Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 30, 2022

359 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.00/cwt ≈ $759/hd at 575 lb · 22 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.35/cwt ≈ $816/hd at 631 lb · 13 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.00/cwt ≈ $740/hd at 514 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	359	192	192
Feeder cattle	233	50	138
Slaughter cattle	70	43	26
Replacement cattle	30	41	11

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons this week due to limited comparable sales from last week. There were light offerings of 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
300–335	318	2	170.00–175.00	$172.36	$548	—
470 value added	470	8	170.00	$170.00	$799	—
552 value added	552	12	173.50	$173.50	$958	—
635 value added	635	10	148.00–149.00	$148.70	$944	—
765	765	1	130.00	$130.00	$994	—
870	870	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,114	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	268	2	135.00–140.00	$137.34	$368	—
320–345	333	2	130.00–137.50	$133.89	$446	—
496 value added	496	3	141.00	$141.00	$699	—
550	550	1	120.00	$120.00	$660	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	155.00	$155.00	$372	+15.00
290	290	1	150.00	$150.00	$435	+10.00
310	310	1	157.50	$157.50	$488	—
350	350	1	162.50	$162.50	$569	—
415–445	430	2	157.00–160.00	$158.55	$682	—
725	725	1	120.00	$120.00	$870	+7.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	140.00	$140.00	$308	—
260	260	1	137.50	$137.50	$358	—
395	395	1	125.00	$125.00	$494	—
440	440	1	132.50	$132.50	$583	—
450	450	1	132.50	$132.50	$596	—
555–565	560	2	112.50–117.00	$114.73	$642	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	132.50	$132.50	$325	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–385	373	3	142.50–155.00	$147.67	$551	+0.17
514 value added	514	12	144.00	$144.00	$740	—
575 value added	575	22	132.00	$132.00	$759	—
630 value added	630	12	129.50	$129.50	$816	—
645	645	1	127.50	$127.50	$822	—
650 value added	650	9	127.50	$127.50	$829	—
860	860	1	116.00	$116.00	$998	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	125.00	$125.00	$306	—
325–345	337	3	135.00–137.50	$136.66	$461	+1.66
390	390	1	130.00	$130.00	$507	—
440–445	443	2	135.00	$135.00	$598	—
465–475	470	2	122.50–137.50	$129.92	$611	+8.92
610	610	1	94.00	$94.00	$573	—
665	665	1	105.00	$105.00	$698	—
700	700	1	114.00	$114.00	$798	—
855–885	870	2	97.00–100.00	$98.47	$857	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	120.00	$120.00	$252	—
310	310	1	110.00	$110.00	$341	+5.00
350–355	353	2	117.50–120.00	$118.74	$419	—
525	525	1	100.00	$100.00	$525	—
565	565	1	102.50	$102.50	$579	—
570–585	578	2	115.00	$115.00	$665	—
745	745	1	100.00	$100.00	$745	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	117.50	$117.50	$317	—
650	650	1	52.50	$52.50	$341	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	85.00	$85.00	$230	—

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Feeder Bulls

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–420	415	2	132.50–135.00	$133.77	$555	—
460	460	1	132.50	$132.50	$610	—
510–530	521	4	109.00–127.00	$115.97	$604	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
591–593 value added	593	5	129.00–133.00	$132.20	$784	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	145.00	$145.00	$594	—
450	450	1	122.50	$122.50	$551	—
780	780	1	88.00	$88.00	$686	—
1085	1085	1	84.00	$84.00	$911	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405 fancy	405	—	—	1	198.00	$198.00	$802	—
945	945	—	—	1	127.50	$127.50	$1,205	—
1515	1515	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,515	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1300	1028	85-90%	17	44.00–69.00	$60.93	$626	—
900–2135	1312	85-90%	25	71.00–89.00	$81.76	$1,073	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1645	1392	80-85%	7	76.00–91.00	$86.71	$1,207	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1650	1650	75-80%	1	82.00	$82.00	$1,353	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1240	1175	2	85.00–87.00	$86.06	$1,011	—
1230–2000	1553	8	92.00–114.00	$103.84	$1,613	—
1850–2015	1913	3	113.00–115.00	$113.98	$2,180	—

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Stock Cows

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	77.50	$77.50	$829

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1220	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,159

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1070–1300	1184	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	68.00–80.00	$72.56	$859
1190	1190	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	64.00	$64.00	$762
1305	1305	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	70.00	$70.00	$914
1310	1310	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	77.00	$77.00	$1,009

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	95.00	$95.00	$822
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	61.00	$61.00	$616
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	32.50	$32.50	$338

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	85.00	$85.00	$769
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	62.00	$62.00	$660

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125–175	155	10	82.50–107.50	$95.90	$149	—
185	185	1	87.50	$87.50	$162	—
210–220	215	2	92.50	$92.50	$199	—
495	495	1	52.50	$52.50	$260	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–125	113	2	150.00–170.00	$158.89	—

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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
900–950	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,172.97	—
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	980.00	$980.00	—
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	+50.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40–45	41	5	80.00–85.00	$82.07	-22.93

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
90	90	1	120.00	$120.00	$108	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–530	515	2	83.01–84.00	$83.52	$430	—

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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.