Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-23

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. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $363.56/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits −51.51 against this barn's trailing median of $415.07.

Average price

$363.56

8 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,940

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+26.11

vs SC average

−12.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	363.56	1,940	8thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $440.91, low $358.90, median $415.07 across 9 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 sale8 hd

363.56

—

SC average6 barns · 101 hd

337.45

+26.11

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

−12.18

This barn, trailing median9 sales

415.07

−51.51

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	—	High	1,700	191.00	3,247	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,408	149.25	2,101	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,191	145.85	1,738	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,093	114.77	1,254	13

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)	1,070	$2,150	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	825	$1,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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 2Value Added	450–500	480	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	413.77/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,076	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	368.08/cwt	349.00–372.00	1,929	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	391.81/cwt	390.00–398.00	1,595	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,265	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,961	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,402	145.90/cwt	137.50–157.00	2,046	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,281	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,189	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,383	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	665	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	590	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	510	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,377	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,386	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,065	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,619	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	610	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	976	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	615	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	861	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,340	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,041	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	545	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,390	1
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	705	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,445	1
Heifer Pairs	Small 2	—	825	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	162.91/cwt	159.00–167.00	1,844	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	145.00/cwt	142.50–148.00	2,027	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	114.77/cwt	71.00–138.00	1,254	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	157.75/cwt	155.00–161.00	2,253	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	487	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,422	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,415	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	310	484.70/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,503	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	200	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	350	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	924	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	316.76/cwt	300.00–323.00	1,660	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	426	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,572	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	203	407.59/cwt	400.00–415.00	827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,442	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	273	469.17/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,281	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	371.56/cwt	370.00–382.00	1,691	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,967	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,274	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	905	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,070	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,065	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,289	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,490	4
Bulls	—	—	1,730	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,460	1
Bulls	—	—	1,670	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,039	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	142.20/cwt	130.00–150.00	1,712	14

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 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 145Last week 106Year ago 154

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 63Year ago 53

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 12Year ago 27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	357.00	357.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	203	400.00–415.00	407.59
4	250–300	260	405.00–420.00	413.77
1	300–350	315	440.00	440.00
1	350–400	375	420.00	420.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	635	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	590	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	440.00	440.00
2	250–300	273	460.00–480.00	469.17
3	300–350	310	475.00–500.00	484.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	335.00	335.00
1	350–400	385	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	427.50	427.50
9	400–450	407	390.00–398.00	391.81
24	450–500	455	370.00–382.00	371.56
6	500–550	524	349.00–372.00	368.08
2	550–600	562	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	667	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	210	440.00	440.00
1	250–300	290	410.00	410.00
1	300–350	305	420.00	420.00
3	350–400	395	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	412	350.00	350.00
11	500–550	524	300.00–323.00	316.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	335.00	335.00
4	450–500	450	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	487	292.00	292.00
1	500–550	545	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	426	369.00	369.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	490	260.00	260.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,265	155.00	155.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,402	137.50–157.00	145.90
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,065	152.00	152.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	610	160.00	160.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	705	205.00	205.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	121.00	121.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	615	140.00	140.00
Heifer Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	1,700.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	2,150.00	2,150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,132	159.00–167.00	162.91
14	—	1,204	130.00–150.00	142.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,398	142.50–148.00	145.00
2	—	1,428	155.00–161.00	157.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,093	71.00–138.00	114.77
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,730	200.00	200.00
1	—	1,670	182.00	182.00

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

Steers · 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