Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, July 16, 2025

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	339	423	214
Feeder cattle	106	152	88
Slaughter cattle	63	67	67
Replacement cattle	12	4	14

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	375.00	$375.00	$994	—
350–372	365	3	350.00–370.00	$356.40	$1,301	—
415	415	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,370	—
408–448 value added	425	7	350.00–357.00	$353.16	$1,501	—
520	520	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,612	—
635	635	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,873	-5.00
770	770	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,886	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508	508	3	357.00	$357.00	$1,814	—
536 value added	536	3	356.00	$356.00	$1,908	+6.00
555 value added	555	2	351.00	$351.00	$1,948	+2.46
560	560	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,848	+9.00
620	620	4	320.00	$320.00	$1,984	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,320	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	340.00	$340.00	$969	—
315	315	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,024	+25.00
370	370	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,110	—
430	430	2	302.50	$302.50	$1,301	-27.50
462 value added	462	2	336.00	$336.00	$1,552	+11.00
475	475	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,568	+30.00
485	485	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,479	+5.00
528	528	4	275.00	$275.00	$1,452	-25.00
590	590	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,475	-60.31
655	655	3	265.00	$265.00	$1,736	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	375	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,350	—
440–445	443	2	345.00–355.00	$349.97	$1,550	—
557 value added	557	2	323.00	$323.00	$1,799	—
576	576	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,728	—
610 value added	610	3	313.00	$313.00	$1,909	+1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–385	373	2	303.00–305.00	$303.97	$1,134	+3.97
400	400	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,160	±0.00
585	585	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,462	+20.00
625	625	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,438	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	350.00	$350.00	$840	—
327	327	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,177	—
350	350	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,208	-5.00
421–430	424	9	350.00–363.00	$358.61	$1,521	—
525–545	537	5	319.00–332.00	$322.76	$1,733	—
560–565	563	2	290.00–315.00	$302.56	$1,703	—
645	645	1	256.00	$256.00	$1,651	—
670	670	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,675	—
676 value added	676	3	283.00	$283.00	$1,913	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–285	283	2	325.00–335.00	$329.96	$934	—
370	370	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,128	-20.00
495	495	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,683	—
540	540	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,512	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1395	1222	80-85%	10	130.00–148.00	$138.30	$1,690	—
1095–1360	1232	80-85%	3	150.00–151.00	$150.66	$1,856	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1400	1054	85-90%	9	81.00–137.00	$110.41	$1,164	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1575	1372	75-80%	3	154.00–167.50	$158.46	$2,174	—
1260–1615	1479	75-80%	4	132.00–140.00	$136.54	$2,019	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1425	1319	8	162.00–170.00	$165.78	$2,187	—
1455–1835	1585	4	175.00–177.00	$175.70	$2,785	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1425	1425	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	192.50	$192.50	$2,743

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,351

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,254
1185	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,564

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,970

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	132.50	$132.50	$934

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
120	120	2	90.00	$90.00	$108	—
220–290	259	4	74.00–85.00	$78.66	$204	—
305–359	344	8	60.00–90.00	$65.99	$227	-9.22
407–490	415	13	60.00–75.00	$61.29	$254	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	1	190.00	$190.00	—
70	70	1	140.00	$140.00	-90.00
100	100	1	265.00	$265.00	+5.00

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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
1020–1140	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,200.00	$3,200.00	—
1110–1150	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,300.00–3,600.00	$3,447.35	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—

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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	—	—	1	130.00	$130.00	+52.50
80	80	—	—	5	175.00–200.00	$191.00	+11.00
80	80	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Bred	1	200.00	$200.00	+20.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30–39	33	11	27.50–30.00	$28.57	—
45	45	3	10.00–15.00	$13.33	—
48	48	6	40.00	$40.00	—
75	75	1	30.00	$30.00	-30.00
77	77	3	72.50	$72.50	+12.50
98	98	5	92.00	$92.00	+17.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253–270	259	3	20.00–28.00	$25.22	$65	—
280	280	1	37.50	$37.50	$105	-2.50
307–369	326	31	39.00–46.00	$42.83	$140	-0.17
330–375	352	3	20.00–25.00	$22.99	$81	+12.99
415–416	416	14	47.00	$47.00	$196	-9.02
443	443	5	57.00	$57.00	$253	+10.47
528	528	2	61.50	$61.50	$325	+9.90

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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.