Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 22, 2024

372 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 bulls $346.88/cwt +13.58 vs last sale · ≈ $1,324/hd at 382 lb · 16 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 steers $278.60/cwt -4.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,424/hd at 511 lb · 14 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $251.00/cwt +12.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,323/hd at 527 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	372	771	920
Feeder cattle	250	572	723
Slaughter cattle	86	72	116
Replacement cattle	24	38	24

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made due to limited comparable sales. There were light offerings of mostly average 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
265	265	1	280.00	$280.00	$742	-30.00
335	335	1	285.00	$285.00	$955	-20.00
400–435	420	3	260.00–280.00	$271.92	$1,142	-31.73
470–480	474	5	275.00–295.00	$287.95	$1,365	—
502–517	511	14	275.00–285.00	$278.60	$1,424	-4.93
575–580	578	2	280.00–285.00	$282.51	$1,633	+7.51
600–635	618	2	240.00–245.00	$242.43	$1,498	—
658–680	665	3	242.50–245.00	$243.35	$1,618	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–480	473	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,206	-27.06
505–540	518	3	235.00–265.00	$251.78	$1,304	-23.22
585	585	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,375	-23.95
615	615	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,445	-15.06
660	660	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,452	-19.18

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350 fancy	350	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,225	—
390	390	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,306	±0.00
440	440	2	310.00–320.00	$315.00	$1,386	-8.01
605	605	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,664	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
203–240	218	4	245.00–267.50	$255.49	$557	—
350–360	355	5	245.00–260.00	$252.04	$895	-7.94
410–435	424	5	240.00–255.00	$249.93	$1,060	+0.06
450–495	478	7	240.00–255.00	$249.74	$1,194	+1.91
515–540	527	10	245.00–255.00	$251.00	$1,323	+12.03
575–580	577	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,414	—
610–630	617	3	225.00–230.00	$228.30	$1,409	+3.30
655	655	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,670	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	280.00	$280.00	$728	—
323	323	3	275.00	$275.00	$888	—
375–382	380	8	275.00	$275.00	$1,045	—
410–415	413	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,136	—
453–470	457	4	257.50–265.00	$259.43	$1,186	—
510–525	517	3	260.00–265.00	$261.65	$1,353	+9.91
565	565	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,441	+15.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	245.00	$245.00	$662	+1.87
320	320	1	235.00	$235.00	$752	-11.00
350–370	360	2	235.00	$235.00	$846	-17.42
400–440	410	4	215.00–235.00	$220.37	$904	-14.84
455–495	470	5	215.00–235.00	$225.44	$1,060	-3.24
500–530	511	5	215.00–235.00	$222.91	$1,139	-13.45
645	645	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,419	-5.00
695	695	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,355	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368–385 fancy	372	5	350.00–355.00	$354.00	$1,317	—
370–395	386	11	335.00–350.00	$343.64	$1,326	+10.34
405–440	417	5	315.00–330.00	$322.87	$1,346	—
410–422 fancy	419	4	340.00–345.00	$341.22	$1,430	—
450	450	2	295.00–305.00	$300.00	$1,350	—
500	500	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,375	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	255.00–275.00	$265.00	$782	-22.06
385–390	388	2	255.00–260.00	$257.48	$999	-25.25
410–445	430	4	235.00–255.00	$246.12	$1,058	-25.77
450–495	469	4	235.00–255.00	$242.41	$1,137	-25.00
510	510	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,250	-9.72
550–565	558	4	225.00–245.00	$240.02	$1,339	-12.45
630	630	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,386	-22.51
690	690	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,518	+5.00
717	717	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,434	-10.05

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	418	2	295.00–305.00	$300.21	$1,255	+2.34
460–480	473	3	265.00–290.00	$276.48	$1,308	-8.52
504–525	507	7	255.00–270.00	$257.22	$1,304	-11.95
550	550	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,375	-13.42
620–625	623	2	225.00–235.00	$229.98	$1,433	-18.70
725	725	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,559	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1525	1279	80-85%	7	110.00–114.00	$112.25	$1,436	—
990–1715	1313	80-85%	25	115.00–126.00	$120.98	$1,588	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1845	1119	85-90%	12	105.00–123.00	$111.39	$1,246	—
980–1610	1176	85-90%	9	50.00–101.00	$86.18	$1,013	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390–1610	1543	75-80%	4	104.00–114.00	$110.35	$1,703	—
1305–2125	1617	75-80%	15	117.00–127.00	$121.57	$1,966	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300	1300	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,716	—
1205–2105	1764	12	144.00–156.00	$150.79	$2,660	—
1900	1900	1	174.00	$174.00	$3,306	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–820	793	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	125.00–127.50	$126.29	$1,001
770–1220	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	124.00–126.00	$124.77	$1,241

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
950–1235	1093	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	106.00–122.00	$115.04	$1,257

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
695	695	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	132.50	$132.50	$921

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
650	650	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	83.00	$83.00	$540

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1205	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00
1185–1295	1240	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,450.00–1,550.00	$1,502.22
1365	1365	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1015–1090	1053	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	119.00–122.00	$120.45	$1,268
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,316

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
100	100	2	55.00	$55.00	$55	—
180	180	1	59.00	$59.00	$106	—
475	475	1	39.00	$39.00	$185	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	130.00	$130.00	-80.00
140	140	1	275.00	$275.00	+85.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00–1,500.00	$1,337.50	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
590	590	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	75.00	$75.00	+5.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	59.00	$59.00	$145	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	2	90.00	$90.00	-25.00
80	80	1	145.00	$145.00	+30.00
80	80	1	135.00	$135.00	+20.00

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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.