Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 21, 2022

295 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.50/cwt -27.77 vs last sale · ≈ $1,054/hd at 710 lb · 49 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 2 heifers $129.83/cwt ≈ $988/hd at 761 lb · 29 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $137.99/cwt -4.01 vs last sale · ≈ $804/hd at 583 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	295	520	326
Feeder cattle	220	351	151
Slaughter cattle	24	83	50
Replacement cattle	9	10	12

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made today due to limited sales. Moderate offering of average to poor 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
480	480	11	148.00	$148.00	$710	—
543	543	9	156.00	$156.00	$847	+2.96
692	692	5	149.00	$149.00	$1,031	-14.72
710	710	49	148.50	$148.50	$1,054	+3.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	140.00	$140.00	$539	+10.00
480	480	6	132.00	$132.00	$634	—
632	632	4	130.00	$130.00	$822	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493	493	2	150.00	$150.00	$740	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
546	546	10	138.00	$138.00	$753	—
580–584	583	27	135.00–144.00	$137.99	$804	-4.01
628	628	4	136.00	$136.00	$854	-9.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	130.00	$130.00	$520	—
525–532	531	10	131.00	$131.00	$696	+6.00
625	625	1	132.00	$132.00	$825	+9.50
760–766	761	29	121.50–132.50	$129.83	$988	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	117.50	$117.50	$441	—
430	430	1	125.00	$125.00	$538	—
490	490	1	120.00	$120.00	$588	—
565	565	2	122.00	$122.00	$689	—
670	670	1	117.00	$117.00	$784	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	100.00	$100.00	$235	—
345	345	1	105.00	$105.00	$362	—
380	380	1	110.00	$110.00	$418	—
400	400	1	105.00	$105.00	$420	—
640	640	1	104.00	$104.00	$666	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
677	677	3	106.00	$106.00	$718	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	120.00	$120.00	$546	—
545	545	1	120.00	$120.00	$654	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1240	1133	80-85%	6	57.00–70.00	$66.80	$757	—
1035–1425	1288	80-85%	6	72.00–79.00	$74.79	$963	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1085	1073	85-90%	3	54.00–69.00	$59.90	$643	—
1070–1330	1174	85-90%	4	70.00–77.50	$72.10	$846	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1790	1628	75-80%	3	76.00–76.50	$76.14	$1,240	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1910	1463	4	83.00–94.00	$89.89	$1,315	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820–1075	924	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	90.00–113.00	$106.78	$987

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800–855	828	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	65.00–75.00	$69.83	$578

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	76.00	$76.00	$874

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–195	147	14	71.00–89.00	$81.66	$120	+21.66
200–270	218	13	70.00–87.00	$80.12	$175	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	9.00	$9.00	$39	—
540–580	563	3	5.00–12.00	$8.73	$49	—
690	690	1	10.00	$10.00	$69	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,090.00	$1,090.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	50.00	$50.00	-20.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	58.00	$58.00	$258	—
500–570	534	4	64.00–70.00	$66.93	$357	—
615	615	1	68.00	$68.00	$418	—

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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.