Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 5, 2022

889 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $176.42/cwt -4.72 vs last sale · ≈ $852/hd at 483 lb · 40 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $158.29/cwt -4.54 vs last sale · ≈ $967/hd at 611 lb · 37 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $190.14/cwt +2.28 vs last sale · ≈ $711/hd at 374 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	889	768	727
Feeder cattle	624	596	591
Slaughter cattle	79	98	64
Replacement cattle	24	5	19

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last all classes of feeder cattle 2.00 higher, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 5.00 lower. Moderate offering of average to plain 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
275–290	283	2	180.00–185.00	$182.43	$516	-2.83
300–305 fancy	302	3	195.00–215.00	$204.12	$616	-3.04
310–345	331	11	175.00–190.00	$184.86	$612	-0.65
350–390	372	10	175.00–187.50	$182.83	$680	-1.62
350–379 fancy	375	16	190.00–195.00	$194.71	$730	-15.29
400 fancy	400	1	192.50	$192.50	$770	-10.02
422–432	427	6	184.00–187.50	$185.73	$793	-0.83
450–489	483	40	172.50–180.00	$176.42	$852	-4.72
525–532	531	14	160.00–167.50	$166.61	$885	+2.42
560	560	10	163.00	$163.00	$913	+1.51
606–615	611	37	150.00–160.50	$158.29	$967	+5.79

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–235	233	2	160.00–175.00	$167.42	$390	+12.42
255–285	270	2	165.00	$165.00	$446	—
300–340	324	4	160.00–175.00	$166.08	$538	+6.70
365–390	380	4	162.50–177.50	$171.97	$653	+12.50
425–440	433	2	170.00–175.00	$172.46	$747	+8.47
450–490	483	6	155.00–165.00	$160.26	$774	-2.15
525–545	539	4	150.00–155.00	$151.89	$819	+3.55
560–580	570	3	142.50–155.00	$149.09	$850	+6.11
625–635	630	3	135.00–147.50	$142.47	$898	+9.03
650–695	673	3	135.00–142.00	$139.06	$936	+11.57

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	270	2	152.50–155.00	$153.82	$415	—
330	330	1	135.00	$135.00	$446	—
355–360	358	2	135.00–145.00	$140.03	$501	-0.04
417	417	3	152.50	$152.50	$636	—
490	490	1	152.50	$152.50	$747	+16.75
620–645	632	3	130.00–135.00	$133.30	$842	+17.03
685	685	1	125.00	$125.00	$856	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	115.00	$115.00	$776	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	342	11	160.00–174.00	$171.16	$585	+11.39
375–380	378	3	155.00–165.00	$159.17	$602	-0.24
400–430	416	4	162.50–165.00	$163.15	$679	+4.19
455–475	460	23	155.00–160.50	$159.05	$732	+4.00
510–515	512	3	150.00–155.00	$153.34	$785	+2.01
555–578	567	24	146.00–148.00	$147.02	$834	+3.28
733	733	3	128.00	$128.00	$938	+0.01

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–235	223	3	140.00–147.50	$143.45	$320	—
285	285	1	152.50	$152.50	$435	+11.52
300–325	308	6	142.50–152.50	$145.50	$448	—
375–395	385	4	145.00–150.00	$146.88	$565	+10.34
415–445	428	9	140.00–155.00	$148.64	$636	+11.28
465–495	484	6	140.00–150.00	$143.77	$696	+10.38
500–545	524	16	130.00–145.00	$136.66	$716	+1.54
550–585	564	10	130.00–135.00	$133.76	$754	+4.12
600–645	618	13	125.00–135.00	$128.00	$791	-0.08
690	690	1	123.00	$123.00	$849	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	137.50	$137.50	$399	—
300–325	313	3	122.50–135.00	$129.08	$404	—
355–395	385	5	125.00–137.50	$132.64	$511	+10.04
400–445	428	4	130.00–137.50	$134.31	$575	+19.30
465–490	478	6	125.00–135.00	$130.49	$624	+14.49
525–540	533	3	120.00–125.00	$122.49	$653	—
550–595	577	5	120.00–125.00	$124.00	$715	+10.68
605–640	625	4	120.00–125.00	$123.12	$770	—
650–665	659	4	120.00–127.50	$123.11	$811	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	117.50	$117.50	$352	—
365	365	1	122.50	$122.50	$447	—
485	485	1	115.00	$115.00	$558	—
505–520	513	2	115.00	$115.00	$590	—
590	590	1	115.00	$115.00	$678	—
625–645	635	2	111.00–115.00	$112.97	$717	—
665–690	681	4	112.50–120.00	$116.90	$796	—

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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	8	175.00–185.00	$178.06	$755	-2.30
450–495	469	12	165.00–177.50	$168.87	$792	+1.04
500–545	516	13	155.00–167.50	$161.30	$832	+6.43
550–565	557	3	145.00–155.00	$151.62	$845	+6.61

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	421	9	155.00–165.00	$161.93	$682	+4.98
455–495	480	12	147.50–162.50	$157.09	$754	+2.14
510–545	526	7	140.00–150.00	$144.98	$763	+2.32
550–570	560	3	135.00–145.00	$140.06	$784	+9.45
645	645	1	132.50	$132.50	$855	+3.92
655–675	665	2	130.00–135.00	$132.54	$881	+7.76
700	700	1	125.00	$125.00	$875	+0.56

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–425	415	2	142.50–147.50	$145.06	$602	+4.90
450–480	464	5	135.00–145.00	$139.03	$645	+1.48
505–525	516	5	125.00–135.00	$132.53	$684	+7.51
555–595	569	6	125.00–130.00	$125.83	$716	+7.94
610–635	622	3	120.00–135.00	$126.62	$788	+16.62
650–665	655	3	120.00–125.00	$122.50	$802	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	117.50	$117.50	$517	-5.04
450–490	472	3	115.00–127.50	$119.20	$563	-0.70
580	580	1	115.00	$115.00	$667	—
600–625	613	2	117.00–120.00	$118.53	$727	—
650–685	670	3	105.00–115.00	$111.59	$748	—
700	700	1	115.00	$115.00	$805	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1395	1174	80-85%	6	73.00–79.00	$74.78	$878	—
1030–1485	1244	80-85%	24	80.00–93.00	$87.22	$1,085	—
1410	1410	80-85%	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,396	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1080	979	85-90%	8	50.00–71.00	$64.22	$629	—
975–1765	1150	85-90%	16	73.00–87.00	$78.64	$904	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475–1520	1498	75-80%	2	75.00–76.00	$75.51	$1,131	—
1585	1585	75-80%	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,411	—
1535–1655	1595	75-80%	2	94.00–95.00	$94.48	$1,507	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885	885	1	84.00	$84.00	$743	—
1015–1545	1288	5	94.00–113.00	$102.62	$1,322	—
2160	2160	1	124.00	$124.00	$2,678	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
635–720	678	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	450.00–560.00	$508.45
665–800	742	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	600.00–695.00	$643.12

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
783–935	855	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	112.50–122.50	$117.76	$1,007

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800–975	902	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	76.00–100.00	$91.53	$826

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	810.00	$810.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	680.00	$680.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	480.00	$480.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1180	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
1050–1350	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	965.00–1,000.00	$984.69

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–895	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	810.00–840.00	$825.70

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	29.00	$29.00	$57	—
365	365	1	25.00	$25.00	$91	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	—	—	14	140.00–155.00	$148.21	-20.12
75	75	—	—	1	135.00	$135.00	-33.33
85	85	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	220.00	$220.00	+87.50
100	100	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	-125.00
100–125	109	—	—	14	155.00–185.00	$167.14	-57.86
150	150	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	-70.00
150	150	—	—	6	190.00–215.00	$201.67	+11.67

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
675	675	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	720.00	$720.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
695	695	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	670.00	$670.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–25	24	23	30.00–55.00	$44.78	-12.95
50	50	3	100.00–115.00	$110.00	-33.75
50	50	2	40.00–50.00	$45.00	-98.75
50	50	28	55.00–90.00	$67.68	-76.07
75	75	8	125.00–135.00	$130.00	-35.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	9	115.00–135.00	$128.89	-51.11
85	85	1	90.00	$90.00	-90.00
100	100	4	100.00–110.00	$105.00	—
100–125	106	4	150.00–175.00	$163.75	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
25	25	18	41.00	$41.00	—
25	25	4	40.00	$40.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	53.00	$53.00	$103	—
210	210	2	42.00–46.00	$44.00	$92	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	150.00	$150.00	—

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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.