Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-09

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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $274.96/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −90.91 against this barn's trailing median of $365.87.

Average price

$274.96

4 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,416

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$678

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

$102.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.60

vs SC average

−41.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	330.00	1,815	1thin
Medium and Large 2	505	271.16	1,369	2thin
Medium and Large 3	500	227.50	1,138	1thin

One grade step is worth $102.50/cwt here — about $678 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 sale4 hd

274.96

—

SC average6 barns · 82 hd

276.56

−1.60

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

−41.59

This barn, trailing median7 sales

365.87

−90.91

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	1,550	155.00	2,403	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,255	114.98	1,443	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,400	110.33	1,545	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,151	97.80	1,125	10

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	860	$2,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,110	$2,850	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	795	$1,959	4thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	840	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	316	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,027	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,138	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	975	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,355	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	860	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,110	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	242	313.52/cwt	300.00–320.00	759	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	351.67/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,125	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	261.67/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,706	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	800	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,438	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	311.49/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,324	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	314.55/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,497	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	943	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,330	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	466	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,678	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	271.16/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,369	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	795	1,959.28/head	1,800.00–2,100.00	1,959	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	328.57/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,226	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,774	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	114.98/cwt	94.00–120.00	1,443	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	110.33/cwt	109.00–112.00	1,545	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	409	317.95/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,300	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	321.82/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,522	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,172	1
Bulls	—	—	1,550	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,403	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,506	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	95.22/cwt	76.00–114.00	1,086	9

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 Apr 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 97Last week 93Year ago 180

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 42Year ago 48

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 9Year ago 6

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

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	840	100.00	100.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	139.00	139.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	860	2,900.00	2,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	2,850.00	2,850.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	150.00	150.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	795	1,800.00–2,100.00	1,959.28

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	316	325.00	325.00
1	350–400	355	330.00	330.00
5	400–450	409	300.00–330.00	317.95
7	450–500	473	320.00–322.50	321.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	340.00–365.00	351.67
1	350–400	380	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
3	650–700	655	260.00–265.00	261.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	510	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	500	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	242	300.00–320.00	313.52
1	300–350	335	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	505	262.50–280.00	271.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	325.00	325.00
2	350–400	373	320.00–337.50	328.57
8	400–450	425	305.00–325.00	311.49
11	450–500	476	310.00–315.00	314.55
1	550–600	550	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	655	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	466	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	477	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	520	275.00	275.00
1	550–600	590	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	650	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	355.00	355.00
4	450–500	470	377.50	377.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,255	94.00–120.00	114.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,400	109.00–112.00	110.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	121.00	121.00
9	—	1,140	76.00–114.00	95.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	155.00	155.00

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle