Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 7, 2022

313 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $166.00/cwt +22.21 vs last sale · ≈ $1,129/hd at 680 lb · 76 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $163.00/cwt ≈ $1,247/hd at 765 lb · 65 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	313	425	281
Feeder cattle	206	222	202
Slaughter cattle	26	50	28
Replacement cattle	13	5	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week no trends available due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average to good 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
420 value added	420	6	174.00	$174.00	$731	-1.53
492 value added	492	5	165.00	$165.00	$812	—
586–596 value added	592	8	157.00–168.00	$161.08	$954	—
635	635	1	148.00	$148.00	$940	—
798 value added	798	3	149.00	$149.00	$1,189	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	150.00	$150.00	$398	—
390–395	393	2	147.50–155.00	$151.23	$594	+1.23
754–761	756	9	141.00–143.00	$142.33	$1,076	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	131.00	$131.00	$485	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478 value added	478	2	166.50	$166.50	$796	+21.50
680 value added	680	76	166.00	$166.00	$1,129	+22.21
765 value added	765	65	163.00	$163.00	$1,247	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446 value added	446	3	150.00	$150.00	$669	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	117.50	$117.50	$358	—
600	600	1	110.00	$110.00	$660	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417–435	423	3	167.00–172.00	$168.71	$714	-1.29
605	605	1	142.50	$142.50	$862	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	132.50	$132.50	$649	—
545	545	1	122.50	$122.50	$668	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920	920	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,196	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	83.00	$83.00	$755	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	118.00	$118.00	$596	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1660	1216	80-85%	10	75.00–81.00	$78.31	$952	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1060	929	85-90%	4	47.00–62.00	$54.36	$505	—
950–1040	994	85-90%	5	70.00–85.00	$75.21	$748	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1470	1470	75-80%	1	86.00	$86.00	$1,264	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
993	993	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	108.00	$108.00	$1,072
995–1060	1028	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	76.00–78.00	$77.03	$792

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1165	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,247

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	50.00	$50.00	$438

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	52.50	$52.50	$352

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1245	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	77.00	$77.00	$959

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165	165	6	32.50	$32.50	$54	—
230–270	250	2	77.50–106.00	$90.61	$227	—
340	340	3	65.00	$65.00	$221	—
392	392	3	10.00	$10.00	$39	—
410	410	1	50.00	$50.00	$205	-20.00

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
140–175	158	2	26.00–27.50	$26.83	$42	—
510	510	1	15.00	$15.00	$76	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
920–950	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00–1,240.00	$1,219.68	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	6	37.50	$37.50	—
28	28	6	18.00	$18.00	—
60–64	64	8	50.00–67.00	$64.99	+44.99
70	70	1	45.00	$45.00	+25.00
85	85	2	92.50	$92.50	+47.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	50.00	$50.00	$145	—
380	380	5	28.00	$28.00	$106	—
390	390	2	24.00	$24.00	$94	—
412–465	425	4	41.00–44.00	$41.82	$178	—
450	450	1	53.00	$53.00	$238	—
510–520	515	2	45.00–56.00	$50.55	$260	—
525–590	537	10	36.00–45.00	$40.78	$219	—
618	618	2	37.00	$37.00	$229	-29.00

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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.