Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-25

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 $352.50/cwt on 4 head, down $24.33 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −24.33 against this barn's trailing median of $376.83.

Average price

$352.50

▼ 24.33 vs prior sale

4 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,987

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$368

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$45.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−50.61

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	375.00	2,175	2thin
Medium and Large 2	548	330.00	1,807	2thin

One grade step is worth $45.00/cwt here — about $368 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale4 hd

352.50

—

SC average6 barns · 100 hd

403.11

−50.61

This barn, trailing median3 sales

376.83

−24.33

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	1,551	174.59	2,707	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,256	165.38	2,077	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,470	161.00	2,367	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,091	125.29	1,367	9thin

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
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,095	$1,975	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	933	$1,425	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,285	$2,290	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,445	$3,250	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,180	$3,000	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,273	$2,498	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	690	$1,800	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	865	$1,138	3thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Stock Cows	Small 1	—	800	1,060.00/head	1,060.00–1,060.00	1,060	1
Bred Cows	Small 1	—	820	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	155.39/cwt	150.00–162.00	1,868	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,180	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	338	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,200	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,045	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,285	2,289.84/head	2,100.00–2,440.00	2,290	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,885	1
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	810	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	318.26/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,935	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,558	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,926	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,453	2
Bulls	—	—	1,636	183.86/cwt	181.00–188.00	3,008	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,367	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,139	106.52/cwt	75.00–123.00	1,213	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	140.31/cwt	132.00–154.00	1,477	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	690	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	985	1,380.00/head	1,380.00–1,380.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	283	337.17/cwt	325.00–350.00	954	2
Bulls	—	—	1,437	162.24/cwt	156.00–171.00	2,331	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	168.10/cwt	163.00–177.00	2,137	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	462.54/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,661	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,175	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	345.00/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,156	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	377	355.10/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,339	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	439	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,712	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,095	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,273	2,497.54/head	2,250.00–2,775.00	2,498	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,445	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,798	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	428.98/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,081	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,606	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,131	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 Feb 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 81Last week 72Year ago 114

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 48Year ago 38

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 39Year ago 1

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

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	1,060.00	1,060.00
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	975.00	975.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	1,380.00	1,380.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,273	2,250.00–2,775.00	2,497.54
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	820	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,650.00	1,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,095	1,975.00	1,975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,180	3,000.00	3,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,445	3,250.00	3,250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,285	2,100.00–2,440.00	2,289.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,202	150.00–162.00	155.39
11	—	1,271	163.00–177.00	168.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	161.00	161.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,139	75.00–123.00	106.52
5	—	1,053	132.00–154.00	140.31
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,636	181.00–188.00	183.86
3	—	1,437	156.00–171.00	162.24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	355.00	355.00
4	400–450	439	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	435.00	435.00
1	300–350	320	410.00	410.00
1	350–400	365	440.00	440.00
2	400–450	408	415.00	415.00
6	450–500	485	405.00–440.00	428.98
1	500–550	520	325.00	325.00
1	550–600	575	335.00	335.00
3	600–650	608	305.00–335.00	318.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	570.00	570.00
6	350–400	359	460.00–475.00	462.54
2	550–600	580	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	410	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	510	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	650	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	325.00–350.00	337.17
2	300–350	335	330.00–360.00	345.00
5	350–400	377	350.00–365.00	355.10
2	400–450	415	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	465	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	530.00	530.00
3	400–450	428	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	602	490.00	490.00

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

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

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