Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 3, 2021

659 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.87/cwt -1.88 vs last sale · ≈ $541/hd at 420 lb · 20 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $131.39/cwt +2.53 vs last sale · ≈ $621/hd at 473 lb · 18 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $113.23/cwt -1.21 vs last sale · ≈ $536/hd at 473 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	659	599	517
Feeder cattle	554	456	437
Slaughter cattle	56	66	43
Replacement cattle	15	15	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder cattle were unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 higher . Average offering of average to plain 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
255–295	277	5	140.00–150.00	$143.92	$399	-0.38
335–345	341	4	140.00–150.00	$145.04	$495	+2.52
350–395	371	16	140.00–150.00	$143.91	$534	+3.38
410–440	426	5	135.00–145.00	$139.24	$593	-0.43
460–485	470	5	130.00–140.00	$137.01	$644	-0.09
500–530	515	6	125.00–130.00	$128.47	$662	-4.13
554–575	561	8	125.00–134.00	$131.71	$739	+4.30
610–635	616	4	112.00–116.00	$114.02	$702	-4.65
710	710	1	110.00	$110.00	$781	-3.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230 fancy	230	1	185.00	$185.00	$426	—
265–295	282	3	155.00–170.00	$161.80	$456	+2.55
300 fancy	300	1	180.00	$180.00	$540	—
305–340	325	7	155.00–165.00	$158.25	$514	-1.52
350–395	370	16	155.00–165.00	$156.76	$580	+2.53
400–445	413	4	150.00–162.50	$156.68	$647	+5.69
505–520	513	2	138.00–140.00	$138.99	$713	-2.94
603	603	4	131.00	$131.00	$790	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	270	2	125.00–135.00	$129.72	$350	+6.48
300–345	318	7	125.00–135.00	$128.58	$409	+1.84
350–390	374	8	120.00–135.00	$129.44	$484	+4.08
410–425	418	4	120.00–130.00	$125.03	$523	—
465–485	472	3	115.00–125.00	$119.93	$566	+1.11
565–585	578	3	110.00–111.00	$110.33	$638	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	1	105.00	$105.00	$724	—
780	780	1	100.00	$100.00	$780	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–225	213	2	120.00–125.00	$122.65	$261	+2.96
250–295	278	5	115.00–125.00	$122.77	$341	+4.09
300–345	327	10	115.00–125.00	$121.94	$399	+0.98
350–395	373	12	117.50–125.00	$122.27	$456	-0.80
400–445	426	14	110.00–120.00	$116.47	$496	-1.00
450–495	473	16	110.00–120.00	$113.23	$536	-1.21
510–545	527	13	105.00–115.00	$108.61	$572	-3.54
555–595	578	6	105.00–115.00	$108.47	$627	-4.23
610	610	1	100.00	$100.00	$610	-7.97
690	690	1	100.00	$100.00	$690	-0.50
795	795	1	95.00	$95.00	$755	-4.00
825	825	1	89.00	$89.00	$734	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	233	2	130.00–135.00	$132.63	$309	—
270–295	283	2	130.00–135.00	$132.39	$375	—
300–345	322	12	130.00–140.00	$133.10	$429	-3.97
350–395	371	9	130.00–140.00	$133.00	$493	-1.13
400–440	420	20	125.00–140.00	$128.87	$541	-1.88
450–480	465	7	125.00–133.00	$127.19	$591	+0.24
500–505	503	2	120.00–130.00	$125.02	$629	+1.38
585	585	1	130.00	$130.00	$760	+7.48
605	605	1	125.00	$125.00	$756	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–425	418	3	100.00–107.50	$102.51	$428	—
455–490	469	6	100.00–105.00	$103.01	$483	+0.54
500–545	524	8	98.00–102.00	$100.48	$527	-1.52
550–595	573	5	95.00–100.00	$97.57	$559	+0.25
610–645	621	6	90.00–95.00	$93.18	$579	-4.42
650–685	674	4	90.00–95.00	$92.22	$622	-1.08
715–745	728	5	85.00–92.00	$88.16	$642	—
790	790	1	89.00	$89.00	$703	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–380	369	7	107.50–112.00	$109.95	$406	—

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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	14	130.00–140.00	$134.23	$573	-1.75
450–495	473	18	125.00–135.00	$131.39	$621	+2.53
500–545	526	14	120.00–130.00	$123.78	$651	-2.74
550–595	560	11	119.00–126.00	$122.69	$687	-0.38
600–640	616	9	108.00–115.00	$109.75	$676	-2.32
655–695	673	8	104.00–108.00	$105.61	$711	-3.89
715–735	728	4	100.00–103.00	$100.74	$733	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	421	15	110.00–125.00	$117.00	$493	+14.51
470–480	475	5	110.00–120.00	$116.40	$553	—
500–535	521	7	110.00–115.00	$113.99	$594	—
550–590	566	8	110.00–115.00	$113.24	$641	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	422	9	145.00–155.00	$149.67	$632	-0.44
450–485	466	9	139.00–145.00	$140.87	$656	-3.59
500–535	518	10	135.00–140.00	$136.84	$709	-0.58
550–580	563	5	130.00–135.00	$131.67	$741	-4.19
600	600	1	123.00	$123.00	$738	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530–535	532	3	100.00–105.00	$103.32	$550	-8.02
600–645	624	5	98.00–103.00	$100.63	$628	+7.63
655–685	670	2	95.00–96.00	$95.51	$640	—
730–745	738	2	96.00	$96.00	$708	—
765	765	1	92.00	$92.00	$704	—
800–810	803	3	82.00–86.00	$83.66	$672	—
900	900	1	82.00	$82.00	$738	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1095	1053	80-85%	2	49.00–51.00	$49.96	$526	—
1000–1585	1245	80-85%	29	60.00–73.00	$65.67	$818	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1810	1561	75-80%	7	60.00–68.00	$65.40	$1,021	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–995	830	85-90%	5	61.00–65.00	$63.17	$524	+19.40
940	940	85-90%	1	51.00	$51.00	$479	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1520	1269	4	69.00–80.00	$75.59	$959	—
1725–1985	1855	2	94.00–97.00	$95.39	$1,769	—

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Stock Cows

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
635–850	743	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	57.00–58.00	$57.43	$427

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675	675	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	280.00	$280.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1315	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	725.00–825.00	$769.26

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	830.00	$830.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–875	823	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	380.00–565.00	$478.40

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	69.00	$69.00	$197	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	185.00	$185.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
840–865	853	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	830.00–850.00	$839.85	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	80.00	$80.00	$392	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	5	90.00–100.00	$94.00	-10.44
30	30	3	125.00–135.00	$128.33	+23.89
40	40	2	145.00–150.00	$147.50	+11.25
50	50	4	155.00–165.00	$161.25	-43.75
50	50	2	185.00–195.00	$190.00	-15.00
65	65	2	260.00–270.00	$265.00	+45.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	2	160.00–170.00	$165.00	+10.00
70	70	4	175.00–185.00	$180.00	+25.00
80	80	1	110.00	$110.00	-71.67
100	100	2	220.00	$220.00	-26.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	3	56.00	$56.00	—

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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.