Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 7, 2025

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light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $361.69/cwt -5.19 vs last sale · ≈ $1,515/hd at 419 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	157	118	969
Feeder cattle	122	86	738
Slaughter cattle	25	26	129
Replacement cattle	6	4	38

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: feeder steers and heifers no comparisons due to limited sales, feeder bulls 3.00 lower based on limited sales, slaughter cows 8.00 lower based on limited sales, slaughter bulls 3.00 lower based on limited sales. Moderate offering of 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
390	390	1	377.50	$377.50	$1,472	—
430 value added	430	3	357.50	$357.50	$1,537	—
435	435	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,544	—
615	615	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,553	—
680	680	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,666	—
710	710	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,704	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	418	2	317.50–320.00	$318.80	$1,333	—
485	485	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,455	—
515	515	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,494	-25.00
715	715	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,430	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427 value added	427	3	367.50	$367.50	$1,569	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	307.50	$307.50	$1,092	—
365–370	368	2	325.00–330.00	$327.52	$1,205	—
415	415	1	307.50	$307.50	$1,276	-20.00
424 value added	424	7	322.50	$322.50	$1,367	—
465–490	478	2	292.50–307.50	$299.80	$1,433	—
500	500	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,150	—
533	533	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,146	—
580–587	585	7	272.50–274.00	$273.58	$1,600	-16.42
625	625	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,484	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–315	312	3	345.00–357.50	$349.99	$1,092	-0.01
410	410	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,332	-12.50
463	463	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,458	—
509 value added	509	7	303.00	$303.00	$1,542	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	265.00	$265.00	$928	—
545	545	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,090	—
580	580	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,305	—
620	620	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,302	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	315	2	395.00–397.50	$396.31	$1,248	+11.31
350–385	364	4	380.00–390.00	$386.93	$1,408	—
395	395	1	367.50	$367.50	$1,452	—
400–426	416	9	360.00–380.00	$362.99	$1,510	-3.89
445	445	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,558	-16.88
450–463	460	4	310.00	$310.00	$1,426	-30.35
515	515	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,571	—
555–594	581	9	280.00–290.00	$285.19	$1,657	-30.66
625	625	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,625	—
635	635	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,603	—
673–683	677	9	245.00–255.00	$248.98	$1,686	—
765	765	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,817	+5.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	—	—	2	415.00	$415.00	$1,162	—
355–365	360	—	—	2	400.00–405.00	$402.47	$1,449	-3.43
1680	1680	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	183.00	$183.00	$3,074	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	300.00	$300.00	$690	—
365	365	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,204	—
460	460	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,380	—
685	685	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,644	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1555	1239	80-85%	12	135.00–150.00	$142.51	$1,766	—
1200–1635	1418	80-85%	2	130.00–132.00	$130.85	$1,855	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–980	963	85-90%	2	124.00–127.00	$125.53	$1,209	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365	1365	1	155.00	$155.00	$2,116	—
900–1890	1395	2	181.00–195.00	$185.52	$2,588	—
1300–1965	1557	6	155.00–170.00	$166.49	$2,592	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
495	495	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	110.00	$110.00	$544
710	710	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	71.00	$71.00	$504

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	189.00	$189.00	$1,616

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,197

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	130.00	$130.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	75.00	$75.00	—
40	40	1	90.00	$90.00	—

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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.