Saluda Livestock Exchange Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 20, 2026

943 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $461.41/cwt -12.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,956/hd at 424 lb · 30 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $451.88/cwt -13.45 vs last sale · ≈ $2,124/hd at 470 lb · 30 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $493.31/cwt -2.37 vs last sale · ≈ $2,294/hd at 465 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	943	861	579
Feeder cattle	752	645	435
Slaughter cattle	135	120	84
Replacement cattle	34	45	45

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers 6.00 higher, feeder heifers and feeder bulls 4.00 lower, slaughter cows 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls 1.00 lower. Moderate offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

▼ Feeder bulls: feeder heifers and feeder bulls 4.00 lower
▼ Feeder heifers: feeder heifers and feeder bulls 4.00 lower
▲ Feeder steers: feeder steers 6.00 higher
▼ Slaughter bulls: slaughter bulls 1.00 lower
▼ Slaughter cows: slaughter cows 4.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	225	3	590.00–640.00	$606.30	$1,364	—
265	265	2	550.00–610.00	$580.00	$1,537	+17.32
315	315	1	560.00	$560.00	$1,764	+30.00
368–379	375	20	515.00–545.00	$520.67	$1,953	-23.82
400–445	431	13	495.00–540.00	$513.30	$2,212	+10.07
450–484	465	29	480.00–515.00	$493.31	$2,294	-2.37
500–533	520	19	430.00–475.00	$453.36	$2,357	-1.23
570–590	583	7	435.00	$435.00	$2,536	-10.00
600–645	615	7	390.00–405.00	$400.74	$2,465	+14.88
688	688	2	397.50	$397.50	$2,735	+17.50
720–745	733	2	350.00–385.00	$367.20	$2,692	—
819	819	5	340.00	$340.00	$2,785	—
850	850	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,720	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	340	2	475.00–485.00	$479.93	$1,632	—
355–365	360	2	470.00–485.00	$477.60	$1,719	+4.21
400–435	413	4	470.00–485.00	$478.88	$1,978	+13.26
450–490	486	10	435.00–465.00	$449.02	$2,182	-24.50
508	508	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,930	-45.00
565–585	578	3	390.00–425.00	$413.60	$2,391	+12.04
600–635	613	3	325.00–350.00	$336.48	$2,063	+6.48
748	748	2	330.00	$330.00	$2,468	-15.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,901	—

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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	1	485.00	$485.00	$1,116	-15.00
295	295	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,313	-29.86
300–345	322	12	440.00–485.00	$456.98	$1,471	+7.31
355–395	373	21	430.00–470.00	$446.00	$1,664	-17.49
375–390	383	2	410.00–425.00	$417.65	$1,600	-45.84
400–445	428	14	425.00–447.50	$439.78	$1,882	-3.07
415–445	432	4	390.00–400.00	$397.60	$1,718	-45.25
455–493	480	24	415.00–440.00	$428.07	$2,055	+1.42
485	485	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,964	-21.65
500–540	524	10	335.00–375.00	$361.81	$1,896	+0.08
565–590	582	6	335.00–375.00	$347.36	$2,022	-2.64
605–645	625	2	325.00	$325.00	$2,031	-10.26
650–690	664	10	305.00–340.00	$331.33	$2,200	+1.33
715–745	730	2	310.00–317.50	$313.67	$2,290	+13.46
770	770	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,348	-10.00
860–875	868	2	250.00	$250.00	$2,170	-25.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–210	203	3	495.00–530.00	$508.11	$1,031	-71.65
250–290	270	6	500.00–565.00	$539.54	$1,457	+8.42
300–315 fancy	308	2	545.00–550.00	$547.56	$1,686	—
305–348	325	11	500.00–525.00	$510.29	$1,658	-11.71
350–390	364	9	475.00–500.00	$485.98	$1,769	-2.41
405–443	424	30	455.00–475.00	$461.41	$1,956	-7.94
450–493	470	30	445.00–465.00	$451.88	$2,124	-13.45
500–525	517	6	405.00–420.00	$414.08	$2,141	+5.65
570–585	577	12	365.00–400.00	$387.56	$2,236	+18.44
610–615	613	2	355.00	$355.00	$2,176	-12.51
810	810	1	307.50	$307.50	$2,491	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	415.00	$415.00	$996	-20.00
260–295	279	5	400.00–425.00	$415.14	$1,158	-4.86
318–345	327	5	390.00–430.00	$404.30	$1,322	-25.70
360–385	373	2	400.00–425.00	$412.08	$1,537	-7.92
425	425	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,700	—
460–490	473	3	400.00–405.00	$401.73	$1,900	+0.71
510	510	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,708	+35.00
550	550	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,760	—
660	660	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,716	-20.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	238	5	470.00–515.00	$492.52	$1,172	-67.48
295	295	1	545.00	$545.00	$1,608	+33.25
300–340	321	19	465.00–520.00	$491.06	$1,576	-12.08
350–395	371	20	445.00–495.00	$475.52	$1,764	-13.94
410–435	423	2	435.00–440.00	$437.57	$1,851	-27.55
405–443	429	19	450.00–475.00	$463.18	$1,987	-1.94
450–495	473	24	435.00–475.00	$459.33	$2,173	-4.28
505–540	518	7	385.00–420.00	$402.00	$2,082	-16.55
555–565	560	2	385.00–410.00	$397.61	$2,227	+0.62
600–635	618	5	347.50–385.00	$364.70	$2,254	+1.22
670	670	1	365.00	$365.00	$2,446	+12.02
700–725	713	2	310.00–345.00	$327.81	$2,337	—
790	790	1	322.50	$322.50	$2,548	+10.18
815–845	833	4	270.00–295.00	$285.09	$2,375	—
880	880	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,596	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–235	216	5	565.00–620.00	$592.92	$1,281	-12.53
250–295	269	14	565.00–615.00	$585.74	$1,576	-17.71
300–330	309	6	525.00–575.00	$559.57	$1,729	-0.61
300–330 fancy	315	2	590.00–605.00	$597.14	$1,881	+4.64
350–395	374	12	500.00–530.00	$513.08	$1,919	-26.63
400–435	413	20	485.00–530.00	$504.80	$2,085	+0.39
475–490	480	3	485.00	$485.00	$2,328	-9.04
505–545	531	23	435.00–457.50	$444.23	$2,359	+1.00
555–590	566	6	425.00–450.00	$439.16	$2,486	+1.99
600–645	617	15	395.00–420.00	$403.91	$2,492	+10.22
655	655	1	385.00	$385.00	$2,522	—
700	700	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,485	—
845	845	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,788	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	268	3	450.00	$450.00	$1,206	-5.65
305–345	324	7	425.00–455.00	$443.44	$1,437	+33.44
370–380	375	2	385.00–430.00	$407.20	$1,527	—
400–445	436	15	420.00–445.00	$428.24	$1,867	—
450–485	476	12	395.00–430.00	$421.15	$2,005	+31.15
510–545	528	3	305.00–350.00	$330.13	$1,743	—
780	780	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,145	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075–1225	1140	(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	2,200.00–2,400.00	$2,345.33	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1745	1406	75-80%	26	168.00–187.00	$174.09	$2,448	-9.80
1235–2055	1489	75-80%	9	155.00–167.00	$163.03	$2,428	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1405	1170	80-85%	12	170.00–184.00	$175.46	$2,053	-5.35
900–1960	1206	80-85%	21	149.00–168.00	$160.77	$1,939	-4.97

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1320	1127	85-90%	8	150.00–173.00	$160.90	$1,813	—
785–1515	1147	85-90%	11	130.00–147.00	$141.85	$1,627	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1290	1133	2	172.00–186.00	$179.97	$2,039	—
1305	1305	1	226.00	$226.00	$2,949	—
1270–2250	1787	9	193.00–219.00	$204.24	$3,650	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–880	870	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	1,740.00–1,895.00	$1,819.73
915–925	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,425.00–1,760.00	$1,594.71
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,155.00	$2,155.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1285	1285	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00
1210–1380	1295	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,075.00–2,450.00	$2,274.81

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1025	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,600.00–2,700.00	$2,647.70
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00
1170	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,775.00	$2,775.00
1170–1200	1182	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,175.00–2,500.00	$2,307.65
1250–1360	1303	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,425.00–2,525.00	$2,475.77

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1255	1255	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	65.00	$65.00	-3.00
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	125.00	$125.00	-67.78
40	40	—	—	1	140.00	$140.00	-52.78
50	50	—	—	1	140.00	$140.00	-146.67
80	80	—	—	1	200.00	$200.00	-86.67
100	100	—	—	1	245.00	$245.00	—

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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
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,650.00	$3,650.00	—
915–1060	988	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,550.00–3,675.00	$3,617.09	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,688	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484	484	7	369.00	$369.00	$1,786	—
611	611	11	328.00	$328.00	$2,004	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
680	680	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00	—
805	805	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	3,025.00	$3,025.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	75.00	$75.00	—

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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	26	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	5	45.00–80.00	$65.00	-20.00
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	77.50	$77.50	-90.00
60	60	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	130.00	$130.00	-55.00
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	155.00	$155.00	-45.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	3	65.00–77.50	$69.17	+1.67

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	110.00	$110.00	-70.00

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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.