Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 2, 2021

264 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.45/cwt +12.45 vs last sale · ≈ $791/hd at 616 lb · 18 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $157.51/cwt ≈ $729/hd at 463 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	264	293	296
Feeder cattle	126	196	140
Slaughter cattle	30	47	20
Replacement cattle	14	14	14

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offerings of mostly plain to 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
360	360	1	154.00	$154.00	$554	—
415	415	1	141.00	$141.00	$585	—
454–472 value added	463	10	157.00–158.00	$157.51	$729	—
572 value added	572	2	128.00	$128.00	$732	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	140.00	$140.00	$378	+5.00
345	345	1	135.00	$135.00	$466	-3.09
354 value added	354	5	140.00	$140.00	$496	—
365	365	1	140.00	$140.00	$511	+2.22
425	425	1	132.50	$132.50	$563	+5.00
465	465	1	140.00	$140.00	$651	—
600	600	1	95.00	$95.00	$570	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	317	3	115.00–127.50	$121.27	$384	+12.11
375–395	385	2	115.00–120.00	$117.44	$452	+16.24

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	125.00	$125.00	$406	+0.96
380	380	1	122.50	$122.50	$466	+4.38
760	760	2	85.00	$85.00	$646	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–390	378	2	100.00–122.50	$111.62	$422	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	115.00	$115.00	$368	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	115.00	$115.00	$402	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–370	365	2	122.00–122.50	$122.25	$446	-4.94
415	415	1	125.00	$125.00	$519	+3.51
418 value added	418	6	139.00	$139.00	$581	—
490 value added	490	3	128.00	$128.00	$627	—
605–623 value added	616	18	116.00–132.00	$128.45	$791	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	115.00	$115.00	$397	-1.60
350	350	1	112.00	$112.00	$392	-4.56
450	450	1	112.50	$112.50	$506	+2.01

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	102.50	$102.50	$272	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	—	—	1	135.00	$135.00	$560	-3.16
532 value added	532	—	—	5	132.00	$132.00	$702	—
566 value added	566	—	—	5	129.50	$129.50	$733	—
680	680	—	—	1	125.00	$125.00	$850	—
800	800	—	—	1	99.00	$99.00	$792	—
1135	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	70.00	$70.00	$794	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	125.00	$125.00	$575	+10.69
525 value added	525	4	124.00	$124.00	$651	—
555	555	1	120.00	$120.00	$666	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–915	828	85-90%	2	42.00–47.00	$44.24	$366	—
735–1575	1137	85-90%	14	50.00–65.00	$60.57	$689	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1500	1298	80-85%	4	60.00–68.00	$63.37	$823	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1620	1620	75-80%	1	64.00	$64.00	$1,037	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915	915	1	75.00	$75.00	$686	—
1415	1415	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,373	—
1190–2060	1790	4	80.00–93.00	$87.73	$1,570	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	717.00	$717.00
1395	1395	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	892.00	$892.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1440	1440	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	58.00	$58.00	$835

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	85.00	$85.00	$612

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
140	140	1	27.50	$27.50	$38	—
105–180	148	20	50.00–90.00	$80.02	$118	—
210–270	252	7	50.00–92.00	$82.80	$209	—
335	335	1	30.00	$30.00	$100	—
358–360	359	3	65.00–66.00	$65.67	$236	+8.50
475	475	2	35.00	$35.00	$166	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
995	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—
1085–1285	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,175.00	$1,117.77	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	42.50	$42.50	$264	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	1	62.50	$62.50	$459	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	2	3.00	$3.00	-62.00
46–48	47	16	42.50–55.00	$50.16	-14.84
55–58	56	5	35.00–52.50	$45.50	—
63	63	2	50.00	$50.00	—
70	70	2	60.00	$60.00	—
82–88	85	14	42.50–75.00	$56.43	—
90–98	96	5	70.00–75.00	$74.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	52.00	$52.00	$127	—
410–480	445	4	48.00–52.50	$50.75	$226	—
540	540	1	54.00	$54.00	$292	—
605	605	1	50.00	$50.00	$302	—

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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.