Orangeburg Stockyards Market Report

Orangeburg, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 12, 2026

635 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $358.33/cwt +28.33 vs last sale · ≈ $2,180/hd at 608 lb · 88 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $325.03/cwt ≈ $2,211/hd at 680 lb · 33 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $402.00/cwt ≈ $1,676/hd at 417 lb · 32 head

Orangeburg, SC 6-weight steers sold at $349/cwt, down $50 from the mid-July peak of $395. SC 6-weight steers are off $50 from their mid-July high as the class continues lower. What this means — computed from this report and its neighbors

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	635	188	393
Feeder cattle	501	60	188
Slaughter cattle	28	23	48
Replacement cattle	26	8	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

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

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	32	402.00	$402.00	$1,676	—
510–539	518	19	358.00–385.00	$367.12	$1,902	+17.12
550–593	564	19	345.00–361.00	$353.80	$1,995	—
573 value added	573	8	370.00	$370.00	$2,120	—
600–643 value added	606	81	345.00–364.00	$360.35	$2,184	—
635	635	7	335.00	$335.00	$2,127	+5.00
670–685 value added	672	16	335.00	$335.00	$2,251	—
680–692	688	17	305.00–320.00	$315.64	$2,172	—
753–762	759	10	315.00–318.00	$317.11	$2,407	—
760 value added	760	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,508	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,020	—
350	350	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,365	—
405–420	413	2	340.00–360.00	$349.82	$1,445	—
455–490	469	6	320.00–355.00	$336.70	$1,579	—
502–537 value added	520	4	330.00–336.00	$332.90	$1,731	—
525	525	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,654	—
610	610	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,769	—
835	835	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,254	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,433	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366–385	371	11	370.00–390.00	$384.44	$1,426	—
410	410	7	365.00	$365.00	$1,496	—
458–485	466	20	355.00–365.00	$359.03	$1,673	—
500–510	504	6	315.00–331.00	$324.66	$1,636	—
560–567	562	10	330.00–345.00	$336.52	$1,891	—
612 value added	612	11	350.00	$350.00	$2,142	—
622–640	631	4	315.00–325.00	$319.93	$2,019	—
656	656	14	325.00	$325.00	$2,132	—
683 value added	683	16	335.00	$335.00	$2,288	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	380.00	$380.00	$931	—
270–280	275	2	350.00–370.00	$360.18	$990	—
410	410	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,332	—
460	460	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,334	-30.00
457–475	464	9	316.00–330.00	$322.75	$1,498	+2.75
555	555	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,693	—
620	620	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,612	—
630–643	640	6	300.00–305.00	$303.35	$1,941	—
823	823	4	280.00	$280.00	$2,304	—
865	865	8	275.00	$275.00	$2,379	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	340.00	$340.00	$799	—
250	250	1	315.00	$315.00	$788	—
325	325	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,056	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,181	+5.00
400	400	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,400	—
455–485	470	2	325.00–335.00	$330.16	$1,552	-19.84
474–486	479	18	345.00–353.00	$349.84	$1,676	-0.16
500–520	512	3	310.00–335.00	$326.86	$1,674	—
520	520	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,508	—
625	625	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,781	-37.00
735–748	747	9	272.00–290.00	$273.97	$2,047	-17.03
755	755	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,114	+21.00
815	815	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,078	—
980	980	1	245.00	$245.00	$2,401	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
227	227	4	440.00	$440.00	$999	—
270–298	284	5	400.00–420.00	$410.30	$1,165	—
300	300	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,200	—
380	380	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,558	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	350.00	$350.00	$928	—
335	335	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,089	—
355–395	378	3	330.00–360.00	$343.83	$1,300	—
425	425	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,339	—
465–475	470	2	305.00–330.00	$317.37	$1,492	—
545	545	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,417	—
585	585	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,462	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980	980	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,254.00	$2,254.00	—
1155–1505	1330	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	2,483.00–2,700.00	$2,605.78	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1130	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	2,034.00	$2,034.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1325	1076	85-90%	7	100.00–137.00	$119.68	$1,288	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1630	1423	75-80%	2	145.00–150.00	$147.86	$2,104	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325	1325	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,915	—
1260–1505	1383	2	180.00–186.00	$182.73	$2,527	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120–1165	1143	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,988.00–1,992.00	$1,990.04

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1095	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,742.00–1,862.00	$1,803.98

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650	650	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,105.00	$1,105.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,171.00	$3,171.00
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,620.00	$2,620.00
975–1260	1118	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,145.00–2,268.00	$2,214.34
1135	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,752.00	$2,752.00
1055–1335	1202	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,057.00–3,404.00	$2,763.43
1435–1630	1565	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,510.00–3,623.00	$2,906.77

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,795.00	$1,795.00
1095	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,971.00	$1,971.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
118–125	120	5	60.00–62.50	$61.48	$74	+3.98
120–175	141	13	67.50–90.00	$74.28	$105	-13.44
200–270	230	13	71.00–110.00	$79.79	$184	—
405–420	416	4	53.00–65.00	$55.92	$233	-12.08

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700	700	1	6.00	$6.00	$42	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	150.00–185.00	$167.50	+32.50
80	80	1	220.00	$220.00	+22.50

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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
1275	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	4,100.00	$4,100.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825	825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	6	30.00–50.00	$37.50	±0.00
30	30	1	50.00	$50.00	-20.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	1	11.00	$11.00	-8.00
40–46	45	7	40.00–45.00	$44.37	+14.37
55–58	57	5	57.50–65.00	$60.40	+25.40
58	58	8	40.00	$40.00	+5.00
60	60	2	50.00	$50.00	+15.00
65	65	1	60.00	$60.00	+25.00
95	95	1	105.00	$105.00	+25.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	52.50	$52.50	$155	—
410	410	1	61.00	$61.00	$250	—
505	505	1	63.00	$63.00	$318	—
600	600	1	62.00	$62.00	$372	—
700	700	1	57.00	$57.00	$399	—
805	805	1	55.00	$55.00	$443	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	150.00	$150.00	-50.00

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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.