Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering 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 $375.00/cwt on 2 head, down $1.83 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −1.83 against this barn's trailing median of $376.83.

Average price

$375.00

▼ 1.83 vs prior sale

2 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,978

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$0.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−31.60

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	375.00	2,063	1thin
Medium and Large 2	505	375.00	1,894	1thin

One grade step is worth $0.00/cwt here — about $169 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 sale2 hd

375.00

—

SC average6 barns · 56 hd

406.60

−31.60

This barn, trailing median3 sales

376.83

−1.83

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
Bulls	—	Low	1,383	157.70	2,181	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,531	171.65	2,628	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,167	162.36	1,895	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	969	93.14	903	10

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,543	$3,370	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,355	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,373	$2,893	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,120	$3,300	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	942	$3,165	3thin
Bulls	N/A	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,780	$3,160	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	993	$1,537	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,190	$3,850	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	740	$2,000	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,403	$4,851	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	785	$2,100	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	995	$1,815	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,020	$1,725	1thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	3,164.60/head	3,100.00–3,200.00	3,165	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,780	3,160.00/head	3,160.00–3,160.00	3,160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	400.42/cwt	370.00–430.00	1,421	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,210	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,978	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	405.07/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,738	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	900–950	930	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,093	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,011	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,086	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,063	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,185	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	309.96/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,071	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,501	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,907	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,894	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	995	1,815.00/head	1,815.00–1,815.00	1,815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	993	1,537.10/head	1,515.00–1,560.00	1,537	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	740	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,218	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,846	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,128	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	545	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,826	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,673	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,531	171.65/cwt	164.00–175.00	2,628	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	168.15/cwt	159.00–176.00	2,038	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	944	87.93/cwt	67.50–120.00	830	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,056	147.87/cwt	132.00–155.00	1,562	4
Bulls	—	—	1,383	157.70/cwt	150.00–167.50	2,181	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	983	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	992	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,294	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,359	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	205	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	718	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,394	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,543	3,370.34/head	3,200.00–3,500.00	3,370	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	785	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	570.73/cwt	540.00–600.00	1,170	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,100	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,435	3,165.39/head	2,500.00–3,500.00	3,165	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,403	4,850.62/head	4,800.00–4,900.00	4,851	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	472.48/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,928	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	412.55/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,539	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,355	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,960	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	453.69/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,515	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,120	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	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 Mar 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 77Last week 81Year ago 81

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 49Year ago 49

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 24Year ago 8

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering 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
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	942	3,100.00–3,200.00	3,164.60
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,120	3,300.00	3,300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,780	3,160.00	3,160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	993	1,515.00–1,560.00	1,537.10
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,185	2,075.00	2,075.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,543	3,200.00–3,500.00	3,370.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,435	2,500.00–3,500.00	3,165.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,355	2,900.00	2,900.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	1,815.00	1,815.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	2,100.00	2,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	1,725.00	1,725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	740	2,000.00	2,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,190	3,850.00	3,850.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,403	4,800.00–4,900.00	4,850.62

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	205	540.00–600.00	570.73
1	250–300	280	600.00	600.00
4	300–350	334	450.00–460.00	453.69
2	350–400	388	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	408	470.00–475.00	472.48
2	450–500	478	480.00	480.00
1	550–600	550	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	600	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	370.00–430.00	400.42
1	450–500	465	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	505	375.00	375.00
1	650–700	650	340.00	340.00
1	800–850	835	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	350.00	350.00
1	250–300	285	345.00	345.00
1	300–350	320	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	460.00	460.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	395	380.00	380.00
1	850–900	885	270.00	270.00
1	900–950	925	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	600.00	600.00
2	350–400	373	410.00–415.00	412.55
4	400–450	429	400.00–420.00	405.07
1	450–500	490	400.00	400.00
3	550–600	551	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	930	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	345.00	345.00
2	650–700	668	300.00–320.00	309.96
2	750–800	760	280.00	280.00
1	850–900	880	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	340.00	340.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	140.00	140.00
9	—	944	67.50–120.00	87.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,531	164.00–175.00	171.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,212	159.00–176.00	168.15
4	—	1,056	132.00–155.00	147.87
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,383	150.00–167.50	157.70

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle