Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 22, 2026

374 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $390.00/cwt +30.00 vs last sale · ≈ $2,582/hd at 662 lb · 30 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $376.78/cwt ≈ $2,197/hd at 583 lb · 23 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $430.00/cwt ≈ $2,245/hd at 522 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	374	241	205
Feeder cattle	235	116	88
Slaughter cattle	38	26	27
Replacement cattle	12	9	6

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 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368–373	371	6	465.00–470.00	$466.65	$1,731	—
468	468	10	460.00	$460.00	$2,153	-25.00
522	522	21	430.00	$430.00	$2,245	—
550 value added	550	13	480.00	$480.00	$2,640	—
588	588	5	420.00	$420.00	$2,470	-12.50
660–673 value added	662	30	390.00	$390.00	$2,582	—
745 value added	745	2	365.00	$365.00	$2,719	—
918 value added	918	6	290.00	$290.00	$2,662	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,056	—
365	365	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,642	—
425	425	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,742	—
455	455	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,820	—
480	480	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,944	—
520	520	2	390.00	$390.00	$2,028	—
565–575	568	3	355.00–390.00	$366.80	$2,083	—
610	610	5	370.00	$370.00	$2,257	—
650	650	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,275	—
735	735	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,426	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,060	—
385	385	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,502	—
440	440	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,694	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	8	445.00	$445.00	$1,522	+20.00
512 value added	512	3	385.00	$385.00	$1,971	—
568–588 value added	583	23	375.00–382.00	$376.78	$2,197	—
934 value added	934	3	285.00	$285.00	$2,662	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–385	383	2	395.00–405.00	$400.03	$1,532	+0.03
410–434	429	9	400.00–420.00	$406.74	$1,745	+6.74
430	430	3	360.00	$360.00	$1,548	-40.00
460	460	3	410.00	$410.00	$1,886	+40.00
500	500	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,800	+20.03
554	554	2	364.00	$364.00	$2,017	+9.00
625	625	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,031	—
645	645	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,935	—
655–690	673	2	330.00–335.00	$332.57	$2,238	+32.57
707	707	2	307.50	$307.50	$2,174	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
276–285	278	5	350.00–360.00	$352.05	$979	—
320	320	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,120	—
370	370	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,295	-23.21
443	443	4	375.00	$375.00	$1,661	+15.23
505–525	519	4	280.00–310.00	$292.65	$1,519	-7.35

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,292	+40.00
320–340	330	2	435.00–445.00	$439.85	$1,452	+14.40
505–530	522	3	356.00–390.00	$373.95	$1,952	-6.05
530	530	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,643	-70.00
575–580	577	3	337.50–360.00	$352.46	$2,034	—
675	675	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,194	+5.00
798	798	6	280.00	$280.00	$2,234	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	456.00	$456.00	$1,505	-34.00
542	542	3	410.00	$410.00	$2,222	-14.86

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1410	1410	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,634	+30.00

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1580	1330	75-80%	9	158.00–177.50	$164.88	$2,193	—
1500	1500	75-80%	1	155.00	$155.00	$2,325	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1205	1132	80-85%	3	147.50–150.00	$149.11	$1,688	—
1145–1295	1221	80-85%	5	157.50–165.00	$160.54	$1,960	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1485	1485	85-90%	1	135.00	$135.00	$2,005	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465–1850	1658	2	180.00–186.00	$183.35	$3,040	—
1820–2550	2185	2	159.00–176.00	$166.08	$3,629	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,355.00	$2,355.00
1035–1205	1147	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,965.00–2,380.00	$2,251.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1210	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,485.00	$1,485.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125–145	138	3	10.00–40.00	$19.04	$26	-65.54
135–190	155	7	75.00–85.00	$83.04	$129	+63.04
205–285	244	7	85.00–95.00	$89.26	$218	—
330	330	1	75.00	$75.00	$248	-9.32
403–415	406	8	10.00–30.00	$15.11	$61	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
115	115	1	10.00	$10.00	$12	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	1	115.00	$115.00	—
50	50	1	180.00	$180.00	—
50	50	1	120.00	$120.00	—
70	70	1	170.00	$170.00	—
90	90	2	230.00	$230.00	—
100–140	120	2	230.00–330.00	$280.00	—
150	150	3	340.00	$340.00	—

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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
1080–1410	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,450.00–2,500.00	$2,471.69	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120	1120	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	40.00	$40.00	-10.00
30	30	11	45.00–95.00	$65.00	+15.00
30	30	2	100.00–110.00	$105.00	+55.00
40	40	2	100.00–120.00	$110.00	-5.00

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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	—	—	3	150.00–220.00	$173.33	-6.67
60	60	Young (2-4 yrs)	Bred	1	210.00	$210.00	±0.00
60	60	—	—	2	130.00–190.00	$160.00	-50.00
80	80	—	—	1	140.00	$140.00	-70.00
100	100	—	—	3	230.00–240.00	$236.67	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
14	14	7	11.00	$11.00	—
25	25	4	22.50	$22.50	—
73	73	3	45.00	$45.00	-33.96

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	40.00	$40.00	$102	—
270	270	2	23.00	$23.00	$62	—
355	355	1	45.00	$45.00	$160	—
435–440	438	2	45.00–50.00	$47.49	$208	—
550–575	558	3	54.00	$54.00	$301	-26.00

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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.