Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 4, 2022

283 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $175.50/cwt ≈ $988/hd at 563 lb · 14 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $146.76/cwt ≈ $691/hd at 471 lb · 11 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.00/cwt ≈ $879/hd at 676 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	283	280	393
Feeder cattle	160	104	108
Slaughter cattle	52	59	58
Replacement cattle	20	13	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no comparisons made due to limited comparable sales. Moderate 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
430	430	1	162.50	$162.50	$699	-9.94
468	468	4	174.00	$174.00	$814	+4.00
559 value added	559	11	178.00	$178.00	$995	—
575–578	577	3	163.00–168.00	$166.34	$960	—
650	650	2	148.00	$148.00	$962	—
715	715	2	142.00	$142.00	$1,015	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	147.50	$147.50	$494	-0.06
357–385	363	5	140.00–155.00	$144.56	$525	-0.61
450–485	473	3	142.50–155.00	$151.04	$714	+6.04
605	605	7	132.00	$132.00	$799	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	268	2	100.00–117.50	$109.32	$293	—
355–385	370	3	100.00–115.00	$109.34	$405	-2.75
590	590	1	117.50	$117.50	$693	—
710	710	1	100.00	$100.00	$710	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	125.00	$125.00	$394	—
360	360	1	120.00	$120.00	$432	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	140.00	$140.00	$532	-8.80
450–479	471	11	142.50–155.00	$146.76	$691	—
517 value added	517	4	148.00	$148.00	$765	—
532	532	2	145.00	$145.00	$771	—
577	577	3	139.00	$139.00	$802	-0.92
676	676	11	130.00	$130.00	$879	—
733	733	4	121.00	$121.00	$887	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	125.00	$125.00	$438	—
415	415	1	120.00	$120.00	$498	—
450–472	467	4	122.50–136.00	$125.76	$587	—
520	520	4	133.00	$133.00	$692	—
597	597	2	137.00	$137.00	$818	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	100.00	$100.00	$315	—
365–380	373	2	105.00–112.50	$108.67	$405	—
680	680	1	102.00	$102.00	$694	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	122.50	$122.50	$270	—
305	305	1	117.50	$117.50	$358	—
700	700	1	117.00	$117.00	$819	—

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Feeder Bulls

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	120.00	$120.00	$438	—
440	440	1	130.00	$130.00	$572	—
455–490	473	2	130.00	$130.00	$615	+11.02
545	545	1	118.00	$118.00	$643	—
555	555	1	120.00	$120.00	$666	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	115.00	$115.00	$506	—
550	550	1	100.00	$100.00	$550	—
650	650	1	100.00	$100.00	$650	—
755	755	1	101.00	$101.00	$763	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	423	2	150.00	$150.00	$634	+2.59

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	160.00	$160.00	$720	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1020	950	80-85%	3	56.00–66.00	$63.02	$599	—
1020–1715	1245	80-85%	13	70.00–86.00	$77.85	$969	+16.19

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1350	1025	85-90%	10	39.00–63.00	$56.35	$578	—
945–1125	1025	85-90%	3	66.00–71.00	$68.48	$702	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1430–1445	1438	75-80%	2	76.00–84.00	$80.02	$1,151	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1490	1248	2	83.50–84.00	$83.70	$1,045	—
1140–1610	1310	5	92.00–114.00	$98.70	$1,293	—
1895	1895	1	115.00	$115.00	$2,179	+31.43

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Stock Cows

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795	795	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	105.00	$105.00	$835
820–980	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	49.00–50.00	$49.46	$445
805–1280	1048	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	72.00–87.00	$82.35	$863
1110	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	67.00	$67.00	$744

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830–900	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	50.00–60.00	$55.20	$477

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700	700	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	54.00	$54.00	$378
790	790	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	84.00	$84.00	$664

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720	720	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	67.50	$67.50	$486

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820–1085	953	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	92.00–109.00	$101.68	$969
1035	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	69.00	$69.00	$714
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	82.00	$82.00	$918

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	90.00	$90.00	$639

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Bred Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1040–1130	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	95.00–96.00	$95.52	$1,036

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
135–180	165	3	71.00–75.00	$73.91	$122	+8.62
165	165	1	42.00	$42.00	$69	-23.29
223	223	4	85.00	$85.00	$190	—
200–290	246	10	61.00–79.00	$74.53	$183	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	24.00	$24.00	$96	—
465	465	1	18.00	$18.00	$84	—
575	575	1	15.00	$15.00	$86	-10.00
630	630	1	17.00	$17.00	$107	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	50.00	$50.00	—
85	85	1	140.00	$140.00	—
100–135	118	2	160.00–260.00	$217.45	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1255	1255	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	60.00	$60.00	-25.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	115.00	$115.00	-15.00
100	100	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
68	68	3	42.50	$42.50	-4.74
80	80	2	65.00	$65.00	+32.58
91	91	1	60.00	$60.00	+10.00
91–95	93	8	117.50–140.00	$128.51	+78.51

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	42.50	$42.50	$115	—
310–325	318	2	50.00–65.00	$57.32	$182	—
340	340	1	71.00	$71.00	$241	—
525–570	553	5	75.00–90.00	$83.06	$459	—

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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.