Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate 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 $355.56/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −59.51 against this barn's trailing median of $415.07.

Average price

$355.56

18 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,070

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$533

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

$85.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.87

vs SC average

−75.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	583	360.30	2,101	17thin
Medium and Large 3	570	275.00	1,568	1thin

One grade step is worth $85.30/cwt here — about $533 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

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 sale18 hd

355.56

—

SC average5 barns · 72 hd

369.43

−13.87

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−75.07

This barn, trailing median9 sales

415.07

−59.51

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	—	Low	1,693	162.25	2,746	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,356	143.60	1,948	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,311	135.77	1,780	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	936	94.98	889	6thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 3	550–600	570	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,254	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,122	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	311.27/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,142	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,142	181.35/cwt	150.00–203.00	2,071	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,882	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,332	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	648	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,009	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,129	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	350–400	395	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,244	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,750	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,247	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,312	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,981	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	818	221.61/cwt	200.00–245.00	1,813	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	583	360.30/cwt	359.00–370.00	2,101	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	728	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,417	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	512	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,331	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	531	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,487	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	148.98/cwt	147.00–151.00	2,120	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,882	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	936	94.98/cwt	65.00–121.00	889	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	134.65/cwt	129.00–140.00	1,769	10
Bulls	—	—	1,940	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,852	1
Bulls	—	—	1,445	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	2,565	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,312	140.01/cwt	133.00–145.00	1,837	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	357.93/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,489	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,681	2

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 Dec 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 84Last week 124Year ago 202

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 38Year ago 87

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 60Year ago 13

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate 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 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	430	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	570	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	695	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	583	359.00–370.00	360.30
12	700–750	728	332.00	332.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	335.00	335.00
1	400–450	430	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	350.00	350.00
5	400–450	416	350.00–360.00	357.93
2	450–500	467	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	390.00	390.00
2	400–450	443	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	531	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	367	300.00–315.00	311.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	515	325.00	325.00
6	600–650	619	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	648	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	350.00	350.00
2	300–350	332	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	512	260.00	260.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,142	150.00–203.00	181.35
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,105	220.00	220.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	818	200.00–245.00	221.61

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,423	147.00–151.00	148.98
3	—	1,312	133.00–145.00	140.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	147.00	147.00
10	—	1,314	129.00–140.00	134.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	936	65.00–121.00	94.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,940	147.00	147.00
1	—	1,445	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

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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle