Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	178	385	273
Feeder cattle	69	207	163
Slaughter cattle	36	31	45
Replacement cattle	19	40	8

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.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	367	3	470.00–475.00	$471.64	$1,731	—
600–645	615	3	375.00–397.50	$389.63	$2,396	-0.37
724 value added	724	4	360.00	$360.00	$2,606	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,395	-10.00
470	470	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,974	-7.51
585	585	1	385.00	$385.00	$2,252	+5.00
615	615	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,152	—
685	685	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,363	±0.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,035	—
345	345	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,397	-5.00
384	384	5	405.00	$405.00	$1,555	-5.00
470	470	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,880	+35.00
500–530	515	3	335.00–360.00	$349.81	$1,802	-9.43
732	732	3	310.00	$310.00	$2,269	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,480	-35.00
560	560	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,484	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	6	475.00	$475.00	$998	—
275–295	285	2	460.00–490.00	$475.53	$1,355	-2.75
312–330	317	4	450.00–475.00	$468.48	$1,485	+14.82
405	405	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,721	—
460	460	4	455.00	$455.00	$2,093	+43.52
510	510	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,938	-7.50
545	545	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,690	-77.50
600	600	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,130	—
715	715	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,038	—
790	790	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,172	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	405.00	$405.00	$871	—
415	415	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,556	-17.53
475	475	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,662	—
660	660	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,013	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,280.00	$2,280.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1170	1013	80-85%	3	142.50–150.00	$146.51	$1,484	—
940–1360	1158	80-85%	5	153.00–160.00	$156.23	$1,809	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–2000	1563	75-80%	6	159.00–166.00	$161.33	$2,522	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1015	850	85-90%	3	107.50–125.00	$116.48	$990	-4.34
980–1185	1083	85-90%	2	140.00–149.00	$144.07	$1,560	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205	1205	1	185.00	$185.00	$2,229	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,825.00	$1,825.00
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,620.00	$1,620.00
890–905	898	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,425.00–1,605.00	$1,515.75

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–805	728	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00–1,210.00	$1,149.69
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,095.00	$1,095.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,485.00	$1,485.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	985.00	$985.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,615.00	$1,615.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,280.00	$2,280.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,795.00	$1,795.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–155	125	12	80.00–110.00	$87.96	$110	+27.96
210–265	228	6	71.00–90.00	$84.34	$192	+1.96
315–380	348	6	52.50–80.00	$60.97	$212	-12.78

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	3	70.00–105.00	$91.67	—
50	50	1	140.00	$140.00	—
70	70	2	160.00–190.00	$175.00	—
90	90	1	180.00	$180.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
715	715	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
815	815	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	40.00	$40.00	-20.00
30	30	2	55.00–70.00	$62.50	+2.50
40	40	1	100.00	$100.00	+40.00
40	40	1	70.00	$70.00	+10.00

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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)	Bred	1	90.00	$90.00	+7.50
60	60	—	—	2	190.00	$190.00	+107.50
60	60	Young (2-4 yrs)	Bred	1	120.00	$120.00	+37.50
60	60	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Bred	1	200.00	$200.00	+117.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155	155	1	25.00	$25.00	$39	—
210–222	219	6	20.00	$20.00	$44	—
560	560	1	60.00	$60.00	$336	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	210.00	$210.00	—

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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.