Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $365.07/cwt on 4 head, down $11.29 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 7 comparable sales and sits −0.80 against this barn's trailing median of $365.87.

Average price

$365.07

▼ 11.29 vs prior sale

4 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$348

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

$33.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.05

vs SC average

−58.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	390.00	2,204	1thin
Medium and Large 2	520	356.76	1,855	3thin

One grade step is worth $33.24/cwt here — about $348 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $393.78, low $330.48, median $365.87 across 7 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

365.07

—

SC average6 barns · 155 hd

380.12

−15.05

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

−58.12

This barn, trailing median7 sales

365.87

−0.80

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	1,528	199.85	3,053	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,621	158.85	2,575	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,123	149.72	1,681	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	927	125.01	1,158	4thin

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	(<2 yrs)	1,197	$2,471	3thin

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 1	600–650	603	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,533	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,216	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	263	388.54/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,022	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,240	2,651.31/head	2,625.00–2,675.00	2,651	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,204	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	442.49/cwt	435.00–447.50	2,372	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,280	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,126	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,142	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	356.76/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,855	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,328	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	825	115.25/cwt	100.00–127.50	951	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,621	158.85/cwt	154.00–171.00	2,575	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,260	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	134.77/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,385	2
Bulls	—	—	1,005	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,633	1
Bulls	—	—	1,527	218.88/cwt	212.00–226.00	3,342	5
Bulls	—	—	1,703	180.58/cwt	176.00–183.00	3,075	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	157.15/cwt	150.00–167.50	1,793	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	858	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,110	2,110.00/head	2,110.00–2,110.00	2,110	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	415.27/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,536	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,296	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,304	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,391	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,521	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,901	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	498.80/cwt	490.00–502.50	1,925	4

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 Apr 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 69Last week 86Year ago 93

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 38Year ago 42

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 13Year ago 9

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	540.00	540.00
4	350–400	386	490.00–502.50	498.80
3	450–500	457	485.00	485.00
1	500–550	500	425.00	425.00
3	600–650	603	420.00	420.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	450.00	450.00
1	250–300	295	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	525	405.00	405.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	420	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	515	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	615	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	263	380.00–405.00	388.54
1	300–350	300	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	430.00	430.00
1	550–600	565	390.00	390.00
4	600–650	600	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	410.00–420.00	415.27
3	500–550	520	350.00–360.00	356.76
1	600–650	600	325.00	325.00
5	650–700	680	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	536	435.00–447.50	442.49
3	600–650	640	360.00	360.00
2	700–750	710	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	440.00	440.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,240	2,625.00–2,675.00	2,651.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,110	2,110.00	2,110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	825	100.00–127.50	115.25
2	—	1,028	130.00–139.00	134.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,621	154.00–171.00	158.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	120.00	120.00
4	—	1,141	150.00–167.50	157.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	162.50	162.50
5	—	1,527	212.00–226.00	218.88
3	—	1,703	176.00–183.00	180.58

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

Heifers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle