Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offerings 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 $231.09/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −134.78 against this barn's trailing median of $365.87.

Average price

$231.09

24 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,222

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$50.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.31

vs SC average

−49.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	247.67	1,284	11thin
Medium and Large 2	541	225.81	1,221	9thin
Medium and Large 3	529	197.38	1,044	4thin

One grade step is worth $50.29/cwt here — about $240 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

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 sale24 hd

231.09

—

SC average6 barns · 154 hd

234.40

−3.31

National average188 barns · 25,726 hd

280.30

−49.21

This barn, trailing median7 sales

365.87

−134.78

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	—	Low	1,737	127.63	2,217	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,328	106.15	1,410	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,325	105.51	1,398	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	964	86.34	832	35

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,135	$1,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,040	$1,112	2thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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 2	300–350	335	282.39/cwt	275.00–290.00	946	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,175	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	935	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,309	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,265	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,366	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	266.92/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,281	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	239.23/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,127	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	255.04/cwt	250.00–260.00	722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	238.98/cwt	235.00–245.00	997	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	219.91/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,166	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Full	300–350	335	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	754	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	288.36/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,090	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,334	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,476	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	515	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,416	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	544	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,238	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	517	201.50/cwt	200.00–202.50	1,042	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,035	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,004	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,040	1,111.90/head	1,100.00–1,125.00	1,112	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,040	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,009	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	850	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,169	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	714	193.54/cwt	190.00–194.00	1,382	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,047	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	200	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	237.55/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,116	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,411	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,040	98.38/cwt	97.00–100.00	1,023	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	338	210.22/cwt	200.00–220.00	711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	688	205.02/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,411	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	232.18/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,103	2
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	700	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	805	1
Bulls	—	—	1,410	122.50/cwt	116.00–126.50	1,727	4
Bulls	—	—	1,998	131.74/cwt	129.00–135.00	2,632	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	82.50/cwt	70.00–100.00	770	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	104.77/cwt	94.00–112.00	1,379	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	327	258.42/cwt	250.00–265.00	845	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	637	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	232.07/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,330	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	104.90/cwt	103.00–107.00	1,170	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,325	105.51/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,398	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,450	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,740	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,360	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,054	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	271	210.51/cwt	205.00–212.50	570	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	217.31/cwt	210.00–225.00	837	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	243	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	948	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,105	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	265.90/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,090	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	243.12/cwt	237.50–250.00	1,252	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,334	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	328.09/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,224	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,326	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,135	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,195	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	380	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	324.48/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,178	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	270.03/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,015	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	250.11/cwt	245.00–255.00	820	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 Dec 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 202Last week 397Year ago 280

Slaughter CattleReceipts 87Last week 51Year ago 67

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 13Year ago 10

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. 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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	275.00–290.00	282.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	515	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	470	235.00–240.00	237.55
1	650–700	650	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	340.00	340.00
2	350–400	373	315.00–340.00	328.09
5	400–450	420	317.50	317.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	290.00	290.00
9	350–400	378	280.00–295.00	288.36
1	400–450	405	290.00	290.00
9	450–500	480	260.00–270.00	266.92
2	500–550	513	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	635	232.50	232.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	260.00	260.00
3	300–350	327	250.00–265.00	258.42
1	350–400	395	265.00	265.00
1	400–450	430	245.00	245.00
2	450–500	475	225.00–240.00	232.18
7	550–600	573	230.00–235.00	232.07
2	650–700	688	200.00–210.00	205.02
9	700–750	714	190.00–194.00	193.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	310.00	310.00
1	250–300	270	300.00	300.00
1	300–350	345	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	363	300.00–350.00	324.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	243	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	250.00–260.00	255.04
2	300–350	328	245.00–255.00	250.11
5	400–450	417	235.00–245.00	238.98
4	450–500	471	230.00–245.00	239.23
2	500–550	530	215.00–225.00	219.91
1	600–650	600	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	544	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	230.00	230.00
5	250–300	271	205.00–212.50	210.51
2	300–350	338	200.00–220.00	210.22
2	350–400	385	210.00–225.00	217.31
3	500–550	517	200.00–202.50	201.50
1	550–600	565	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	376	265.00–290.00	270.03
9	400–450	410	250.00–268.00	265.90
7	500–550	515	237.50–250.00	243.12
1	550–600	555	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	515	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	225.00	225.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	935	140.00	140.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	108.00	108.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,035	97.00	97.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	97.00	97.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	137.50	137.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,040	97.00–100.00	98.38
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	700	115.00	115.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,360	120.00	120.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,040	1,100.00–1,125.00	1,111.90
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	1,800.00	1,800.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,195	102.50	102.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,410	116.00–126.50	122.50
5	—	1,998	129.00–135.00	131.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	933	70.00–100.00	82.50
6	—	1,115	103.00–107.00	104.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,316	94.00–112.00	104.77
1	—	1,450	120.00	120.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,325	105.00–106.00	105.51

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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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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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle