Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 9, 2021

306 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $138.03/cwt ≈ $725/hd at 525 lb · 18 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $145.50/cwt -12.01 vs last sale · ≈ $713/hd at 490 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	306	264	421
Feeder cattle	192	126	172
Slaughter cattle	63	30	68
Replacement cattle	12	14	34

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average offerings 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
210	210	1	150.00	$150.00	$315	—
490	490	13	145.50	$145.50	$713	—
521 value added	521	6	144.00	$144.00	$750	—
500–538	527	12	134.00–138.00	$135.04	$712	—
737	737	6	123.00	$123.00	$907	—
810	810	1	116.00	$116.00	$940	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–210	205	3	130.00–140.00	$134.92	$277	—
320–325	323	2	135.00–140.00	$137.52	$444	+2.52
360–385	375	5	135.00–140.00	$136.45	$512	-3.55
445	445	1	132.00	$132.00	$587	-0.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	100.00	$100.00	$270	—
350–385	373	3	101.00–105.00	$103.63	$387	-13.81

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	368	3	115.00–122.50	$119.29	$439	-3.21

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–215	208	2	135.00–137.50	$136.20	$283	—
250–280	265	2	125.00	$125.00	$331	—
335	335	1	130.00	$130.00	$436	—
375	375	2	125.00–127.50	$126.25	$473	+4.00
400–446	436	7	120.00–123.00	$122.19	$533	-2.81
481	481	4	123.00	$123.00	$592	—
548	548	7	120.00	$120.00	$658	—
596	596	3	118.00	$118.00	$703	—
637	637	2	112.00	$112.00	$713	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	115.00	$115.00	$356	±0.00
350–380	360	3	115.00	$115.00	$414	+3.00
420	420	1	115.00	$115.00	$483	—
465	465	7	110.00–118.00	$116.86	$543	+4.36
545	545	1	110.00	$110.00	$600	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	243	2	100.00	$100.00	$243	—
315	315	1	100.00	$100.00	$315	—
350–390	364	6	100.00–103.00	$100.91	$367	—
540	540	1	95.00	$95.00	$513	—
645	645	1	95.00	$95.00	$613	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	105.00	$105.00	$457	—
470	470	1	105.00	$105.00	$494	—
520	520	1	100.00	$100.00	$520	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	3	120.00–127.50	$122.50	$539	—
460	460	1	115.00	$115.00	$529	-10.00
545	545	2	112.00	$112.00	$610	—
575–585	580	2	110.00–115.00	$112.48	$652	-7.52
605–645	623	3	100.00–110.00	$103.45	$644	—
665–675	670	2	100.00–114.00	$107.05	$717	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	7	125.00	$125.00	$638	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	2	93.00–95.00	$94.00	$432	—
525–530	528	2	90.00	$90.00	$475	—
710	710	1	83.00	$83.00	$589	—
770	770	1	85.00	$85.00	$654	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–415	408	3	107.00–115.00	$112.36	$458	—
585	585	1	100.00	$100.00	$585	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1230	1220	80-85%	2	50.00–51.00	$50.50	$616	—
1085–1390	1243	80-85%	3	78.00–80.00	$79.04	$982	—
1000–2045	1247	80-85%	27	61.00–75.00	$70.04	$873	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635–910	782	85-90%	5	48.00–55.00	$51.48	$403	—
795–975	911	85-90%	5	60.00–71.00	$63.18	$576	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1540	1448	75-80%	4	63.00–69.00	$65.78	$952	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1625	1206	7	71.00–81.00	$77.25	$932	—
1025–1900	1561	5	91.00–98.00	$94.61	$1,477	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1185–1215	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	72.00–73.00	$72.51	$870

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–780	768	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	59.00–62.50	$60.78	$467

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
103–185	147	6	95.00–105.00	$99.98	$147	+19.96
190	190	1	40.00	$40.00	$76	—
230–255	249	4	90.00–92.50	$91.09	$227	—
300	300	1	40.00	$40.00	$120	+10.00

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	45.00	$45.00	$110	—
290	290	1	20.00	$20.00	$58	—
320–330	325	3	20.00–25.00	$21.67	$70	—
405	405	1	21.00	$21.00	$85	—
540	540	1	10.00	$10.00	$54	—
685	685	1	10.00	$10.00	$68	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	140.00	$140.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
770–980	853	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	650.00–775.00	$708.69	—
870–930	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–800.00	$751.67	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
680	680	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	525.00	$525.00	—

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	625.00	$625.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	80.00	$80.00	—
30	30	2	100.00–110.00	$105.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	140.00	$140.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
48	48	3	75.00	$75.00	+24.84
68	68	3	80.00	$80.00	+20.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	320	2	27.00–27.50	$27.26	$87	—
468	468	2	40.00	$40.00	$187	—
510–580	533	3	45.00–47.00	$46.28	$247	-7.72

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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.