Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to no sale last week. 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 $289.73/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −76.14 against this barn's trailing median of $365.87.

Average price

$289.73

15 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,534

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$416

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

$91.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.37

vs SC average

−51.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	329.00	1,698	3thin
Medium and Large 2	528	310.28	1,638	7thin
Medium and Large 3	540	237.39	1,281	5thin

One grade step is worth $91.61/cwt here — about $416 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 sale15 hd

289.73

—

SC average6 barns · 166 hd

313.09

−23.37

National average157 barns · 9,726 hd

341.53

−51.80

This barn, trailing median7 sales

365.87

−76.14

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	1,650	165.50	2,731	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,411	152.67	2,154	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,355	147.71	2,001	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	999	105.95	1,059	23

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)	805	$1,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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 3	400–450	435	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,262	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,884	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	613	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,913	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	348.54/cwt	341.00–351.00	1,952	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	501	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,754	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,882	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	310.31/cwt	308.00–315.00	1,744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,353	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,110	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	531	239.24/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,270	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,831	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,380	1
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	735	152.01/cwt	151.00–153.00	1,117	2
Bred Heifers	Small 2	—	645	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,064	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	805	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,907	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	493	311.56/cwt	309.00–322.00	1,536	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,203	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	350–400	395	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,335	4
Bulls	—	—	1,665	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,914	1
Bulls	—	—	1,635	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,551	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,245	156.18/cwt	153.00–159.00	1,944	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,228	139.54/cwt	136.00–146.00	1,714	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	142.64/cwt	134.00–148.00	1,834	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	100.91/cwt	70.00–129.00	974	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,519	159.89/cwt	154.00–167.00	2,429	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,825	143.88/cwt	140.00–147.00	2,626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	490	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	503	313.67/cwt	313.00–315.00	1,578	3

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 Jul 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 152Last week 87Year ago 207

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 53Year ago 57

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 10Year ago 12

No comparisons made this week due to no sale last week. 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 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	435	290.00	290.00
4	500–550	531	239.00–240.00	239.24
1	550–600	575	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	516	329.00	329.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	613	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	410	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	460	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	500	300.00	300.00
3	550–600	562	308.00–315.00	310.31
1	600–650	605	269.00	269.00
1	700–750	725	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	325.00	325.00
3	500–550	503	313.00–315.00	313.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	336.00	336.00
4	550–600	587	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	501	350.00	350.00
4	550–600	560	341.00–351.00	348.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	493	309.00–322.00	311.56
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	395	338.00	338.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	330.00	330.00
2	600–650	607	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	325.00	325.00
2	650–700	675	253.00	253.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	735	151.00–153.00	152.01
Bred Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	645	165.00	165.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	1,700.00	1,700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	175.00	175.00
1	—	1,635	156.00	156.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,245	153.00–159.00	156.18
2	—	1,825	140.00–147.00	143.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,228	136.00–146.00	139.54
20	—	965	70.00–129.00	100.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,286	134.00–148.00	142.64
5	—	1,519	154.00–167.00	159.89

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

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Slaughter Cattle