Saluda Livestock Exchange Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 10, 2025

462 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $273.26/cwt -4.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,172/hd at 429 lb · 18 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $247.64/cwt -7.54 vs last sale · ≈ $1,320/hd at 533 lb · 17 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $255.44/cwt -17.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,224/hd at 479 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	462	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	300.00	$300.00	$675	—
328–340	330	5	335.00–345.00	$342.94	$1,132	—
375	375	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,256	—
402–428	415	9	305.00–320.00	$307.20	$1,275	+20.86
455–490	468	6	295.00–310.00	$302.33	$1,415	+22.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,150	-3.56
350–385	365	6	355.00–380.00	$364.74	$1,331	-11.28
460–469	467	5	315.00–320.00	$315.98	$1,476	-0.77
575	575	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,668	—
585	585	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,550	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–275 fancy	273	2	470.00–485.00	$477.57	$1,304	—
255–295	283	4	405.00–440.00	$412.90	$1,169	-14.33
300–340	313	6	390.00–410.00	$398.26	$1,247	-16.74

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240	237	3	275.00–295.00	$281.48	$667	-17.69
250–295	268	3	275.00–285.00	$280.28	$751	-23.75
300–345	330	10	270.00–290.00	$279.65	$923	-4.10
350–395	381	7	275.00–285.00	$279.20	$1,064	-5.87
400–449	429	18	265.00–285.00	$273.26	$1,172	+9.78
460–490	471	6	260.00–270.00	$265.01	$1,248	-14.31
460–495	484	10	230.00–255.00	$249.70	$1,209	-11.52
505–530	514	4	255.00–275.00	$261.17	$1,342	+25.05
525–548	539	13	235.00–245.00	$243.48	$1,312	-21.23
550–595	570	4	225.00–235.00	$229.95	$1,311	-7.51
600–640	615	3	220.00–237.50	$230.89	$1,420	-6.62
625	625	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,312	-27.51
655–690	669	7	215.00–225.00	$220.01	$1,472	+2.10
705–720	710	3	215.00–220.00	$217.50	$1,544	-4.98
785	785	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,727	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	315.00	$315.00	$740	-20.00
250–290	268	11	295.00–315.00	$305.59	$819	-17.67
305–343	327	9	295.00–315.00	$302.76	$990	-9.26
350–385	377	7	290.00–307.50	$297.97	$1,123	-10.50
390 fancy	390	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,268	—
400–405	401	4	295.00	$295.00	$1,183	-9.98
455	455	2	290.00–295.00	$292.50	$1,331	-6.56
500–518	514	5	280.00–282.50	$282.01	$1,450	-7.99
635	635	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,619	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	270.00	$270.00	$608	-10.00
275	275	1	265.00	$265.00	$729	-3.47
330–345	341	5	255.00–265.00	$261.07	$890	-3.94
380–395	386	4	245.00–265.00	$252.61	$975	-6.34
400–445	424	8	240.00–260.00	$250.20	$1,061	-4.19
480–495	490	4	235.00–250.00	$246.25	$1,207	-8.82
500–540	520	3	210.00–220.00	$213.33	$1,109	-11.67
570	570	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,168	±0.00
615	615	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,230	-5.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	370.00	$370.00	$851	-20.22
285–295	290	2	380.00–395.00	$387.63	$1,124	+2.66
300–348	330	14	350.00–385.00	$370.17	$1,222	+0.86
350–355	352	3	330.00–335.00	$331.66	$1,167	-36.42
350–390	367	12	345.00–365.00	$358.23	$1,315	-9.85
415–425	417	5	295.00–300.00	$296.02	$1,234	-59.94
400–445	418	9	320.00–325.00	$321.62	$1,344	-34.34
460–475	464	5	295.00–317.50	$312.53	$1,450	-12.50
450–475	466	4	320.00–330.00	$323.75	$1,509	-1.28
505–515	510	2	300.00–305.00	$302.52	$1,543	+4.18
510–520	515	3	275.00–295.00	$288.27	$1,485	-10.07
585	585	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,696	+16.29
600	600	2	260.00–270.00	$265.00	$1,590	—
610–615	613	2	235.00–255.00	$244.96	$1,502	—
660	660	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,650	+0.12

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	—	—	1	300.00	$300.00	$660	-27.42
260–275	265	—	—	4	320.00–340.00	$326.41	$865	-12.23
300–345	327	—	—	7	315.00–340.00	$327.97	$1,072	-4.55
350–385	362	—	—	6	300.00–325.00	$311.89	$1,129	-19.27
400–440	427	—	—	9	285.00–305.00	$294.98	$1,260	-13.53
455–495	473	—	—	9	285.00–305.00	$294.97	$1,395	-11.69
505–543	533	—	—	5	265.00–295.00	$275.76	$1,470	+4.56
550–595	576	—	—	8	240.00–260.00	$254.45	$1,466	-5.55
615–640	629	—	—	7	245.00–255.00	$247.50	$1,557	-4.13
1115	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	112.50	$112.50	$1,254	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–235 fancy	221	5	450.00–465.00	$455.84	$1,007	-14.55
240	240	3	400.00–410.00	$406.67	$976	-29.76
250 fancy	250	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,125	-5.73
250–295	280	10	400.00–435.00	$415.30	$1,163	-4.39
300–315	308	2	395.00–405.00	$399.88	$1,232	-14.19
350	350	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,400	±0.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1380	1380	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020	1020	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1310	1160	80-85%	12	123.00–143.00	$135.70	$1,574	—
1155–1350	1251	80-85%	5	151.00–158.00	$153.71	$1,923	+20.03
1215–1360	1300	80-85%	3	110.00–118.00	$112.72	$1,465	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1165	974	85-90%	12	77.00–113.00	$98.76	$962	—
680–1165	987	85-90%	6	114.00–132.00	$123.31	$1,217	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1750	1510	75-80%	3	152.00–169.00	$159.56	$2,409	+21.73
1295–1840	1564	75-80%	6	124.00–148.00	$140.60	$2,199	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1510	1303	2	119.00–138.00	$126.99	$1,655	—
1220–1765	1529	7	143.00–171.00	$161.49	$2,469	—
1750	1750	1	182.00	$182.00	$3,185	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–840	733	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	117.50–147.50	$133.42	$978

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1050–1380	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	138.00–147.00	$143.11	$1,739

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,191
985	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,340

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1285	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,650.00–1,775.00	$1,707.99
1130	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00
1300	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1295	1295	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,774

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	1	295.00	$295.00	—

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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
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,075.00	$2,075.00	—
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,825.00	$1,825.00	—
1130	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,425.00	$2,425.00	—
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	60.00	$60.00	+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	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	120.00	$120.00	—
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	215.00	$215.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	65.00	$65.00	+2.50
60	60	8	65.00–67.50	$66.88	-3.12
60	60	5	55.00	$55.00	-15.00
70	70	2	75.00	$75.00	+5.00
90	90	1	90.00	$90.00	+20.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	288	2	74.00–76.00	$74.99	$216	—
305	305	1	75.00	$75.00	$229	—
445	445	1	78.00	$78.00	$347	—

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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.