Saluda Livestock Exchange Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 15, 2025

751 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $368.37/cwt +4.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,923/hd at 522 lb · 78 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $382.88/cwt +13.20 vs last sale · ≈ $2,113/hd at 552 lb · 50 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $329.96/cwt -23.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,746/hd at 529 lb · 43 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	751	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–240	220	3	560.00–565.00	$561.82	$1,236	+71.82
500–538	519	15	370.00–390.00	$382.41	$1,985	+4.44
551–585	552	50	380.00–383.00	$382.88	$2,113	+13.20
615–634	630	9	347.50–355.00	$349.13	$2,200	-19.17
663	663	6	340.00	$340.00	$2,254	-29.37
703–740	728	6	330.00–337.50	$335.08	$2,439	+12.58

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,080	—
315–345	337	5	420.00–435.00	$424.85	$1,432	-0.07
370–380	375	3	415.00–420.00	$416.69	$1,563	-8.44
409–445	415	13	400.00–425.00	$417.24	$1,732	+9.60
435	435	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,696	-17.64
464 value added	464	4	410.00	$410.00	$1,902	+5.00
480	480	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,800	-2.51
475–495	488	3	385.00–400.00	$394.93	$1,927	+17.42
500	500	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,525	-54.95
520–540	531	4	330.00–345.00	$337.58	$1,793	-3.70
595	595	2	350.00–360.00	$355.00	$2,112	+0.01
625–640	632	5	310.00–340.00	$332.48	$2,101	-9.76
650–695	673	2	300.00	$300.00	$2,019	-8.29
695–697	697	8	320.00–330.00	$321.25	$2,239	+12.96
705	705	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,904	±0.00
710	710	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,130	+30.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–440	430	2	340.00–350.00	$345.12	$1,484	-13.15
495	495	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,683	-11.51
605	605	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,634	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	233	3	455.00–470.00	$464.75	$1,083	+64.75
255 fancy	255	1	495.00	$495.00	$1,262	—
260–280	271	4	450.00–470.00	$464.84	$1,260	—
300–315 fancy	308	2	450.00–455.00	$452.56	$1,394	+10.28
325–344	341	10	410.00–435.00	$413.35	$1,410	+17.72
350	350	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,435	+10.81
419	419	7	405.00	$405.00	$1,697	+20.66
500–545	522	78	355.00–373.00	$368.37	$1,923	+4.88
550–555	553	2	350.00–355.00	$352.51	$1,949	+1.05
610 value added	610	5	325.00	$325.00	$1,982	—
708–725	713	15	295.00–297.50	$296.82	$2,116	—
755 value added	755	2	292.50	$292.50	$2,208	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–248	239	3	400.00–420.00	$406.15	$971	+36.15
290	290	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,160	+26.67
310–335	323	2	380.00–400.00	$389.61	$1,258	+16.57
350–390	373	7	370.00–380.00	$375.79	$1,402	+6.89
375	375	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,350	-8.90
410	410	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,435	-18.25
400–445	426	15	370.00–390.00	$376.71	$1,605	+8.46
450–485	467	17	350.00–385.00	$368.40	$1,720	+15.97
491	491	10	340.00	$340.00	$1,669	±0.00
520–535	526	4	325.00–350.00	$336.33	$1,769	+7.65
510–545	530	3	300.00–310.00	$304.97	$1,616	-23.71
555–588	570	10	315.00–340.00	$330.05	$1,881	+31.47
585	585	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,784	-17.93
600–645	626	13	290.00–320.00	$309.88	$1,940	-13.51
650–690	665	4	285.00–305.00	$296.15	$1,969	-9.33
760–790	775	2	275.00–280.00	$277.45	$2,150	-3.08

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	340.00	$340.00	$969	-0.13
300–325	313	2	330.00–350.00	$339.60	$1,063	-5.40
325 value added	325	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,138	—
363–395	379	6	335.00–355.00	$348.25	$1,320	+13.02
400–425	413	2	310.00–340.00	$325.45	$1,344	-8.65
463–490	475	6	320.00–340.00	$328.99	$1,563	+2.54
530	530	2	270.00–280.00	$275.00	$1,458	-20.12
555–580	573	6	290.00–300.00	$293.30	$1,681	+23.30
620	620	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,798	+20.00
655	655	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,768	—

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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
225	225	—	—	1	435.00	$435.00	$979	—
305–315	312	—	—	3	420.00–450.00	$429.79	$1,341	+18.58
325–345	335	—	—	2	405.00–415.00	$410.15	$1,374	-1.06
370	370	—	—	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,480	-26.55
350–390	372	—	—	15	410.00–440.00	$426.12	$1,585	-0.43
405–442	423	—	—	31	390.00–420.00	$399.56	$1,690	-11.78
450–475	463	—	—	12	390.00–425.00	$396.62	$1,836	+16.70
455–488	474	—	—	5	360.00–370.00	$365.88	$1,734	-14.04
475–495	490	—	—	4	355.00–360.00	$358.79	$1,758	-21.13
510–545	526	—	—	16	330.00–365.00	$345.84	$1,819	-7.59
510–535	531	—	—	27	320.00–325.00	$320.55	$1,702	-32.88
565	565	—	—	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,526	-30.00
575	575	—	—	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,725	-38.46
550–597	584	—	—	11	320.00–355.00	$328.00	$1,916	-10.46
600–620	611	—	—	6	290.00–320.00	$308.41	$1,884	-7.67
650–665	658	—	—	3	275.00–300.00	$285.06	$1,876	+5.06
700–710	703	—	—	3	270.00–280.00	$273.36	$1,922	-26.69
765–795	780	—	—	2	240.00–250.00	$244.90	$1,910	-37.56
780	780	—	—	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,106	-12.46
835–970	903	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	192.00–210.00	$200.33	$1,809	—
1450	1450	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	158.00	$158.00	$2,291	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	233	—	—	3	565.00–575.00	$571.50	$1,332	+41.50
250	250	—	—	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,250	-41.30
265–295 fancy	274	—	—	4	545.00–590.00	$562.01	$1,540	—
310–340	325	—	—	9	490.00–510.00	$501.63	$1,630	+16.01
325 fancy	325	—	—	1	520.00	$520.00	$1,690	-16.43
350–360	355	—	—	2	475.00–490.00	$482.39	$1,712	+23.46
400	400	—	—	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,720	-13.81
502–533	519	—	—	17	375.00–380.00	$377.60	$1,960	-0.05
800–1285	1018	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	192.00–232.50	$215.90	$2,198	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	—	—	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,155	—
360–385	370	—	—	3	380.00–390.00	$383.47	$1,419	+18.47
410–435	422	—	—	3	380.00–385.00	$383.38	$1,618	+9.92
455–495	476	—	—	24	340.00–385.00	$350.70	$1,669	+3.08
540	540	—	—	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,485	-35.00
595	595	—	—	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,666	—
625	625	—	—	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,688	-10.00
655	655	—	—	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,768	±0.00
790–905	848	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	165.00–181.00	$172.46	$1,462	—
930–1100	1015	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	163.00–176.00	$168.96	$1,715	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1095	1095	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1250	1193	80-85%	5	166.00–175.00	$169.43	$2,021	-5.76
945–1570	1207	80-85%	15	153.00–164.00	$159.48	$1,925	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1435	1403	75-80%	2	167.00–169.00	$167.98	$2,357	-5.43
1280–1705	1462	75-80%	10	148.00–164.00	$159.11	$2,326	-5.58

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1255	1093	85-90%	4	141.00–148.00	$145.05	$1,585	+5.87
900–1240	1109	85-90%	6	151.00–160.00	$154.53	$1,714	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–2255	1610	6	173.00–187.00	$181.09	$2,916	-17.52
1515–1840	1627	3	206.00–209.00	$207.44	$3,375	+8.83
1355–1960	1698	4	190.00–203.00	$194.87	$3,309	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845–930	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	148.00–158.00	$154.18	$1,372

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	202.00	$202.00	$2,283

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,420

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,082

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1090–1345	1202	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,925.00–2,575.00	$2,379.55
1170–1340	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,225.00–2,300.00	$2,259.96
1125–1380	1292	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,900.00–2,575.00	$2,352.32

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095–1120	1108	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,950.00–3,100.00	$3,025.85
1415	1415	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1125–1295	1233	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	165.00–170.00	$167.66	$2,067

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–835	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,600.00–1,675.00	$1,634.86
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,734

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,434

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,975.00	$2,975.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	72.00	$72.00	$140	—
345	345	1	52.00	$52.00	$179	—

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Bucks/Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	20.00	$20.00	-20.83
20–30	26	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	12	45.00–80.00	$67.92	+27.09
80	80	—	—	1	175.00	$175.00	+65.00

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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	23	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	7	45.00–75.00	$57.86	+6.86
30	30	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	2	65.00–70.00	$67.50	+16.50
30	30	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Bred	1	70.00	$70.00	+19.00
40	40	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	3	70.00–75.00	$73.33	+22.33
40	40	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	65.00–75.00	$70.00	+19.00
40	40	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	85.00	$85.00	+34.00
60	60	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	110.00	$110.00	+1.25
60	60	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	110.00	$110.00	+1.25
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Bred	1	135.00	$135.00	+17.50

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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.