Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-04

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 $317.38/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −48.49 against this barn's trailing median of $365.87.

Average price

$317.38

10 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,804

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.84

vs SC average

−20.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	317.38	1,804	10thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale10 hd

317.38

—

SC average6 barns · 158 hd

306.54

+10.84

National average164 barns · 13,536 hd

338.24

−20.86

This barn, trailing median7 sales

365.87

−48.49

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	1,283	157.00	2,014	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,412	144.74	2,044	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,102	135.00	1,487	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	964	98.78	952	4thin

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	Young (2-4 yrs)	695	$1,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	457	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,645	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	1,015	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,391	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,103	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	750–800	780	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	1,866	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	577	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,846	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	955	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,499	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	317.06/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,614	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,472	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,419	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	449	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,545	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	884	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	747	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,718	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	515	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,455	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	318.97/cwt	315.00–322.00	1,825	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,519	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	695	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	896	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,218	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	964	98.78/cwt	85.00–110.00	952	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,449	142.53/cwt	139.00–152.00	2,065	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,205	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,597	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	2,213	2
Bulls	—	—	1,450	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,436	1
Bulls	—	—	1,115	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,628	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,385	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	905	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,184	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	250.36/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,039	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	200	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	416	273.83/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,139	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 Jun 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 116Last week 61Year ago 161

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 64Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 11Year ago 29

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	140.00	140.00
2	—	1,065	130.00	130.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	964	85.00–110.00	98.78
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,449	139.00–152.00	142.53
1	—	1,205	132.50	132.50
2	—	1,405	157.50	157.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	168.00	168.00
1	—	1,115	146.00	146.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	400.00	400.00
3	500–550	511	315.00	315.00
2	550–600	575	324.50	324.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	457	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	340.00	340.00
1	300–350	315	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	430	330.00	330.00
3	450–500	460	320.00	320.00
5	500–550	509	315.00–325.00	317.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	370	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	301.00	301.00
7	550–600	572	315.00–322.00	318.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	449	344.00	344.00
2	550–600	577	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	420	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	620	245.00	245.00
2	700–750	747	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	270.00	270.00
4	400–450	416	265.00–277.00	273.83
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	240.00–260.00	250.36

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,015	137.00	137.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	157.00	157.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	695	1,500.00	1,500.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle