Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 12, 2022

654 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $152.98/cwt -4.20 vs last sale · ≈ $580/hd at 379 lb · 27 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $136.96/cwt -6.37 vs last sale · ≈ $718/hd at 524 lb · 20 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $181.39/cwt +1.23 vs last sale · ≈ $745/hd at 411 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	654	1,043	602
Feeder cattle	475	919	480
Slaughter cattle	110	76	68
Replacement cattle	20	9	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week all classes of feeder cattle were steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255 fancy	255	1	214.00	$214.00	$546	+5.64
255–280	267	3	185.00–205.00	$195.13	$521	+2.12
300–315 fancy	308	2	208.00–214.00	$211.07	$650	+0.33
300–340	320	7	185.00–205.00	$195.39	$625	+6.41
350–395	369	12	175.00–205.00	$191.39	$706	+3.17
400–415	409	7	185.00–192.00	$190.10	$778	+0.91
460 fancy	460	3	190.00	$190.00	$874	—
455–485	468	3	168.00–175.00	$170.93	$800	-7.74
500	500	1	170.00	$170.00	$850	-2.31

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	170.00	$170.00	$425	+6.24
305–345	321	7	150.00–165.00	$158.26	$508	-11.63
350–380	366	9	155.00–170.00	$163.04	$597	-10.90
515–540	527	3	130.00–145.00	$139.87	$737	-20.61
550–595	573	2	125.00–127.50	$126.20	$723	-27.86
615	615	1	125.00	$125.00	$769	-25.00
675	675	1	125.00	$125.00	$844	-9.93
700	700	1	115.00	$115.00	$805	-20.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	155.00	$155.00	$318	+2.65
295	295	1	135.00	$135.00	$398	-10.00
320	320	1	145.00	$145.00	$464	±0.00
360–395	378	2	145.00–150.00	$147.62	$558	-5.00
496	496	7	135.00	$135.00	$670	—
675	675	1	115.00	$115.00	$776	-16.54

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	320	2	125.00	$125.00	$400	±0.00
370	370	1	125.00	$125.00	$462	-7.41

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	140.00–150.00	$145.00	$341	—
300–345	327	9	150.00–162.50	$156.15	$511	+3.65
335 fancy	335	2	167.50	$167.50	$561	—
358 fancy	358	3	163.00	$163.00	$584	-1.01
350–395	382	24	145.00–160.00	$151.73	$580	-2.61
400–435	417	14	140.00–152.50	$145.68	$607	-7.66
450–495	466	13	140.00–147.00	$142.28	$663	-5.46
500–545	524	20	135.00–142.50	$136.96	$718	-6.37
550–590	567	11	135.00–140.00	$135.44	$768	-14.56
600–630	616	8	125.00–135.00	$128.69	$793	-1.31
707–710	708	4	125.00–130.00	$128.75	$912	+5.42
765	765	1	122.50	$122.50	$937	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	135.00	$135.00	$310	-2.55
295	295	1	125.00	$125.00	$369	-14.62
320–340	327	3	115.00–125.00	$118.27	$387	-22.15
355–390	377	6	125.00–137.50	$131.30	$495	-5.86
400–445	422	13	125.00–135.00	$131.34	$554	-11.48
450–495	471	16	120.00–137.50	$128.08	$603	-11.81
505–530	519	10	115.00–130.00	$121.48	$630	-8.07
560–595	583	5	115.00–120.00	$115.99	$676	-11.66
605–615	610	2	115.00–120.00	$117.48	$717	-5.68
700–725	715	3	115.00–120.00	$117.51	$840	—
780–795	788	2	112.00–117.50	$114.78	$904	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–430	425	2	105.00–107.50	$106.24	$452	-6.20
450	450	1	103.00	$103.00	$464	-9.13
545	545	1	105.00	$105.00	$572	-8.03
555	555	1	105.00	$105.00	$583	-8.53
605	605	1	105.00	$105.00	$635	—
655	655	1	105.00	$105.00	$688	—
725–745	728	7	105.00	$105.00	$764	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	115.00	$115.00	$356	-7.77
395	395	1	115.00	$115.00	$454	-10.00
405–435	420	2	115.00	$115.00	$483	-6.21
490	490	1	110.00	$110.00	$539	-14.10

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405 fancy	405	3	192.00	$192.00	$778	-2.96
400–440	412	13	175.00–188.00	$178.94	$737	+3.93
450–485	477	11	175.00–180.00	$176.57	$842	+6.21
515 fancy	515	1	177.50	$177.50	$914	—
500–535	527	7	160.00–172.50	$165.72	$873	-0.13
555–575	570	5	155.00–162.50	$159.47	$909	-0.19
605–647	637	7	144.00–155.00	$147.36	$939	+1.78
650–670	660	2	130.00–135.00	$132.46	$874	-2.54
760	760	1	120.00	$120.00	$912	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	422	13	150.00–170.00	$158.83	$670	-3.40
475	475	1	140.00	$140.00	$665	-16.97
505–545	523	9	125.00–145.00	$133.02	$696	-23.61
555–585	571	4	125.00–150.00	$138.73	$792	-6.79
675	675	1	121.00	$121.00	$817	-8.11
705	705	1	110.00	$110.00	$776	-12.50
805	805	1	110.00	$110.00	$886	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485–490	487	3	115.00–125.00	$120.00	$584	-21.86
675	675	1	110.00	$110.00	$742	-17.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1410	1196	80-85%	15	52.00–68.00	$61.99	$741	—
1000–1755	1254	80-85%	57	70.00–86.00	$76.77	$963	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675–985	835	85-90%	12	50.00–64.00	$56.37	$471	—
770–960	908	85-90%	6	67.00–75.00	$71.15	$646	+7.75

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1505	1386	75-80%	5	75.00–82.00	$77.23	$1,070	—
1750	1750	75-80%	1	86.00	$86.00	$1,505	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1865	1468	6	91.00–99.00	$95.10	$1,396	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	85.00	$85.00	$667

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965	965	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	95.00	$95.00	$917

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–910	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	640.00–680.00	$661.78
865–895	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	610.00–650.00	$630.34

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1395	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	780.00–850.00	$810.30

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	2	140.00–145.00	$142.50	-32.50
70	70	1	170.00	$170.00	-5.00
115	115	1	235.00	$235.00	+68.33
120	120	2	160.00–175.00	$167.50	+0.83
210	210	1	440.00	$440.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–855	778	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	660.00–900.00	$791.96	—
865–900	883	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	670.00	$670.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1050	1013	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	860.00–1,070.00	$961.11	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
880	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	460.00	$460.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	1	72.00	$72.00	$443	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	4	40.00–55.00	$43.75	-1.25
40	40	3	90.00–115.00	$98.33	+53.33
40	40	2	70.00	$70.00	+25.00
50	50	4	130.00–135.00	$131.25	+16.25
70	70	1	217.50	$217.50	+132.50
80	80	1	255.00	$255.00	+170.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	3	110.00	$110.00	+35.00
60	60	2	160.00	$160.00	+85.00
80	80	3	190.00–195.00	$191.67	+116.67
100–125	113	2	200.00–245.00	$222.50	+30.83

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	2	50.00	$50.00	-27.00
50	50	2	40.00	$40.00	—
60	60	2	60.00	$60.00	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60	60	2	150.00	$150.00	—
80	80	2	180.00	$180.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120–145	133	2	225.00–270.00	$247.50	+80.83
150–155	153	2	285.00–290.00	$287.50	+57.50

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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.