Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 27, 2021

726 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $147.34/cwt +1.92 vs last sale · ≈ $765/hd at 519 lb · 17 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $120.99/cwt -3.75 vs last sale · ≈ $686/hd at 567 lb · 16 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $118.32/cwt -3.64 vs last sale · ≈ $556/hd at 470 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	726	1,048	846
Feeder cattle	519	873	662
Slaughter cattle	90	74	85
Replacement cattle	20	15	18

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder cattle were 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows were 3.00 lower. 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 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	135.00	$135.00	$385	-5.00
300–340	323	9	135.00–145.00	$138.90	$449	-5.09
350–398	373	12	135.00–145.00	$139.55	$521	-4.12
440	440	10	135.00–140.00	$138.40	$609	-7.83
450–490	468	6	130.00–140.00	$134.24	$628	-10.26
500–520	507	9	131.00–145.00	$134.57	$682	-1.49
550–595	573	11	125.00–134.00	$128.96	$739	-4.47
600–643	627	5	114.00–125.00	$121.05	$759	-0.08
653	653	4	125.00	$125.00	$816	+5.35
725–747	742	4	119.00–120.00	$119.76	$889	+22.76
757	757	3	117.00	$117.00	$886	+27.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290 fancy	283	2	167.50–170.00	$168.72	$477	—
300 fancy	300	1	172.50	$172.50	$518	—
330–345	335	3	150.00–160.00	$154.93	$519	-5.79
360–395	373	10	150.00–160.00	$151.98	$567	-8.33
412–425	417	5	150.00–156.00	$154.06	$642	-3.59
500–539	519	17	145.00–149.00	$147.34	$765	+1.92

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	325	4	120.00–130.00	$124.98	$406	-3.18
360–375	366	4	122.00–125.00	$124.23	$455	-6.91
555–565	560	3	112.00–119.00	$115.35	$646	-14.67

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–375	361	4	110.00–115.00	$113.01	$408	-13.55
400–410	405	2	110.00–112.50	$111.23	$450	-14.66

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	115.00	$115.00	$259	—
265–285	276	6	115.00–125.00	$120.05	$331	-3.65
300–345	317	7	115.00–125.00	$120.45	$382	-7.05
355–375	363	3	117.00–125.00	$120.73	$438	-6.21
410–445	425	12	115.00–126.00	$119.47	$508	-2.72
450–495	470	16	115.00–123.00	$118.32	$556	-3.64
500–545	522	8	110.00–115.00	$112.98	$590	-6.21
550–590	570	13	110.00–119.00	$114.52	$653	-1.21
605–635	627	9	105.00–114.00	$107.61	$675	-2.15
655–675	665	2	105.00–110.00	$107.54	$715	-2.55
710–730	720	2	103.00–108.00	$105.53	$760	-5.83
755	755	1	103.00	$103.00	$778	-3.14

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	135.00	$135.00	$277	+2.50
250–295	270	3	130.00–135.00	$133.36	$360	+3.36
300–345	329	8	130.00–140.00	$134.19	$441	+0.43
365 fancy	365	1	147.50	$147.50	$538	—
360–395	371	9	135.00–145.00	$140.50	$521	+2.94
405–440	424	12	129.00–140.00	$132.26	$561	-2.82
450–455	453	2	129.00–130.00	$129.50	$587	-2.50
515–540	530	7	125.00–128.00	$126.35	$670	+3.49

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	318	3	100.00–105.00	$101.65	$323	-14.12
355–370	362	3	100.00–102.50	$100.85	$365	-9.20
610–640	621	4	92.00–99.00	$94.74	$588	-7.93
655–695	675	4	95.00–98.00	$96.24	$650	—
700–740	720	2	91.00–97.00	$94.08	$677	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	328	2	108.00–110.00	$108.95	$357	-2.32
380–390	385	2	107.00–110.00	$108.52	$418	-7.96
455–495	468	6	100.00–110.00	$106.50	$498	-4.47
555–560	558	2	104.00–105.00	$104.50	$583	-4.86
600–625	613	2	100.00–102.00	$100.98	$619	-0.02
680–690	685	2	100.00–102.00	$100.99	$692	—

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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	428	11	130.00–140.00	$133.62	$572	+1.95
450–495	467	13	125.00–138.00	$131.79	$615	-1.13
510–545	532	10	120.00–130.00	$124.98	$665	-4.34
555–585	567	16	115.00–125.00	$120.99	$686	-3.75
600–640	620	7	110.00–123.00	$115.17	$714	-2.48
665–675	670	2	110.00–116.00	$112.98	$757	+0.46
700–725	713	2	106.00–108.00	$107.02	$763	+4.39
760	760	1	105.00	$105.00	$798	+6.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	421	8	115.00–125.00	$119.77	$504	+4.03
455–490	473	8	115.00–122.50	$117.31	$555	+10.80
510–540	529	7	110.00–115.00	$111.29	$589	-0.98
565–595	578	4	105.00–111.00	$108.50	$627	-1.08
600–630	612	5	100.00–105.00	$102.23	$626	-6.41
650–680	668	3	100.00–105.00	$101.68	$679	+4.12
710	710	1	100.00	$100.00	$710	+1.26

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–415	408	7	145.00–152.50	$148.56	$606	-0.44
450–495	468	9	137.00–145.00	$140.20	$656	-4.17
505–540	524	12	135.00–139.00	$136.11	$713	-3.97
555–585	573	4	130.00–135.00	$132.24	$758	+0.24

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–435	427	3	103.00–110.00	$106.03	$453	-7.65
460–490	478	3	102.00–106.00	$103.69	$496	-13.28
500–510	503	4	100.00–102.00	$100.75	$507	-4.47
575–595	583	3	97.00–100.00	$98.32	$573	-11.29
625–640	634	5	95.00–98.00	$95.60	$606	-8.71
650–695	673	7	94.00–98.00	$95.40	$642	+10.40
720–725	723	2	91.00–96.00	$93.51	$676	+0.51
750–795	769	4	90.00–95.00	$91.47	$703	-10.53

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1260	1069	80-85%	9	50.00–56.00	$53.94	$577	—
1025–1480	1193	80-85%	32	60.00–71.00	$63.45	$757	—
1255	1255	80-85%	1	74.00	$74.00	$929	+6.45

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–990	904	85-90%	12	59.00–67.00	$62.26	$563	—
800–980	919	85-90%	5	45.00–55.00	$52.30	$481	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345	1345	75-80%	1	51.00	$51.00	$686	—
1115–1550	1378	75-80%	9	60.00–65.00	$63.35	$873	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1115	1075	4	70.00–84.00	$75.67	$813	—
1275–1995	1579	9	87.00–97.00	$93.19	$1,471	+0.92
1635–1650	1643	2	99.00–100.00	$99.50	$1,635	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1040–1275	1159	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	760.00–900.00	$831.91
1050–1335	1177	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	860.00–990.00	$901.91

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625	625	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	470.00	$470.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
130	130	1	70.00	$70.00	$91	—
115–160	138	2	84.00–93.00	$89.24	$123	—
350	350	2	70.00	$70.00	$245	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	1	5.00	$5.00	$36	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70–75	72	6	170.00–185.00	$176.25	+56.25
80	80	5	190.00–200.00	$194.00	+74.00
90	90	1	225.00	$225.00	+105.00
170–180	177	3	275.00–292.50	$285.83	+89.83

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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
740–785	763	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–890.00	$869.41	+19.41
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	940.00	$940.00	+90.00
1010–1015	1013	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	930.00	$930.00	—
1090–1220	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	650.00–925.00	$795.24	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–525	520	3	55.00–69.00	$61.35	$319	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	4	60.00–75.00	$70.00	-25.00
30	30	6	80.00–90.00	$85.83	-9.17
30	30	7	115.00–130.00	$122.86	+27.86
40	40	2	100.00	$100.00	+14.06
40	40	6	140.00–145.00	$143.33	+57.39
50	50	4	150.00–155.00	$152.50	+107.50
60	60	5	160.00–165.00	$163.00	+66.33

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50–55	52	3	130.00–145.00	$135.00	-15.00
60	60	2	110.00–115.00	$112.50	-37.50
60	60	1	155.00	$155.00	+5.00
80	80	6	175.00–185.00	$177.50	+22.50
100	100	1	140.00	$140.00	+30.00
125	125	1	215.00	$215.00	+63.89

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	8	36.00	$36.00	-6.50
35	35	9	51.00	$51.00	+8.50
40	40	6	35.00–45.00	$38.33	-4.17

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130	130	1	280.00	$280.00	+102.50

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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.