Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 3, 2023

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	258	286	283
Feeder cattle	157	200	160
Slaughter cattle	34	40	52
Replacement cattle	24	6	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week. Average offering of average to plain 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
465	465	4	190.00	$190.00	$884	—
646	646	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,195	+8.00
712	712	4	175.00	$175.00	$1,246	—
795–797	797	4	167.00–169.00	$167.50	$1,335	—
848 value added	848	6	173.00	$173.00	$1,467	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–280	278	2	150.00–155.00	$152.52	$424	—
315–330	323	2	150.00–160.00	$154.88	$500	+24.88
385–390	388	2	140.00–160.00	$150.06	$582	—
435	435	3	160.00	$160.00	$696	—
725	725	1	137.50	$137.50	$997	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	185.00	$185.00	$435	—
305–330	320	3	175.00–180.00	$178.28	$570	—
680 value added	680	6	165.00	$165.00	$1,122	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	2	205.00–215.00	$210.05	$500	+20.05
325 value added	325	1	250.00	$250.00	$812	—
365	365	1	210.00	$210.00	$766	—
615	615	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,168	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	383	2	175.00–185.00	$180.16	$690	—
530–540	535	7	167.00–172.50	$169.81	$908	+0.81
555–595	572	3	165.00–171.00	$167.91	$960	+9.20
605–637	630	6	165.00–170.00	$167.51	$1,055	—
661–670	663	4	157.50–166.00	$163.85	$1,086	—
853 value added	853	4	142.00	$142.00	$1,211	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	150.00	$150.00	$405	—
300	300	1	160.00	$160.00	$480	—
375–380	378	2	155.00–160.00	$157.52	$595	—
428 value added	428	3	160.00	$160.00	$685	—
430	430	1	160.00	$160.00	$688	—
545	545	1	150.00	$150.00	$818	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	205.00	$205.00	$810	—
405	405	1	207.50	$207.50	$840	—
595	595	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,130	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	428	2	160.00–165.00	$162.40	$695	—
505–510	508	2	155.00–160.00	$157.51	$800	+27.51

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	185.00	$185.00	$768	—
490	490	3	181.00	$181.00	$887	—
515–535	525	3	175.00–180.00	$176.63	$927	—
565–576	574	5	175.00–180.00	$179.02	$1,028	—
665	665	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,130	—
735	735	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,213	—
787	787	5	160.00	$160.00	$1,259	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–535	523	2	150.00–165.00	$157.32	$823	—
580–595	587	3	160.00–165.00	$163.31	$959	—
600–625	613	3	160.00–165.00	$163.30	$1,001	—
695	695	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,112	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	1	137.50	$137.50	$1,045	—
797 value added	797	5	134.00	$134.00	$1,068	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415 fancy	415	1	230.00	$230.00	$954	—
455	455	2	200.00–215.00	$207.50	$944	+10.11
500	500	1	195.00	$195.00	$975	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–1405	1129	80-85%	8	71.00–84.00	$78.60	$887	—
1190–1595	1363	80-85%	5	90.00–95.00	$92.43	$1,260	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645–980	850	85-90%	4	85.00–92.00	$88.10	$749	—
790–945	869	85-90%	7	60.00–75.00	$67.81	$589	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090	1090	1	90.00	$90.00	$981	—
1155–1970	1594	5	106.00–118.00	$110.00	$1,753	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,388

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810	810	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	80.00	$80.00	$648

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	87.50	$87.50	$674
785–875	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	87.50–90.00	$88.68	$736

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	83.00	$83.00	$917

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	68.00	$68.00	$683

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855	855	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	62.00	$62.00	$530

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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	19	90.00–205.00	$118.98	$175	+28.72
210–295	251	6	80.00–100.00	$85.81	$215	—
305–375	340	2	65.00–70.00	$67.24	$229	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	40.00	$40.00	$190	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	350.00	$350.00	—
150	150	—	—	1	250.00	$250.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
620–880	716	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	800.00–1,000.00	$905.08	—
710–930	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,125.00	$1,081.71	—
820–975	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	975.00–1,075.00	$1,036.10	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010–1085	1048	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	975.00–1,250.00	$1,066.81	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1525	1525	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,975.00	$1,975.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	150.00	$150.00	—
80	80	1	90.00	$90.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30–38	36	4	55.00–60.00	$56.04	+26.04
45	45	3	60.00	$60.00	+30.00
50	50	1	60.00	$60.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	2	250.00	$250.00	—
150	150	1	250.00	$250.00	—

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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.