Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $304.05/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −72.79 against this barn's trailing median of $376.83.

Average price

$304.05

13 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$345

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

$67.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.36

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	312.51	1,644	11thin
Medium and Large 2	565	270.00	1,526	1thin
Medium and Large 3	530	245.00	1,299	1thin

One grade step is worth $67.51/cwt here — about $345 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $385.00, low $371.92, median $376.83 across 3 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 sale13 hd

304.05

—

SC average6 barns · 60 hd

311.41

−7.36

This barn, trailing median3 sales

376.83

−72.79

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	1,349	154.21	2,080	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,334	134.11	1,789	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,760	128.00	2,253	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	987	108.49	1,071	19

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)	1,110	$1,600	2thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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 1	400–450	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	974	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,245	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	323.93/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,697	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	885	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,151	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,215	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,397	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	490	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	390	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,014	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	400	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	275.06/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,210	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	274.88/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,267	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	319.80/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,183	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,229	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,003	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	655	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	212.43/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,323	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	945	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,526	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	951	103.44/cwt	70.00–119.00	984	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,760	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	2,253	1
Bulls	—	—	1,430	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,945	1
Bulls	—	—	1,308	163.31/cwt	160.00–167.00	2,136	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,446	138.98/cwt	130.00–145.00	2,010	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,054	121.92/cwt	109.00–128.00	1,285	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,299	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	127.45/cwt	122.00–136.00	1,433	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,644	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,722	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	920	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,251	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	199.92/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,240	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,215	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	391	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	312.26/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,621	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	366.69/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,379	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,874	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,145	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,557	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	393	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,238	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 Mar 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 81Last week 110Year ago 221

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 41Year ago 53

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 7Year ago 10

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	330.00	330.00
1	300–350	300	350.00	350.00
2	350–400	370	315.00–325.00	319.80
1	400–450	435	305.00	305.00
6	500–550	524	310.00–335.00	323.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	440	270.00–280.00	275.06
2	450–500	461	270.00–280.00	274.88
1	500–550	530	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	585	210.00	210.00
2	600–650	620	190.00–210.00	199.92
1	650–700	675	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	391	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	393	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	415.00	415.00
6	350–400	376	360.00–370.00	366.69
1	400–450	405	390.00	390.00
10	500–550	519	305.00–315.00	312.26
1	550–600	595	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	655	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	360.00	360.00
1	250–300	295	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	435	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	490	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	565	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	600	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	305.00	305.00
1	300–350	315	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	390	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	455	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	530	245.00	245.00
2	600–650	623	210.00–215.00	212.43
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	412	395.00	395.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	130.00	130.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,175	225.00	225.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	143.50	143.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,145	136.00	136.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	2,000.00	2,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	951	70.00–119.00	103.44
4	—	1,124	122.00–136.00	127.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	128.00	128.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,446	130.00–145.00	138.98
4	—	1,054	109.00–128.00	121.92
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	136.00	136.00
2	—	1,308	160.00–167.00	163.31

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

Bulls · 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