Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 15, 2021

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light 5-weight M&L 3 bulls $91.88/cwt ≈ $486/hd at 529 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	213	282	452
Feeder cattle	135	202	241
Slaughter cattle	28	28	63
Replacement cattle	6	6	56

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons 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
382 value added	382	2	146.00	$146.00	$558	—
610–615 value added	613	6	128.00–131.00	$129.49	$794	—
700 value added	700	5	128.00	$128.00	$896	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338 value added	338	6	128.00	$128.00	$433	—
390	390	1	122.50	$122.50	$478	—
400	400	1	100.00	$100.00	$400	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297 value added	297	2	147.50	$147.50	$438	—
360	360	1	140.00	$140.00	$504	+2.47
512 value added	512	3	128.00	$128.00	$655	—
660	660	1	120.00	$120.00	$792	+2.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	328	2	120.00–125.00	$122.63	$402	-4.83
365–390	378	2	120.00–130.00	$125.17	$473	—
545	545	1	106.00	$106.00	$578	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	120.00	$120.00	$468	—
474 value added	474	6	121.00	$121.00	$574	—
592 value added	592	2	114.00	$114.00	$675	—
610 value added	610	3	111.00	$111.00	$677	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	112.00	$112.00	$319	—
360	360	1	112.50	$112.50	$405	—
425	425	7	105.00	$105.00	$446	—
450	450	1	104.00	$104.00	$468	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	137.50	$137.50	$364	—
405 value added	405	4	123.00	$123.00	$498	—
450 value added	450	3	122.00	$122.00	$549	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	115.00	$115.00	$328	—
340	340	1	102.50	$102.50	$348	—
415 value added	415	3	109.00	$109.00	$452	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	100.00	$100.00	$305	—
495	495	1	92.50	$92.50	$458	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	122.50	$122.50	$551	—
526	526	3	100.00	$100.00	$526	—
530	530	13	90.00	$90.00	$477	—
690	690	1	72.00	$72.00	$497	—
715	715	1	95.00	$95.00	$679	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–410	403	4	135.00–139.00	$137.98	$556	+6.43
433 value added	433	3	133.00	$133.00	$576	—
472–495	480	3	117.50–123.00	$121.11	$581	-6.05
535	535	1	124.00	$124.00	$663	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	116.00	$116.00	$516	—
505–545	525	2	107.00–120.00	$113.25	$595	—
585	585	1	112.50	$112.50	$658	—
625	625	1	102.00	$102.00	$638	—
660	660	1	105.00	$105.00	$693	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565 value added	565	—	—	4	124.00	$124.00	$701	—
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	76.00	$76.00	$783	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1315	1065	85-90%	10	38.00–51.00	$47.42	$505	—
795–1415	1134	85-90%	7	60.00–68.00	$65.39	$742	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	80-85%	1	80.00	$80.00	$648	—
1250	1250	80-85%	1	73.00	$73.00	$912	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1490	1353	3	60.00–80.00	$69.66	$942	—
990–1815	1506	5	82.50–87.00	$84.91	$1,279	+2.04
1600	1600	1	107.50	$107.50	$1,720	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	47.00	$47.00	$313

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	50.00	$50.00	$355

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	49.00	$49.00	$353

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	63.00	$63.00	$526

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125–195	160	7	60.00–185.00	$93.56	$150	+27.40
190	190	1	40.00	$40.00	$76	-26.16
205–231	222	8	70.00–117.50	$81.46	$181	-6.49
225	225	1	30.00	$30.00	$68	-57.95
319–370	345	11	55.00–77.50	$68.79	$237	-12.21

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	5.00	$5.00	$26	—
730	730	1	5.00	$5.00	$36	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125	125	1	180.00	$180.00	—
150	150	1	240.00	$240.00	—
400	400	1	375.00	$375.00	—

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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
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	880.00	$880.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	85.00	$85.00	$268	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	-50.00
80	80	1	160.00	$160.00	+30.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	120.00	$120.00	—
80	80	1	110.00	$110.00	—
125	125	1	210.00	$210.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	50.00	$50.00	$132	—
325	325	1	49.00	$49.00	$159	—
465–490	478	2	68.00–70.00	$69.03	$330	—
580	580	3	74.00	$74.00	$429	-3.00

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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.