Saluda Livestock Exchange Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 8, 2025

741 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 steers $394.43/cwt +9.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,940/hd at 492 lb · 26 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $351.46/cwt +3.58 vs last sale · ≈ $2,021/hd at 575 lb · 22 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $353.43/cwt +16.91 vs last sale · ≈ $1,884/hd at 533 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	741	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	490.00	$490.00	$1,102	—
295	295	1	520.00	$520.00	$1,534	—
315–325	320	2	450.00–475.00	$462.30	$1,479	—
345 fancy	345	1	520.00	$520.00	$1,794	—
350–385	363	3	445.00–470.00	$461.97	$1,677	+7.12
405–406	406	10	440.00–470.00	$442.99	$1,799	+12.48
470	470	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,950	+5.00
503–528 value added	517	7	417.50	$417.50	$2,158	—
505–535 fancy	520	2	405.00–415.00	$410.14	$2,133	—
500–545	535	7	370.00–382.50	$377.97	$2,022	-21.79
550–588	583	20	367.50–390.00	$369.68	$2,155	-14.16
600–630	609	6	355.00–390.00	$368.30	$2,243	+1.60
669–675	670	20	357.50–377.50	$369.37	$2,475	+7.37
730	730	2	322.50	$322.50	$2,354	-7.50
750–776	771	7	310.00–320.00	$312.81	$2,412	—
755–784 value added	778	9	330.00–340.00	$337.84	$2,628	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,131	—
300–305	303	2	415.00–435.00	$424.92	$1,288	—
375–395	385	2	420.00–430.00	$425.13	$1,637	+5.13
405–440	432	8	390.00–435.00	$407.64	$1,761	—
460–497	490	10	365.00–390.00	$377.51	$1,850	-7.49
493 value added	493	16	405.00	$405.00	$1,997	—
505–535	525	4	350.00–365.00	$359.95	$1,890	-3.00
505–538	529	4	335.00–345.00	$341.28	$1,805	-21.67
560–575	568	5	350.00–360.00	$354.99	$2,016	—
600–635	612	3	300.00–305.00	$301.73	$1,847	-45.86
608–643	636	10	320.00–347.50	$342.24	$2,177	-5.35
663–670	665	3	295.00–315.00	$308.29	$2,050	-31.71
720	720	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,944	-40.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	370.00	$370.00	$962	—
430–440	433	3	345.00–380.00	$358.27	$1,551	—
465–495	480	3	345.00–360.00	$351.51	$1,687	+21.51

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	370.00	$370.00	$777	—
280	280	3	360.00–390.00	$373.33	$1,045	—
300–330	319	5	360.00–385.00	$373.04	$1,190	-14.46
360–380	369	4	355.00–380.00	$368.90	$1,361	-11.05
420–445	433	3	360.00–375.00	$368.25	$1,595	-13.91
450–495	473	10	345.00–360.00	$352.43	$1,667	-20.30
469–490	477	8	330.00–340.00	$333.18	$1,589	-39.55
490	490	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,666	-5.00
500–545	528	15	315.00–340.00	$328.68	$1,735	+13.68
560–565	564	7	290.00–300.00	$298.58	$1,684	-30.58
565–595	582	12	310.00–335.00	$322.93	$1,879	-6.23
600	600	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,680	-19.88
600–620	610	3	315.00–330.00	$323.39	$1,973	+23.51
650–665	659	11	295.00–312.50	$305.48	$2,013	+19.66
668–693	681	4	285.00	$285.00	$1,941	-0.82
720	720	2	275.00–280.00	$277.50	$1,998	+5.01
760–793	784	9	275.00–285.00	$280.53	$2,199	+15.53

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–240 fancy	233	3	450.00–485.00	$466.14	$1,086	—
235	235	1	400.00	$400.00	$940	-50.00
305–340 fancy	316	8	430.00–450.00	$442.28	$1,398	-7.72
305–340	320	7	390.00–400.00	$395.63	$1,266	-4.37
350–395	371	7	390.00–415.00	$399.19	$1,481	-13.74
415–445	428	16	380.00–390.00	$384.34	$1,645	-9.47
450–492	468	8	375.00–395.00	$384.72	$1,800	-8.34
500–538	511	17	345.00–375.00	$363.49	$1,857	-3.46
550–598	575	22	340.00–360.00	$351.46	$2,021	+3.58
605–630	621	9	330.00–347.50	$343.41	$2,133	+3.41

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	340.00	$340.00	$731	—
275–295	284	4	320.00–350.00	$340.13	$966	+5.13
340	340	3	345.00	$345.00	$1,173	+3.34
350–390	367	5	325.00–345.00	$335.23	$1,230	—
400–445	428	9	317.50–350.00	$334.10	$1,430	+24.10
450–495	471	8	315.00–340.00	$326.45	$1,538	+1.17
510–535	523	2	290.00–300.00	$295.12	$1,543	—
550	550	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,485	-10.00
600	600	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,620	+5.00
730	730	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,825	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	337	—	—	3	400.00–430.00	$411.21	$1,386	-15.47
355–390	380	—	—	6	405.00–435.00	$426.55	$1,621	+26.55
405–445	424	—	—	11	390.00–425.00	$411.34	$1,744	+21.34
470–495	490	—	—	15	370.00–395.00	$379.92	$1,862	+29.92
500–548	533	—	—	20	330.00–360.00	$353.43	$1,884	+53.48
560	560	—	—	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,680	+8.29
550–595	574	—	—	17	320.00–355.00	$338.46	$1,943	+16.39
600–645	625	—	—	11	300.00–325.00	$316.08	$1,976	+12.04
635–645	640	—	—	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,856	-14.04
660	660	—	—	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,848	-22.53
650–699	685	—	—	12	290.00–315.00	$299.15	$2,049	-3.38
715–745	734	—	—	7	290.00–310.00	$300.05	$2,202	+2.39
755–780	768	—	—	2	280.00–285.00	$282.46	$2,169	-7.31
1035	1035	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	202.50	$202.50	$2,096	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	530.00	$530.00	$1,166	+11.09
205–240 fancy	223	2	570.00–580.00	$575.39	$1,283	—
255–290	270	3	535.00–555.00	$541.30	$1,462	+47.20
300–320 fancy	310	4	515.00–550.00	$536.43	$1,663	+51.43
310–345	323	6	475.00–505.00	$485.62	$1,569	+20.40
350–370 fancy	360	4	480.00–495.00	$488.68	$1,759	—
350–395	383	11	440.00–475.00	$458.93	$1,758	+13.37
400–420	411	13	430.00–455.00	$443.81	$1,824	+7.68
415 fancy	415	1	485.00	$485.00	$2,013	—
450–495	469	7	400.00–420.00	$407.09	$1,909	+3.13
500–545	515	13	365.00–395.00	$377.65	$1,945	—
550–565	556	7	365.00–375.00	$366.45	$2,037	+8.95
616	616	4	330.00	$330.00	$2,033	—
715–728	722	4	320.00–325.00	$322.52	$2,329	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	385.00	$385.00	$982	—
370–385	378	2	365.00	$365.00	$1,380	—
425–442	439	10	370.00–380.00	$373.46	$1,639	+33.46
455–495	477	7	335.00–365.00	$347.62	$1,658	-2.38
535	535	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,658	+40.00
630	630	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,764	—
660–680	670	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,809	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1180	1180	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	3,550.00	$3,550.00	—
1260	1260	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,550.00	$3,550.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1355	1355	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,525.00	$2,525.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1215	996	85-90%	16	149.00–158.00	$154.40	$1,538	—
810–1255	1071	85-90%	7	128.00–148.00	$139.18	$1,491	-2.63

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1195	1091	80-85%	12	145.00–168.00	$162.61	$1,774	—
1090–1390	1185	80-85%	6	170.00–179.00	$175.19	$2,076	+0.18
1265–1355	1310	80-85%	2	184.00–185.00	$184.52	$2,417	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1450	1353	75-80%	3	181.00–186.00	$182.90	$2,475	—
1200–1750	1400	75-80%	6	170.00–177.00	$173.41	$2,428	-0.69
1325–1625	1467	75-80%	5	159.00–167.00	$164.69	$2,416	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1200	1130	3	179.00–185.00	$181.57	$2,052	—
1360–1900	1627	3	195.00–202.00	$198.61	$3,231	+2.09

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700	700	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,190
715–830	768	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	180.00–182.50	$181.68	$1,395

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1015–1120	1068	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	166.00	$166.00	$1,773

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
930	930	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	277.50	$277.50	$2,581

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,330

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
108–113	111	4	56.00–70.00	$63.65	$71	—
600	600	1	49.00	$49.00	$294	—

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10	10	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	10.00–20.00	$15.00	-61.67
20–30	22	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	6	20.00–70.00	$40.83	-35.84
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	60.00	$60.00	-55.71
40–50	48	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	4	90.00–125.00	$115.00	-0.71
70	70	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	110.00	$110.00	-17.50
150	150	—	—	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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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
870–1030	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,100.00–3,600.00	$3,371.05	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,825.00	$2,825.00	—
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,825.00	$2,825.00	+171.81

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
595	595	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	1	100.00	$100.00	—

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Nannies/Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–30	22	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	5	40.00–60.00	$51.00	-20.67
50	50	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	2	120.00–130.00	$125.00	—
60	60	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	100.00–125.00	$108.75	—
60	60	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	40.00–82.50	$67.50	—
60	60	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	125.00	$125.00	—
60	60	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	135.00	$135.00	—
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	105.00–130.00	$117.50	—
80	80	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	140.00	$140.00	—

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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.