Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2025-07-23

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Jul 23
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 106▼ 9 vs year ago 154 · −5.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 63▲ 0 vs year ago 53 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 12▼ 16 vs year ago 27 · −59.3%
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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. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $363.56/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 4 of 10 comparable sales and sits −41.60 against this barn's trailing median of $405.16.
Average price
$363.56
8 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,940
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+26.11
vs SC average
−12.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534363.561,9408thin
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 sale8 hd
363.56
—
SC average6 barns · 101 hd
337.45
+26.11
National average142 barns · 5,388 hd
375.74
−12.18
This barn, trailing median10 sales
405.16
−41.60
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

10 sales
455411367323median 405.1604/0804/2906/1008/1210/21
Steers 500–600 lb: high $440.91, low $336.83, median $405.16 across 10 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—High1,700191.003,2472thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,408149.252,1016thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,191145.851,73817
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,093114.771,25413

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 PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,070$2,1501thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)825$1,7001thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1331427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,4155
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1407391.81/cwt390.00–398.001,5959
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5401
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455371.56/cwt370.00–382.001,69124
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524368.08/cwt349.00–372.001,9296
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9672
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy665260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7291
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2667306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,0412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1210440.00/cwt440.00–440.009242
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1891
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2811
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy350390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3651
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3833
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2400335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4423
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added426369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,57213
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,4904
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy487292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,4222
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3490260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2743
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524316.76/cwt300.00–323.001,66011
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy545255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3901
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy200440.00/cwt440.00–440.008801
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1203407.59/cwt400.00–415.008272
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260413.77/cwt405.00–420.001,0764
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2260350.00/cwt350.00–350.009101
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3270335.00/cwt335.00–335.009051
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy273469.17/cwt460.00–480.001,2812
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy310484.70/cwt475.00–500.001,5033
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,3861
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5751
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3385270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0401
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added480357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,7142
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy510270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3771
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy590270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5931
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7152
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,670182.00/cwt182.00–182.003,0391
Bulls——1,730200.00/cwt200.00–200.003,4601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,093114.77/cwt71.00–138.001,25413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,132162.91/cwt159.00–167.001,8443
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,204142.20/cwt130.00–150.001,71214
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,398145.00/cwt142.50–148.002,0274
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,428157.75/cwt155.00–161.002,2532
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 3610160.00/cwt160.00–160.009761
Bred Cows—Small 2705205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4451
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,065152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,6191
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,065121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,2891
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,265155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,9611
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,402145.90/cwt137.50–157.002,0463
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 3615140.00/cwt140.00–140.008611
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Small 28251,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 31,0702,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501

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.