Sale reports / South Carolina / Orangeburg Livestock Auction / 2025-11-19

Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Nov 19
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964
Feeder Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 127▼ 150 vs year ago 295 · −50.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 48▼ 6 vs year ago 62 · −9.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 9▼ 13 vs year ago 34 · −38.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $285.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −60.20 against this barn's trailing median of $345.20.
Average price
$285.00
2 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,596
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−37.89
vs SC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2560285.001,5962thin
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 sale2 hd
285.00
—
SC average5 barns · 91 hd
322.89
−37.89
This barn, trailing median4 sales
345.20
−60.20
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

4 sales
399364328293median 345.2004/2205/1310/2110/2810/28
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $385.00, low $307.17, median $345.20 across 4 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—Low1,803144.592,6074thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,271136.561,73614
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,356126.041,7094thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,090114.871,25228

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)1,150$2,5001thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3462320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4783
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6602
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3585250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4631
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8241
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8431
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3215280.00/cwt280.00–280.006021
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy320310.00/cwt310.00–310.009921
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0822
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3336298.18/cwt280.00–305.001,0028
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4171
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563263.95/cwt260.00–265.001,4865
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy570252.48/cwt250.00–255.001,4392
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3574245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4064
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6431
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1763280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1369
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3282320.00/cwt320.00–320.009023
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0624
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315360.00/cwt350.00–370.001,1342
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3386305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,17710
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2388343.49/cwt342.50–350.001,3337
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2901
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2456335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5285
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3486278.87/cwt275.00–295.001,3555
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy560285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5962
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,803144.59/cwt131.00–152.502,6074
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,064111.76/cwt80.00–122.501,18922
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,185126.26/cwt125.00–129.001,4966
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255135.39/cwt130.00–141.001,69912
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,356126.04/cwt120.00–135.001,7094
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,370143.55/cwt143.00–144.001,9672
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,150166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,9091
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1502,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2775196.87/cwt190.00–205.001,5262
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2885205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8141
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 3885145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2831
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 3910109.00/cwt109.00–109.009921
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,143224.89/cwt215.00–235.002,5702
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1813252.05/cwt225.00–275.002,0494
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2910180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6381
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3940110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0341
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 2785165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2951
Bred Cows—Small 2895112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0021
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,000190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,155175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,0211
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,185150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,7781

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.