Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 28, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	386	295	351
Feeder cattle	188	220	278
Slaughter cattle	91	24	34
Replacement cattle	50	9	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average offerings of average to poor quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	140.00	$140.00	$357	—
410	410	2	142.00	$142.00	$582	—
493	493	4	146.00	$146.00	$720	-4.00
538	538	7	139.00	$139.00	$748	—
825	825	1	117.50	$117.50	$969	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	135.00	$135.00	$392	—
390	390	4	127.50	$127.50	$497	-12.50
428	428	3	115.00	$115.00	$492	—

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	—
360	360	1	120.00	$120.00	$432	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	110.00	$110.00	$429	±0.00
415	415	1	100.00	$100.00	$415	-5.00
475–490	483	5	105.00–107.50	$105.49	$510	—
500–530	513	3	100.00–105.00	$101.62	$521	—
565–570	569	5	100.00–103.00	$102.40	$583	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–380	372	3	115.00–125.00	$119.93	$446	—
415–431	428	5	115.00–117.00	$116.21	$497	-13.79
460–475	468	2	115.00–117.00	$116.02	$543	—
600–645	623	2	110.00–115.00	$112.41	$700	-19.59

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	115.00	$115.00	$374	—
410–435	423	2	110.00–112.00	$111.03	$470	-13.97

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–430	416	5	120.00–126.00	$124.58	$518	—
456	456	3	136.00	$136.00	$620	—
500–530	520	3	115.00–118.00	$115.96	$603	—
575	575	1	120.00	$120.00	$690	—
668	668	2	108.00	$108.00	$721	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	100.00	$100.00	$480	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1465	1147	80-85%	8	52.00–62.00	$56.06	$643	-10.74
1020–1605	1271	80-85%	29	65.00–77.00	$69.66	$885	-5.13

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640–965	771	85-90%	17	65.00–72.00	$67.02	$517	—
730–980	893	85-90%	13	48.00–62.00	$55.46	$495	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1585	1484	75-80%	5	68.00–73.00	$70.16	$1,041	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1530–2065	1863	6	90.00–111.00	$101.28	$1,887	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
610–890	747	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	80.00–92.50	$87.06	$650

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	96.00	$96.00	$984

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1000–1365	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	69.00–80.00	$75.27	$888

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–920	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	75.00–80.00	$77.66	$672
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$740

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,156

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–188	140	8	90.00–110.00	$102.82	$144	+21.16
130–170	150	2	55.00–70.00	$63.50	$95	—
223–268	237	15	90.00–110.00	$102.63	$243	+22.51

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	8.00	$8.00	$35	-1.00
530	530	1	5.00	$5.00	$26	—
750	750	1	5.00	$5.00	$38	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	130.00	$130.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600–975	732	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	700.00–950.00	$861.10	—
645–975	761	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	600.00–975.00	$770.95	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
750–950	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,075.00–1,150.00	$1,111.27	—
905	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1015–1250	1084	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,325.00	$1,198.10	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–935	868	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	900.00	$900.00	—
975–1110	1043	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00–900.00	$846.76	—
985–1220	1083	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,275.00	$1,120.41	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600–675	638	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	300.00–500.00	$405.88	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	80.00	$80.00	$392	—
715	715	1	71.00	$71.00	$508	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	3	15.00	$15.00	—
20–29	24	20	35.00–47.50	$42.14	—
65	65	1	15.00	$15.00	-35.00
70	70	1	55.00	$55.00	+5.00
85	85	2	85.00–100.00	$92.50	+42.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	77.00	$77.00	$308	—

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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.