Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offerings of plain to average quality cattle due to wet conditions in the area with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $237.50/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −128.37 against this barn's trailing median of $365.87.

Average price

$237.50

24 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,321

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$40.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.55

vs SC average

−59.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	257.50	1,429	12thin
Medium and Large 2	557	217.50	1,212	12thin

One grade step is worth $40.00/cwt here — about $217 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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

237.50

—

SC average6 barns · 95 hd

241.05

−3.55

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

−59.50

This barn, trailing median7 sales

365.87

−128.37

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	1,596	154.27	2,462	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,400	131.50	1,841	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,253	126.89	1,590	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	964	92.27	890	17

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	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	995	$1,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	595	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,304	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,173	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	686	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,722	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,239	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	585	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,562	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	840	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,218	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,148	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	565	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,257	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,758	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,025	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,128	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	995	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,454	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	220	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	243.75/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,158	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	113.63/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,186	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	815	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	897	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	129.30/cwt	125.00–141.00	1,702	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	131.50/cwt	120.00–145.00	1,841	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	85.70/cwt	62.00–107.50	806	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	945	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	945	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,250	3
Bulls	—	—	1,596	154.27/cwt	140.00–161.00	2,462	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,567	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,360	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	295	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	638	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,531	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	234	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	714	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,429	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	288.69/cwt	260.00–295.00	1,120	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,475	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	975	127.29/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,241	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	329.89/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,023	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	217	363.08/cwt	360.00–370.00	788	3

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 Feb 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 115Last week 151Year ago 31

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 44Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 6Year ago 6

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offerings of plain to average quality cattle due to wet conditions in the area with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	240.00–247.50	243.75
4	500–550	516	222.50	222.50
3	550–600	590	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	565	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	250.00	250.00
1	400–450	420	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	745	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	638	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	234	305.00	305.00
5	350–400	388	260.00–295.00	288.69
12	550–600	555	257.50	257.50
2	650–700	650	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	395.00	395.00
1	400–450	405	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	350.00	350.00
3	500–550	510	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	595	267.50	267.50
9	650–700	686	251.00	251.00
1	750–800	790	222.50	222.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	585	267.00	267.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	340.00	340.00
3	500–550	500	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	217	360.00–370.00	363.08
3	300–350	310	320.00–340.00	329.89

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	840	145.00	145.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	110.00	110.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	975	124.00–130.00	127.29
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,205	130.00	130.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,360	140.00	140.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	945	155.00	155.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	855	172.50	172.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,044	110.00–120.00	113.63
13	—	940	62.00–107.50	85.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	110.00	110.00
7	—	1,316	125.00–141.00	129.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,400	120.00–145.00	131.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,596	140.00–161.00	154.27

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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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle