Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 11, 2022

548 head sold ·Official USDA report

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

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.24/cwt -5.39 vs last sale · ≈ $676/hd at 469 lb · 22 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $163.84/cwt ≈ $847/hd at 517 lb · 18 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.86/cwt +1.35 vs last sale · ≈ $607/hd at 419 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	548	652	765
Feeder cattle	360	498	607
Slaughter cattle	100	72	86
Replacement cattle	40	32	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

There were too few comparable feeder cattle sales last week to establish trends. Slaughter cows were unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls were steady. There were light offerings of average to good 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
215	215	1	170.00	$170.00	$366	—
315–330	323	2	175.00–177.50	$176.28	$569	-4.63
365–385	374	4	175.00–180.00	$177.54	$664	+0.04
365–390 fancy	378	6	195.00–210.00	$201.61	$762	—
400–410 fancy	407	5	195.00–200.00	$196.51	$800	—
400–435	419	4	170.00–185.00	$177.39	$743	+5.38
465–480	473	2	170.00–180.00	$174.92	$827	+2.41
500–530	514	7	165.00–175.00	$169.28	$870	—
565	565	1	170.00	$170.00	$960	—
600	600	2	148.00–154.00	$151.00	$906	—
825	825	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,015	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–235	228	3	162.50–165.00	$164.14	$374	—
275	275	2	162.50	$162.50	$447	-2.32
310–340	325	2	162.50–165.00	$163.81	$532	+3.89
355–395	380	6	155.00–167.50	$161.63	$614	+3.77
405	405	1	165.00	$165.00	$668	+6.09
465–480	473	2	165.00–167.50	$166.23	$786	+2.80
505	505	1	160.00	$160.00	$808	+8.56
720	720	1	126.00	$126.00	$907	+3.48
750	750	1	130.00	$130.00	$975	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	273	2	112.50–127.50	$120.48	$329	—
325	325	1	100.00	$100.00	$325	—
375	375	2	110.00–115.00	$112.50	$422	—
470–490	480	3	67.50–117.50	$97.01	$466	—
540	540	1	107.50	$107.50	$580	—
550	550	1	110.00	$110.00	$605	—
640	640	1	60.00	$60.00	$384	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	332	3	140.00–152.50	$147.55	$490	+5.82
370–380	375	2	137.50–155.00	$146.37	$549	+10.25
425	425	1	142.50	$142.50	$606	+12.50
525	525	1	142.00	$142.00	$746	+17.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	130.00	$130.00	$299	—
280–285	283	2	130.00–140.00	$135.04	$382	—
350–355	353	2	140.00–142.50	$141.24	$499	—
505	505	1	130.00	$130.00	$656	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	92.50	$92.50	$416	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	147.50	$147.50	$428	+0.69
315–345	332	3	145.00–150.00	$147.42	$489	+0.34
350–395	375	10	145.00–155.00	$148.95	$559	+0.50
400–445	419	17	140.00–150.00	$144.86	$607	+1.35
450–495	469	22	140.00–150.00	$144.24	$676	-5.39
513 value added	513	5	142.00	$142.00	$728	—
500–540	516	8	135.00–145.00	$139.88	$722	-1.21
553 value added	553	2	142.00	$142.00	$785	—
550–570	560	5	135.00–145.00	$139.12	$779	+1.88
600–635	615	5	127.00–137.00	$132.40	$814	+1.68
770–790	783	3	119.00–124.00	$120.64	$945	—
967	967	3	114.00	$114.00	$1,102	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–280	275	2	140.00	$140.00	$385	±0.00
345	345	1	135.00	$135.00	$466	+3.81
360–380	368	6	135.00–142.50	$137.55	$506	+2.37
425–445	434	4	135.00–140.00	$136.84	$594	+8.70
455	455	2	130.00–135.00	$132.50	$603	+10.76
565–595	576	4	123.00–133.00	$129.90	$748	+7.38
635	635	1	111.00	$111.00	$705	-6.81
675–690	683	2	110.00–111.00	$110.51	$755	-3.10
720	720	1	108.00	$108.00	$778	-4.70
720	720	1	106.00	$106.00	$763	-6.70
875	875	1	96.00	$96.00	$840	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	273	2	120.00–125.00	$122.39	$334	—
420–435	427	3	107.50–120.00	$112.45	$480	—
455	455	1	125.00	$125.00	$569	—
605	605	1	82.50	$82.50	$499	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	96.00	$96.00	$250	—
400–435	412	3	87.50–95.00	$91.69	$378	—
475	475	1	107.50	$107.50	$511	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	102.50	$102.50	$461	—
550	550	1	100.00	$100.00	$550	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830	830	1	90.00	$90.00	$747	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430	414	5	165.00–175.00	$171.56	$710	-0.85
440 value added	440	3	172.50	$172.50	$759	—
450–495	467	7	160.00–177.50	$165.68	$774	—
500–540	512	13	155.00–170.00	$164.16	$840	—
529 value added	529	5	163.00	$163.00	$862	—
550–560	553	3	155.00–157.50	$155.84	$862	—
620–625	623	2	147.00–148.00	$147.50	$919	—
680	680	1	140.00	$140.00	$952	—
770	770	1	109.00	$109.00	$839	—
820	820	1	106.00	$106.00	$869	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	427	6	150.00–162.50	$156.21	$667	+2.14
450–495	477	10	140.00–160.00	$153.18	$731	+2.12
505–535	516	4	142.50–150.00	$146.22	$754	-1.65
565–585	573	3	139.00–150.00	$146.35	$839	-0.78
660–695	672	3	119.00–130.00	$125.39	$843	-3.20
700–735	715	3	114.00–118.00	$116.33	$832	-3.61
755	755	1	116.00	$116.00	$876	+1.00
815	815	1	108.00	$108.00	$880	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	136.00	$136.00	$660	+23.53
520	520	1	132.50	$132.50	$689	—
555–575	565	2	132.50–138.00	$135.20	$764	—
635–640	638	2	114.00–116.00	$115.00	$734	—
655–660	658	2	110.00–114.00	$112.01	$737	—
730–740	735	2	107.00–110.00	$108.49	$797	—
795	795	1	107.00	$107.00	$851	—
1105	1105	1	78.00	$78.00	$862	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–475	470	2	122.50–135.00	$128.82	$605	-4.04
530	530	1	139.00	$139.00	$737	+9.74
575–580	577	3	112.00–127.00	$120.48	$695	-5.96
670–690	680	2	105.00–113.00	$108.94	$741	—
800	800	1	109.00	$109.00	$872	—
850	850	1	96.00	$96.00	$816	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	45.00	$45.00	$198	—
460	460	1	77.50	$77.50	$356	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1095	943	85-90%	8	58.00–66.00	$63.32	$597	—
945–1720	1156	85-90%	25	70.00–85.00	$75.31	$871	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1875	1335	80-85%	23	74.00–89.00	$83.43	$1,114	-12.93
1365–1435	1400	80-85%	2	90.00–91.00	$90.51	$1,267	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410–1660	1502	75-80%	3	83.00–89.00	$86.17	$1,294	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1270	1220	2	87.00–90.00	$88.56	$1,080	—
1200–2100	1591	17	95.00–119.00	$110.01	$1,750	—
1650–1930	1814	5	120.00–127.00	$123.63	$2,243	+11.84

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1780	1780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,638

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	71.00	$71.00	$554

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1270	1134	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	850.00–1,075.00	$947.60
1000–1405	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	950.00–1,125.00	$1,025.90

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1050	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00–1,060.00	$919.53

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	565.00	$565.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	480.00	$480.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	80.00	$80.00	$148	-10.00
255–285	269	4	90.00–93.00	$91.24	$245	—
545	545	1	44.00	$44.00	$240	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	1	135.00	$135.00	-28.33
70–75	72	3	120.00–140.00	$133.33	-30.00
100–125	113	2	155.00–165.00	$160.00	-35.00
140	140	1	135.00	$135.00	-60.00
150–175	167	3	150.00–170.00	$161.67	-103.33

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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
830–1195	1026	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,400.00	$1,282.86	—
965–1310	1113	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	1,250.00–1,400.00	$1,308.21	—
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
810–1045	928	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–975.00	$920.42	—
840–1015	928	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,141.04	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
865–970	918	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–1,200.00	$1,067.85	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	870.00	$870.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
705	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593	593	3	60.00	$60.00	$356	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–25	22	3	55.00–75.00	$68.33	-27.50
20–25	23	4	35.00–45.00	$40.00	-55.83
30	30	1	75.00	$75.00	-20.83
50–55	51	6	100.00–115.00	$105.00	-32.50

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
55	55	1	80.00	$80.00	-85.00
65	65	1	110.00	$110.00	+40.00
70–75	73	2	115.00–140.00	$127.50	+57.50
80–85	83	2	145.00–165.00	$155.00	+85.00
90	90	1	145.00	$145.00	+75.00
120	120	1	195.00	$195.00	-15.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	155.00	$155.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	60.00	$60.00	$219	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60–65	63	2	120.00–170.00	$145.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	190.00	$190.00	-80.00
125	125	1	175.00	$175.00	—

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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.