Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

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

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $260.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −116.83 against this barn's trailing median of $376.83.

Average price

$260.00

1 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,430

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−99.78

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	550	260.00	1,430	1thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $385.00, low $371.92, median $376.83 across 3 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 sale1 hd

260.00

—

SC average5 barns · 52 hd

359.78

−99.78

This barn, trailing median3 sales

376.83

−116.83

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,364	145.12	1,979	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,400	141.50	1,981	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,023	89.75	918	20

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
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,070	$1,850	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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,764	2
Stock Cows	Small 1	—	813	218.62/cwt	215.00–222.50	1,777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,591	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	820	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,706	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,249	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	417.55/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,002	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,602	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,661	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	545	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	401.63/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,884	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	410	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,070	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	333.19/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,060	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,549	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,250	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,663	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,325	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	141.63/cwt	131.00–147.00	1,983	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	152.11/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,964	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	284.96/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	945	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	87.79/cwt	65.00–120.00	889	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,420	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,140	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 Dec 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 57Last week 84Year ago 187

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 41Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 8Year ago 10

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
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	400	360.00	360.00
2	450–500	490	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	350.00	350.00
2	300–350	318	320.00–345.00	333.19
1	400–450	430	265.00	265.00
1	550–600	550	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	430.00	430.00
1	350–400	355	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	405	410.00	410.00
6	450–500	469	400.00–410.00	401.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	347	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	445	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	545	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	550	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	305.00	305.00
1	450–500	480	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	365.00	365.00
2	450–500	482	330.00	330.00
2	600–650	640	280.00–290.00	284.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	545	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	415.00–420.00	417.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	450.00	450.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	813	215.00–222.50	218.62
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	820	330.00	330.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	162.00	162.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,070	1,850.00	1,850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	127.00	127.00
19	—	1,013	65.00–120.00	87.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	133.00	133.00
1	—	1,550	150.00	150.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,400	131.00–147.00	141.63
5	—	1,291	150.00–157.00	152.11

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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Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · 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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