Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering 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 $333.57/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −32.30 against this barn's trailing median of $365.87.

Average price

$333.57

32 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,914

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$472

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

$56.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.96

vs SC average

−26.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	341.39	1,987	25
Medium and Large 2	553	321.25	1,775	4thin
Medium and Large 3	532	284.86	1,515	3thin

One grade step is worth $56.53/cwt here — about $472 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale32 hd

333.57

—

SC average6 barns · 302 hd

347.53

−13.96

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

−26.09

This barn, trailing median7 sales

365.87

−32.30

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	1,858	178.08	3,309	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,337	154.99	2,072	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,227	146.70	1,799	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,008	109.58	1,104	7thin

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)	1,000	$1,855	2thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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	250–300	260	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,014	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,186	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	387.50/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,376	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	548	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,863	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	675	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,207	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	301.61/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,825	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	1,855.00/head	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,855	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,911	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,329	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	570	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	500	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	400.32/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,241	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,069	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,584	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,189	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,620	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,939	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	476	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,737	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	362	347.05/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,256	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	1,150	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,007	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	486	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,657	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,140	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	612	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,760	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	407	342.81/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,395	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,122	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,658	6
Bulls	—	—	1,740	173.62/cwt	173.00–174.00	3,021	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,337	154.99/cwt	153.00–156.00	2,072	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	151.19/cwt	148.00–157.00	1,851	5
Bulls	—	—	2,095	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	3,918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,742	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	98.39/cwt	70.00–127.00	1,038	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	137.56/cwt	132.50–142.50	1,224	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	141.08/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,735	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	320	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	275.10/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	411	308.44/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,268	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	532	284.86/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	283	346.35/cwt	330.00–360.00	980	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	314.42/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,016	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,015	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	411.31/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,304	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,031	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	424.97/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,521	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	573	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,063	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,579	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,138	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,295	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,245	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,896	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	600	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	585	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	407.63/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,745	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	335.51/cwt	331.00–342.00	1,963	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	391.98/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,701	5

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 Sep 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 207Last week 245Year ago 211

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 48Year ago 62

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 7Year ago 5

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering 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	250–300	260	390.00	390.00
1	450–500	450	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	555	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	615	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	548	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	355	335.00	335.00
8	400–450	407	342.50–345.00	342.81
1	450–500	495	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	680	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	435.00	435.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	400.00	400.00
2	350–400	358	420.00–430.00	424.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	365.00	365.00
2	350–400	355	380.00–395.00	387.50
2	450–500	450	360.00	360.00
3	600–650	605	295.00–305.00	301.61
3	650–700	683	303.00	303.00
1	700–750	705	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	476	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	500	325.00	325.00
3	550–600	570	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	283	330.00–360.00	346.35
2	300–350	323	300.00–330.00	314.42
1	350–400	380	300.00	300.00
6	400–450	411	300.00–330.00	308.44
14	450–500	486	341.00	341.00
3	500–550	532	270.00–295.00	284.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	317	405.00–430.00	411.31
1	350–400	385	410.00	410.00
5	400–450	434	390.00–400.00	391.98
19	550–600	585	331.00–342.00	335.51
1	600–650	625	325.00	325.00
7	650–700	692	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	573	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	390.00–410.00	400.32
1	400–450	420	370.00	370.00
4	450–500	490	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	555	335.00	335.00
6	650–700	675	327.00	327.00
1	750–800	770	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	340.00	340.00
4	350–400	362	330.00–355.00	347.05
1	400–450	425	340.00	340.00
6	450–500	495	335.00	335.00
2	500–550	525	270.00–280.00	275.10
5	600–650	612	287.50	287.50
1	650–700	670	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	447.00	447.00
1	350–400	395	430.00	430.00
2	400–450	428	400.00–415.00	407.63
5	450–500	480	395.00	395.00
3	500–550	546	369.00	369.00
3	600–650	646	347.50	347.50
3	650–700	650	353.00	353.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,855.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,150	152.00	152.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,740	173.00–174.00	173.62
1	—	2,095	187.00	187.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,337	153.00–156.00	154.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,224	148.00–157.00	151.19
4	—	1,230	138.00–145.00	141.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,055	70.00–127.00	98.39
2	—	890	132.50–142.50	137.56

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