Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 23, 2024

448 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 2 steers $247.46/cwt +22.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,401/hd at 566 lb · 15 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $239.86/cwt -10.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,127/hd at 470 lb · 11 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $206.78/cwt -11.22 vs last sale · ≈ $1,069/hd at 517 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	448	286	298
Feeder cattle	220	175	132
Slaughter cattle	37	38	60
Replacement cattle	19	14	15

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
370	370	4	269.00	$269.00	$995	—
400–445	416	4	240.00–252.50	$246.99	$1,027	-9.30
455–480	468	2	250.00–260.00	$254.87	$1,193	+9.87
522	522	6	235.00	$235.00	$1,227	+10.00
555 value added	555	9	252.00	$252.00	$1,399	—
580–590	583	6	240.00–241.00	$240.66	$1,403	+15.66
610 value added	610	8	225.00	$225.00	$1,372	—
750	750	8	210.00	$210.00	$1,575	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	220.00	$220.00	$594	—
340	340	1	225.00	$225.00	$765	—
466	466	4	230.00	$230.00	$1,072	—
530	530	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,166	—
660	660	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,320	—
676 value added	676	4	202.00	$202.00	$1,366	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,141	—
505	505	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,288	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	333	7	225.00–240.00	$232.24	$773	-12.76
365–385	375	2	220.00–230.00	$224.87	$843	-12.38
420	420	2	220.00–235.00	$227.50	$956	+3.39
488	488	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,049	-13.11
515	515	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,107	-3.00
505–520	517	9	200.00–207.50	$205.87	$1,064	-12.13
605	605	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,240	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	3	242.50	$242.50	$946	—
400–421	416	4	240.00–245.00	$241.20	$1,003	—
462–483	470	11	235.00–246.00	$239.86	$1,127	-10.17
546	546	3	231.00	$231.00	$1,261	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	205.00	$205.00	$564	-5.00
380	380	2	210.00	$210.00	$798	—
445	445	1	200.00	$200.00	$890	-15.00
465	465	1	200.00	$200.00	$930	—
525	525	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,024	-12.74
555–587	579	4	190.00–195.00	$191.26	$1,107	-15.36

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	240.00	$240.00	$648	+10.00
315–320	318	2	230.00–235.00	$232.48	$739	—
350	350	1	245.00	$245.00	$858	—
400	400	3	230.00	$230.00	$920	+5.00
455	455	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,069	—
500–505	503	2	210.00–212.50	$211.24	$1,063	+1.24
605	605	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,210	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	260.00	$260.00	$884	-7.57
366–390	372	5	250.00–270.00	$255.19	$949	-24.81
400–430	415	2	240.00–265.00	$252.05	$1,046	-9.10
455	455	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,092	-5.21
505	505	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,237	+2.18
520	520	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,144	-22.82

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1155	1023	85-90%	10	70.00–92.00	$83.00	$849	-2.53
925–1190	1106	85-90%	10	106.00–115.00	$110.68	$1,224	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1625	1430	80-85%	3	111.00–114.00	$112.83	$1,613	—
1415–1685	1550	80-85%	2	100.00–107.00	$103.20	$1,600	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465–1615	1540	75-80%	2	84.00–100.00	$91.61	$1,411	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–2140	1541	6	128.00–139.00	$130.93	$2,018	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
995–1195	1077	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	106.00–115.00	$110.99	$1,195
1035–1350	1187	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	100.00–116.00	$110.59	$1,313

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	85.00	$85.00	$740
810–985	891	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	85.00–102.00	$93.11	$830

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	100.00	$100.00	$960

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920	920	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	108.00	$108.00	$994

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
100–173	149	12	70.00–130.00	$104.38	$156	+9.57
263–270	263	17	67.50–82.00	$81.13	$213	—
356	356	4	45.00	$45.00	$160	—
399	399	8	52.00	$52.00	$207	—
463	463	2	68.00	$68.00	$315	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	21.00	$21.00	$96	—
605–630	618	2	5.00	$5.00	$31	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	100.00	$100.00	—
40	40	1	85.00	$85.00	—
40	40	5	130.00–160.00	$143.00	—
50	50	3	110.00–170.00	$146.67	—
70	70	1	160.00	$160.00	-130.00
80	80	1	210.00	$210.00	-80.00
90	90	1	220.00	$220.00	-70.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
980–1065	1023	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,325.00	$1,155.75	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1055	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	-50.00
1260	1260	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	2	40.00–50.00	$45.00	-45.00
40	40	2	70.00–75.00	$72.50	-27.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	2	100.00–120.00	$110.00	—
50	50	2	100.00–140.00	$120.00	-20.00
60	60	2	130.00–140.00	$135.00	-5.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45–49	47	21	45.00–50.00	$48.82	-22.29
82–86	85	8	115.00–120.00	$116.82	+26.16
95	95	1	120.00	$120.00	+1.66

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
188	188	2	34.00	$34.00	$64	—
335–377	356	6	35.00–37.00	$35.94	$128	—
425	425	4	14.00	$14.00	$60	—
401–461	438	34	40.00–47.00	$44.57	$195	—
505–595	532	17	40.00–62.00	$48.91	$260	—
725	725	3	60.00	$60.00	$435	—

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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.