Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made 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 $296.64/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −69.23 against this barn's trailing median of $365.87.

Average price

$296.64

16 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$36.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.53

vs SC average

−36.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	579	305.69	1,770	12thin
Medium and Large 2	557	269.50	1,502	4thin

One grade step is worth $36.19/cwt here — about $268 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

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 sale16 hd

296.64

—

SC average6 barns · 139 hd

308.17

−11.53

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−36.18

This barn, trailing median7 sales

365.87

−69.23

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	1,662	160.68	2,671	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,422	133.82	1,903	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,210	130.80	1,583	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,016	104.31	1,060	9thin

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)	1,245	$3,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	940	$2,750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,163	$2,250	2thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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	450–500	455	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,251	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,343	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,910	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,581	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	999	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	358.24/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,343	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	350	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,138	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	662	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,787	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	640	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	440	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,408	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	478	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,453	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	332.80/cwt	325.00–337.00	1,631	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,010	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	369.49/cwt	367.50–370.00	1,947	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,504	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	339.06/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,936	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	305.69/cwt	305.00–307.00	1,770	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,467	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,948	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,235	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	715	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	858	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	125.92/cwt	112.00–133.00	1,385	5
Bulls	—	—	1,750	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,643	1
Bulls	—	—	1,618	165.52/cwt	163.00–168.00	2,678	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	127.43/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,743	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	136.89/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,845	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	94.20/cwt	85.00–120.00	912	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	124.52/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,385	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,350	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,936	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,245	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	940	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,090	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	1,025	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,153	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	620	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,736	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	299.79/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,424	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,204	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,053	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	283	274.96/cwt	270.00–280.00	778	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	288	307.52/cwt	305.00–310.00	886	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,431	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,705	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	302.52/cwt	300.00–305.00	962	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,943	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	325	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,105	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,334	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,634	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 May 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 163Last week 100Year ago 183

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 44Year ago 49

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 13Year ago 7

No comparisons made 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
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	510	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	365.00	365.00
7	400–450	426	353.00	353.00
20	450–500	490	325.00–337.00	332.80
12	550–600	579	305.00–307.00	305.69
2	700–750	707	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	305.00–310.00	307.52
2	300–350	318	300.00–305.00	302.52
1	450–500	460	290.00	290.00
3	550–600	573	276.00	276.00
2	600–650	605	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	270.00–280.00	274.96
1	400–450	405	260.00	260.00
1	450–500	470	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	370.00	370.00
2	350–400	377	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	415	360.00	360.00
2	650–700	670	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	405.00	405.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	290.00	290.00
2	450–500	475	290.00–310.00	299.79
1	500–550	540	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	350.00–365.00	358.24
1	400–450	430	360.00	360.00
6	450–500	487	350.00	350.00
6	500–550	526	330.00	330.00
2	700–750	740	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	340.00	340.00
1	350–400	350	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	440	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	640	275.00	275.00
2	650–700	662	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	326	450.00	450.00
1	350–400	350	415.00	415.00
10	500–550	527	367.50–370.00	369.49
9	550–600	571	335.00–347.50	339.06
3	650–700	670	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	563	346.00	346.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,235	2,050.00	2,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,245	3,400.00	3,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	2,750.00	2,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,090	2,450.00	2,450.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	715	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,350	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,025	112.50	112.50
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	620	235.00	235.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,100	112.00–133.00	125.92
4	—	1,348	135.00–139.00	136.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,368	125.00–130.00	127.43
1	—	1,585	153.00	153.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	968	85.00–120.00	94.20
3	—	1,112	121.00–130.00	124.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	151.00	151.00
2	—	1,618	163.00–168.00	165.52

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle