Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 14, 2022

486 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $164.88/cwt ≈ $1,166/hd at 707 lb · 67 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $153.99/cwt +3.99 vs last sale · ≈ $647/hd at 420 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	486	317	520
Feeder cattle	223	128	268
Slaughter cattle	92	54	67
Replacement cattle	18	11	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average offerings 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
290	290	2	180.00	$180.00	$522	—
360 fancy	360	1	197.50	$197.50	$711	+15.00
375	375	1	172.50	$172.50	$647	+22.50
427	427	7	172.50	$172.50	$737	+12.03
644	644	7	151.00	$151.00	$972	—
700 value added	700	56	168.00	$168.00	$1,176	—
742	742	11	149.00	$149.00	$1,106	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	313	8	142.50–160.00	$151.12	$473	—
370	370	1	157.50	$157.50	$583	+12.47
450–470	463	5	130.00–160.00	$142.73	$661	—
500–545	516	6	150.00–161.00	$155.68	$803	+7.31
570	570	1	128.00	$128.00	$730	-10.00
700	700	1	117.50	$117.50	$822	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	232	3	120.00–125.00	$123.38	$286	—
280	280	1	120.00	$120.00	$336	-5.00
300–345	326	4	120.00–125.00	$122.59	$400	—
355–390	373	2	120.00	$120.00	$448	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	129.00	$129.00	$658	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–425	420	14	142.50–158.00	$153.99	$647	+3.99
480	480	3	141.00	$141.00	$677	—
580	580	2	132.50	$132.50	$768	+0.50
665	665	3	130.00	$130.00	$864	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	135.00	$135.00	$392	±0.00
300	300	1	125.00	$125.00	$375	—
370–390	380	2	120.00–125.00	$122.57	$466	-19.93
400–435	418	2	117.50–120.00	$118.80	$497	-15.71
465	465	1	122.50	$122.50	$570	-7.50
520	520	1	120.00	$120.00	$624	-7.50
585	585	1	122.50	$122.50	$717	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	280	3	112.00–120.00	$115.86	$324	—
310	310	1	110.00	$110.00	$341	—
380	380	1	110.00	$110.00	$418	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	110.00	$110.00	$236	—
295	295	1	110.00	$110.00	$324	±0.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–445	438	2	110.00–115.00	$112.46	$493	—
465	465	1	110.00	$110.00	$512	—
680	680	3	100.00	$100.00	$680	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–460	455	2	130.00–135.00	$132.53	$603	-11.27
515	515	2	128.00	$128.00	$659	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1125	1063	80-85%	3	59.00–62.00	$60.94	$648	—
1000–1615	1219	80-85%	23	64.00–74.00	$67.20	$819	+5.30

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645–980	869	85-90%	10	62.00–72.50	$65.73	$571	—
745–995	892	85-90%	9	48.00–58.00	$53.08	$473	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1485	1430	75-80%	3	65.00–66.00	$65.31	$934	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1990	1383	4	73.00–79.00	$75.16	$1,039	—
1465–1665	1565	2	85.00–87.00	$86.06	$1,347	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	82.50	$82.50	$582
760	760	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	90.00	$90.00	$684

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845	845	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	115.00	$115.00	$972

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765	765	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	80.00	$80.00	$612

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Bred Cows

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
945–970	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	64.00–70.00	$66.99	$643
970–995	983	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	72.50–74.00	$73.26	$720

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1145–1215	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	70.00–78.00	$73.88	$872

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	87.50	$87.50	$726
985	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	75.00	$75.00	$739

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
120	120	1	20.00	$20.00	$24	-170.00
100–198	161	36	80.00–210.00	$112.67	$181	+66.05
120–190	169	10	50.00–65.00	$55.47	$94	+8.85
205–295	259	13	58.00–77.50	$70.42	$182	-20.72
200–298	270	15	83.00–100.00	$90.16	$243	-0.98
300–347	317	21	70.00–76.00	$72.19	$229	+27.19
435	435	1	85.00	$85.00	$370	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	7.00	$7.00	$15	-58.00
240	240	1	45.00	$45.00	$108	-20.00
335	335	1	40.00	$40.00	$134	—
385	385	1	8.00	$8.00	$31	+3.00
505	505	1	5.00	$5.00	$25	—
725	725	1	5.00	$5.00	$36	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110	110	1	140.00	$140.00	-40.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600–700	658	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	275.00–410.00	$337.09	—
685	685	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	350.00	$350.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1145	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	360.00	$360.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	1	50.00	$50.00	—
50	50	1	120.00	$120.00	+60.00
50	50	4	80.00–85.00	$81.25	+21.25
60	60	1	140.00	$140.00	+80.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	100.00	$100.00	±0.00
100–120	108	6	160.00–230.00	$196.67	-3.33
150	150	1	260.00	$260.00	-90.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50–58	54	11	56.00–60.00	$57.67	+27.67
85	85	1	25.00	$25.00	-18.02

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238	238	3	49.00	$49.00	$117	-3.03
308–325	310	7	36.00–47.50	$37.72	$117	—
341	341	4	67.00	$67.00	$228	—
408–425	411	5	49.00–50.00	$49.21	$202	—
430	430	1	61.00	$61.00	$262	—
530	530	1	54.00	$54.00	$286	—
550	550	1	69.00	$69.00	$380	+12.00

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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.