Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-13

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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $336.67/cwt on 3 head, down $31.70 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −29.20 against this barn's trailing median of $365.87.

Average price

$336.67

▼ 31.70 vs prior sale

3 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,875

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$794

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$100.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.51

vs SC average

−80.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	583	370.00	2,157	2thin
Medium and Large 3	505	270.00	1,364	1thin

One grade step is worth $100.00/cwt here — about $794 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale3 hd

336.67

—

SC average5 barns · 92 hd

364.18

−27.51

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

−80.44

This barn, trailing median7 sales

365.87

−29.20

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	1,482	174.85	2,591	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,780	158.93	2,829	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,309	155.05	2,030	6thin

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,150	$2,530	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	940	$1,975	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	925	$3,575	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,130	$3,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,415	$2,325	1thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	900	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,415	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,114	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	430.99/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,948	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	759	293.75/cwt	290.00–295.00	2,230	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,764	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	1,150	2,530.00/head	2,530.00–2,530.00	2,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,728	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	698	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,354	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	950	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	940	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	157.46/cwt	150.00–164.00	2,132	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,780	158.93/cwt	154.00–165.00	2,829	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,552	1
Bulls	—	—	1,488	166.78/cwt	163.00–170.00	2,482	2
Bulls	—	—	1,470	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,808	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,364	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,046	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,892	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,387	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,433	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,325	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,157	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,871	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,198	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,307	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	400	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,480	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,292	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,976	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 May 13, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 107Last week 69Year ago 172

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 36Year ago 47

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 19Year ago 18

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
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	3,400.00	3,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,415	2,325.00	2,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	3,750.00	3,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	3,300.00	3,300.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,150	2,530.00	2,530.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	940	1,975.00	1,975.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	441	400.00	400.00
10	450–500	452	410.00–440.00	430.99
10	500–550	549	385.00	385.00
3	600–650	637	345.00	345.00
4	750–800	759	290.00–295.00	293.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	495	377.50	377.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	410.00	410.00
1	350–400	355	405.00	405.00
6	400–450	443	390.00	390.00
6	450–500	485	390.00	390.00
1	850–900	885	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	430.00	430.00
4	450–500	465	425.00	425.00
2	550–600	583	370.00	370.00
5	600–650	632	365.00	365.00
9	650–700	654	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	698	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	445.00	445.00
4	550–600	553	440.00	440.00
4	600–650	604	385.00	385.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,354	150.00–164.00	157.46
1	—	1,085	143.00	143.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,780	154.00–165.00	158.93
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,488	163.00–170.00	166.78
1	—	1,470	191.00	191.00

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

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

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