Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 12, 2021

765 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $163.16/cwt -1.86 vs last sale · ≈ $605/hd at 371 lb · 34 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.92/cwt +4.78 vs last sale · ≈ $699/hd at 518 lb · 30 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 steers $141.42/cwt +12.76 vs last sale · ≈ $751/hd at 531 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	765	471	79
Feeder cattle	607	415	40
Slaughter cattle	86	35	36
Replacement cattle	20	12	3

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder heifers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder steers an bulls were steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls were steady. Average offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	275	4	165.00–175.00	$169.95	$467	+0.35
300–345	326	12	160.00–170.00	$165.05	$538	+1.01
350–395	371	34	160.00–170.00	$163.16	$605	-1.86
400–435	419	7	155.00–165.00	$158.80	$665	-5.35
450–495	469	25	155.00–165.00	$157.64	$739	-3.03
500–515	504	4	153.00–165.00	$157.47	$794	+6.45
605–644	632	7	133.00–140.00	$134.53	$850	-7.60
710–735	720	7	125.00–130.00	$128.29	$924	-1.40
760–775	768	2	125.00–128.00	$126.49	$971	+3.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	238	3	150.00	$150.00	$357	—
250–295	274	7	145.00–150.00	$147.85	$405	+2.85
310–345	326	6	140.00–150.00	$146.13	$476	-2.64
355–395	374	12	140.00–152.50	$148.46	$555	+1.54
415–430	420	3	145.00–150.00	$148.35	$623	+8.26
450–495	466	4	140.00–150.00	$144.09	$671	+9.09
500–545	531	26	135.00–148.00	$141.42	$751	+12.76
550–595	574	16	130.00–140.00	$134.48	$772	+7.00
605–645	622	10	120.00–130.00	$127.24	$791	—
700–745	718	3	111.00–118.00	$115.35	$828	—
805–845	820	4	104.00–113.00	$108.77	$892	+4.77
850–885	868	2	106.00–112.00	$108.94	$946	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	269	4	127.50–135.00	$130.50	$351	+0.50
310–345	329	4	120.00–132.50	$126.84	$417	+2.69

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–590	568	6	115.00–125.00	$121.05	$688	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	150.00	$150.00	$345	+13.86
250–295	281	4	137.50–142.50	$139.47	$392	-4.78
300–345	322	15	135.00–146.00	$140.43	$452	-5.96
365 fancy	365	1	155.00	$155.00	$566	+5.00
355–395	380	20	135.00–145.00	$137.17	$521	-1.12
400–440	418	10	135.00–145.00	$138.40	$579	+2.65
455–495	474	24	135.00–145.00	$138.15	$655	+7.24
500–545	518	30	130.00–140.00	$134.92	$699	+4.78
550–590	563	12	125.00–136.00	$130.40	$734	+1.93
600–605	603	2	123.00–125.00	$124.00	$748	+2.51
655	655	1	120.00	$120.00	$786	+2.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	135.00	$135.00	$310	+15.00
270–295	288	4	120.00–125.00	$121.92	$351	—
310–340	319	4	120.00–130.00	$126.09	$402	+0.48
355–390	374	9	120.00–130.00	$125.29	$469	-2.19
405–445	427	9	120.00–130.00	$124.94	$533	—
450–490	469	10	119.00–129.00	$124.04	$582	+7.83
500–535	516	4	115.00–120.00	$117.98	$609	+4.01
560–595	577	7	110.00–120.00	$115.43	$666	—
600–640	618	8	105.00–115.00	$109.36	$676	—
655–690	675	5	100.00–105.00	$103.99	$702	-2.01

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	326	5	107.50–110.00	$109.50	$357	-5.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–665	660	2	95.00	$95.00	$627	+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
410–445	433	10	140.00–150.00	$146.19	$633	+4.77
450–490	463	7	135.00–147.00	$142.01	$658	+1.59
505–535	524	9	125.00–135.00	$129.26	$677	-1.53
550–595	568	21	125.00–134.00	$128.10	$728	+4.56
605–645	630	17	115.00–122.00	$120.44	$759	+3.44
650–695	668	11	111.00–122.00	$117.21	$783	+15.21
705–725	715	6	110.00–117.00	$113.83	$814	+8.37
750–770	761	4	100.00–108.00	$104.73	$797	+9.79
820–845	833	2	99.00–103.00	$100.97	$841	+3.96

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	420	14	155.00–165.00	$157.09	$660	-1.82
450–485	465	14	150.00–158.00	$152.24	$708	-1.78
500–545	523	9	145.00–150.00	$147.12	$769	+1.12

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–535	521	5	111.00–120.00	$116.19	$605	+6.19
550–590	572	6	107.00–120.00	$114.51	$655	—
655–660	658	2	106.00–108.00	$107.00	$704	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430	420	3	130.00–135.00	$133.29	$560	+8.45

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1655	1246	80-85%	54	63.00–78.00	$69.62	$867	—
1155–1350	1253	80-85%	2	42.00–45.00	$43.38	$544	+6.38

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–985	843	85-90%	3	45.00–54.00	$49.99	$421	+4.36
745–970	898	85-90%	4	60.00–68.00	$65.28	$586	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1480–1655	1546	75-80%	5	63.00–67.00	$65.42	$1,011	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300	1300	1	75.00	$75.00	$975	—
1065–1895	1457	6	86.00–97.00	$90.73	$1,322	-2.26
1125–2040	1686	6	102.00–108.00	$105.42	$1,777	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
605–890	717	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	450.00–570.00	$484.94

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
860–905	877	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	75.00–82.00	$78.61	$689

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–930	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	350.00–430.00	$392.27

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1475	1475	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	84.00	$84.00	$1,239

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00
875–970	923	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	590.00–750.00	$674.12

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070–1160	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–790.00	$769.19

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–890	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	450.00–470.00	$460.72

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160	160	1	71.00	$71.00	$114	—
165–190	178	3	40.00–43.00	$41.63	$74	—
225	225	1	53.00	$53.00	$119	—
420	420	1	40.00	$40.00	$168	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
196	196	4	51.00	$51.00	$100	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140	140	1	210.00	$210.00	-17.50
155	155	1	225.00	$225.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
775	775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	730.00	$730.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	70.00	$70.00	$175	—
300	300	1	60.00	$60.00	$180	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	80.00	$80.00	-23.75
30–35	31	12	90.00–115.00	$98.75	-5.00
40	40	1	130.00	$130.00	+26.25
50	50	5	145.00–150.00	$147.00	—
60	60	1	165.00	$165.00	—
60	60	1	205.00	$205.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	5	140.00–150.00	$146.00	—
60	60	2	160.00–165.00	$162.50	—
60–65	64	5	120.00–125.00	$124.00	—
70	70	3	175.00–185.00	$181.67	—
80	80	2	190.00–195.00	$192.50	—
100	100	1	200.00	$200.00	-65.00

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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.