Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Livestock Exchange / 2026-01-12

Saluda Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Jan 12
● Final156 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3790
Feeder Cattle receipts
865 head
▲ 178 vs last sale 687▲ 865 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
187 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 148▲ 187 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 38▲ 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sharply higher, feeder heifers unevenly steady, feeder bulls 6.00 higher, slaughter cows 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls 1.00 higher. Heavy offerings of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $343.68/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 16 of 34 comparable sales and sits −13.51 against this barn's trailing median of $357.19.
Average price
$343.68
65 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,893
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.03
vs SC average
−69.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539362.351,95230
Medium and Large 2561327.691,83835
One grade step is worth $34.66/cwt here — about $114 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale65 hd
343.68
—
SC average6 barns · 149 hd
343.71
−0.03
National average188 barns · 26,809 hd
413.48
−69.80
This barn, trailing median34 sales
357.19
−13.51
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
415370326281median 357.1903/0204/2707/1309/0711/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $401.14, low $294.82, median $357.19 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,697188.333,19617
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,428162.902,32736
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,234159.081,96370
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,042137.271,43117

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$2,6501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,117$2,3929
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,081$2,35711
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,178$1,8622thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)948$1,4423thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,015$2,6251thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)938$2,4602thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)888$2,2502thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)900$2,4001thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,018$1,9752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,214$3,1294thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)840$2,2519
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)1,058$2,1599
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,098$1,9599
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,155$1,7501thin

Every lot

156 lots · USDA AMS · Saluda Livestock Exchange - Saluda, SC
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,2001
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,4941
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy293587.56/cwt580.00–595.001,7222
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy328541.68/cwt520.00–590.001,7773
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,6731
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368438.33/cwt420.00–455.001,6132
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381473.88/cwt465.00–490.001,8059
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,7821
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy413498.28/cwt490.00–510.002,0586
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added416491.39/cwt485.00–500.002,04416
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434475.48/cwt460.00–480.002,06410
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472467.75/cwt465.00–480.002,2087
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2484433.36/cwt425.00–455.002,0977
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy485570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,7651
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy500420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515367.45/cwt365.00–370.001,8922
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added516420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1679
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520408.98/cwt390.00–415.002,12713
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy545340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8531
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added571406.71/cwt400.00–415.002,3229
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy575300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7251
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577388.37/cwt380.00–395.002,2419
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added585350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0481
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615347.56/cwt340.00–355.002,1372
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,4061
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2677333.30/cwt320.00–340.002,2563
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4621
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764343.48/cwt337.50–347.502,6245
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2785320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2225430.00/cwt430.00–430.009682
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy229527.92/cwt500.00–605.001,2094
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235472.09/cwt455.00–485.001,1093
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy263508.65/cwt490.00–525.001,3385
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273419.94/cwt405.00–440.001,1463
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1281476.10/cwt450.00–485.001,3387
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3290380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1021
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319442.24/cwt425.00–450.001,4119
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy322467.68/cwt460.00–485.001,5069
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3338362.44/cwt355.00–370.001,2252
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy376463.56/cwt450.00–480.001,74320
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3378330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2472
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379426.87/cwt410.00–440.001,61816
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379393.95/cwt380.00–405.001,4939
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added412460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,8955
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy415360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4941
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2416382.08/cwt370.00–400.001,5897
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy419450.35/cwt445.00–465.001,8879
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426424.82/cwt400.00–440.001,81041
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3426350.19/cwt335.00–360.001,4924
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469417.99/cwt400.00–428.001,96047
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3471343.90/cwt325.00–355.001,6204
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy475440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0901
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477385.14/cwt360.00–395.001,8379
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy508398.44/cwt385.00–405.002,0243
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added510380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9384
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524363.47/cwt350.00–375.001,9059
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528333.38/cwt320.00–340.001,7609
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy540300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6201
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563348.85/cwt340.00–365.001,96414
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy570294.82/cwt290.00–300.001,6802
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574329.52/cwt305.00–340.001,89123
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy620290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7981
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625317.23/cwt307.50–330.001,98316
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3640290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8561
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1648335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1712
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1951
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2702307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,1593
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2775
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1768290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2272
Feeder Cattle · Bulls43 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3210380.00/cwt380.00–380.007981
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1218524.20/cwt515.00–535.001,1432
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2220431.67/cwt415.00–440.009503
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy233570.98/cwt550.00–595.001,3309
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3250390.00/cwt390.00–390.009751
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273532.64/cwt515.00–545.001,4546
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy278569.43/cwt550.00–605.001,58313
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2278465.18/cwt450.00–475.001,2933
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3310360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1161
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy317544.85/cwt510.00–565.001,72714
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320490.01/cwt470.00–505.001,56810
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328448.65/cwt435.00–460.001,4727
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy361506.11/cwt495.00–535.001,8278
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3370367.57/cwt355.00–380.001,3604
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy373398.13/cwt390.00–405.001,4853
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1381469.29/cwt460.00–490.001,78836
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2383440.21/cwt415.00–450.001,68613
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy415492.52/cwt490.00–495.002,0444
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420423.92/cwt400.00–440.001,78018
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425372.79/cwt360.00–385.001,5842
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426469.42/cwt450.00–485.002,0008
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy435384.77/cwt365.00–395.001,6743
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1461464.54/cwt455.00–475.002,14212
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475420.52/cwt395.00–445.001,99712
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3483357.51/cwt355.00–360.001,7272
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy490388.02/cwt380.00–390.001,90110
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510391.45/cwt380.00–410.001,99614
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527362.41/cwt335.00–375.001,91015
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy535330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7661
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3560300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6801
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578350.75/cwt335.00–370.002,02728
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy588317.40/cwt310.00–325.001,8662
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1622356.60/cwt350.00–365.002,2183
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy623305.00/cwt300.00–310.001,9003
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2626330.47/cwt320.00–347.502,0698
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy670285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9101
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2671318.79/cwt300.00–335.002,1398
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3690290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0011
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,2541
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0081
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3745280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0861
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1755320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4161
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2795280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2261
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers500–550Medium and Large 3515210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0821
Dairy Steers700–750Large 3740220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6281
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,480174.88/cwt166.00–179.002,5886
Bulls——1,815195.67/cwt184.00–205.003,55111
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003134.79/cwt118.00–146.001,35214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,195152.16/cwt139.00–159.001,81837
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,225148.85/cwt148.00–150.001,8233
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,277166.84/cwt160.00–177.002,13133
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,335185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,4701
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,408164.65/cwt160.00–176.002,31825
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,488156.31/cwt150.00–159.002,32610
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 19002,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,0181,974.69/head1,950.00–2,000.001,9752
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 36251,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 27452,087.50/head2,075.00–2,100.002,0882
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 27571,926.76/head1,850.00–2,025.001,9273
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29352,975.00/head2,975.00–2,975.002,9751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0402,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2003,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2143,128.66/head2,900.00–3,475.003,1294
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 26101,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred Cows—Small 2670800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19002,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 39701,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0562,282.38/head2,000.00–2,575.002,2826
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0682,355.41/head2,175.00–2,475.002,3555
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,0751,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1781,862.42/head1,825.00–1,900.001,8622
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1892,629.23/head2,500.00–2,825.002,6295
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2052,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3203,104.36/head2,525.00–3,475.003,1042
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows8 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 27101,174.47/head1,100.00–1,250.001,1742
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2800285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2801
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 39951,682.04/head1,575.00–1,775.001,6822
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 31,0081,701.16/head1,675.00–1,750.001,7013
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,0832,387.77/head2,350.00–2,450.002,3886
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,1551,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,160166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,9261
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,2952,384.05/head2,175.00–2,550.002,3845
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2730302.40/cwt300.00–305.002,2082
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 28751,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19002,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19382,459.67/head2,225.00–2,725.002,4602
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0152,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6251

This sale against other markets

South Carolina weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.