00	279.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	620	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	600	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	537	369.00	369.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	419	355.00	355.00
1	450–500	490	320.00	320.00
3	500–550	518	330.00	330.00
4	550–600	567	305.00–306.00	305.74
1	700–750	710	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	330.00	330.00
5	450–500	472	319.00	319.00
1	500–550	530	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	605	281.00	281.00
1	700–750	745	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	770	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	810	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	652	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	305.00	305.00
1	650–700	680	230.00	230.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,433	172.00–179.00	175.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	149.00–150.00	149.50
2	—	800	95.00–96.00	95.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,142	140.00–158.00	149.40
2	—	1,163	162.00–168.00	164.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,685	198.00–200.00	199.31
1	—	1,285	160.00	160.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,110	2,555.00	2,555.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,223	2,757.00–3,825.00	3,267.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	940	1,978.00–2,104.00	2,039.32

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

Heifers · 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