Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 24, 2023

802 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $220.33/cwt +25.31 vs last sale · ≈ $930/hd at 422 lb · 20 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 bulls $222.44/cwt +27.37 vs last sale · ≈ $834/hd at 375 lb · 16 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $209.28/cwt +15.70 vs last sale · ≈ $1,015/hd at 485 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	802	651	777
Feeder cattle	560	490	572
Slaughter cattle	99	101	107
Replacement cattle	29	18	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers and bulls were 5.00 higher, feeder heifers were 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows were 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls were 8.00 higher. Average offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. ** A light demand for cattle with excessive hair. **

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	195.00	$195.00	$458	—
335–345	340	3	195.00–225.00	$214.02	$728	-0.98
355–395	374	8	195.00–230.00	$211.76	$792	+8.59
400–445	420	8	195.00–225.00	$215.76	$906	+8.92
470–490	479	4	205.00–230.00	$216.14	$1,035	+22.79
500–535	517	5	195.00–220.00	$213.15	$1,102	+5.21
550–585	572	5	200.00–220.00	$211.92	$1,212	+26.92
660	660	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,238	-7.95
715	715	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,412	+6.25

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	285	3	255.00–265.00	$258.45	$737	+33.45
310–320	315	2	250.00–260.00	$254.92	$803	+19.99
355–380	366	4	245.00–255.00	$248.72	$910	+21.68
420–428	426	6	240.00–255.00	$246.66	$1,051	+20.11
460–470	463	3	235.00–245.00	$239.96	$1,111	+18.67
595	595	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,458	+29.93
600 fancy	600	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,440	—
610–640	624	5	220.00–232.50	$223.48	$1,395	+11.74
705–725	717	3	197.50–210.00	$202.53	$1,452	-2.47

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	185.00	$185.00	$777	+3.94

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–280	270	2	220.00–225.00	$222.41	$601	+27.41
305–335	324	7	205.00–220.00	$210.75	$683	+12.73
360–395	377	13	200.00–215.00	$206.55	$779	+15.84
400–440	423	12	200.00–215.00	$209.95	$888	+16.01
450–480	468	16	200.00–215.00	$207.81	$973	+15.08
500–545	523	9	195.00–210.00	$199.42	$1,043	+9.11
565–595	582	8	190.00–200.00	$194.32	$1,131	+1.80
640	640	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,184	+0.05

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	175.00–185.00	$180.00	$405	+7.47
290	290	1	185.00	$185.00	$536	+10.00
305–345	332	8	185.00–195.00	$192.59	$639	+17.59
350–390	367	14	185.00–195.00	$190.73	$700	+10.73
410–445	428	11	185.00–195.00	$187.69	$803	+13.89
450–495	466	9	180.00–195.00	$185.55	$865	+15.53
500–540	520	15	175.00–190.00	$184.62	$960	+12.13
555–590	568	6	175.00–185.00	$179.98	$1,022	+4.98
650–690	665	3	165.00–175.00	$171.54	$1,141	+6.54

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	274	4	230.00–235.00	$232.53	$637	+17.38
315–330	323	2	230.00–235.00	$232.56	$751	+14.14
405–425	413	7	220.00–230.00	$225.68	$932	+16.44
505–515	508	3	215.00–220.00	$218.34	$1,109	+18.41
550–580	568	3	205.00–210.00	$206.70	$1,174	+4.31
600–645	616	8	195.00–200.00	$196.90	$1,213	+4.42
660–685	678	7	190.00–195.00	$191.06	$1,295	-4.20
710–740	723	3	185.00–187.50	$186.65	$1,349	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	316	5	220.00–230.00	$222.90	$704	+17.90
350–395	375	16	215.00–230.00	$222.44	$834	+27.37
400–445	422	19	210.00–225.00	$219.82	$928	+24.80
425 fancy	425	1	230.00	$230.00	$978	—
450–496	485	16	205.00–220.00	$209.28	$1,015	+15.70
500–540	516	11	197.50–215.00	$205.07	$1,058	+12.72
520 fancy	520	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,144	—
550–595	573	10	195.00–210.00	$199.07	$1,141	+5.76
600–610	607	3	185.00–200.00	$191.62	$1,163	+5.36
700–735	720	4	175.00–180.00	$176.23	$1,269	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	2	210.00	$210.00	$441	—
265–280	273	4	200.00–210.00	$206.24	$563	—
320–345	334	4	185.00–200.00	$190.06	$635	—
355–395	381	7	185.00–200.00	$192.82	$735	—
415–445	433	5	180.00–195.00	$187.02	$810	+18.03
465–495	478	4	175.00–190.00	$182.42	$872	+7.42
505–545	522	7	175.00–190.00	$182.80	$954	+7.80
585–590	588	2	175.00–185.00	$180.02	$1,059	—
605–630	618	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,051	—
650	650	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,138	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	265.00	$265.00	$649	—
290	290	2	255.00–265.00	$260.00	$754	+40.00
330–335	333	2	265.00–270.00	$267.52	$891	+47.64
360–385	369	6	255.00–265.00	$258.27	$953	+40.03
405–445	425	4	250.00–265.00	$257.50	$1,094	+43.76
450–460	455	3	240.00–250.00	$246.63	$1,122	—
505–535	529	7	215.00–225.00	$218.89	$1,158	+6.51
555–590	573	6	215.00–225.00	$218.31	$1,251	+14.99
605–635	620	4	200.00–205.00	$201.22	$1,248	-7.49
650	650	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,300	+3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1185	1073	80-85%	5	78.00–91.00	$86.12	$924	—
1015–1485	1206	80-85%	33	98.00–119.00	$108.87	$1,313	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1920	1559	75-80%	19	94.00–119.00	$109.48	$1,707	—
1430–1815	1623	75-80%	2	79.00–85.00	$81.64	$1,325	—
1785–1810	1798	75-80%	2	122.00–124.00	$123.01	$2,212	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–985	861	85-90%	9	74.00–88.00	$83.40	$718	—
815–995	929	85-90%	9	92.00–114.00	$98.22	$912	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1105	1071	4	107.00–114.00	$111.06	$1,189	—
1135–2115	1441	11	122.00–136.00	$130.28	$1,877	—
1830–1980	1905	2	139.00–140.00	$139.52	$2,658	—

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Bred Cows

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–750	743	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	675.00–770.00	$722.02
670–845	787	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	570.00–860.00	$770.51
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	780.00	$780.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–970	918	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,010.00–1,090.00	$1,049.13
960	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,090.00	$1,090.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005–1060	1033	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	950.00–1,050.00	$1,001.33
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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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	72.00	$72.00	$83	—
143–195	165	5	86.00–96.00	$90.27	$149	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	4.00	$4.00	$24	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–140	126	7	210.00–295.00	$252.86	+120.36
220	220	1	345.00	$345.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
635–975	761	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,000.00–1,475.00	$1,217.62	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985–1015	997	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,625.00–1,775.00	$1,700.13	—
1115	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1375	1375	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	155.00	$155.00	$333	—
535	535	1	137.50	$137.50	$736	—
777	777	10	173.25	$173.25	$1,346	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	16	30.00–40.00	$34.69	-10.31
30	30	7	50.00–55.00	$52.14	+22.14
40	40	18	60.00–65.00	$62.22	+32.22
50	50	11	70.00–80.00	$73.64	-8.03
50	50	5	115.00–120.00	$117.00	+35.33
70	70	1	165.00	$165.00	+55.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	12	115.00–130.00	$121.25	+11.25
50	50	4	155.00–170.00	$158.75	+48.75
60	60	3	140.00	$140.00	+30.00
80	80	7	75.00–80.00	$77.14	-52.86

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	3	80.00	$80.00	+40.00

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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.