Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 29, 2024

565 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 bulls $301.78/cwt +9.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,142/hd at 379 lb · 21 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $218.38/cwt +11.74 vs last sale · ≈ $1,048/hd at 480 lb · 20 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $233.53/cwt +1.87 vs last sale · ≈ $1,105/hd at 473 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	565	493	766
Feeder cattle	406	340	558
Slaughter cattle	60	96	111
Replacement cattle	18	20	21

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, all classes of feeder cattle were 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows were up to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were steady. There were moderate offerings of average to good quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	300.00	$300.00	$810	+5.00
315	315	1	300.00	$300.00	$945	+25.00
320 fancy	320	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,008	+14.98
390–395 fancy	393	2	312.50–315.00	$313.74	$1,233	—
405–435 fancy	420	2	305.00–315.00	$309.82	$1,301	+16.51
420–435	427	3	280.00–300.00	$293.44	$1,253	+23.44
450	450	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,249	+5.87
506 value added	506	6	265.00	$265.00	$1,341	—
555 value added	555	5	267.50	$267.50	$1,485	—
605	605	2	232.50–235.00	$233.75	$1,414	—
675	675	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,552	—
700	700	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,540	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	227.50	$227.50	$921	—
510	510	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,122	-5.00
630	630	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,323	+25.00
660	660	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,287	+5.00
740	740	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,480	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,100	+30.00
555	555	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,388	+14.02

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320 fancy	320	1	260.00	$260.00	$832	—
330–343	339	3	235.00–245.00	$241.75	$820	+4.18
370 value added	370	3	244.00	$244.00	$903	—
360–395	376	9	232.50–245.00	$239.24	$900	+2.11
405 value added	405	4	257.50	$257.50	$1,043	—
400–445	421	8	230.00–242.50	$237.47	$1,000	-0.23
450–494	473	18	230.00–242.50	$233.53	$1,105	+2.63
500 fancy	500	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,175	—
500–540	526	9	219.00–225.00	$220.64	$1,161	+9.07
555–560	558	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,200	+10.00
620–645	632	3	197.50–205.00	$200.78	$1,269	+3.32
650 value added	650	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,268	+3.00
660	660	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,270	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–285	283	2	220.00–235.00	$227.43	$644	—
305–345	325	3	215.00–225.00	$219.79	$714	-4.77
350–395	372	12	210.00–230.00	$224.16	$834	+21.71
400–425	409	7	215.00–225.00	$220.72	$903	+5.19
450–495	480	20	210.00–225.00	$218.38	$1,048	+11.74
500–545	522	8	200.00–215.00	$211.29	$1,103	+26.29
550–595	574	6	190.00–210.00	$197.44	$1,133	+9.98
615	615	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,168	+3.29
815	815	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,141	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	200.00	$200.00	$460	+15.00
320–330	327	3	200.00–205.00	$203.32	$665	+5.82
365	365	1	185.00	$185.00	$675	—
440–445	443	2	190.00–200.00	$194.97	$864	+9.97
460–495	477	3	175.00–190.00	$183.20	$874	-1.80
500–545	523	2	190.00–195.00	$192.39	$1,006	+27.39
655	655	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,146	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	155.00	$155.00	$961	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230 fancy	230	1	325.00	$325.00	$748	—
250	250	1	305.00	$305.00	$762	—
270–295 fancy	283	2	310.00–317.50	$313.58	$887	+11.68
300–335	314	4	290.00–300.00	$293.63	$922	+13.68
300–345 fancy	321	4	305.00–315.00	$310.06	$995	+13.08
355–390	374	8	285.00–300.00	$293.78	$1,099	+7.90
350–398 fancy	379	7	305.00–312.50	$308.15	$1,168	+3.12
360–396 value added	384	6	305.00	$305.00	$1,171	—
400–435 fancy	420	3	295.00–305.00	$298.17	$1,252	+3.17
420–445	431	11	275.00–290.00	$280.92	$1,211	+4.60
450 fancy	450	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,305	—
450–475	469	9	270.00–285.00	$276.05	$1,295	+6.05
575	575	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,466	—
667	667	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,534	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	230.00	$230.00	$460	—
270	270	1	235.00	$235.00	$634	+5.00
315	315	1	225.00	$225.00	$709	—
350–385	368	2	235.00–240.00	$237.38	$874	+12.38
420	420	1	210.00	$210.00	$882	-15.00
450–495	470	13	205.00–235.00	$217.31	$1,021	+6.28
500–540	521	4	205.00–220.00	$211.37	$1,101	-2.33
560–595	576	7	170.00–215.00	$199.36	$1,148	+4.23
620–640	627	3	185.00–195.00	$191.60	$1,201	+16.73
665–668	666	5	185.00–192.50	$189.49	$1,262	—
765	765	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,243	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	250.00	$250.00	$512	—
325–335	330	4	275.00–285.00	$278.81	$920	+22.40
360–370	365	2	260.00	$260.00	$949	±0.00
400–445	415	3	255.00–265.00	$259.82	$1,078	-5.18
470–480	474	5	265.00–270.00	$266.01	$1,261	+16.24
505–515	509	5	230.00–247.50	$243.46	$1,239	+16.34
550–560	555	2	220.00–225.00	$222.52	$1,235	+0.89
600–645	626	4	190.00–205.00	$197.40	$1,236	-2.68
650–655	653	2	185.00–195.00	$189.98	$1,241	-0.02

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1420–1480	1450	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	2,225.00–2,300.00	$2,263.28	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1165	905	85-90%	10	80.00–90.00	$85.00	$769	+3.31
895–1415	1051	85-90%	15	91.00–107.00	$100.08	$1,052	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1385	1245	80-85%	6	122.00–130.00	$125.49	$1,562	—
1105–1605	1323	80-85%	12	105.00–120.00	$113.80	$1,506	-2.60

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1590	1383	75-80%	4	112.00–123.00	$119.19	$1,648	—
1465–1650	1558	75-80%	2	131.00–135.00	$133.12	$2,074	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1620	1620	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,701	—
1445–1965	1648	4	122.00–132.00	$128.55	$2,119	—
2065	2065	1	139.00	$139.00	$2,870	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	84.00	$84.00	$609

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	48.00	$48.00	$350

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
780–915	848	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–1,025.00	$898.45
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1240	1240	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	66.00	$66.00	$818

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155	155	1	70.00	$70.00	$108	—
225–270	248	2	52.00–60.00	$55.64	$138	-35.44

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	65.00	$65.00	—
40	40	1	130.00	$130.00	—
50	50	1	115.00	$115.00	-45.00
60	60	1	135.00	$135.00	-5.00
80	80	1	225.00	$225.00	+85.00
90	90	1	240.00	$240.00	+100.00
100–120	110	2	190.00–255.00	$222.50	-107.50
125	125	1	225.00	$225.00	-105.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1000	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,825.00–1,850.00	$1,837.82	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	810.00	$810.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	140.00	$140.00	$483	—
465	465	1	155.00	$155.00	$721	—
550–585	568	2	135.00–155.00	$144.69	$822	+19.69

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	14	160.00	$160.00	$1,296	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	120.00	$120.00	$714	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10–15	14	6	60.00–95.00	$74.17	+4.17
20–25	22	7	60.00–95.00	$80.71	+10.71
30–35	32	3	75.00–125.00	$96.67	+14.17
30–35	33	2	40.00–65.00	$52.50	-30.00
35	35	1	15.00	$15.00	-67.50
40	40	2	90.00–110.00	$100.00	-20.00
50	50	1	140.00	$140.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	110.00	$110.00	-20.00
40	40	1	30.00	$30.00	-100.00
40–45	44	5	125.00–180.00	$148.00	+18.00
40–45	44	4	50.00–110.00	$70.00	-60.00
50	50	2	100.00–110.00	$105.00	-25.00
60	60	2	165.00–185.00	$175.00	+15.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
50	50	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Bred	1	120.00	$120.00	$60	—
65	65	Young (2-4 yrs)	Bred	1	200.00	$200.00	$130	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	10	55.00	$55.00	—

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	31.00	$31.00	$167	—

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
35	35	2	70.00–110.00	$90.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	4	45.00–110.00	$88.75	—
50	50	1	115.00	$115.00	—
50	50	1	125.00	$125.00	—
70	70	1	130.00	$130.00	—
75	75	1	175.00	$175.00	—
100	100	1	205.00	$205.00	—

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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.