Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 26, 2021

519 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.46/cwt +3.52 vs last sale · ≈ $679/hd at 513 lb · 21 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $137.19/cwt -0.93 vs last sale · ≈ $592/hd at 432 lb · 18 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.07/cwt +1.71 vs last sale · ≈ $633/hd at 469 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	519	561	753
Feeder cattle	367	427	552
Slaughter cattle	64	68	78
Replacement cattle	4	11	18

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder cattle were mostly steady. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were steady. There were moderate offerings of mostly average 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
255–265 fancy	260	2	172.50–182.50	$177.60	$462	-4.78
310 fancy	310	1	176.00	$176.00	$546	-6.51
310–340	325	4	157.50–172.50	$165.66	$538	-0.63
375–395	385	2	157.50–160.00	$158.78	$611	-5.44
410–445	428	6	145.00–167.50	$159.36	$682	+0.43
465–490	481	5	149.00–155.00	$152.21	$732	-7.79
509–525	512	7	140.00–153.00	$150.42	$770	—
555–595	580	3	146.00–150.00	$148.30	$860	—
590 value added	590	2	148.00	$148.00	$873	—
600	600	1	136.00	$136.00	$816	-3.12
652 value added	652	6	134.00	$134.00	$874	—
675	675	1	144.00	$144.00	$972	+6.40
790	790	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,003	—
805	805	1	118.00	$118.00	$950	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	140.00	$140.00	$399	-7.59
390–395	393	2	145.00–150.00	$147.52	$580	+2.54
405–445	432	5	140.00–144.00	$141.79	$613	+0.19
460–495	479	5	131.00–141.00	$135.87	$651	+0.55
505	505	1	139.00	$139.00	$702	+5.32
520	520	1	130.00	$130.00	$676	-3.68
555–575	565	2	120.00–137.50	$128.60	$727	-5.25
571 value added	571	7	134.00	$134.00	$765	—
615	615	2	120.00–131.00	$125.50	$772	-0.01
696	696	1	130.00	$130.00	$905	—
715–730	723	2	116.00–119.00	$117.48	$849	—
760	760	1	105.00	$105.00	$798	-9.50
810	810	1	95.00	$95.00	$770	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	335	2	122.50–132.50	$127.35	$427	—
395–396	396	2	125.00–127.50	$126.25	$500	—
470	470	1	130.00	$130.00	$611	—
595	595	1	105.00	$105.00	$625	—
645	645	1	113.00	$113.00	$729	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–430	418	2	117.50–125.00	$121.36	$507	—
560	560	1	122.50	$122.50	$686	—
685	685	1	112.00	$112.00	$767	—
715	715	1	113.00	$113.00	$808	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	110.00	$110.00	$242	—
425	425	1	120.00	$120.00	$510	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	263	2	140.00–150.00	$145.24	$382	—
365–385	377	3	142.00–145.00	$143.14	$540	+3.00
398 value added	398	6	139.00	$139.00	$553	—
400–445	430	11	129.00–142.00	$136.52	$587	-1.60
431–443 value added	434	7	134.00–140.00	$138.25	$600	—
450–485	468	14	130.00–144.00	$134.79	$631	+1.43
475 value added	475	2	137.00	$137.00	$651	—
505–537 value added	511	16	133.00	$133.00	$680	—
505–535	518	5	124.00–139.00	$130.75	$677	+1.81
550 value added	550	2	125.00	$125.00	$688	—
560–590	576	6	120.00–126.00	$123.84	$713	-2.71
595	595	1	122.00	$122.00	$726	-4.55
600–640	619	7	118.00–125.00	$121.45	$752	-0.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–280	278	2	127.50–130.00	$128.74	$358	+4.39
300–340	321	5	115.00–132.50	$123.71	$397	+1.27
400–445	426	9	114.00–132.50	$126.83	$540	+6.46
455–495	483	6	115.00–130.00	$124.62	$602	+5.22
510–545	525	6	110.00–120.00	$116.05	$609	-1.01
560–580	570	3	117.00–125.00	$120.29	$686	+4.25
605	605	1	105.00	$105.00	$635	-3.57
620	620	1	119.00	$119.00	$738	+10.43
710	710	1	106.00	$106.00	$753	+3.59
920	920	1	98.00	$98.00	$902	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	122.50	$122.50	$318	—
355	355	1	110.00	$110.00	$390	+8.49
400–440	420	2	113.00–120.00	$116.33	$489	+21.74
460–465	463	2	105.00–107.50	$106.24	$492	—
505	505	1	119.00	$119.00	$601	—
615	615	2	103.00–106.00	$104.50	$643	+12.23

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	100.00	$100.00	$445	—
550	550	1	112.00	$112.00	$616	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	421	6	144.00–162.50	$150.24	$633	+0.34
458 value added	458	1	146.00	$146.00	$669	—
450–498	470	9	142.00–151.00	$145.39	$683	-0.36
500–545	520	10	131.00–149.00	$136.97	$712	+0.64
550–595	569	6	128.00–134.00	$131.18	$746	-3.62
600–645	620	13	122.00–133.00	$126.65	$785	-1.22
680	680	1	124.00	$124.00	$843	-4.00
745	745	1	105.00	$105.00	$782	—
750–755	753	2	106.00–113.00	$109.49	$824	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440–445	443	2	135.00–140.00	$137.51	$609	+2.47
460–495	476	8	127.00–141.00	$135.59	$645	+1.95
500–540	524	7	124.00–130.00	$128.17	$672	+2.75
550–595	571	11	120.00–127.00	$124.28	$710	+0.90
600–610	605	3	114.00–125.00	$120.70	$730	+6.26
650–685	666	4	111.00–114.00	$112.50	$749	-1.04
705–715	710	2	107.00–115.00	$110.97	$788	+1.30

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–485	470	3	110.00–132.00	$120.54	$567	+2.97
525	525	1	126.00	$126.00	$662	+12.54
560	560	1	125.00	$125.00	$700	+12.76
665–680	673	2	102.00–112.00	$106.94	$720	—
715	715	1	105.00	$105.00	$751	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	110.00	$110.00	$473	—
530	530	1	107.00	$107.00	$567	+15.53
590–595	593	2	105.00–108.00	$106.49	$631	—
655	655	1	106.00	$106.00	$694	—
985	985	1	74.00	$74.00	$729	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1170	941	85-90%	10	45.00–56.00	$52.10	$490	—
975–1530	1228	85-90%	22	59.00–78.00	$68.64	$843	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1630	1357	80-85%	13	63.00–79.00	$71.77	$974	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1750–1900	1825	75-80%	2	67.00	$67.00	$1,223	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1915	1536	7	85.00–99.00	$92.83	$1,426	—
1460–1920	1659	4	101.00–110.00	$106.43	$1,766	—
2000	2000	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,700	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	72.00	$72.00	$767

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1670	1670	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	70.00	$70.00	$1,169

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–185	144	6	87.00–109.00	$98.85	$142	-1.98
175	175	1	62.00	$62.00	$108	—
200	200	1	102.00	$102.00	$204	-8.00
205–270	223	5	60.00–90.00	$75.47	$168	-34.53
370	370	1	67.00	$67.00	$248	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	1	31.00	$31.00	$205	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	2	120.00–145.00	$132.50	-42.50
80	80	1	185.00	$185.00	-30.00
150–160	155	2	155.00	$155.00	—
200	200	1	290.00	$290.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	610.00	$610.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	54.00	$54.00	$267	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	2	90.00	$90.00	+20.00
40–45	42	5	105.00–120.00	$110.00	+12.50
60	60	1	115.00	$115.00	-60.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60–65	63	2	125.00–135.00	$130.00	-23.33
70	70	1	130.00	$130.00	+10.00
90	90	1	135.00	$135.00	+15.00
120–135	128	2	145.00–170.00	$157.50	—
150	150	1	200.00	$200.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	3	7.50	$7.50	—
25	25	2	15.00	$15.00	—
25	25	10	75.00	$75.00	—
30	30	5	55.00	$55.00	—
71	71	3	105.00	$105.00	+22.50
71	71	15	65.00–95.00	$75.00	-7.50

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	67.00	$67.00	$275	—
550	550	1	52.00	$52.00	$286	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	155.00	$155.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	155.00	$155.00	-35.00
150	150	1	235.00	$235.00	—

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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.