Saluda Stockyards Market Report

Saluda, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 31, 2026

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	129	264	233
Feeder cattle	104	215	165
Slaughter cattle	15	26	29
Replacement cattle	3	23	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made due to limited comparable sales. Active buyer participation on light 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
290	290	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,247	-10.00
405–445	430	3	375.00–377.50	$375.85	$1,616	-51.07
515	515	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,700	-42.21
605–610	608	2	307.50–315.00	$311.27	$1,893	-21.95
655 value added	655	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,867	—
720	720	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,998	-27.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,213	—
455	455	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,456	-15.00
460	460	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,403	-30.00
530	530	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,643	-43.94
635 value added	635	1	287.50	$287.50	$1,826	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	202.50	$202.50	$820	-97.50
575	575	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,222	—
600	600	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,080	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,250	—
375	375	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,462	-0.16
420 value added	420	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,554	—
435	435	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,566	-22.62
475–485 value added	480	2	315.00–330.00	$322.42	$1,548	—
485–495	490	2	310.00–327.50	$318.66	$1,561	-51.35
525 value added	525	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,628	—
555–590 value added	577	3	280.00–300.00	$287.27	$1,658	—
600–632 value added	616	4	275.00–280.00	$277.44	$1,709	—
680–690	685	2	270.00–275.00	$272.48	$1,866	-15.00
720–725	722	3	262.50–270.00	$267.51	$1,931	-2.49
730 fancy	730	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,117	—
751 value added	751	4	270.00	$270.00	$2,028	—
985	985	1	232.50	$232.50	$2,290	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,058	—
355	355	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,278	-10.00
430–435	433	2	320.00–340.00	$330.06	$1,429	-29.94
485 value added	485	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,528	—
475–495	487	3	270.00–305.00	$284.74	$1,387	-58.33
515	515	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,390	-70.44
545 value added	545	2	285.00–310.00	$297.50	$1,621	—
560–590	575	2	260.00–262.50	$261.28	$1,502	-69.93
695	695	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,598	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,236	-60.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	263	2	455.00–480.00	$466.90	$1,228	—
335–340	338	2	405.00–425.00	$415.07	$1,403	—
375–383	381	5	390.00–400.00	$398.03	$1,516	—
400–442	435	6	380.00–395.00	$392.70	$1,708	—
460–467	465	7	380.00–390.00	$385.00	$1,790	-35.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–388	380	4	385.00	$385.00	$1,463	-5.00
420	420	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,554	+5.00
470	470	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,645	+18.47
505–510	508	3	295.00–320.00	$309.21	$1,571	-32.96
575	575	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,668	-50.00
615–630	622	3	265.00–282.50	$270.91	$1,685	-4.05
650–665	658	2	232.50–255.00	$243.62	$1,603	—
695 value added	695	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,685	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,328	-5.42
470	470	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,222	-40.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–970	900	85-90%	2	124.00–129.00	$126.31	$1,137	—
750–1080	936	85-90%	5	132.00–139.00	$136.76	$1,280	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1285	1138	80-85%	4	140.00–148.00	$144.52	$1,645	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500	1500	75-80%	1	150.00	$150.00	$2,250	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1235	1235	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,439.00	$2,439.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1220	1220	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,700.00	$3,700.00	—

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	1	42.50	$42.50	—

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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.