Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $288.70/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −77.17 against this barn's trailing median of $365.87.

Average price

$288.70

19 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,549

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$30.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.64

vs SC average

−102.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	539	298.46	1,608	13thin
Medium and Large 3	532	267.54	1,422	6thin

One grade step is worth $30.92/cwt here — about $186 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 sale19 hd

288.70

—

SC average5 barns · 96 hd

312.33

−23.64

National average186 barns · 24,193 hd

390.82

−102.12

This barn, trailing median7 sales

365.87

−77.17

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	1,480	158.82	2,350	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,780	146.00	2,599	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,364	145.87	1,990	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	980	101.18	991	15

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)	1,185	$1,350	1thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	750–800	795	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,027	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	485	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	550	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,540	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	540	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	580	311.20/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,805	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,235	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	385.17/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,437	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	297.40/cwt	290.00–305.00	2,141	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,652	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	234	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	866	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	900	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,755	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	985	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,223	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	945	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	373.15/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,556	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	950	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,007	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,411	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	320.26/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,825	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,222	1
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	780	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,326	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,185	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,653	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	225	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,443	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	143.75/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,857	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	947	92.85/cwt	70.00–118.00	879	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	124.08/cwt	120.00–132.50	1,328	4
Bulls	—	—	1,283	152.59/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,958	3
Bulls	—	—	2,070	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	3,674	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,780	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,599	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,618	153.28/cwt	150.00–156.00	2,480	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,207	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,209	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,005	142.36/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,431	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	220	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	335	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,173	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,095	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,245	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	412.24/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,476	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	405.00/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,357	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	527	269.05/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,418	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	319.59/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,480	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,946	1

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 Oct 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 110Last week 73Year ago 220

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 35Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 13Year ago 19

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	795	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	570	312.50–330.00	320.26
1	600–650	610	319.00	319.00
2	700–750	720	290.00–305.00	297.40
1	750–800	785	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	400.00–425.00	412.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	280.00	280.00
4	550–600	550	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	390	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	405	305.00	305.00
2	450–500	463	305.00–335.00	319.59
5	500–550	527	267.50–270.00	269.05
1	550–600	555	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	350.00	350.00
1	300–350	335	365.00	365.00
8	500–550	533	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	350.00	350.00
5	550–600	580	310.00–312.00	311.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	234	370.00	370.00
1	250–300	265	380.00	380.00
2	350–400	373	380.00–390.00	385.17
5	400–450	417	350.00–380.00	373.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	325.00	325.00
1	300–350	300	305.00	305.00
1	350–400	385	345.00	345.00
1	400–450	415	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	460	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	585	282.50	282.50
1	600–650	610	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	400.00–410.00	405.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	195.00	195.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	200.00	200.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	150.00	150.00
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	780	170.00	170.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,005	140.00–145.00	142.36
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	205.00	205.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,185	1,350.00	1,350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,292	140.00–148.00	143.75
2	—	1,618	150.00–156.00	153.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	947	70.00–118.00	92.85
4	—	1,070	120.00–132.50	124.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,780	146.00	146.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,283	150.00–157.00	152.59
1	—	2,070	177.50	177.50

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