Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 14, 2022

520 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $176.27/cwt ≈ $1,287/hd at 730 lb · 66 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $167.45/cwt ≈ $1,374/hd at 820 lb · 66 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.00/cwt -35.00 vs last sale · ≈ $900/hd at 687 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	520	313	213
Feeder cattle	351	206	135
Slaughter cattle	83	26	28
Replacement cattle	10	13	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales . Average offering 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
310	310	6	175.00	$175.00	$542	—
375	375	1	177.50	$177.50	$666	—
402	402	5	175.00	$175.00	$704	—
503–530	512	6	152.00–155.00	$153.04	$784	—
596 fancy	596	4	170.00	$170.00	$1,013	—
665–694	686	7	163.00–164.00	$163.72	$1,123	—
730 value added	730	65	176.75	$176.75	$1,290	—
740	740	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,073	—
820 value added	820	64	168.00	$168.00	$1,378	—
830 fancy	830	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,245	—
915 fancy	915	2	134.00	$134.00	$1,226	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	155.00	$155.00	$326	—
255–280	268	2	150.00–160.00	$155.23	$416	+5.23
305–325	315	2	155.00–165.00	$160.16	$505	—
352–370	357	6	165.00–168.00	$165.51	$591	—
450	450	1	150.00	$150.00	$675	—
575	575	1	135.00	$135.00	$776	—
690	690	1	132.50	$132.50	$914	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	135.00	$135.00	$310	—
255–280	268	2	135.00–140.00	$137.62	$369	—
310	310	1	130.00	$130.00	$403	—
360	360	1	130.00	$130.00	$468	-1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	120.00	$120.00	$264	—
295	295	1	111.00	$111.00	$327	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	273	2	140.00–145.00	$142.34	$389	—
320	320	1	145.00	$145.00	$464	—
389	389	5	161.00	$161.00	$626	—
410–445	417	5	144.00–160.00	$147.41	$615	—
558	558	4	142.00	$142.00	$792	—
625	625	1	145.00	$145.00	$906	—
687	687	14	131.00	$131.00	$900	—
700	700	1	137.00	$137.00	$959	—
790	790	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,074	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	130.00	$130.00	$344	—
335	335	1	130.00	$130.00	$436	—
501	501	4	125.00	$125.00	$626	—
555–590	567	3	125.00	$125.00	$709	—
610	610	1	122.50	$122.50	$747	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	328	2	115.00–120.00	$117.56	$386	+0.06

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	428	5	140.00–155.00	$143.84	$616	—
502	502	4	140.00	$140.00	$703	—
600–644	618	11	120.00–133.00	$125.22	$774	—
660–695	675	3	107.00–122.50	$113.08	$763	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–470	467	5	155.00–160.00	$159.03	$743	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	135.00	$135.00	$547	—
500	500	1	120.00	$120.00	$600	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1420	1155	80-85%	11	75.00–85.00	$77.85	$899	—
1010–1515	1173	80-85%	11	50.00–69.00	$61.92	$726	—
1425	1425	80-85%	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,411	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–995	910	85-90%	15	70.00–80.00	$73.87	$672	+19.51
880–980	936	85-90%	4	55.00–64.00	$59.72	$559	+5.36

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515–1615	1550	75-80%	3	75.00–80.00	$77.39	$1,200	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1605	1210	11	99.00–114.00	$106.29	$1,286	—
980–1590	1263	7	89.00–95.00	$92.83	$1,172	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–870	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	117.50–126.00	$121.55	$1,009

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–815	788	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	105.00–110.00	$107.59	$848

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–955	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	85.00–87.00	$86.06	$779

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	78.00	$78.00	$573

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,100

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1505	1505	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,129

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	90.00	$90.00	$752

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
145	145	1	60.00	$60.00	$87	—
260–285	273	2	70.00–103.00	$85.74	$234	-4.87
270–293	290	7	67.00	$67.00	$194	—
305–338	327	3	70.00–78.00	$72.49	$237	+7.49
307–364	341	40	60.00–69.00	$67.59	$230	+2.59

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	2	110.00	$110.00	—
70	70	1	150.00	$150.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45–48	47	8	70.00	$70.00	+52.00
55	55	2	75.00	$75.00	+10.01
65	65	1	65.00	$65.00	+0.01
73	73	2	70.00	$70.00	+25.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120	120	3	150.00–160.00	$153.33	—
150–165	155	3	185.00–210.00	$195.00	—

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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.