Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to sale being closed last week for Thanksgiving. Moderate offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $280.18/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −134.88 against this barn's trailing median of $415.07.

Average price

$280.18

11 head · 502 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,406

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$33.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.06

vs SC average

−45.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	502	283.20	1,422	10thin
Medium and Large 2	500	250.00	1,250	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.20/cwt here — about $172 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.

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 sale11 hd

280.18

—

SC average6 barns · 80 hd

279.12

+1.06

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−45.19

This barn, trailing median9 sales

415.07

−134.88

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	1,629	115.55	1,882	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,352	109.53	1,481	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,642	108.49	1,781	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,049	94.75	994	20

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
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$1,975	1thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	567	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	847	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	849	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,185	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Full	500–550	500	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,025	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	780	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	936	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	800	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,130	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	234.89/cwt	220.00–245.00	876	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,524	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,416	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,199	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	234.94/cwt	230.00–240.00	952	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	278.30/cwt	260.00–283.00	1,341	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,524	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	207.55/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,272	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	220.23/cwt	218.00–225.00	1,277	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	779	223.68/cwt	216.00–225.00	1,742	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	293	280.09/cwt	270.00–290.00	821	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,295	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,466	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,541	114.47/cwt	113.00–116.00	1,764	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	113.98/cwt	113.00–115.00	1,744	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	107.56/cwt	97.50–111.00	1,374	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,865	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,818	1
Bulls	—	—	1,810	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,498	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	863	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,102	108.04/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,191	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	87.60/cwt	70.00–100.00	894	13
Bulls	—	—	1,568	108.07/cwt	99.00–125.00	1,695	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	344	345.37/cwt	325.00–347.50	1,188	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	618	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,205	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	369	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	627	41
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	855	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,176	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,046	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,215	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,835	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	279.94/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,198	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	270.07/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,021	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,238	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	871	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	252.09/cwt	237.50–257.00	1,263	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	245.69/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,609	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	685	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,284	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	950	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,235	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,407	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	283.20/cwt	283.00–285.00	1,422	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	250.86/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,580	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,373	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,003	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,358	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,680	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,453	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	256.26/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,235	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	335	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,089	4

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 Dec 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 397Last week 295Year ago 130

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 62Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 34Year ago 6

No comparisons made this week due to sale being closed last week for Thanksgiving. Moderate offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	210.00	210.00
1	350–400	375	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	715	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	482	260.00–283.00	278.30
1	500–550	500	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	670	227.50	227.50
20	750–800	779	216.00–225.00	223.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	344	325.00–347.50	345.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	300.00	300.00
10	500–550	502	283.00–285.00	283.20
12	600–650	630	245.00–257.00	250.86
13	650–700	655	245.00–246.00	245.69
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	175.00	175.00
1	600–650	605	140.00	140.00
1	850–900	855	137.50	137.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	225.00	225.00
1	500–550	515	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	560	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	270.00–290.00	280.09
2	350–400	378	260.00–280.00	270.07
3	400–450	428	275.00–285.00	279.94
1	450–500	450	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	540	240.00	240.00
3	550–600	578	245.00	245.00
1	600–650	635	240.00	240.00
2	750–800	785	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	485	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	220.00–245.00	234.89
2	400–450	405	230.00–240.00	234.94
1	450–500	495	240.00	240.00
1	500–550	545	220.00	220.00
4	550–600	580	218.00–225.00	220.23
2	600–650	613	205.00–210.00	207.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	200.00	200.00
2	600–650	618	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	260.00	260.00
1	350–400	390	250.00	250.00
8	450–500	482	255.00–260.00	256.26
8	500–550	501	237.50–257.00	252.09
9	550–600	596	236.00	236.00
1	600–650	610	225.00	225.00
3	650–700	675	225.00	225.00
1	750–800	760	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	335	325.00	325.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
41	350–400	369	170.00	170.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	120.00	120.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	107.50	107.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,295	146.00	146.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,215	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,680	146.00	146.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,975.00	1,975.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,541	113.00–116.00	114.47
10	—	1,277	97.50–111.00	107.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,530	113.00–115.00	113.98
1	—	1,865	97.50	97.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,102	104.00–111.00	108.04
13	—	1,020	70.00–100.00	87.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,810	138.00	138.00
3	—	1,568	99.00–125.00	108.07

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle