Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 30, 2021

617 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Saluda Stockyards report →

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $137.06/cwt +2.68 vs last sale · ≈ $581/hd at 424 lb · 15 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.20/cwt +1.69 vs last sale · ≈ $632/hd at 482 lb · 14 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $153.49/cwt +3.04 vs last sale · ≈ $717/hd at 467 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	617	481	697
Feeder cattle	498	336	554
Slaughter cattle	65	96	73
Replacement cattle	16	7	27

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers and feeder bulls were steady. Feeder heifers were steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were steady. There were moderate offerings of mostly plain to 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
200–225	212	3	160.00–172.50	$165.71	$351	+5.71
245 fancy	245	1	195.00	$195.00	$478	—
250–295	277	5	165.00–175.00	$168.88	$468	-0.66
310–345	323	13	157.50–172.50	$164.67	$532	-2.76
350–385	363	9	155.00–170.00	$163.30	$593	-0.66
410–430	420	5	152.50–162.50	$158.09	$664	-4.12
470	470	1	152.00	$152.00	$714	-12.90
484 value added	484	7	153.00	$153.00	$741	—
510	510	1	150.00	$150.00	$765	-11.27
532 value added	532	6	142.00	$142.00	$755	—
610–615	614	5	134.00–150.00	$140.01	$860	-4.81
641 value added	641	5	139.00	$139.00	$891	—
655	655	1	135.00	$135.00	$884	—
700–715	708	2	134.00–135.00	$134.51	$952	—
800–845	823	2	119.00–129.00	$123.86	$1,019	—
945	945	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,058	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–275	265	2	147.50–152.50	$149.91	$397	+5.41
305–345	324	5	142.50–155.00	$148.53	$481	-2.65
355–395	377	13	140.00–157.50	$147.96	$558	-0.09
410–445	424	6	147.50–155.00	$150.86	$640	+8.42
480–495	488	2	147.50–149.00	$148.24	$723	+6.91
505–545	522	5	139.00–145.00	$141.24	$737	+2.01
550–595	568	8	128.00–142.00	$136.46	$775	+6.94
565–590	578	2	130.00–141.00	$135.62	$784	+6.10
603 value added	603	3	134.00	$134.00	$808	—
610–620	615	3	128.00–135.00	$130.67	$804	+5.70

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	120.00	$120.00	$252	—
305–345	328	5	125.00–132.50	$129.04	$423	—
355–395	379	9	112.50–152.50	$131.25	$497	—
410–445	429	4	125.00–135.00	$128.67	$552	—
460–480	472	3	125.00–140.00	$132.90	$627	—
505	505	1	120.00	$120.00	$606	—
575	575	1	127.00	$127.00	$730	—
650	650	1	120.00	$120.00	$780	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	145.00	$145.00	$464	+16.36
365–395	375	3	125.00–135.00	$130.00	$488	+4.93
400–430	415	2	110.00–130.00	$119.64	$497	—
455–485	470	2	137.50–140.00	$138.79	$652	—
590	590	2	118.00–126.00	$122.00	$720	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	90.00	$90.00	$288	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	120.00	$120.00	$348	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	140.00	$140.00	$343	-5.00
275–290	283	2	142.50–145.00	$143.78	$407	—
310 fancy	310	1	150.00	$150.00	$465	—
310–345	331	11	132.50–147.50	$140.46	$465	+1.32
365–398	381	8	135.00–142.50	$140.37	$535	+0.30
423 value added	423	6	139.00	$139.00	$588	—
400–445	424	9	128.00–144.00	$135.76	$576	+1.38
475	475	1	121.00	$121.00	$575	-8.51
455–495	482	13	126.00–142.50	$131.98	$636	+2.47
500–540	515	10	125.00–130.00	$127.23	$655	-1.60
525	525	1	119.00	$119.00	$625	-9.83
535 value added	535	2	125.00	$125.00	$669	-21.00
550–595	568	9	123.00–131.00	$125.83	$715	-1.79
605–645	623	6	121.00–129.00	$124.45	$775	-0.55
625	625	1	118.00	$118.00	$738	-7.00
658 value added	658	3	123.00	$123.00	$809	—
660	660	2	120.00–125.00	$122.50	$808	—
715–740	730	3	113.00–116.00	$114.32	$835	—
760	760	1	108.00	$108.00	$821	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	127.50	$127.50	$332	+2.50
305–330	320	6	125.00–132.50	$127.94	$409	+0.56
350–395	376	11	120.00–127.50	$123.50	$464	-2.01
400–445	428	12	115.00–130.00	$123.63	$529	+2.80
455–490	473	9	115.00–127.50	$122.90	$581	+2.40
520–545	531	5	114.00–121.00	$118.59	$630	+1.27
565–585	577	3	110.00–120.00	$116.65	$673	-0.36
625–630	627	3	105.00–113.00	$109.32	$685	-4.05
670–690	680	2	104.00–114.00	$108.93	$741	+0.23
725–740	733	2	108.00–113.00	$110.47	$810	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	340	2	120.00	$120.00	$408	—
365–390	373	3	112.50–124.00	$117.32	$438	—
430–445	438	2	102.50–110.00	$106.19	$465	—
470	470	1	109.00	$109.00	$512	—
500	500	1	111.00	$111.00	$555	—
585	585	1	101.00	$101.00	$591	+7.05

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	115.00	$115.00	$431	—
465	465	1	110.00	$110.00	$512	—
500	500	1	102.50	$102.50	$512	-3.20
560	560	1	111.00	$111.00	$622	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	113.00	$113.00	$531	—
550	550	1	66.00	$66.00	$363	—

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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
405–425	415	—	—	3	155.00–157.50	$156.65	$650	-1.28
450–485	466	—	—	8	145.00–157.50	$148.79	$693	-1.66
469 value added	469	—	—	5	161.00	$161.00	$755	—
500–540	513	—	—	12	136.00–144.00	$139.58	$716	—
550–575	559	—	—	4	132.00–138.00	$134.72	$753	—
600–645	623	—	—	4	120.00–125.00	$122.80	$765	-10.90
670–695	683	—	—	2	122.00–125.00	$123.53	$844	+0.89
715	715	—	—	1	117.00	$117.00	$837	—
750–765	758	—	—	3	115.00–136.00	$122.06	$925	—
805	805	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	$805	—
1385	1385	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,274	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	431	5	133.00–147.50	$141.97	$612	+1.93
455–495	477	13	130.00–142.50	$136.84	$653	+2.01
505–535	523	6	123.00–135.00	$130.51	$683	-2.62
565–580	575	3	120.00–127.00	$122.68	$705	-1.59
615–640	629	7	107.00–122.00	$114.94	$723	+0.79
680	680	1	118.00	$118.00	$802	+6.23
725	725	1	115.00	$115.00	$834	+4.05

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–420	411	4	110.00–140.00	$129.16	$531	+10.60
480	480	1	127.00	$127.00	$610	+7.00
500–545	520	7	110.00–125.00	$116.17	$604	+4.21
560–595	583	5	100.00–119.00	$112.73	$657	+3.26
635–640	638	2	92.00–106.00	$99.03	$632	—
670	670	1	110.00	$110.00	$737	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	131.00	$131.00	$563	—
535	535	1	125.00	$125.00	$669	—
565	565	1	105.00	$105.00	$593	+9.00
690	690	1	102.00	$102.00	$704	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1425	1070	85-90%	5	45.00–53.00	$50.90	$545	—
925–1535	1179	85-90%	31	56.00–76.00	$67.84	$800	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1525	1337	80-85%	9	66.00–77.00	$70.57	$944	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1675	1568	75-80%	4	67.00–75.00	$70.86	$1,111	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1420	1253	2	84.00–87.00	$85.70	$1,074	—
1345–1725	1601	4	97.00–100.00	$98.77	$1,581	—
1545–2010	1810	4	102.00–106.00	$104.14	$1,885	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835–1390	1113	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	70.00–79.00	$75.62	$842

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	70.00	$70.00	$542

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	880.00	$880.00
1090–1245	1163	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	675.00–850.00	$788.52

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1010–1175	1093	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	53.00–54.00	$53.54	$585

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	61.00	$61.00	$610

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	65.00	$65.00	$257	—
465	465	1	66.00	$66.00	$307	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	145.00	$145.00	-20.00
75	75	2	150.00–155.00	$152.50	-12.50
80	80	1	175.00	$175.00	+10.00
90	90	2	185.00	$185.00	+20.00
100	100	1	195.00	$195.00	+2.50

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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
900–935	918	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	770.00–790.00	$779.81	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	60.00	$60.00	$213	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–280	273	2	100.00–107.50	$103.65	$283	—
405	405	1	95.00	$95.00	$385	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	2	85.00	$85.00	+25.00
30	30	9	60.00–85.00	$77.78	+17.78
40	40	2	90.00	$90.00	+30.00
50	50	2	110.00–135.00	$122.50	+42.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70–75	71	4	145.00–165.00	$150.00	-15.00
75	75	1	135.00	$135.00	-30.00
120–130	125	2	165.00–190.00	$177.50	-55.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–430	428	2	55.00–60.00	$57.49	$246	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	1	70.00	$70.00	—
50	50	1	125.00	$125.00	—

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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.