Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls 5.50 higher both based on limited comparable sales. Light offerings of plain to average quality cattle with light buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.29/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −126.58 against this barn's trailing median of $365.87.

Average price

$239.29

21 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,326

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$223

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

$43.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.42

vs SC average

−67.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	270.00	1,485	6thin
Medium and Large 2	556	227.00	1,262	15thin

One grade step is worth $43.00/cwt here — about $223 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale21 hd

239.29

—

SC average6 barns · 109 hd

244.71

−5.42

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−67.72

This barn, trailing median7 sales

365.87

−126.58

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	—	High	1,837	168.13	3,088	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,290	138.08	1,781	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,572	131.10	2,061	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,058	117.86	1,247	7thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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 1	400–450	430	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,271	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,551	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	253.92/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,117	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,472	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,679	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	218.02/cwt	216.00–220.00	1,347	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	594	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,538	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,078	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,326	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	591	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,306	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	910	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	550–600	570	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,311	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,327	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,348	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,308	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	233.19/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,259	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	337.67/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,104	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	139.98/cwt	130.00–151.00	1,860	11
Bulls	—	—	2,000	174.52/cwt	174.00–175.00	3,490	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	128.24/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,447	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	104.03/cwt	82.50–117.50	1,004	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	135.26/cwt	131.00–142.00	2,033	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,744	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	120.20/cwt	118.00–123.00	1,380	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	260	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	785	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,766	1
Bulls	—	—	1,674	161.73/cwt	154.00–169.00	2,707	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	2,055	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	2,096	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	323.23/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,034	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	510	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,505	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,299	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	307.50/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,415	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,281	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,107	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	325	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,300	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,173	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,177	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	276.60/cwt	276.00–277.00	1,272	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,485	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,216	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	910	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	533	217.24/cwt	217.00–217.50	1,158	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	302.45/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,128	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 Feb 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 114Last week 89Year ago 219

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 52Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 13Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	360.00	360.00
1	300–350	335	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	430	345.00	345.00
1	650–700	665	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	330.00–342.50	337.67
1	350–400	380	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	410	310.00	310.00
2	450–500	460	300.00–315.00	307.50
2	500–550	510	260.00	260.00
1	550–600	550	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	490	265.00	265.00
1	500–550	545	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	550	245.00	245.00
1	600–650	610	217.50	217.50
1	750–800	785	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	300.00	300.00
1	250–300	280	325.00	325.00
3	300–350	320	320.00–330.00	323.23
2	350–400	373	295.00–310.00	302.45
4	400–450	406	290.00	290.00
5	450–500	460	276.00–277.00	276.60
6	550–600	550	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	280.00	280.00
3	400–450	440	240.00–261.00	253.92
8	500–550	540	225.00–235.00	233.19
6	600–650	618	216.00–220.00	218.02
1	750–800	755	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	591	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	533	217.00–217.50	217.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	594	259.00	259.00
2	700–750	705	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	577	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	210.00	210.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,329	130.00–151.00	139.98
1	—	1,140	153.00	153.00
2	—	1,148	118.00–123.00	120.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,128	127.00–130.00	128.24
3	—	965	82.50–117.50	104.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,503	131.00–142.00	135.26
1	—	2,055	102.00	102.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,000	174.00–175.00	174.52
2	—	1,674	154.00–169.00	161.73

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	910	136.00	136.00

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

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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle