Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 23, 2022

326 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $164.36/cwt ≈ $769/hd at 468 lb · 13 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $120.40/cwt ≈ $627/hd at 521 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	326	353	312
Feeder cattle	191	270	94
Slaughter cattle	69	43	42
Replacement cattle	19	20	4

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
291	291	3	170.00	$170.00	$495	—
310	310	1	165.00	$165.00	$512	-5.00
390–395	393	2	160.00–165.00	$162.48	$639	-3.58
400–430	424	5	160.00–165.00	$164.06	$696	—
459–472	468	13	163.00–167.50	$164.36	$769	—
588	588	5	155.00	$155.00	$911	+2.50
638	638	5	143.00	$143.00	$912	-4.44
708	708	3	138.00	$138.00	$977	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	150.00	$150.00	$518	-0.07
360–395	372	3	140.00–150.00	$146.77	$546	-5.76
425–440	433	2	135.00–136.00	$135.51	$587	—
451–483	468	8	145.00–152.00	$149.47	$700	-1.74
505–535	520	3	125.00–130.00	$127.55	$663	-14.97
593	593	4	137.00	$137.00	$812	—
660–690	675	4	115.00–135.00	$125.16	$845	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–338	332	5	150.00–162.50	$158.59	$527	+8.84
355–395	381	4	150.00–160.00	$156.34	$596	-3.62
415–425	420	4	145.00–147.50	$146.25	$614	-3.00
450	450	1	150.00	$150.00	$675	±0.00
598	598	6	129.00	$129.00	$771	—
610	610	4	125.00	$125.00	$762	-12.50
666	666	3	130.00	$130.00	$866	—
735–736	736	9	127.00–128.00	$127.44	$938	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–280	268	2	135.00–140.00	$137.38	$368	+9.29
315–330	323	2	130.00–135.00	$132.44	$428	+2.67
370–395	387	3	125.00–135.00	$130.11	$504	+4.84
400	400	1	125.00	$125.00	$500	—
508–540	521	11	115.00–126.00	$120.40	$627	—
580–595	584	4	119.00–122.50	$119.89	$700	+3.86
605–645	625	3	110.00–120.00	$114.89	$718	—
725–745	738	3	110.00–117.00	$114.04	$842	—
755	755	2	112.50–115.00	$113.75	$859	+16.25

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	100.00	$100.00	$625	—
665	665	1	95.00	$95.00	$632	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–460	455	2	130.00–140.00	$135.05	$614	-4.92
515–545	530	2	133.00–135.00	$134.03	$710	—
565	565	1	133.00	$133.00	$751	-2.00
600–612	608	3	125.00–132.00	$129.70	$789	+9.70
795	795	1	110.00	$110.00	$874	—
880	880	1	107.50	$107.50	$946	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	165.00	$165.00	$660	+1.28
495	495	1	155.00	$155.00	$767	-7.34
505	505	4	153.00	$153.00	$773	+1.57

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	115.00	$115.00	$621	—
620	620	1	110.00	$110.00	$682	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1410	1131	80-85%	10	50.00–61.00	$56.83	$643	—
1005–1765	1242	80-85%	28	65.00–79.00	$70.27	$873	—
1415	1415	80-85%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,274	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–965	914	85-90%	5	50.00–60.00	$56.15	$513	+8.27
835–990	927	85-90%	8	65.00–72.00	$68.83	$638	+20.95

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1445–1555	1513	75-80%	3	69.00–72.00	$70.97	$1,074	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1465	1285	3	70.00–88.00	$80.56	$1,035	—
1145–2080	1565	6	90.00–102.00	$96.35	$1,508	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	97.50–100.00	$98.75	$815

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–945	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	80.00–85.00	$82.27	$712

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–920	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	80.00–85.00	$82.74	$695
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	90.00	$90.00	$824

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1060–1220	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	70.00–73.00	$71.61	$816

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–965	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	65.00–73.00	$68.69	$615

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–125	110	4	30.00–45.00	$39.55	$44	—
120–165	143	5	50.00–85.00	$71.54	$102	—
105–180	144	7	90.00–125.00	$107.75	$155	—
235–245	240	2	65.00–78.00	$71.36	$171	—
395	395	1	90.00	$90.00	$356	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	160.00	$160.00	—
120	120	1	280.00	$280.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
775–790	783	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–950.00	$899.52	—
740–955	848	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00–1,275.00	$1,264.09	—
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
680–875	778	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	675.00–700.00	$689.07	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	97.50	$97.50	$366	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	4	50.00–70.00	$65.00	+15.00
40	40	1	110.00	$110.00	+60.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	110.00	$110.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	1	35.00	$35.00	±0.00
57	57	3	65.00	$65.00	+12.50
62–63	63	6	50.00–65.00	$57.56	+12.56
70–75	73	2	20.00–25.00	$22.59	-12.41
78	78	2	65.00	$65.00	+30.00
85	85	2	55.00	$55.00	+20.00
93–95	94	4	65.00–75.00	$67.53	+32.53

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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.