Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 21, 2024

464 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 2 steers $227.38/cwt -22.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,326/hd at 583 lb · 30 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 2 steers $228.00/cwt ≈ $1,523/hd at 668 lb · 18 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 steers $247.50/cwt ≈ $973/hd at 393 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	464	304	489
Feeder cattle	233	185	291
Slaughter cattle	66	49	43
Replacement cattle	16	16	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate 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
393	393	17	247.50	$247.50	$973	—
570–595	583	30	221.00–235.00	$227.38	$1,326	-23.29
668	668	18	228.00	$228.00	$1,523	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820	820	11	194.00	$194.00	$1,591	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	4	265.00	$265.00	$742	—
386	386	11	244.00	$244.00	$942	—
402–445	416	3	230.00–232.50	$231.61	$963	—
435	435	1	212.50	$212.50	$924	—
463	463	7	225.00	$225.00	$1,042	—
545	545	10	215.00	$215.00	$1,172	-16.53
795	795	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,352	+20.00
820	820	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,414	-13.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	207.50	$207.50	$508	—
255	255	1	205.00	$205.00	$523	-20.00
345	345	1	200.00	$200.00	$690	-10.00
400–430	406	6	205.00–212.50	$207.89	$844	-12.11
480–490	485	2	162.50–165.00	$163.74	$794	—
570	570	3	207.50	$207.50	$1,183	—
690	690	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,173	—
790	790	2	160.00–166.00	$163.00	$1,288	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	9	258.00	$258.00	$813	—
602 value added	602	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,385	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	265	2	250.00–255.00	$252.64	$669	—
350–395	377	3	240.00–260.00	$248.36	$936	+8.36
405–435	422	3	245.00–260.00	$253.52	$1,070	-21.48
455	455	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,092	-16.74
516	516	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,109	-50.00
517	517	9	240.00	$240.00	$1,241	-25.00
810	810	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,458	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	235.00	$235.00	$611	-15.00
320	320	1	235.00	$235.00	$752	—
370–385	377	3	230.00–237.50	$234.19	$883	+34.19
460–475	469	6	200.00–205.00	$201.24	$944	-38.76
470–475	472	3	210.00–213.00	$211.99	$1,001	-28.01
509	509	4	212.50	$212.50	$1,082	-2.50
605	605	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,180	+18.00
815	815	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,345	+7.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,059	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1465	1023	85-90%	19	27.50–122.50	$97.93	$1,002	—
905–1465	1128	85-90%	8	123.00–155.00	$133.23	$1,503	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165	1165	80-85%	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,957	—
950–1530	1227	80-85%	8	110.00–130.00	$120.72	$1,481	—
1045–1630	1336	80-85%	11	132.50–146.00	$137.36	$1,835	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1470	1415	75-80%	2	138.00–140.00	$139.04	$1,967	—
1495	1495	75-80%	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,794	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465	1465	1	190.00	$190.00	$2,784	+61.59
1225–2245	1653	8	90.00–146.00	$132.64	$2,193	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
645–765	705	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	35.00–45.00	$39.57	$279

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1165	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,992

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	107.50	$107.50	$1,021

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,289

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
123	123	3	45.00	$45.00	$55	—
111–196	161	24	76.00–120.00	$95.17	$153	+12.20
215–295	277	16	62.50–100.00	$81.85	$227	+5.00
305–375	358	11	40.00–62.50	$57.35	$205	—
401–447	421	7	54.00–60.00	$57.27	$241	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125–175	150	2	27.50–50.00	$36.88	$55	-33.12
275	275	1	60.00	$60.00	$165	—
505	505	1	21.00	$21.00	$106	—
610	610	1	10.00	$10.00	$61	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	150.00	$150.00	-30.00
100–140	120	3	240.00–280.00	$260.00	-20.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1165	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,360.00	$2,360.00	—
1295	1295	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1320	1320	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	160.00	$160.00	$416	—
315	315	1	98.00	$98.00	$309	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	1	85.00	$85.00	+28.33

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
44	44	4	20.00	$20.00	-25.00
45	45	2	70.00	$70.00	+25.00
53	53	5	47.50	$47.50	-3.84
74–75	74	5	95.00–150.00	$106.12	+41.12
80	80	1	140.00	$140.00	+75.00
95	95	1	80.00	$80.00	+15.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
115	115	1	35.00	$35.00	$40	—
225–240	233	2	40.00–45.00	$42.58	$99	—
337	337	8	13.00	$13.00	$44	—
340–345	343	2	20.00–35.00	$27.45	$94	—
406	406	5	12.00	$12.00	$49	—
406–483	421	10	20.00–25.00	$23.85	$100	—
421–497	462	24	50.00–55.00	$53.86	$249	-5.14
500–530	506	5	55.00–56.00	$55.21	$279	—
618	618	2	61.00	$61.00	$377	—

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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.