Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2025-06-18

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Jun 18
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
109 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 85▼ 106 vs year ago 215 · −49.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 27▼ 17 vs year ago 55 · −30.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 0▼ 20 vs year ago 34 · −58.8%
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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 classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $325.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −28.65 against this barn's trailing median of $353.65.
Average price
$325.00
1 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,706
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+13.64
vs SC average
−9.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525325.001,7061thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
325.00
—
SC average6 barns · 130 hd
311.36
+13.64
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−9.11
This barn, trailing median8 sales
353.65
−28.65
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales
408365323280median 353.6503/1104/2908/1208/2610/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $393.78, low $294.14, median $353.65 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Bulls—Low1,515157.412,3853thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,431150.592,1554thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,201143.311,72010
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,059118.391,2547thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,010$2,4001thin

Every lot

43 lots · USDA AMS · Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2601
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy450320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4401
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465341.13/cwt337.50–345.001,5862
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,6851
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8021
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3535250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3381
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added767266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,0404
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235400.00/cwt400.00–400.009401
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270345.00/cwt345.00–345.009321
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320300.00/cwt300.00–300.009602
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330350.00/cwt335.00–365.001,1552
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy350275.00/cwt275.00–275.009631
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1995
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,2004
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1442326.95/cwt324.00–333.001,4459
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added485287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,3924
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7061
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,8242
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy605228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,3791
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added712268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,90812
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2305345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,0521
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3345325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1211
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2363362.66/cwt347.50–372.501,3164
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375325.63/cwt308.00–335.001,2213
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy385332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,2801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5121
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,5941
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,5583
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,515157.41/cwt151.50–165.002,3853
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,059118.39/cwt82.00–131.001,2547
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,095135.35/cwt120.00–141.001,4825
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,306151.27/cwt147.00–155.001,9765
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,431150.59/cwt148.00–159.002,1554
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2920163.59/cwt147.00–177.501,5053
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1980180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7641
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0102,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3830140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1621
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3975120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1701
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2980170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6661
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,148223.40/cwt215.00–231.002,5652
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,155141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,6291
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,095215.42/cwt215.00–216.002,3592
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,115162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,8061

This sale against other markets

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.