Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 16, 2021

774 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $145.36/cwt -3.13 vs last sale · ≈ $685/hd at 471 lb · 23 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $130.71/cwt +0.10 vs last sale · ≈ $743/hd at 568 lb · 22 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $123.17/cwt +0.74 vs last sale · ≈ $521/hd at 423 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	774	1,087	823
Feeder cattle	635	853	581
Slaughter cattle	80	142	92
Replacement cattle	15	43	27

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, all classes of feeder cattle were unevenly steady. Slaughter cows were steady. 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 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	150.00	$150.00	$435	+4.80
300–340	318	4	145.00–150.00	$147.48	$469	+3.13
360–395	377	9	140.00–150.00	$146.40	$552	+3.21
405–430	420	4	131.00–148.00	$142.20	$597	-1.54
475–495	486	4	123.00–145.00	$134.22	$652	-8.60
500–515	508	2	135.00–143.00	$138.94	$706	-1.25
533 value added	533	4	140.00	$140.00	$746	—
555–595	578	10	125.00–135.00	$131.72	$761	-4.64
600–645	630	10	127.00–136.00	$130.70	$823	+1.61
650–670	663	3	130.00–134.00	$132.65	$879	+7.29
715	715	2	118.00–129.00	$123.50	$883	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	2	160.00–170.00	$165.00	$355	—
270–280	275	2	157.50–172.50	$165.14	$454	-5.39
300–345	323	6	155.00–172.50	$163.63	$529	-2.56
350–390	372	14	155.00–162.50	$158.20	$589	-1.07
400–445	426	10	150.00–165.00	$156.44	$666	+2.43
460–495	481	9	147.50–160.00	$153.36	$738	-3.30
500–505	503	2	145.00	$145.00	$729	-12.26
595	595	1	150.00	$150.00	$892	-0.34

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	263	3	130.00–140.00	$135.19	$356	—
345	345	1	125.00	$125.00	$431	—
350–395	373	2	135.00	$135.00	$504	—
425–440	433	2	120.00–129.00	$124.58	$539	—
470	470	1	122.50	$122.50	$576	—
505–515	510	2	119.00–122.50	$120.77	$616	—
565–585	575	3	114.00–120.00	$117.70	$677	—
605	605	1	110.00	$110.00	$666	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	283	2	132.50–137.50	$135.11	$382	+4.92
350–375	365	3	120.00–135.00	$125.94	$460	-4.34
400	400	1	127.50	$127.50	$510	+4.07
490	490	1	122.00	$122.00	$598	+1.68
560–585	573	5	110.00–132.00	$121.05	$694	+2.10

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	45.00	$45.00	$189	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	117.50	$117.50	$370	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	102.50	$102.50	$395	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	240	2	127.50–130.00	$128.72	$309	—
270–290	281	4	127.50–132.50	$129.97	$365	+0.69
335–345	343	4	120.00–130.00	$125.67	$431	-1.03
355–385	371	8	120.00–130.00	$126.26	$468	+0.03
400–445	423	20	110.00–127.50	$123.17	$521	+0.74
450–495	475	18	112.00–129.00	$121.11	$575	+0.22
500–545	518	19	110.00–123.00	$119.01	$616	+3.15
525	525	1	115.00	$115.00	$604	-0.86
550–580	568	7	115.00–124.00	$118.98	$676	+5.40
586 value added	586	8	121.00	$121.00	$709	—
590	590	1	119.00	$119.00	$702	+5.42
605–645	630	8	100.00–113.00	$108.72	$685	-3.76
640	640	1	108.00	$108.00	$691	-4.48
645	645	1	110.00	$110.00	$710	-2.48
680–695	688	2	93.00–95.00	$93.99	$647	-15.03
715–725	720	4	92.00–111.00	$100.50	$724	-8.48
750	750	1	109.00	$109.00	$818	+4.00
915	915	1	77.00	$77.00	$705	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	137.50	$137.50	$385	-1.27
305–345	326	5	135.00–142.50	$138.15	$450	-2.12
350–395	370	9	132.50–141.00	$136.74	$506	-1.62
405–435	420	7	130.00–142.50	$135.09	$567	-0.18
450–460	455	2	129.00–132.50	$130.73	$595	-2.10
500	500	1	124.00	$124.00	$620	-8.55
500–515	508	2	122.00–133.00	$127.42	$647	-5.13
568 value added	568	2	130.00	$130.00	$738	—
560–585	574	4	121.00–128.00	$122.96	$706	-3.09
600–630	610	3	120.00–124.00	$122.34	$746	+0.36
663	663	3	122.00	$122.00	$809	+4.28
725–747	742	4	112.00–115.00	$114.27	$848	+0.27
820	820	1	107.00	$107.00	$877	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	117.50	$117.50	$282	—
270	270	1	120.00	$120.00	$324	—
300–315	308	2	110.00	$110.00	$339	—
365–390	380	3	110.00–117.50	$114.13	$434	—
425	425	1	112.50	$112.50	$478	—
425–445	434	4	110.00–116.00	$113.25	$492	—
470	470	2	102.50–103.00	$102.75	$483	—
540	540	1	104.00	$104.00	$562	—
565–595	584	4	95.00–110.00	$102.49	$599	—
600–625	613	2	100.00–102.00	$101.02	$619	-0.62

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	110.00	$110.00	$292	—
315	315	1	122.50	$122.50	$386	+10.10
365–395	380	2	110.00–115.00	$112.40	$427	-0.45
420–430	425	2	115.00–117.50	$116.24	$494	—
450–495	465	4	111.00–118.00	$114.68	$533	—
500–540	520	3	104.00–116.50	$111.67	$581	—
555–575	565	2	105.00–107.00	$105.98	$599	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770	770	1	106.00	$106.00	$816	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	120.00	$120.00	$450	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	110.00	$110.00	$236	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	415	—	—	11	142.50–157.50	$149.51	$620	+0.15
417 value added	417	—	—	3	150.00	$150.00	$626	—
470 value added	470	—	—	11	144.00	$144.00	$677	—
450–490	472	—	—	12	142.00–155.00	$146.60	$692	-1.89
500–545	516	—	—	16	132.00–145.00	$136.68	$705	-0.82
560	560	—	—	1	125.00	$125.00	$700	-5.61
568 value added	568	—	—	2	130.00	$130.00	$738	—
550–590	569	—	—	19	125.00–135.00	$131.08	$746	+0.47
600–640	624	—	—	14	120.00–133.00	$128.72	$803	+1.26
650–685	669	—	—	4	127.00–132.00	$129.99	$870	+7.19
715	715	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	$858	—
790	790	—	—	1	110.00	$110.00	$869	—
1415	1415	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,401	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	430	7	125.00–140.00	$132.94	$572	-2.67
465–495	485	13	130.00–141.00	$135.61	$658	+1.34
500–545	526	17	117.50–133.00	$127.20	$669	+2.65
570	570	1	123.00	$123.00	$701	+1.50
550–585	571	8	112.50–131.00	$121.47	$694	-0.03
605–635	617	5	116.00–134.00	$120.92	$746	+8.56
650–690	675	3	104.00–117.00	$112.49	$759	+1.33
705–725	712	3	100.00–118.00	$110.70	$788	+0.28
764	764	5	107.00	$107.00	$817	+3.04
860	860	1	94.00	$94.00	$808	-2.00
935	935	1	90.00	$90.00	$842	—
1030	1030	1	75.00	$75.00	$772	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	417	6	110.00–130.00	$122.10	$509	—
450–495	475	7	121.00–132.50	$127.76	$607	+8.28
500–545	522	6	111.00–124.00	$116.33	$607	+4.10
550–595	573	6	106.00–116.00	$112.09	$642	+5.13
885	885	1	93.00	$93.00	$823	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	421	4	112.50–130.00	$121.99	$514	—
490–495	493	2	120.00	$120.00	$592	—
520–530	525	3	107.50–135.00	$119.14	$625	—
750	750	1	96.00	$96.00	$720	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	130.00	$130.00	$572	—
485	485	1	86.00	$86.00	$417	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	42.50	$42.50	$178	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1175	1017	85-90%	8	49.00–61.00	$55.34	$563	—
830–1385	1129	85-90%	23	62.00–75.00	$67.06	$757	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230	1230	80-85%	1	77.00	$77.00	$947	+4.69
1055–1670	1275	80-85%	24	63.00–77.00	$70.61	$900	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1470–1685	1557	75-80%	8	67.00–75.00	$70.36	$1,096	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1420	1272	5	55.00–86.00	$79.59	$1,012	—
1430	1430	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,473	—
1440–1780	1566	4	93.00–101.00	$96.31	$1,508	-2.35

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–895	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	70.00–76.00	$73.23	$608

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	56.00	$56.00	$501

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
100–178	142	6	45.00–71.00	$64.98	$92	—
225	225	1	60.00	$60.00	$135	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	10.00	$10.00	$56	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	1	110.00	$110.00	—
55	55	1	70.00	$70.00	—
60	60	3	140.00–150.00	$143.33	—
75	75	1	165.00	$165.00	—
150–165	158	2	185.00–195.00	$190.00	-45.00

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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
770–935	838	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	675.00–900.00	$805.19	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	42.50	$42.50	$162	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	35.00	$35.00	-23.00
35	35	2	80.00–90.00	$85.00	+27.00
40–45	43	3	70.00–110.00	$96.67	-40.47
55	55	1	70.00	$70.00	-55.00
60	60	2	160.00–180.00	$170.00	+45.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	155.00	$155.00	-10.00
80–85	83	2	115.00–175.00	$145.00	-20.00
100	100	1	200.00	$200.00	+10.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	3	22.50	$22.50	—
45	45	7	44.00	$44.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	57.00	$57.00	$145	—
325	325	1	59.00	$59.00	$192	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	140.00	$140.00	-20.00

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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.