Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 29, 2023

222 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $169.25/cwt -0.75 vs last sale · ≈ $905/hd at 535 lb · 12 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $190.00/cwt ≈ $800/hd at 421 lb · 11 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $227.30/cwt ≈ $1,118/hd at 492 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	222	284	359
Feeder cattle	133	93	233
Slaughter cattle	42	45	70
Replacement cattle	15	31	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle due to extremely wet conditions in the area with heavy 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
247	247	4	217.50	$217.50	$537	—
260	260	1	205.00	$205.00	$533	—
305	305	1	198.00	$198.00	$604	-12.00
315 value added	315	2	250.00	$250.00	$788	—
368	368	2	207.50	$207.50	$764	—
391 value added	391	5	240.00	$240.00	$938	—
492	492	3	200.00	$200.00	$984	—
492 value added	492	7	239.00	$239.00	$1,176	—
505	505	1	187.50	$187.50	$947	—
510 value added	510	7	236.00	$236.00	$1,204	—
602 value added	602	7	196.00	$196.00	$1,180	—
665 value added	665	3	187.00	$187.00	$1,244	—
707 value added	707	3	179.00	$179.00	$1,266	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	117.50	$117.50	$417	—
837	837	2	110.00	$110.00	$921	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	185.00	$185.00	$703	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	160.00	$160.00	$560	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	180.00	$180.00	$504	—
348 fancy	348	3	217.50	$217.50	$757	—
350	350	1	170.00	$170.00	$595	—
421 value added	421	11	190.00	$190.00	$800	—
485	485	1	179.00	$179.00	$868	—
522	522	3	164.00	$164.00	$856	-6.00
539 value added	539	9	171.00	$171.00	$922	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	155.00	$155.00	$574	—
450–470	458	3	140.00–152.00	$146.53	$671	—
535	535	1	142.50	$142.50	$762	—
575	575	1	130.00	$130.00	$748	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340 value added	340	2	182.50	$182.50	$620	—
410	410	1	155.00	$155.00	$636	—
465	465	1	155.00	$155.00	$721	+3.85
575	575	1	155.00	$155.00	$891	+15.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	185.00	$185.00	$906	—
500–524	520	6	180.00–182.50	$182.10	$947	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	142.50	$142.50	$741	+15.06
575	575	1	140.00	$140.00	$805	—
600	600	1	135.00	$135.00	$810	—
680	680	1	146.00	$146.00	$993	—
710	710	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,022	—
750	750	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,050	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–945	923	80-85%	2	70.00–80.00	$74.88	$691	—
1000–1880	1353	80-85%	13	85.00–100.00	$90.45	$1,224	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1360	1115	85-90%	5	68.00–79.00	$74.17	$827	—
1065–1465	1300	85-90%	3	81.00–85.00	$83.15	$1,081	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1675	1675	75-80%	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,625	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1125	1115	2	104.00–106.00	$104.99	$1,171	—
1680–2075	1878	2	115.00–119.00	$117.21	$2,201	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
640–775	706	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	60.00–71.00	$65.12	$460

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
650–770	717	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	55.00–60.00	$58.30	$418
765	765	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	50.00	$50.00	$382

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785	785	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,020
995–1015	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	70.00–80.00	$75.05	$754

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	87.50	$87.50	$752

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	70.00	$70.00	$648

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
153	153	3	87.50	$87.50	$134	+25.32
250	250	1	51.00	$51.00	$128	—
235–283	261	6	65.00–67.50	$65.90	$172	—
265–285	272	3	72.00–80.00	$77.20	$210	—
333	333	2	61.00	$61.00	$203	-10.63
458	458	6	38.00	$38.00	$174	—

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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
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	3	80.00–90.00	$86.67	—
50	50	1	100.00	$100.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	130.00	$130.00	—
100	100	1	130.00	$130.00	-60.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
72	72	3	80.00	$80.00	+12.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401–490	423	4	24.00–32.50	$26.46	$112	-7.31
433	433	3	51.00	$51.00	$221	+17.23
555	555	1	52.00	$52.00	$289	—

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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.