Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 12, 2022

355 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $138.97/cwt -4.03 vs last sale · ≈ $932/hd at 671 lb · 30 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.02/cwt -10.98 vs last sale · ≈ $647/hd at 483 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	355	403	336
Feeder cattle	211	238	212
Slaughter cattle	75	87	61
Replacement cattle	9	11	11

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average to plain 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
370–395	383	2	155.00–160.00	$157.42	$603	-3.84
400 fancy	400	1	170.00	$170.00	$680	—
450–492	483	9	145.00–151.00	$149.76	$723	—
580	580	3	140.00	$140.00	$812	-12.35
669–676	671	30	134.00–140.50	$138.97	$932	-4.03

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	130.00	$130.00	$318	—
255–270	263	2	130.00–145.00	$137.29	$361	—
310–325	318	3	140.00–145.00	$143.38	$456	—
385–395	390	2	140.00–145.00	$142.53	$556	+10.03
455	455	1	141.00	$141.00	$642	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–230	228	2	117.50–120.00	$118.76	$271	—
290	290	1	115.00	$115.00	$334	+3.00
390	390	1	107.50	$107.50	$419	—
440	440	1	110.00	$110.00	$484	—
685	685	1	115.00	$115.00	$788	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	125.00	$125.00	$312	—
340	340	1	120.00	$120.00	$408	-2.50
440	440	1	120.00	$120.00	$528	—
575	575	1	120.00	$120.00	$690	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	315	2	125.00	$125.00	$394	-10.00
360	360	7	131.00	$131.00	$472	-4.00
400	400	6	121.00	$121.00	$484	-6.50
452–495	466	3	125.00–127.00	$126.29	$589	+3.79
500–540	510	4	128.00–132.50	$129.19	$659	—
560	560	6	121.00–125.00	$123.67	$693	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–385	382	3	135.00–136.00	$135.33	$517	-10.71
445	445	2	136.00	$136.00	$605	-16.85
468–491	483	22	133.00–136.00	$134.02	$647	-10.98

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	105.00	$105.00	$220	—
275	275	1	110.00	$110.00	$302	+7.50
325	325	1	105.00	$105.00	$341	-5.29
365–390	378	2	102.50–105.00	$103.71	$392	-6.29
420	420	1	110.00	$110.00	$462	—
480	480	1	107.50	$107.50	$516	-0.94
535	535	1	112.00	$112.00	$599	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	117.50	$117.50	$317	—
375	375	1	117.50	$117.50	$441	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–445	440	4	110.00–112.00	$110.48	$486	—
460–495	480	4	105.00–117.50	$113.76	$546	—
535	535	1	110.00	$110.00	$588	—
685	685	1	102.50	$102.50	$702	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–480	468	2	148.00–155.00	$151.41	$709	—
550	550	2	139.00	$139.00	$764	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	125.00	$125.00	$656	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1155	948	85-90%	9	45.00–59.00	$53.94	$511	—
955–1450	1161	85-90%	10	61.00–66.00	$63.11	$733	-6.30

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145	1145	80-85%	1	61.50	$61.50	$704	—
1055–1435	1176	80-85%	11	64.00–70.00	$66.75	$785	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1680	1680	75-80%	1	64.00	$64.00	$1,075	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425	1425	1	77.00	$77.00	$1,097	—
1580	1580	1	84.00	$84.00	$1,327	—

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Stock Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675–705	690	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	104.00–117.50	$110.60	$763

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–905	840	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	60.00–61.00	$60.54	$509

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845	845	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	72.00	$72.00	$608

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Bred Cows

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795	795	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	55.00	$55.00	$437

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
122–175	135	4	105.00–125.00	$118.53	$160	—
175	175	1	70.00	$70.00	$122	-30.00
213–224	219	8	105.00–120.00	$112.69	$247	—
229–270	234	9	70.00–88.00	$85.52	$200	—
300	300	1	42.50	$42.50	$128	-35.76
310	310	1	70.00	$70.00	$217	-8.26

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	90.00	$90.00	—
100	100	1	140.00	$140.00	—
100	100	1	140.00	$140.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1070–1100	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00–1,275.00	$1,176.38	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1490	1490	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	2	50.00	$50.00	+6.00
50	50	2	140.00	$140.00	—
50	50	3	60.00–90.00	$70.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	80.00	$80.00	-110.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	7	24.00	$24.00	-11.00
35	35	1	25.00	$25.00	-10.00
75	75	2	130.00	$130.00	+62.50
95	95	1	85.00	$85.00	±0.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	3	83.00	$83.00	$268	+43.00
555	555	1	70.00	$70.00	$388	—

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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.