Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 13, 2022

1,050 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $180.00/cwt +7.96 vs last sale · ≈ $707/hd at 393 lb · 33 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $125.23/cwt -5.82 vs last sale · ≈ $592/hd at 473 lb · 31 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $147.45/cwt -3.12 vs last sale · ≈ $916/hd at 621 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,050	849	748
Feeder cattle	833	624	455
Slaughter cattle	132	103	173
Replacement cattle	20	27	32

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers and feeder heifers were 5.00 lower. Feeder bulls were too few to trend. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were mostly steady. There were heavy offerings of mostly 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
260	260	1	165.00	$165.00	$429	-9.08
310	310	1	165.00	$165.00	$512	-7.99
393 value added	393	33	180.00	$180.00	$707	—
520 value added	520	4	155.00	$155.00	$806	—
540	540	2	150.00	$150.00	$810	-8.96
555	555	1	155.00	$155.00	$860	-0.68
600	600	2	142.50–145.00	$143.75	$862	-6.82
620–635 value added	623	27	145.00–157.00	$147.72	$920	—
675	675	1	135.00	$135.00	$911	-10.00
750	750	1	132.50	$132.50	$994	-10.00
905	905	1	122.50	$122.50	$1,109	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	284	5	147.50–155.00	$152.00	$432	-6.42
300–345	323	7	145.00–157.50	$152.59	$493	-5.87
350–365	355	3	145.00–155.00	$148.43	$527	-8.89
400–440	423	7	145.00–155.00	$147.20	$623	-3.03
445	445	1	140.00	$140.00	$623	-10.23
455–495	477	9	142.50–152.50	$145.55	$694	-4.03
500–525	517	7	135.00–145.00	$142.18	$735	-2.82
550–580	560	8	140.00–145.00	$140.95	$789	-5.95
580	580	1	140.00	$140.00	$812	-6.90
600–645	621	10	125.00–140.00	$132.97	$826	+4.12
660–670	665	2	130.00	$130.00	$864	+6.71
745	745	1	120.00	$120.00	$894	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	135.00	$135.00	$297	—
250–295	274	7	122.50–147.50	$135.61	$372	—
320–345	331	13	120.00–145.00	$130.33	$431	-4.54
350–395	368	12	125.00–145.00	$136.13	$501	+1.12
410–445	426	5	105.00–140.00	$127.63	$544	-4.81
455–475	463	6	125.00–147.50	$136.68	$633	—
510–545	524	4	115.00–125.00	$121.19	$635	-1.32
585	585	2	120.00–135.00	$127.50	$746	+13.86
670	670	1	115.00	$115.00	$770	—
715	715	1	111.00	$111.00	$794	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	152.50	$152.50	$374	—
255–285	272	3	135.00–140.00	$137.41	$374	—
325–345	333	4	95.00–142.50	$127.98	$426	+9.61
350–385	367	13	135.00–147.50	$142.85	$524	+26.32
400–430	417	5	135.00–140.00	$136.53	$569	—
455–495	478	6	105.00–140.00	$129.08	$617	—
500–530	516	4	97.50–135.00	$119.71	$618	—
550–590	570	2	130.00–137.50	$133.62	$762	—
605	605	1	110.00	$110.00	$666	—
955–985	970	2	75.00–92.50	$83.89	$814	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	339	4	127.50	$127.50	$432	—
390	390	1	117.50	$117.50	$458	—
400–425	418	4	92.50–132.50	$115.62	$483	—
480–485	483	2	115.00	$115.00	$555	—
775	775	1	115.00	$115.00	$891	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240	235	2	125.00	$125.00	$294	—
255–265	260	2	120.00–125.00	$122.55	$319	—
300–325	313	2	115.00–122.50	$118.90	$372	—
375–390	383	2	120.00–125.00	$122.45	$469	—
435–440	438	2	105.00–135.00	$120.09	$526	—
465	465	1	115.00	$115.00	$535	—
525	525	1	100.00	$100.00	$525	—

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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	137.50	$137.50	$309	—
255–295	273	4	120.00–135.00	$129.01	$352	-0.67
300–345	317	10	127.50–137.50	$133.52	$423	+7.38
350–395	371	16	115.00–137.50	$131.13	$486	+3.72
400–445	424	17	120.00–135.00	$130.09	$552	-0.90
450–495	473	31	120.00–135.00	$125.23	$592	-5.82
500–540	524	15	110.00–132.50	$122.70	$643	-3.92
565	565	1	127.50	$127.50	$720	+0.05
565–575	571	4	115.00–125.00	$119.39	$682	-8.06
600–640	621	7	102.50–120.00	$110.35	$685	-14.10
650–675	659	4	105.00–117.50	$113.05	$745	-0.29
670	670	1	100.00	$100.00	$670	-13.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	145.00	$145.00	$362	-3.91
310–335	329	5	137.50–142.50	$138.99	$457	-10.46
350 fancy	350	1	155.00	$155.00	$542	—
360–396	373	10	137.50–146.00	$141.27	$527	-5.28
374 value added	374	14	149.00	$149.00	$557	—
465–490	478	3	135.00–137.50	$135.81	$649	-11.07
472–486 value added	484	24	150.00–151.00	$150.12	$727	—
525	525	1	130.00	$130.00	$682	-7.93
530	530	1	132.50	$132.50	$702	-5.43
560–590	573	8	125.00–135.00	$130.01	$745	-5.60
588 value added	588	18	143.00	$143.00	$841	—
603 value added	603	10	141.50	$141.50	$853	—
610–615	613	3	125.00	$125.00	$766	—
925	925	1	87.50	$87.50	$809	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	285	2	107.50–120.00	$113.53	$324	—
300–340	314	7	120.00–132.50	$126.55	$397	—
355–395	378	8	105.00–127.50	$120.99	$457	+17.22
410–440	430	4	110.00–115.00	$112.63	$484	—
455 thin fleshed	455	1	105.00	$105.00	$478	—
455–490	472	10	80.00–125.00	$104.73	$494	+1.43
515–535	524	4	75.00–112.50	$100.42	$526	—
575	575	1	107.50	$107.50	$618	—
640	640	2	85.00–115.00	$100.00	$640	—
650–680	664	5	77.50–110.00	$88.88	$590	—
735	735	1	60.00	$60.00	$441	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	115.00	$115.00	$339	—
300–345	317	5	102.50–120.00	$107.89	$342	-2.11
390–395	393	2	110.00–120.00	$114.97	$452	+0.04
445	445	1	110.00	$110.00	$490	—
465–490	478	2	75.00–125.00	$99.35	$475	-12.35
510	510	1	115.00	$115.00	$586	—
560–595	578	2	92.00–105.00	$98.30	$568	-14.17

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	263	3	110.00–115.00	$112.39	$296	—
300–345	325	6	97.50–122.50	$109.13	$355	—
360–370	365	2	100.00–105.00	$102.53	$374	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	95.00	$95.00	$261	—
345	345	1	127.50	$127.50	$440	—
395	395	1	80.00	$80.00	$316	—
405	405	2	80.00–100.00	$90.00	$364	—
450–465	458	2	75.00–95.00	$84.84	$389	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	127.50	$127.50	$370	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	419	6	137.50–147.50	$141.65	$594	-8.56
455–495	479	5	140.00–145.00	$142.56	$683	-5.72
500–545	523	21	125.00–147.50	$138.26	$723	-8.12
560–585	573	6	120.00–137.50	$129.12	$740	-12.07
600–645	625	12	110.00–127.50	$122.93	$768	-2.89
650–685	664	6	115.00–125.00	$119.96	$797	-9.28
725–730	728	2	117.50–120.00	$118.75	$864	-1.42
785	785	1	115.00	$115.00	$903	-2.50
805	805	1	75.00	$75.00	$604	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	427	11	115.00–137.50	$129.98	$555	-0.07
450–475	464	4	117.50–135.00	$125.51	$582	-2.32
500–530	513	5	117.50–135.00	$127.92	$656	+2.92
550–595	579	5	112.50–135.00	$125.34	$726	+1.89
635	635	1	125.00	$125.00	$794	—
665	665	1	115.00	$115.00	$765	—
760	760	1	47.50	$47.50	$361	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–445	439	5	115.00–135.00	$127.44	$559	—
450–485	469	4	102.50–132.50	$122.09	$573	+6.96
500–535	511	7	110.00–132.50	$120.47	$616	—
550	550	1	135.00	$135.00	$742	—
605	605	1	115.00	$115.00	$696	—
670–690	680	2	80.00–115.00	$97.24	$661	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–425	415	2	115.00	$115.00	$477	—
450–495	473	2	90.00–115.00	$101.90	$482	—
500	500	1	77.50	$77.50	$388	—
650	650	1	72.50	$72.50	$471	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	145.00	$145.00	$798	-10.00
615–645	630	2	132.50–145.00	$138.60	$873	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1985	1985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	1,568.00	$1,568.00	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	95.00	$95.00	$423	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1215	1115	80-85%	2	66.00–70.00	$67.82	$756	+6.02
960–1765	1207	80-85%	53	72.00–89.00	$82.85	$1,000	—
1090–1450	1233	80-85%	16	90.00–100.00	$93.58	$1,154	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1180	967	85-90%	13	52.00–67.00	$60.88	$589	—
770–1525	1085	85-90%	21	67.00–83.00	$75.96	$824	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1675	1444	75-80%	6	83.00–90.00	$86.59	$1,250	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1115	1030	4	65.00–89.00	$76.19	$785	—
1240–2205	1506	4	91.00–106.00	$96.40	$1,452	—
1380–2235	1879	6	111.00–125.00	$119.11	$2,238	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–875	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	350.00–404.00	$377.31

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	892.00	$892.00
1100–1250	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	950.00–1,100.00	$995.65

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665–975	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	420.00–516.00	$477.07

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695	695	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
145–180	172	7	81.00–92.00	$89.41	$154	+24.72
205–270	233	3	81.00–90.00	$83.64	$195	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	165.00	$165.00	—
90	90	1	170.00	$170.00	—
100	100	2	175.00–190.00	$182.50	-80.00
150	150	1	215.00	$215.00	-110.00
200–225	208	3	235.00–255.00	$241.67	—
250	250	1	305.00	$305.00	—

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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
700–1030	867	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	920.00–1,260.00	$1,089.83	-59.78
1055	1055	Young (2-4 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
630	630	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	690.00	$690.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	730.00	$730.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	125.00	$125.00	$388	—
415–445	430	2	75.00	$75.00	$322	—
555	555	1	65.00	$65.00	$361	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	75.00	$75.00	$251	—
575	575	1	65.00	$65.00	$374	—
655	655	1	60.00	$60.00	$393	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	260.00	$260.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	3	50.00–75.00	$66.67	+25.00
40–45	43	6	80.00–115.00	$94.17	-20.12
50–55	54	7	100.00–125.00	$110.00	-30.21
60	60	2	125.00	$125.00	-36.00
60	60	4	145.00–155.00	$150.00	-11.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	155.00	$155.00	+32.50
55	55	1	130.00	$130.00	+7.50
60	60	2	160.00–190.00	$175.00	+35.00
75	75	2	125.00–135.00	$130.00	-32.00
150–175	163	2	160.00–210.00	$185.00	—
200	200	1	245.00	$245.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	1	35.00	$35.00	+16.67
60–65	63	3	50.00–60.00	$53.33	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	50.00	$50.00	$98	—
210	210	1	60.00	$60.00	$126	—
290–295	293	2	46.00–55.00	$50.54	$148	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	2	130.00	$130.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	1	170.00	$170.00	+5.00

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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.