Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 10, 2023

511 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $227.77/cwt ≈ $1,209/hd at 531 lb · 22 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $193.29/cwt ≈ $1,005/hd at 520 lb · 21 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $165.00/cwt ≈ $1,488/hd at 902 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	511	258	388
Feeder cattle	288	157	243
Slaughter cattle	69	34	36
Replacement cattle	18	24	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average 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
235 fancy	235	2	227.50	$227.50	$535	—
290 fancy	290	1	227.50	$227.50	$660	—
295	295	1	220.00	$220.00	$649	—
300–315	308	2	220.00	$220.00	$678	—
360–390	377	7	200.00–210.00	$203.63	$768	-6.37
350–395 fancy	380	3	220.00	$220.00	$836	—
430 value added	430	2	221.00	$221.00	$950	—
435 fancy	435	1	215.00	$215.00	$935	—
458 value added	458	6	220.00	$220.00	$1,008	—
490	490	6	208.00	$208.00	$1,019	—
500	500	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,050	—
540 value added	540	17	233.00	$233.00	$1,258	—
550 value added	550	5	226.00	$226.00	$1,243	—
630 value added	630	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,304	—
751 value added	751	5	189.00	$189.00	$1,419	—
902 value added	902	18	165.00	$165.00	$1,488	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	320	2	175.00–180.00	$177.38	$568	—
510 value added	510	5	206.00	$206.00	$1,051	—
570 value added	570	4	201.00	$201.00	$1,146	—
575	575	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,078	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	170.00	$170.00	$459	—
675	675	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,114	—
720	720	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,260	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	190.00	$190.00	$437	—
265–295	277	3	175.00–190.00	$180.60	$500	—
425–430	428	2	180.00	$180.00	$770	—
480–488	483	6	185.00–190.00	$188.31	$910	—
543	543	10	175.00	$175.00	$950	+5.19
585–590	588	3	172.00–177.50	$173.82	$1,022	+5.91
600–647	624	8	173.00–178.00	$177.03	$1,105	+9.52
658	658	2	172.00	$172.00	$1,132	+8.15

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	195.00	$195.00	$624	—
398	398	2	192.50	$192.50	$766	-12.50
460 value added	460	5	197.00	$197.00	$906	—
517–521 value added	520	21	191.00–194.00	$193.29	$1,005	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	150.00	$150.00	$428	—
320 value added	320	8	172.00	$172.00	$550	—
355–395	387	5	150.00–161.00	$158.98	$615	—
455–485	470	2	160.00–165.00	$162.42	$763	—
520–535	530	3	150.00–162.00	$158.08	$838	+0.57
635	635	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,041	—
670	670	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,122	—
710	710	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,172	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	140.00	$140.00	$413	-10.00
325 fancy	325	1	145.00	$145.00	$471	—
420	420	1	157.50	$157.50	$662	-2.50
685	685	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,028	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	205.00	$205.00	$902	—
460	460	1	200.00	$200.00	$920	-7.50
508	508	5	195.00	$195.00	$991	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	182.50	$182.50	$739	-2.50
475–480	478	2	185.00–187.50	$186.24	$890	+5.24
600–640	630	4	170.00–172.00	$171.27	$1,079	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–525	523	2	160.00–167.50	$163.77	$857	+6.45
625–630	628	2	160.00–162.50	$161.25	$1,013	-2.05

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	145.00	$145.00	$819	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1160	1047	80-85%	8	71.00–86.00	$81.45	$853	—
765–1755	1327	80-85%	9	88.00–101.00	$93.25	$1,237	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1055	951	85-90%	8	59.00–78.00	$70.52	$671	—
850–1310	1021	85-90%	5	82.00–86.00	$84.48	$863	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1570	1233	6	83.00–100.00	$93.37	$1,151	—
1360–1940	1624	7	108.00–117.00	$111.98	$1,819	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	100.00	$100.00	$815
830–865	848	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	130.00–132.50	$131.22	$1,113
930	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	82.50	$82.50	$767

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
625	625	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	127.50	$127.50	$797
695	695	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	114.00	$114.00	$792

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	73.00	$73.00	$584

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890–965	928	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	90.00–95.00	$92.60	$859
800–1065	943	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	97.50–107.50	$102.87	$970
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	105.00	$105.00	$992
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	90.00	$90.00	$873
1005	1005	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	77.50	$77.50	$779

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	92.50	$92.50	$1,054

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	102.50	$102.50	$815

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
120–195	150	19	60.00–115.00	$85.18	$128	—
175	175	2	57.50	$57.50	$101	—
200–260	239	5	55.00–72.50	$59.71	$143	—
225–295	248	3	40.00–45.00	$41.98	$104	—
349–385	369	14	36.00–39.00	$36.89	$136	—
310–387	370	31	39.00–50.00	$40.10	$148	—
403–413	411	8	36.00–39.00	$38.26	$157	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	150.00	$150.00	-200.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	5	50.00–60.00	$56.50	—
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	—
70	70	1	120.00	$120.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	90.00–100.00	$95.00	+5.00
70	70	1	120.00	$120.00	+30.00
75	75	1	110.00	$110.00	+20.00
100	100	1	110.00	$110.00	—
100	100	1	90.00	$90.00	—
100	100	2	140.00–180.00	$160.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	95.00	$95.00	+35.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	30.00	$30.00	$96	—
310–389	373	5	37.00–38.00	$37.83	$141	—
404–440	413	8	35.00–38.00	$37.20	$154	—
410–493	444	6	24.00–28.00	$26.08	$116	—

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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.