Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 10, 2021

610 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $120.00/cwt ≈ $1,104/hd at 920 lb · 52 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $115.00/cwt ≈ $937/hd at 815 lb · 52 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $117.00/cwt ≈ $860/hd at 735 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	610	315	367
Feeder cattle	425	114	223
Slaughter cattle	57	34	81
Replacement cattle	14	21	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder cattle were steady to 3.00 lower . Slaughter cows were 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were 3.00 lower. Average offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	165.00	$165.00	$487	—
310–335	318	3	150.00–155.00	$151.62	$482	-23.38
350	350	1	155.00	$155.00	$542	-16.67
385–390 value added	387	11	170.50–175.00	$172.94	$669	—
430–431	431	9	157.50–165.00	$164.17	$708	+17.95
545	545	3	144.00	$144.00	$785	+6.53
815 value added	815	52	115.00	$115.00	$937	—
1000 value added	1000	48	117.00	$117.00	$1,170	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	150.00	$150.00	$330	—
280–295	288	2	135.00–145.00	$139.87	$403	-7.56
310–340	323	3	135.00–145.00	$139.90	$452	-10.10
350–385	368	2	134.00–145.00	$139.76	$514	—
405–425	415	2	135.00–137.50	$136.28	$566	—
535	535	1	122.50	$122.50	$655	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	273	3	110.00–120.00	$116.52	$318	-13.80

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	140.00	$140.00	$294	+7.42
270–295	283	4	130.00–135.00	$132.32	$374	-11.18
295 value added	295	7	154.00	$154.00	$454	—
300–345	315	4	130.00–132.50	$130.60	$411	-4.49
360–370	365	3	125.00–135.00	$129.13	$471	-7.37
370 value added	370	7	141.00	$141.00	$522	—
400–440 value added	416	26	135.00–146.00	$143.18	$596	—
425–435	430	2	125.00–130.00	$127.53	$548	-3.20
455 value added	455	17	137.50	$137.50	$626	—
450–495	473	5	121.00–130.00	$128.12	$606	+1.92
530	530	1	120.00	$120.00	$636	±0.00
575–591	586	9	115.00–119.00	$117.69	$690	-1.44
735 value added	735	40	117.00	$117.00	$860	—
820 value added	820	7	105.00	$105.00	$861	—
920 value added	920	52	120.00	$120.00	$1,104	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	332	3	120.00–122.50	$120.84	$401	+4.99
370	370	1	120.00	$120.00	$444	—
440	440	1	112.00	$112.00	$493	—
460–470	465	2	112.00–115.00	$113.52	$528	+0.76
525	525	1	110.00	$110.00	$578	—
635	635	1	103.00	$103.00	$654	-7.98

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–480	470	2	95.00–100.00	$97.45	$458	—
555–580	570	3	90.00–97.50	$94.98	$541	—
650–675	663	2	87.00–90.00	$88.47	$587	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	323	3	105.00–110.00	$108.40	$350	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–430	425	2	120.00–125.00	$122.53	$521	+1.23
470–495	483	2	115.00–127.50	$121.41	$586	—
510–545	522	3	117.50–125.00	$120.47	$629	+2.00
610–625	617	3	105.00–110.00	$107.51	$663	—
675	675	1	107.00	$107.00	$722	+4.46
700–740	720	2	99.00–100.00	$99.49	$716	—
750	750	1	102.50	$102.50	$769	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–495	488	8	135.00–139.00	$136.83	$668	-0.62
565	565	1	127.00	$127.00	$718	-7.52
615–620	618	2	120.00–122.50	$121.24	$749	-1.69
670	670	1	122.50	$122.50	$821	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	97.50	$97.50	$429	—
690	690	1	94.00	$94.00	$649	—
750	750	1	92.50	$92.50	$694	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615–995	859	85-90%	14	35.00–47.00	$41.31	$355	-14.26
600–1015	888	85-90%	9	51.00–61.00	$54.13	$481	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1135	1074	80-85%	4	40.00–43.00	$41.27	$443	—
1010–1600	1265	80-85%	11	50.00–67.00	$58.44	$739	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1445–1685	1565	75-80%	2	55.00–56.00	$55.46	$868	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1465	1364	4	67.00–79.00	$73.94	$1,009	—
1420–1570	1512	3	86.00–88.00	$86.97	$1,315	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675–825	772	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	70.00–81.00	$74.50	$575

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1000–1325	1149	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	59.00–66.00	$63.59	$731

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
620–700	660	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	65.00–69.00	$67.12	$443
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$544

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
120	120	1	5.00	$5.00	$6	-29.99
120	120	1	45.00	$45.00	$54	+10.01
115–150	133	10	50.00–80.00	$62.25	$83	+27.26
205	205	2	25.00	$25.00	$51	-12.50
210–295	249	22	62.00–71.00	$66.81	$166	+12.30
278	278	2	40.00	$40.00	$111	—
320–390	368	37	67.50–73.00	$71.65	$264	+7.53
400–490	449	17	68.00–75.00	$72.89	$327	+7.81
520–550	540	3	75.00	$75.00	$405	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	13.00	$13.00	$57	—
665	665	1	12.00	$12.00	$80	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	160.00	$160.00	—
70	70	1	80.00	$80.00	—
80	80	1	180.00	$180.00	—
100	100	1	195.00	$195.00	—
150	150	1	350.00	$350.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600	600	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	575.00	$575.00	—
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	475.00	$475.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	560.00	$560.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1095	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	110.00	$110.00	—
40	40	3	50.00	$50.00	—
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	—
60	60	1	110.00	$110.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	180.00	$180.00	—
100–130	118	5	200.00–270.00	$234.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.