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Orangeburg Livestock Auction

Name: Orangeburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Orangeburg, South Carolina · Wed, Dec 10

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1964

← Dec 3Dec 10Dec 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

84 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 124▼ 118 vs year ago 202 · −58.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

41 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 38▼ 46 vs year ago 87 · −52.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 52 vs last sale 60▼ 5 vs year ago 13 · −38.5%

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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 class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $355.56/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 3 of 10 comparable sales and sits −49.60 against this barn's trailing median of $405.16.

Average price

$355.56

18 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,070

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$533

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

$85.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.87

vs SC average

−75.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	583	360.30	2,101	17thin
Medium and Large 3	570	275.00	1,568	1thin

One grade step is worth $85.30/cwt here — about $533 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale18 hd

355.56

—

SC average5 barns · 72 hd

369.43

−13.87

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−75.07

This barn, trailing median10 sales

405.16

−49.60

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,693	162.25	2,746	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,356	143.60	1,948	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,311	135.77	1,780	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	936	94.98	889	6thin

Every lot

33 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,254	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	430	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,247	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	570	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,568	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	583	360.30/cwt	359.00–370.00	2,101	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	695	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,981	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	728	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,417	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	215	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	753	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	332	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,129	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,332	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	367	311.27/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,142	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Full	395	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,244	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	512	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,331	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,674	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,882	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	648	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,009	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	260	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	910	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	335	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,122	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,404	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	357.93/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,489	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	430	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,312	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,750	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,681	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	531	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,487	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,445	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	2,565	1
Bulls	—	—	1,940	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,852	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	936	94.98/cwt	65.00–121.00	889	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,882	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,312	140.01/cwt	133.00–145.00	1,837	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,314	134.65/cwt	129.00–140.00	1,769	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,423	148.98/cwt	147.00–151.00	2,120	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	818	221.61/cwt	200.00–245.00	1,813	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,105	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,431	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,142	181.35/cwt	150.00–203.00	2,071	5

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.

South Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Orangeburg Stockyards - Orangeburg, SC

Wed Dec 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 84Last week 124Year ago 202

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 38Year ago 87

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 60Year ago 13

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	430	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	570	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	695	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	583	359.00–370.00	360.30
12	700–750	728	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	335.00	335.00
1	400–450	430	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	350.00	350.00
5	400–450	416	350.00–360.00	357.93
2	450–500	467	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	390.00	390.00
2	400–450	443	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	531	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	367	300.00–315.00	311.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	515	325.00	325.00
6	600–650	619	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	648	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	350.00	350.00
2	300–350	332	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	512	260.00	260.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,142	150.00–203.00	181.35
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,105	220.00	220.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	818	200.00–245.00	221.61

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,423	147.00–151.00	148.98
3	—	1,312	133.00–145.00	140.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	147.00	147.00
10	—	1,314	129.00–140.00	134.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	936	65.00–121.00	94.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,940	147.00	147.00
1	—	1,445	177.50	177.50

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.