Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 16, 2020

900 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $113.19/cwt -0.45 vs last sale · ≈ $533/hd at 471 lb · 25 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 steers $126.52/cwt +4.68 vs last sale · ≈ $666/hd at 526 lb · 23 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $125.13/cwt +8.68 vs last sale · ≈ $655/hd at 524 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	900	570	611
Feeder cattle	691	441	480
Slaughter cattle	130	65	78
Replacement cattle	35	21	13

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers were 2.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder bulls were 2.00 to 4.00 higher, and feeder heifers were steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows were mostly steady. Slaughter bulls were steady. There were heavy offerings of mostly average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	233	4	132.50–147.50	$139.45	$325	—
255–265	260	3	130.00–142.50	$134.17	$349	—
305–345	330	10	127.50–150.00	$141.48	$467	+3.97
350–395	379	15	122.50–150.00	$141.07	$535	+3.52
415–445	433	6	127.50–140.00	$134.94	$584	+8.43
455–495	476	10	120.00–141.00	$132.11	$629	+5.39
500–545	526	22	95.00–132.00	$126.82	$667	+4.98
535	535	1	120.00	$120.00	$642	-1.84
550–580	567	5	110.00–125.00	$119.56	$678	-0.55
610–625	618	2	106.00	$106.00	$655	—
650–680	669	8	105.00–118.00	$110.04	$736	—
715–745	731	7	93.00–115.00	$105.86	$774	—
755–795	765	4	105.00–114.00	$111.01	$849	—
825	825	2	101.00–110.00	$105.50	$870	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–220	210	2	170.00–175.00	$172.38	$362	—
255–295	277	6	155.00–170.00	$165.19	$458	+1.80
300–345	326	14	150.00–177.50	$164.12	$535	-0.82
355–395	382	14	150.00–167.50	$155.27	$593	+5.27
400–440	420	13	142.50–157.50	$150.06	$630	+6.01
450–495	470	12	140.00–145.00	$142.27	$669	+3.01
500–525	513	2	132.50–138.00	$135.18	$693	+3.69
565–585	577	6	128.00–129.00	$128.33	$740	+0.33
586	586	1	110.00	$110.00	$645	—
600–640	617	9	117.00–126.00	$121.64	$751	+2.65
650	650	1	120.00	$120.00	$780	-1.00
700–735	714	4	110.00–115.00	$112.76	$805	-17.24
770	770	1	101.00	$101.00	$778	—
800–820	810	2	101.00–102.00	$101.49	$822	—
875	875	1	96.00	$96.00	$840	—
910	910	1	84.00	$84.00	$764	—
1075	1075	1	83.00	$83.00	$892	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	122.50	$122.50	$251	—
290–295	293	2	120.00	$120.00	$352	—
380–395	391	4	110.00–120.00	$115.65	$452	—
435	435	1	117.50	$117.50	$511	+7.50
480	480	1	119.00	$119.00	$571	+29.00
515	515	1	100.00	$100.00	$515	-25.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	268	3	110.00–132.50	$122.90	$329	—
340	340	1	125.00	$125.00	$425	—
360–370	365	4	120.00–127.50	$123.72	$452	-3.68
595	595	1	106.00	$106.00	$631	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	112.50	$112.50	$343	—
460	460	1	107.50	$107.50	$494	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	281	6	120.00–127.50	$124.15	$349	—
300–345	329	8	112.50–125.00	$121.18	$399	+3.04
350–395	378	15	110.00–127.50	$122.65	$464	+5.05
405–435	422	6	112.00–119.00	$113.41	$479	-4.35
450–495	471	25	102.00–119.00	$113.19	$533	-0.21
500–540	515	15	100.00–114.00	$107.55	$554	-1.82
550–595	571	15	100.00–110.00	$105.07	$600	-1.12
600–640	621	4	91.00–104.00	$97.96	$608	-4.04
680	680	1	104.00	$104.00	$707	+2.51
700	700	1	86.00	$86.00	$602	—
795	795	1	90.00	$90.00	$716	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	135.00	$135.00	$351	+5.00
305–345	334	6	130.00–132.50	$131.64	$440	+8.31
350–390	365	6	130.00–135.00	$131.19	$479	+3.69
400–445	416	14	120.00–127.50	$122.52	$510	-0.79
530	530	1	120.00	$120.00	$636	+4.61
565	565	1	122.50	$122.50	$692	+5.50
590	590	1	106.00	$106.00	$625	-11.00
595	595	1	104.00	$104.00	$619	-13.00
600–640	619	8	103.00–114.00	$106.16	$657	+1.31
645	645	1	105.00	$105.00	$677	+0.15
655–680	665	5	104.00–107.00	$105.80	$704	+0.30
685	685	1	90.00	$90.00	$616	-15.50
700–725	711	4	92.00–106.00	$99.76	$709	-1.23

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	330	2	110.00–117.50	$113.58	$375	—
355	355	1	105.00	$105.00	$373	-7.50
420	420	1	102.50	$102.50	$430	—
460–485	476	4	101.00–105.00	$103.50	$493	-5.50
510–535	522	3	102.00–105.00	$103.97	$543	+0.45
565–580	573	2	92.00–100.00	$95.95	$550	-8.80

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	110.00	$110.00	$253	-5.00
340	340	1	112.50	$112.50	$382	+1.66
385	385	1	107.50	$107.50	$414	-6.25
435	435	1	115.00	$115.00	$500	—
450	450	1	104.00	$104.00	$468	—
550–575	563	2	100.00–103.00	$101.53	$572	-3.96

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	427	12	120.00–140.00	$129.88	$555	+6.72
450–495	473	12	115.00–137.50	$129.77	$614	+7.69
500–540	523	18	107.50–132.00	$125.55	$657	+9.10
535	535	1	117.50	$117.50	$629	+1.05
555–585	573	7	108.00–128.00	$118.25	$678	+5.14
600–645	614	6	85.00–112.00	$102.03	$626	-9.71
700–745	720	6	91.00–100.00	$94.67	$682	+0.67
750–785	767	3	87.00–97.00	$91.96	$705	-6.04

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	423	18	140.00–155.00	$148.55	$628	+5.27
450–495	467	12	136.00–150.00	$140.78	$657	+5.08
500–525	510	7	130.00–139.00	$133.59	$681	+3.69
555–575	568	3	128.00–129.00	$128.66	$731	+5.10
600–635	618	6	114.00–122.00	$116.65	$721	+2.36
655–680	665	4	109.00–111.00	$110.00	$732	+2.00
810	810	1	90.00	$90.00	$729	-2.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	130.00	$130.00	$552	—
450	450	1	100.00	$100.00	$450	—
500	500	1	110.00	$110.00	$550	—
550–580	565	2	104.00–110.00	$106.92	$604	+1.92

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–425	415	2	102.50–112.50	$107.62	$447	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805	805	1	40.00	$40.00	$322	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1025	875	85-90%	14	35.00–48.00	$43.75	$383	—
715–1935	1130	85-90%	54	50.00–68.00	$58.59	$662	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110	1110	80-85%	1	74.00	$74.00	$821	—
980–1935	1309	80-85%	51	54.00–72.00	$63.42	$830	+6.57

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1715	1550	75-80%	3	54.00–62.00	$57.82	$896	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1375–1505	1440	2	47.00–54.00	$50.34	$725	—
1560–1740	1650	2	82.00–94.00	$88.33	$1,457	—
1845	1845	1	98.00	$98.00	$1,808	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–1105	991	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	57.00–61.00	$58.47	$579

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–830	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	47.00–65.00	$56.11	$460

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
640	640	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	48.00	$48.00	$307

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
930	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
900–1105	969	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	725.00–825.00	$772.33
810–1110	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	650.00–850.00	$756.83
1135	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1185	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755–805	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	600.00–650.00	$624.20
830–1035	933	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	650.00–750.00	$694.50
1045	1045	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	65.00	$65.00	—
144	144	4	105.00	$105.00	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
100	100	1	40.00	$40.00	$40	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	130.00	$130.00	+20.00
100–125	114	4	120.00–165.00	$151.25	—
150–180	158	4	180.00–260.00	$213.75	+13.75

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900–1230	1014	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	925.00–1,150.00	$1,009.68	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	75.00	$75.00	$266	—
500	500	1	70.00	$70.00	$350	—
740	740	1	54.00	$54.00	$400	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	2	55.00–70.00	$62.50	—
30–35	33	3	55.00–85.00	$72.50	—
40–45	43	2	87.50–132.50	$110.00	—
45	45	1	77.50	$77.50	—
50	50	1	75.00	$75.00	-45.00
60–65	63	3	97.50–140.00	$125.83	-39.17
65	65	1	150.00	$150.00	-15.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	1	175.00	$175.00	-6.25
150	150	1	230.00	$230.00	+48.75

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	6	60.00	$60.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	45.00	$45.00	$142	+16.00
450	450	1	54.00	$54.00	$243	-10.54

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	125.00	$125.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	100.00	$100.00	—

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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.