Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 18, 2025

256 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $415.82/cwt +13.39 vs last sale · ≈ $1,755/hd at 422 lb · 12 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $361.68/cwt +7.94 vs last sale · ≈ $1,931/hd at 534 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	256	244	261
Feeder cattle	157	201	188
Slaughter cattle	30	23	33
Replacement cattle	9	9	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers had no comparisons due to limited comparable sales, feeder heifers were sharply higher, feeder bulls were 7.00 higher, slaughter cows were 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls had no comparisons due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	375.00	$375.00	$1,275	—
415–443	439	7	350.00–385.00	$358.62	$1,574	-12.59
520–548	534	4	355.00–365.00	$359.87	$1,922	+9.00
638 value added	638	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,042	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410 fancy	410	1	427.50	$427.50	$1,753	—
435	435	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,718	—
453 value added	453	2	420.00	$420.00	$1,903	—
485	485	1	387.00	$387.00	$1,877	-13.00
543 value added	543	4	369.00	$369.00	$2,004	—
570	570	1	347.50	$347.50	$1,981	-2.50
582 fancy	582	3	350.00	$350.00	$2,037	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	297.50	$297.50	$1,844	-5.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–210	205	2	435.00–440.00	$437.44	$897	—
272	272	3	437.50	$437.50	$1,190	—
335–343	340	5	395.00–402.50	$398.98	$1,357	-1.02
355–358	357	4	390.00–400.00	$397.52	$1,419	—
400–409	408	8	370.00–392.50	$381.29	$1,556	+9.94
458–490	469	4	337.50–357.50	$352.49	$1,653	+13.78
511 value added	511	4	350.00	$350.00	$1,788	—
550–580	568	3	330.00–335.00	$333.39	$1,894	+8.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,368	+16.89
405–425	415	2	350.00–360.00	$355.12	$1,474	+12.58
520	520	1	327.50	$327.50	$1,703	+18.96
560–593	582	3	330.00–337.50	$335.09	$1,950	+8.83
748	748	2	282.50	$282.50	$2,113	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,693	—
615	615	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,491	-25.00
680–695	688	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,445	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	430.00	$430.00	$860	—
200 fancy	200	1	445.00	$445.00	$890	—
265	265	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,113	-10.00
300–335	315	7	412.50–435.00	$427.21	$1,346	+15.50
325	325	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,332	-1.71
350–380	359	5	405.00–427.50	$418.64	$1,503	+3.60
405–436	422	12	415.00–417.50	$415.82	$1,755	+13.39
460–473	465	7	382.50–410.00	$397.05	$1,846	+6.31
500–543	534	12	357.50–365.00	$361.68	$1,931	+7.94
550–575	563	2	352.50–357.50	$354.94	$1,998	+2.44
745	745	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,272	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,121	—
325	325	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,316	—
385	385	1	377.50	$377.50	$1,453	-12.50
485	485	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,770	+5.07
503	503	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,760	—
545	545	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,758	-20.41
580	580	1	327.50	$327.50	$1,900	-1.88
573–598	586	6	317.50–330.00	$323.62	$1,896	-5.76
700	700	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,030	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,424	-6.96
400	400	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,320	—
490	490	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,531	+16.02
715	715	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,770	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130	1130	80-85%	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,514	—
1135–1430	1272	80-85%	10	157.00–176.00	$169.55	$2,157	—
1400–1535	1468	80-85%	2	178.00–181.00	$179.43	$2,634	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	85-90%	1	120.00	$120.00	$690	—
890–1110	1000	85-90%	2	145.00–159.00	$152.77	$1,528	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1640	1440	75-80%	3	165.00–173.00	$167.65	$2,414	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960	960	1	174.00	$174.00	$1,670	—
1510	1510	1	220.00	$220.00	$3,322	—
1565	1565	1	199.00	$199.00	$3,114	+6.30

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Stock Cows

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
550–720	635	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	875.00–1,250.00	$1,087.60

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
655	655	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	130.00	$130.00	$852

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1195	1087	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,500.00–2,875.00	$2,644.86

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,975.00	$1,975.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	2	50.00	$50.00	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125	125	2	20.00	$20.00	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	20.00	$20.00	—
40	40	1	30.00	$30.00	—
40	40	2	20.00–70.00	$45.00	—
40	40	3	40.00–50.00	$45.00	—
50	50	1	40.00	$40.00	-45.00
50	50	2	50.00–105.00	$77.50	-7.50
50	50	1	50.00	$50.00	-35.00
60	60	1	105.00	$105.00	+20.00
70	70	1	90.00	$90.00	+5.00
170	170	1	260.00	$260.00	—

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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
1225	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00	—

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	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	40.00	$40.00	-45.00
20	20	1	25.00	$25.00	-60.00
20	20	1	52.50	$52.50	-32.50
30	30	1	50.00	$50.00	-35.00
30	30	1	20.00	$20.00	-65.00
30	30	4	17.50–45.00	$36.25	-48.75
40	40	1	45.00	$45.00	-40.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	15.00	$15.00	—
40	40	2	52.50	$52.50	—
40	40	1	47.50	$47.50	—
50	50	1	40.00	$40.00	-63.13
60	60	1	110.00	$110.00	+20.00
70	70	2	65.00–80.00	$72.50	-2.50
70	70	4	85.00–90.00	$86.25	+11.25
80	80	1	165.00	$165.00	+90.00
80	80	1	100.00	$100.00	+25.00
80	80	1	57.50	$57.50	-17.50
90	90	1	95.00	$95.00	+20.00
90	90	2	77.50–100.00	$88.75	+13.75
100	100	1	95.00	$95.00	-20.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	5	145.00–185.00	$167.00	+27.00
60	60	2	175.00–180.00	$177.50	+37.50
70	70	2	165.00–185.00	$175.00	+35.00
90	90	1	180.00	$180.00	+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.