Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2026-02-04

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Feb 4
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
26 head
10 vs last sale 16 125 vs year ago 151 · 82.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
28 vs last sale 20 4 vs year ago 44 · +9.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
1 vs last sale 5 2 vs year ago 6 · 33.3%
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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

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $340.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits 36.83 against this barn's trailing median of $376.83.
Average price
$340.00
2 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,809
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2532340.001,8092thin
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
399385372358median 376.8302/1102/1104/2205/1305/13
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 sale2 hd
340.00
SC average2 barns · 4 hd
340.00
+0.00
This barn, trailing median3 sales
376.83
−36.83
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,863178.753,3292thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,355157.002,1271thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,257145.441,8278thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,055124.031,3096thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,030$3,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,105$3,3001thin

Every lot, as filed

19 lots · USDA AMS · Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls2,345187.50/cwt187.50–187.504,3971
CowsLean 85-90%1,121129.79/cwt127.00–134.001,4554
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550532340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8092
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550510390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9891
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1053,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500490330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6172
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,310210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,7511
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1785350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,7481
BullsMedium and Large 11,0303,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450405370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4991
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650645300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9351
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,355157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,1271
CowsLean 85-90%923112.52/cwt110.00–115.001,0392
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800770280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1561
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700688295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0303
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400380370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4062
Bulls1,380170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,3461
CowsBoner 80-85%1,143152.00/cwt146.00–158.001,7374
CowsBoner 80-85%1,370138.88/cwt130.00–142.001,9034

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.