Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, July 10, 2024

390 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 2 steers $254.65/cwt ≈ $1,313/hd at 516 lb · 16 head

light 6-weight M&L 2 bulls $261.00/cwt ≈ $1,626/hd at 623 lb · 12 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 3 bulls $236.00/cwt ≈ $1,548/hd at 656 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	390	494	395
Feeder cattle	207	93	202
Slaughter cattle	57	84	76
Replacement cattle	12	17	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week on all classes of feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows 9.00 lower based on limited comparable sales. Slaughter bulls too few to trend. Light offerings of plain to average 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
450	450	2	272.50	$272.50	$1,226	—
505–540	510	13	252.00–255.00	$252.49	$1,288	—
540 value added	540	3	264.00	$264.00	$1,426	—
605	605	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,301	—
645 value added	645	4	247.00	$247.00	$1,593	—
667 value added	667	9	250.00	$250.00	$1,668	—
710–725	721	7	230.00–245.00	$234.22	$1,689	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,446	—
500–520	514	10	277.00–280.00	$277.88	$1,428	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	202.50	$202.50	$952	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	250.00	$250.00	$862	—
380–395	391	10	240.00–265.00	$259.07	$1,013	—
415–440	424	4	240.00–250.00	$243.75	$1,034	+18.75
462–495	482	5	243.00–245.00	$244.23	$1,177	—
625	625	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,344	—
742	742	10	207.50	$207.50	$1,540	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,144	—
495	495	3	262.00	$262.00	$1,297	—
510	510	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,275	—
588	588	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,411	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	225.00	$225.00	$686	+20.00
365–385	375	3	220.00–230.00	$226.76	$850	+12.76
438–440	439	4	220.00–230.00	$227.49	$999	+24.08
520–535	524	4	222.50–225.00	$223.14	$1,169	+36.00
562	562	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,208	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	260.00	$260.00	$637	—
330	330	2	250.00–260.00	$255.00	$842	—
385–395	390	2	260.00–265.00	$262.47	$1,024	+4.97
405–445	425	4	260.00–265.00	$261.31	$1,111	+21.31
453	453	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,178	+15.00
623	623	12	261.00	$261.00	$1,626	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	230.00	$230.00	$794	—
370–395	382	3	235.00–250.00	$242.60	$927	+23.14
410	410	1	210.00	$210.00	$861	-25.00
495	495	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,188	+18.00
595	595	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,190	-10.00
656	656	12	236.00	$236.00	$1,548	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282	282	2	330.00	$330.00	$931	—
480	480	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,320	—
507 value added	507	3	281.00	$281.00	$1,425	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625–1535	1090	85-90%	16	47.50–118.00	$104.02	$1,134	—
910–1260	1113	85-90%	14	120.00–137.00	$124.92	$1,390	-8.83

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1535	1291	80-85%	12	130.00–145.00	$135.88	$1,754	—
1110–1640	1420	80-85%	4	116.00–125.00	$120.11	$1,706	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105	1105	75-80%	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,547	—
1070–1135	1107	75-80%	3	119.00–136.00	$128.81	$1,426	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,688	—
1715	1715	1	185.00	$185.00	$3,173	—
1810	1810	1	146.00	$146.00	$2,643	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965–1155	1073	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	115.00–122.50	$118.61	$1,273

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,868

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	107.50	$107.50	$1,080

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	117.50	$117.50	$934

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1375	1375	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,788

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1185	1185	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	137.50	$137.50	$1,629

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
145	145	1	30.00	$30.00	$44	-41.21
240–298	278	11	60.00–72.00	$64.51	$179	—
303–390	365	11	55.00–66.00	$58.03	$212	—
400–415	410	3	46.00–66.00	$52.50	$215	-17.50

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	13.00	$13.00	$51	—
490	490	1	5.00	$5.00	$24	-2.51

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	210.00	$210.00	-25.00
90	90	1	75.00	$75.00	-25.00
100–140	120	2	150.00	$150.00	±0.00
180	180	1	210.00	$210.00	+10.00

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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
1290	1290	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
695	695	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	11	172.50	$172.50	$695	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	75.00	$75.00	+6.25
40	40	1	85.00	$85.00	-20.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	140.00	$140.00	+45.00
60	60	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	110.00	$110.00	+15.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
23–28	26	10	40.00–41.00	$40.35	+13.50
31	31	4	39.00	$39.00	+12.15

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–225	213	2	60.00–62.50	$61.32	$131	+28.32
375–399	390	14	3.00–8.00	$4.88	$19	-38.12
380–396	393	13	38.00–45.00	$43.58	$171	+0.58
423–475	436	4	5.00–9.00	$7.91	$34	+2.91
410–465	446	21	30.00–48.00	$37.05	$165	+32.05
505–575	519	9	45.00–48.00	$46.85	$243	+0.22

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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.