Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 25, 2022

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.54/cwt -9.46 vs last sale · ≈ $636/hd at 437 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	316	247	293
Feeder cattle	164	122	196
Slaughter cattle	65	31	47
Replacement cattle	40	14	14

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons this week due to limited comparable sales. There were light offerings of mostly 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
465	465	1	160.00	$160.00	$744	—
490 value added	490	5	184.00	$184.00	$902	—
502–515 value added	506	7	167.50–174.00	$172.11	$871	—
700	700	1	140.00	$140.00	$980	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	310	2	120.00–130.00	$124.84	$387	-1.52
382 value added	382	4	130.00	$130.00	$497	—
410	410	1	122.50	$122.50	$502	—
455	455	1	125.00	$125.00	$569	—
645	645	1	100.00	$100.00	$645	—
845	845	1	80.00	$80.00	$676	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–270	260	2	87.50–112.50	$99.52	$259	—
315–325	320	2	95.00–105.00	$100.08	$320	—
490	490	1	112.50	$112.50	$551	—
525	525	1	115.00	$115.00	$604	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	362	3	150.00–155.00	$152.57	$552	+1.57

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	70.00	$70.00	$248	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433–440 value added	437	9	140.00–152.50	$145.88	$637	—
440	440	1	142.50	$142.50	$627	-12.50
590 value added	590	2	136.00	$136.00	$802	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375 value added	375	7	120.00	$120.00	$450	—
560 value added	560	2	111.00	$111.00	$622	—
590	590	1	107.50	$107.50	$634	—
600	600	1	87.50	$87.50	$525	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	70.00	$70.00	$231	—
475–485	480	2	97.50–105.00	$101.21	$486	—
515–525	520	2	70.00–90.00	$80.10	$417	—
590	590	1	77.50	$77.50	$457	—
625	625	1	90.00	$90.00	$562	—
775	775	1	60.00	$60.00	$465	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–415	405	4	127.50–135.00	$129.42	$524	-4.89
455–490	473	2	126.00–130.00	$127.93	$605	—
515–535	525	2	115.00–130.00	$122.64	$644	-2.36

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	110.00	$110.00	$319	—
340	340	1	110.00	$110.00	$374	-8.12
355–385	370	2	115.00–120.00	$117.60	$435	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	115.00	$115.00	$305	—
315–325	320	2	62.00–110.00	$86.38	$276	—

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Feeder Bulls

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	115.00	$115.00	$512	—
465–490	471	4	130.00	$130.00	$612	—
500	500	1	124.00	$124.00	$620	—
502 value added	502	2	121.00	$121.00	$607	—
610	610	1	100.00	$100.00	$610	—
650	650	1	120.00	$120.00	$780	—
805	805	1	70.00	$70.00	$564	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432 value added	432	6	141.00	$141.00	$609	—
487 value added	487	2	140.00	$140.00	$682	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	102.50	$102.50	$425	—
485	485	2	110.00–125.00	$117.50	$570	—
890	890	1	60.00	$60.00	$534	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	92.50	$92.50	$384	—
455	455	1	90.00	$90.00	$410	—
550	550	1	70.00	$70.00	$385	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1360	1023	85-90%	22	54.00–67.00	$61.87	$633	—
1015–1375	1184	85-90%	10	68.00–78.00	$72.79	$862	+2.03

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1510	1258	80-85%	17	71.00–82.00	$77.62	$976	—
1430	1430	80-85%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,287	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1555	1555	75-80%	1	77.00	$77.00	$1,197	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1755	1755	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,702	-4.79

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–785	773	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	50.00–53.00	$51.48	$398

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	53.00	$53.00	$400
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	47.00	$47.00	$428

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	69.00	$69.00	$645

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
658	658	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	46.00	$46.00	$303

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–1075	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	66.00–81.00	$74.64	$698
825–1080	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	66.00–76.00	$71.79	$709
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	70.00	$70.00	$756

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	55.00	$55.00	$500
885–940	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	55.00–67.00	$61.18	$559

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	34.00	$34.00	$264
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	38.00	$38.00	$308

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1465	1465	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	31.00	$31.00	$253

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	81.00	$81.00	$701

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110	110	1	37.50	$37.50	$41	—
130–185	159	5	75.00–120.00	$103.58	$165	+15.14
225–260	242	9	71.00–135.00	$96.25	$233	+8.70
310	310	1	86.00	$86.00	$267	-1.00
445–458	452	5	80.00–84.00	$82.81	$374	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	280	3	12.00–14.00	$13.33	$37	—

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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
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1025–1050	1038	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,150.00	$1,088.25	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	90.00	$90.00	$310	—
520–525	523	2	51.00–68.00	$59.46	$311	—
720–730	727	3	63.00–80.00	$68.69	$499	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	2	50.00	$50.00	-15.00
45	45	1	80.00	$80.00	+15.00
50	50	2	70.00–110.00	$90.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–125	113	2	170.00–180.00	$175.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
55	55	1	60.00	$60.00	$33	—
75	75	1	40.00	$40.00	$30	—
80	80	2	20.00	$20.00	$16	—
80–85	83	2	52.50–53.00	$52.76	$44	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	20.00	$20.00	$67	—
400–475	438	2	69.00–80.00	$74.97	$328	—
540	540	1	79.00	$79.00	$427	—

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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.