Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 25, 2021

695 head sold ·Official USDA report

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

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.89/cwt +2.69 vs last sale · ≈ $640/hd at 489 lb · 38 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $145.35/cwt +8.15 vs last sale · ≈ $667/hd at 459 lb · 21 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $136.45/cwt +3.51 vs last sale · ≈ $711/hd at 521 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	695	701	572
Feeder cattle	528	559	432
Slaughter cattle	67	76	39
Replacement cattle	49	15	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and 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
200–210	205	2	137.50–140.00	$138.78	$284	+6.22
250–290	273	4	135.00–145.00	$141.22	$386	+9.49
300–345	322	6	135.00–140.00	$137.13	$442	+4.54
350–395	374	11	132.50–145.00	$137.53	$514	+6.35
425–440	433	2	132.50–141.00	$136.68	$592	+5.82
465–480	473	4	130.00–141.00	$136.56	$646	+6.57
505–545	515	7	130.00–140.00	$135.72	$699	+9.67
550–580	565	7	125.00–137.50	$129.40	$731	+3.83
750–755	753	2	113.00–115.00	$114.00	$858	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	150.00	$150.00	$352	—
265–290	275	5	150.00–165.00	$155.15	$427	+7.69
310 fancy	310	1	170.00	$170.00	$527	—
310–340	327	7	150.00–165.00	$159.55	$522	+13.19
350–395	364	14	150.00–162.50	$154.22	$561	+7.30
405–410	408	2	154.00–155.00	$154.50	$630	+11.18
500–545	528	4	145.00–148.00	$146.33	$773	+5.72
789	789	8	133.00	$133.00	$1,049	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	225	3	120.00–125.00	$122.63	$276	—
255–290	273	3	115.00–125.00	$118.11	$322	-2.25
300–345	322	3	120.00–125.00	$122.55	$395	—
355–395	375	3	115.00–120.00	$118.33	$444	+1.80
455–485	467	3	115.00–120.00	$117.39	$548	—
515–530	523	2	115.00–120.00	$117.46	$614	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–375	363	2	100.00–110.00	$104.83	$381	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	282	3	135.00–145.00	$139.97	$395	—
305–335	319	7	130.00–140.00	$134.23	$428	+3.53
360–395	378	7	130.00–140.00	$133.98	$506	+1.77
400–425	411	5	125.00–135.00	$130.55	$537	+2.24
450–480	466	6	122.00–130.00	$124.96	$582	-3.24
493 value added	493	32	132.00	$132.00	$651	—
500–540	512	8	120.00–125.00	$121.25	$621	+1.17
550–560	554	5	119.00–123.00	$119.99	$665	+0.81
610–635	622	3	115.00–116.00	$115.33	$717	-1.66
660–695	678	2	114.00–115.00	$114.51	$776	+0.91
710	710	1	114.00	$114.00	$809	+2.49
773	773	2	115.00	$115.00	$889	—
905	905	1	100.00	$100.00	$905	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	227	3	115.00–122.00	$119.12	$270	-1.15
310–340	325	4	117.00–122.50	$119.19	$387	+1.65
350–370	360	4	115.00–125.00	$121.28	$437	+3.29
415–430	423	11	110.00–120.00	$115.42	$488	-0.44
450–495	469	16	110.00–120.00	$116.29	$545	-0.08
505–545	527	11	110.00–116.00	$113.57	$599	+0.96
550–565	558	5	110.00–115.00	$113.80	$635	+0.56
600–635	619	4	105.00–110.00	$107.27	$664	-2.93
670–675	673	2	102.00–105.00	$103.49	$696	-4.13
705–715	710	2	104.00–107.00	$105.51	$749	—
795	795	1	97.00	$97.00	$771	-5.48

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–330	325	2	110.00–112.00	$111.02	$361	—
360–370	365	2	110.00–112.00	$110.99	$405	—
405–435	424	7	101.00–107.50	$104.75	$444	—
450–485	473	4	100.00–105.00	$103.22	$488	-2.29
515–535	524	4	100.00–105.00	$102.77	$539	-0.77
550–590	572	3	100.00–105.00	$102.61	$587	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	267	3	102.50–107.00	$104.83	$280	—
320–335	330	3	100.00–105.00	$103.38	$341	—
350–385	371	4	100.00–105.00	$101.52	$377	-0.90
455–475	465	2	90.00–95.00	$92.55	$430	-1.47
530	530	1	90.00	$90.00	$477	-2.54
565–575	570	2	90.00–95.00	$92.48	$527	—
600	600	1	92.00	$92.00	$552	—
675	675	1	98.00	$98.00	$662	—
785	785	1	93.00	$93.00	$730	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	424	13	140.00–150.00	$144.04	$611	+1.47
450–495	459	21	140.00–150.00	$145.35	$667	+8.15
505–540	521	17	130.00–140.00	$136.45	$711	+3.51
550–595	568	6	125.00–130.00	$126.96	$721	-3.98
635	635	1	124.00	$124.00	$787	-1.00
650–685	667	3	119.00–120.00	$119.66	$798	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	417	5	125.00–135.00	$127.55	$532	-1.97
450–495	468	13	125.00–135.00	$129.26	$605	+3.67
505–540	520	4	115.00–125.00	$119.84	$623	+0.72
555–595	576	14	110.00–120.00	$113.19	$652	-1.94
605–630	614	5	108.00–116.00	$113.04	$694	+1.61
650–655	653	2	106.00–110.00	$108.01	$705	+5.01

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	423	6	110.00–120.00	$112.57	$476	+3.96
450–480	467	11	110.00–120.00	$115.28	$538	+2.85
505–540	522	3	105.00–110.00	$107.61	$562	—
550–575	563	3	100.00–105.00	$102.31	$576	-0.92
625–640	633	2	103.00–104.00	$103.51	$655	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–425	423	2	97.00–98.00	$97.50	$412	—
450–490	467	3	92.00–95.00	$93.21	$435	—
550–575	563	3	93.00–96.00	$94.69	$533	—
720–740	730	2	90.00–92.00	$91.01	$664	-2.00
755–770	763	2	90.00–93.00	$91.49	$698	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1625	1625	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1170	1109	80-85%	4	45.00–52.00	$49.33	$547	—
1000–1975	1219	80-85%	28	54.00–65.00	$58.70	$716	-1.85

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–940	861	85-90%	6	42.00–48.00	$45.24	$390	-0.77
735–975	888	85-90%	8	56.00–62.00	$58.05	$515	+12.04

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1875	1444	75-80%	7	55.00–62.00	$58.23	$841	-0.55

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1865	1637	3	79.00–83.00	$80.80	$1,323	—
1500–1950	1715	3	86.00–94.00	$89.03	$1,527	—

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Stock Cows

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
650–845	753	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	68.00–73.00	$70.93	$534

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
600	600	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	87.00	$87.00	$522

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–965	898	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00–860.00	$809.14
1000–1290	1113	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	570.00–850.00	$685.78
1075–1205	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	650.00–740.00	$692.43
1310–1350	1330	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	840.00–870.00	$854.77

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–955	859	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	360.00–500.00	$446.39
900–985	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	510.00–540.00	$528.68

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	58.00	$58.00	$171	—
335–355	345	2	74.00–75.00	$74.51	$257	—
385–395	390	2	60.00	$60.00	$234	—
610	610	1	33.00	$33.00	$201	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	293	2	32.00–35.00	$33.49	$98	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
770–975	877	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	930.00–1,050.00	$985.32	—
940–1355	1129	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	21	1,050.00–1,390.00	$1,253.38	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	5	90.00–100.00	$96.00	+4.75
30	30	5	60.00–75.00	$70.50	-20.75
50	50	1	95.00	$95.00	-15.00
50	50	3	145.00–155.00	$150.00	+40.00
60	60	3	165.00	$165.00	±0.00
60	60	1	122.50	$122.50	-42.50
60	60	1	190.00	$190.00	+25.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	3	115.00–122.50	$119.17	-10.83
80	80	3	145.00–150.00	$148.33	+38.33

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	38.00	$38.00	+31.00
30	30	15	48.00–55.00	$50.80	+34.80

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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.