Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 8, 2021

282 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $126.22/cwt -10.78 vs last sale · ≈ $658/hd at 521 lb · 17 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.85/cwt ≈ $709/hd at 563 lb · 17 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.52/cwt ≈ $485/hd at 369 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	282	254	411
Feeder cattle	202	172	301
Slaughter cattle	28	30	42
Replacement cattle	6	5	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales . 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
330–345	338	2	155.00–160.00	$157.44	$532	+6.23
350–370	358	4	150.00–160.00	$155.00	$555	+5.00
515	515	5	143.00	$143.00	$736	—
555–561	560	11	138.50–142.50	$138.86	$778	—
651–670	653	10	132.00–138.00	$137.38	$897	—
700	700	1	130.00	$130.00	$910	—
793	793	3	121.00	$121.00	$960	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	288	2	137.50–140.00	$138.76	$400	-8.24
345	345	1	145.00	$145.00	$500	-3.00
375–385	380	2	135.00–140.00	$137.53	$523	-7.51
445	445	1	135.00	$135.00	$601	—
483	483	3	137.00	$137.00	$662	—
507–530	513	5	130.00–138.00	$135.24	$694	—
565	565	8	125.00–130.00	$129.38	$731	—
610	610	1	118.00	$118.00	$720	—
650	650	1	117.50	$117.50	$764	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	335	2	125.00–130.00	$127.46	$427	-3.04

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	135.00	$135.00	$466	±0.00
350–390	369	12	127.00–138.00	$131.52	$485	—
440	440	4	125.00	$125.00	$550	-5.00
480–488	487	12	127.50–130.00	$127.71	$622	-0.51
510–531	521	17	125.00–127.50	$126.22	$658	—
556–593	563	17	123.00–126.50	$125.85	$709	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	316	4	115.00–120.00	$118.07	$373	-14.93
410–427	421	3	115.00–117.00	$116.35	$490	-4.97
522	522	5	118.00	$118.00	$616	-1.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	428	8	128.00–137.50	$131.55	$563	+1.55
470–485	479	6	120.00–129.50	$127.16	$609	-2.44
650	650	1	105.00	$105.00	$682	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	6	128.00	$128.00	$710	—
613	613	3	123.00	$123.00	$754	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	3	111.00	$111.00	$544	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1495	1495	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865	865	1	97.50	$97.50	$843	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1510	1245	80-85%	5	61.00–64.00	$62.70	$781	—
1195–1610	1358	80-85%	3	50.00–54.00	$51.83	$704	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855	855	85-90%	1	51.00	$51.00	$436	—
915–975	945	85-90%	2	60.00–65.00	$62.58	$591	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1390	1380	75-80%	2	57.00–58.00	$57.50	$794	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1580	1464	4	88.00–90.00	$89.23	$1,306	—
1290–2030	1518	4	80.00–85.00	$82.87	$1,258	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	72.00	$72.00	$785

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	67.50	$67.50	$574

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150	150	1	45.00	$45.00	$68	—
153	153	2	72.50	$72.50	$111	—
140–180	156	5	80.00–92.50	$85.77	$134	—
110–190	163	5	60.00–70.00	$66.16	$108	—
205–245	232	3	85.00–95.00	$87.95	$204	-3.74
270	270	1	73.00	$73.00	$197	—
295	295	1	65.00	$65.00	$192	—
345	345	1	81.00	$81.00	$279	—
420–495	455	3	74.00–86.00	$80.66	$367	—
505–555	530	2	79.00–82.00	$80.43	$426	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	45.00	$45.00	$205	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
745–815	780	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00	$750.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	130.00	$130.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15–19	18	8	22.50–23.00	$22.90	—
28	28	9	24.00–29.00	$26.78	—
90	90	1	120.00	$120.00	+60.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	77.00	$77.00	$435	—
620	620	1	79.00	$79.00	$490	—

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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.