Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 13, 2026

273 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $391.35/cwt ≈ $2,186/hd at 559 lb · 10 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $435.29/cwt ≈ $2,455/hd at 564 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	273	90	140
Feeder cattle	206	57	102
Slaughter cattle	29	10	19
Replacement cattle	33	4	3

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made due to limited comparable sales. Active buyer participation on moderate offering of average quality cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	570.00	$570.00	$1,624	—
320–335	325	3	535.00–545.00	$538.44	$1,750	+43.44
382 value added	382	3	515.00	$515.00	$1,967	—
385–390	387	3	520.00–530.00	$523.36	$2,025	—
410 value added	410	2	485.00–490.00	$487.50	$1,999	—
405–437	430	6	485.00–500.00	$490.75	$2,110	+2.03
550–595	564	10	420.00–440.00	$435.29	$2,455	—
680	680	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,244	—
770–785	778	2	325.00	$325.00	$2,528	—
805	805	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,616	—
860	860	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,752	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,786	—
415 value added	415	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,888	—
455–495	475	2	440.00–450.00	$444.79	$2,113	+4.79
490 value added	490	1	450.00	$450.00	$2,205	—
540 value added	540	1	430.00	$430.00	$2,322	—
547	547	2	440.00	$440.00	$2,407	—
568 value added	568	3	450.00	$450.00	$2,556	—
592	592	3	430.00	$430.00	$2,546	—
645	645	1	410.00	$410.00	$2,644	+25.00
650–675 value added	663	2	365.00–370.00	$367.45	$2,436	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,649	—
595	595	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,636	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282 value added	282	2	495.00	$495.00	$1,396	—
340	340	1	490.00	$490.00	$1,666	—
385	385	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,732	±0.00
430 value added	430	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,956	—
467–495	483	5	420.00–425.00	$423.07	$2,043	+27.99
510 value added	510	2	425.00	$425.00	$2,168	—
520–530	525	2	400.00	$400.00	$2,100	+10.00
550–590 value added	556	7	370.00–410.00	$399.79	$2,223	—
560–575	565	3	350.00–395.00	$371.65	$2,100	—
605–645 value added	625	2	320.00–335.00	$327.74	$2,048	—
645	645	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,064	—
665–695	680	2	310.00–330.00	$319.78	$2,175	—
705	705	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,551	—
785 value added	785	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,648	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	530.00	$530.00	$1,510	—
300–345	329	7	505.00–530.00	$518.32	$1,705	+4.01
335 value added	335	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,692	—
380–395	388	2	460.00–480.00	$469.81	$1,823	—
415–445	427	5	435.00–450.00	$444.92	$1,900	-5.08

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–445	435	2	350.00–390.00	$369.54	$1,607	—
485	485	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,600	—
525–540	535	3	350.00–380.00	$369.91	$1,979	—
575–580	578	2	315.00–335.00	$325.04	$1,879	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–230 fancy	220	2	650.00–655.00	$652.61	$1,436	—
280	280	1	575.00	$575.00	$1,610	—
315–330	320	5	520.00–535.00	$526.05	$1,683	-3.95
395	395	1	475.00	$475.00	$1,876	-19.87
400–445	432	7	450.00–460.00	$457.07	$1,975	—
450–485	463	6	440.00–460.00	$451.50	$2,090	—
510–540	530	3	410.00–430.00	$416.79	$2,209	—
560	560	1	410.00	$410.00	$2,296	—
650–680	665	2	335.00–340.00	$337.56	$2,245	—
750	750	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,362	-15.00
995	995	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,686	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,541	—
365	365	2	460.00	$460.00	$1,679	+10.00
410–420	417	3	430.00–445.00	$434.92	$1,814	-0.08
472–480	474	5	425.00–437.50	$433.97	$2,057	+3.97
505–535	522	7	400.00–420.00	$409.27	$2,136	-0.73
565	565	1	420.00	$420.00	$2,373	+40.00
610	610	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,044	—
655	655	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,194	—
710 value added	710	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,201	—
870	870	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,001	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	350.00	$350.00	$998	—
340	340	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,292	—
490	490	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,690	—
540	540	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,052	—
555–575	565	3	330.00–360.00	$344.91	$1,949	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1205	1205	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1565	1052	80-85%	14	162.00–180.00	$173.21	$1,822	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1560	1262	75-80%	6	177.00–186.00	$181.96	$2,296	+0.53

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1010	965	85-90%	2	144.00–151.00	$147.66	$1,425	—
1005	1005	85-90%	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,397	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165	1165	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,864	—
1225–1600	1413	2	207.50–215.00	$211.75	$2,992	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
917	917	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	2,300.00	$2,300.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1180–1405	1293	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	3,100.00	$3,100.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	95.00	$95.00	+40.00

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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
1205	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,150.00	$4,150.00	—
1190–1310	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	4,100.00–4,300.00	$4,204.80	—
1285	1285	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,450.00	$4,450.00	—
1390	1390	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,300.00	$4,300.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1005–1235	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	4,200.00–4,350.00	$4,267.30	—
1090–1170	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	4,025.00–4,050.00	$4,037.06	—
1195	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,350.00	$4,350.00	—

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,450.00	$4,450.00	—
1025	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,100.00	$4,100.00	—
1085	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,750.00	$3,750.00	—
1155	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,950.00	$3,950.00	—
1170	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,550.00	$4,550.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
755–875	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,050.00–3,350.00	$3,211.04	—
895	895	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
925	925	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	4,000.00	$4,000.00	—
1205	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	4,150.00	$4,150.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	1	90.00	$90.00	+38.75
70	70	2	130.00	$130.00	+50.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	110.00	$110.00	-5.00

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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.