Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $354.39/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −60.67 against this barn's trailing median of $415.07.

Average price

$354.39

20 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,931

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+22.79

vs SC average

−70.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	354.39	1,931	20

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 sale20 hd

354.39

—

SC average5 barns · 57 hd

331.60

+22.79

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−70.48

This barn, trailing median9 sales

415.07

−60.67

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	1,704	163.07	2,778	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,170	139.49	1,632	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,524	134.46	2,049	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	965	106.82	1,031	12

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)	875	$1,825	1thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1	550–600	555	349.49/cwt	339.00–357.00	1,940	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,238	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,357	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	220	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	682	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,160	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,589	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,095	134.50/cwt	134.00–135.00	1,473	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	860	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,720	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,028	153.63/cwt	141.00–170.00	1,579	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	235	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	740	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	151.88/cwt	147.00–160.00	1,695	4
Bulls	—	—	2,028	174.10/cwt	171.00–177.00	3,531	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,524	134.46/cwt	129.00–141.00	2,049	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	132.41/cwt	111.00–141.00	1,590	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	106.82/cwt	75.00–122.00	1,031	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,071	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	969	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	210	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	641	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	875	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bulls	—	—	1,055	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,243	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,544	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	339.46/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,619	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700–750	700	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,575	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	338	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	761	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	520	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,404	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	890	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,448	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,750	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	2,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	540	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,993	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 Nov 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 127Last week 135Year ago 257

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 53Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 9Year ago 5

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
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	400.00	400.00
2	500–550	500	340.00	340.00
12	550–600	555	339.00–357.00	349.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	635	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	305.00	305.00
1	250–300	280	330.00	330.00
1	300–350	340	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	540	369.00	369.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	745	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	315.00	315.00
2	300–350	323	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	350.00	350.00
9	450–500	477	335.00–340.00	339.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	525	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	445	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	270.00	270.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	338	225.00	225.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	137.00	137.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,095	134.00–135.00	134.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,750	125.00	125.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	200.00	200.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,028	141.00–170.00	153.63
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	275.00	275.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	1,825.00	1,825.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,116	147.00–160.00	151.88
7	—	1,201	111.00–141.00	132.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,524	129.00–141.00	134.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	965	75.00–122.00	106.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,028	171.00–177.00	174.10
1	—	1,055	141.00	141.00

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

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Slaughter Cattle