Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-11

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 $289.82/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −76.05 against this barn's trailing median of $365.87.

Average price

$289.82

10 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,675

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−20.37

vs SC average

−51.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	289.82	1,675	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

289.82

—

SC average6 barns · 131 hd

310.19

−20.37

National average161 barns · 10,769 hd

340.92

−51.10

This barn, trailing median7 sales

365.87

−76.05

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	1,445	169.39	2,448	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,245	134.00	1,668	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,294	132.87	1,720	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,064	97.80	1,041	6thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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 2	450–500	455	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,547	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	262.70/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,203	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,669	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	609	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,827	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,110	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,196	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	450–500	462	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,155	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,754	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,170	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	289.82/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,675	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,794	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	448	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,626	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	490	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,470	1
Bulls	—	—	1,330	174.91/cwt	172.00–179.00	2,326	3
Bulls	—	—	1,618	161.10/cwt	160.00–162.00	2,607	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	141.68/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,952	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	129.67/cwt	118.00–137.50	1,639	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,245	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,668	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	97.80/cwt	69.00–120.00	1,041	6

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 11, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 85Last week 116Year ago 163

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 32Year ago 48

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
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	525	262.00	262.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	280.00	280.00
1	350–400	370	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	435	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	745	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	555	316.00	316.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	250.00–275.00	262.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	462	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	578	285.00–291.00	289.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	609	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	710	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	534	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	448	363.00	363.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,330	172.00–179.00	174.91
2	—	1,618	160.00–162.00	161.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,378	140.00–145.00	141.68
11	—	1,264	118.00–137.50	129.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	134.00	134.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,064	69.00–120.00	97.80

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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