Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 26, 2022

877 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $129.05/cwt -8.74 vs last sale · ≈ $604/hd at 468 lb · 25 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $126.78/cwt -9.03 vs last sale · ≈ $661/hd at 521 lb · 25 head

heavy 4-weight S 1-2 bulls $128.04/cwt -6.96 vs last sale · ≈ $601/hd at 469 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	877	966	726
Feeder cattle	636	779	519
Slaughter cattle	124	110	90
Replacement cattle	22	35	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers to few too trend, feeder heifers were 3.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder bull were 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were 3.00 higher. Moderate 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
210–245	228	2	150.00	$150.00	$342	—
265–295	282	5	150.00–165.00	$158.10	$446	-9.38
310–340	328	3	150.00–155.00	$153.27	$503	-8.42
360–390	373	9	150.00–165.00	$154.47	$576	-8.29
450–475	464	5	150.00–165.00	$159.02	$738	-2.82
515–530	525	9	145.00–155.00	$149.66	$786	-2.42
550–595	573	7	140.00–152.50	$147.45	$845	+1.97
600–645	617	10	129.00–142.50	$134.99	$833	-8.14
650–695	669	4	131.00–140.00	$134.23	$898	-9.48
715	715	1	132.50	$132.50	$947	—
805	805	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,006	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	190.00	$190.00	$551	-1.71
320–345	328	3	180.00–190.00	$186.50	$612	+1.50
350–395	374	14	175.00–187.50	$179.17	$670	-5.47
425–435	428	5	171.00–185.00	$174.65	$748	-3.49
455–465	460	2	170.00–180.00	$175.05	$805	+0.36
500–540	520	4	165.00–170.00	$166.84	$868	+5.27
600–625	610	3	150.00–155.00	$152.51	$930	—
750–760	755	2	136.00–140.00	$137.99	$1,042	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	140.00	$140.00	$392	-2.62
325–345	332	5	130.00–140.00	$134.47	$446	-0.53
350–395	370	12	130.00–145.00	$136.41	$505	-7.37
400	400	1	140.00	$140.00	$560	+5.00
585	585	1	130.00	$130.00	$760	—
680–685	683	2	115.00–119.00	$116.99	$799	—
700	700	1	120.00	$120.00	$840	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	314	9	115.00–125.00	$117.12	$368	—
350–395	364	7	115.00–125.00	$119.32	$434	-6.46
420	420	1	115.00	$115.00	$483	-5.12

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	130.00	$130.00	$312	-10.04
270–290	285	5	120.00–135.00	$129.92	$370	-15.08
300–345	323	13	125.00–135.00	$130.78	$422	-10.14
355–395	372	7	125.00–135.00	$129.69	$482	-15.35
400–448	424	12	125.00–135.00	$130.88	$555	-8.92
450–495	468	25	125.00–135.00	$129.05	$604	-8.74
500–545	521	25	120.00–133.00	$126.78	$661	-9.03
550–595	574	15	120.00–130.00	$125.51	$720	-8.94
600–640	623	7	115.00–125.00	$120.01	$748	-6.23
650–675	661	4	115.00–120.00	$116.28	$769	-13.72
705–715	710	3	115.00–123.00	$119.32	$847	-7.18
910	910	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,001	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	280	4	140.00–145.00	$142.41	$399	-15.09
325–345	336	6	145.00–155.00	$150.41	$505	-4.28
350–395	378	14	145.00–160.00	$151.71	$573	-5.08
400–445	423	13	145.00–155.00	$148.05	$626	-6.20
500–540	516	7	135.00–140.00	$137.15	$708	-12.85
550–585	573	4	135.00–140.00	$136.20	$780	—
620–645	631	4	130.00–135.00	$132.52	$836	-2.48
655–675	665	6	125.00–135.00	$129.59	$862	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	370	4	115.00–120.00	$116.18	$430	-9.34
400–435	418	4	110.00–120.00	$113.62	$475	-12.61
450–495	471	6	110.00–115.00	$112.49	$530	-12.83
520–530	523	4	110.00–115.00	$113.73	$595	-11.27
580–595	588	2	110.00–115.00	$112.47	$661	-9.17

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	105.00	$105.00	$346	-14.16
375	375	1	105.00	$105.00	$394	-7.50
450–470	460	2	102.50–105.00	$103.72	$477	-8.78
570–585	578	2	100.00–105.00	$102.47	$592	-11.27
600–635	613	3	100.00–105.00	$103.27	$633	—
655–675	663	3	100.00–105.00	$102.51	$680	-12.49

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	425	12	145.00–160.00	$149.56	$636	-7.96
450–485	471	19	145.00–160.00	$151.35	$713	-2.38
500–540	521	14	135.00–150.00	$140.52	$732	-11.57
550–590	568	14	125.00–140.00	$129.61	$736	-15.37
600–645	624	10	115.00–130.00	$119.78	$747	-12.75
650–680	669	5	115.00–120.00	$115.97	$776	-21.53

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	420	11	120.00–135.00	$127.32	$535	-10.96
450–495	469	22	120.00–135.00	$128.04	$601	-6.96
505–545	528	16	115.00–125.00	$119.96	$633	-15.77
550–595	570	11	110.00–125.00	$115.61	$659	-16.88
600–635	618	9	102.50–110.00	$105.67	$653	-19.33
665–695	675	5	100.00–105.00	$104.01	$702	-15.99

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	413	11	175.00–185.00	$178.68	$738	+1.95
455–485	467	3	170.00–180.00	$176.71	$825	+6.94
500–530	506	5	150.00–157.50	$153.52	$777	-8.94

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–490	478	2	110.00–115.00	$112.43	$537	-9.38
550–590	573	4	100.00–105.00	$103.72	$594	-16.28

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1580	1185	80-85%	23	55.00–72.00	$64.99	$770	—
1020–1550	1234	80-85%	48	75.00–86.00	$79.04	$975	-5.16

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695–995	846	85-90%	9	72.50–80.00	$75.29	$637	—
690–995	919	85-90%	12	55.00–68.00	$62.26	$572	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1570	1463	75-80%	8	75.00–83.00	$78.37	$1,147	—
1685–1880	1783	75-80%	2	90.00	$90.00	$1,605	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1900	1478	3	80.00–89.00	$84.64	$1,251	—
1285–2085	1534	7	104.00–113.00	$109.86	$1,685	—
1515–1815	1665	2	117.00–120.00	$118.36	$1,971	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665–915	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	95.00–117.50	$109.02	$899

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
600–805	704	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	85.00–97.50	$92.90	$654

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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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	960.00	$960.00
1240	1240	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,070.00	$1,070.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645	645	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
795	795	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	510.00	$510.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
540	540	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	390.00	$390.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
115	115	1	100.00	$100.00	$115	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	55.00	$55.00	$116	—
335	335	1	10.00	$10.00	$34	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	210.00	$210.00	+46.67
80	80	2	145.00–150.00	$147.50	-15.83
90	90	1	170.00	$170.00	+6.67
120	120	3	190.00–195.00	$191.67	-0.83
180	180	1	290.00	$290.00	+90.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	55.00–65.00	$60.00	-1.67
30	30	5	40.00–50.00	$47.00	-14.67
30	30	7	75.00–90.00	$82.14	+20.47
40	40	5	65.00–75.00	$69.00	+7.33
40	40	4	120.00–132.50	$125.63	+63.96
50	50	2	140.00	$140.00	+53.75
50	50	1	110.00	$110.00	+23.75

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	5	125.00–135.00	$131.00	-4.00
50	50	2	100.00	$100.00	-35.00
60	60	2	140.00	$140.00	+5.00
70	70	3	125.00	$125.00	+15.00
70	70	5	155.00–165.00	$161.00	+51.00
100	100	1	140.00	$140.00	-73.89
115–125	117	7	170.00–205.00	$183.57	-30.32

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	8	70.00	$70.00	—
50	50	10	57.00	$57.00	—
70	70	4	75.00	$75.00	—
95	95	5	110.00	$110.00	—

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Wether Kids

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

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	185.00	$185.00	—
140	140	1	240.00	$240.00	—

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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.