Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 14, 2021

428 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $130.92/cwt +7.94 vs last sale · ≈ $635/hd at 485 lb · 16 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $137.92/cwt -5.18 vs last sale · ≈ $506/hd at 367 lb · 14 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $160.56/cwt -11.40 vs last sale · ≈ $605/hd at 377 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	428	391	225
Feeder cattle	275	230	76
Slaughter cattle	58	74	29
Replacement cattle	31	28	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder cattle were steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bull were steady. Average offering of average 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
265–269	268	7	155.00–169.00	$167.03	$448	—
285 fancy	285	4	181.00	$181.00	$516	—
334	334	6	165.00	$165.00	$551	+8.41
360–392	377	13	160.00–161.00	$160.56	$605	-2.01
426	426	3	161.00	$161.00	$686	-2.45
602–625	614	8	135.00–138.00	$136.47	$838	-3.03
747	747	12	129.00	$129.00	$964	—
841	841	3	117.50	$117.50	$988	—
870–890	880	2	115.00–117.50	$116.24	$1,023	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–280	275	2	140.00	$140.00	$385	-2.84
315–330	320	3	137.50–145.00	$140.08	$448	-6.50
350–370	360	2	135.00	$135.00	$486	-11.00
445	445	1	140.00	$140.00	$623	±0.00
575	575	1	120.00	$120.00	$690	±0.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	288	2	125.00	$125.00	$360	+1.98
310–325	318	2	120.00–125.00	$122.44	$389	-4.14

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	140.00	$140.00	$301	—
285–295	291	11	135.00–143.00	$141.21	$411	+3.71
300–327	324	10	135.00–145.00	$144.07	$467	+12.07
362–373	367	14	134.00–143.00	$137.92	$506	+0.34
432–435	433	5	127.00–127.50	$127.10	$550	-12.42
454–489	473	11	124.00–131.00	$127.95	$605	-1.09
505–525	511	9	124.50–125.00	$124.78	$638	-0.59
592	592	5	120.50	$120.50	$713	-3.50
627	627	5	120.50	$120.50	$756	-5.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	120.00	$120.00	$396	-5.00
360–395	384	4	115.00–125.00	$119.26	$458	—
405–436	431	6	110.00–111.00	$110.84	$478	—
595	595	1	113.00	$113.00	$672	+11.49
650	650	1	107.50	$107.50	$699	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–415	408	2	100.00–105.00	$102.55	$418	—
530	530	1	100.00	$100.00	$530	—
690	690	1	90.00	$90.00	$621	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	120.00	$120.00	$324	—
310	310	1	110.00	$110.00	$341	—
360	360	1	110.00	$110.00	$396	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	412	6	125.00–137.50	$130.47	$538	-9.53
470–496	485	16	120.00–140.00	$130.92	$635	+7.94
520–545	535	3	115.00–124.00	$118.60	$635	-1.07
585	585	1	120.00	$120.00	$702	—
645	645	1	115.00	$115.00	$742	+2.53
655–670	663	2	110.00–112.50	$111.24	$738	—
730	730	1	112.50	$112.50	$821	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	3	154.00	$154.00	$662	+1.53
460–476	473	5	145.00–150.00	$149.03	$705	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	115.00	$115.00	$489	—
465–485	475	2	110.00–115.00	$112.45	$534	—
570	570	1	107.00	$107.00	$610	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	90.00	$90.00	$450	—
780	780	1	90.00	$90.00	$702	—
805	805	1	95.00	$95.00	$765	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1105	1088	80-85%	2	47.00–50.00	$48.52	$528	—
1010–1565	1189	80-85%	24	60.00–71.00	$63.89	$760	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630–995	877	85-90%	9	58.00–65.00	$60.83	$533	—
905–965	935	85-90%	2	46.00–52.00	$49.10	$459	-11.10

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1760	1544	75-80%	7	55.00–64.00	$58.54	$904	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1435	1312	3	76.00–80.00	$78.75	$1,033	—
1375–1975	1698	4	85.00–94.00	$89.06	$1,512	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805	805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	69.00	$69.00	$555
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	80.00	$80.00	$788

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1040–1170	1101	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	61.00–78.00	$72.66	$800
1005–1310	1123	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	70.00–78.00	$72.82	$818

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715	715	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	77.50	$77.50	$554
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	63.00	$63.00	$542
960	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	73.00	$73.00	$701

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
143–180	159	5	80.00–102.50	$88.44	$141	—
200–289	269	8	74.00–81.00	$78.57	$211	+25.57
350–375	363	2	92.00–95.00	$93.45	$339	—
430–475	456	4	76.00–90.00	$81.82	$373	—
550–585	565	3	75.00–80.00	$78.00	$441	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	2	100.00	$100.00	-10.00
70	70	3	110.00–115.00	$111.67	+1.67
80	80	2	120.00–130.00	$125.00	-55.00
100–130	114	8	150.00–270.00	$193.75	-26.25

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010–1130	1084	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,184.23	—
1230	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
910–980	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00	$1,075.00	+41.52
980–990	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,191.41	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
715–810	768	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	575.00–750.00	$690.78	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	90.00	$90.00	$194	—
335	335	1	90.00	$90.00	$302	—
600	600	1	54.00	$54.00	$324	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	6	75.00–80.00	$75.83	-7.50
40–45	42	8	90.00–95.00	$91.88	-7.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	90.00	$90.00	-40.00
100	100	1	100.00	$100.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50–55	53	2	90.00–101.00	$95.76	+35.76
70	70	1	100.00	$100.00	+40.00
85–87	87	6	90.00–105.00	$102.55	+47.55

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120	120	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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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.