Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Livestock Exchange / 2026-04-20

Saluda Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Apr 20
● Final124 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3790
Feeder Cattle receipts
752 head
▲ 107 vs last sale 645▲ 317 vs year ago 435 · +72.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 120▲ 51 vs year ago 84 · +60.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 45▼ 11 vs year ago 45 · −24.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers 6.00 higher, feeder heifers and feeder bulls 4.00 lower, slaughter cows 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls 1.00 lower. Moderate offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $425.66/cwt on 41 head, up $4.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 33 of 34 comparable sales and sits +41.96 against this barn's trailing median of $383.70.
Average price
$425.66
▲ 4.30 vs prior sale
41 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,278
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$642
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$113.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.96
vs SC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538443.182,38529
Medium and Large 2527401.022,1159thin
Medium and Large 3528330.131,7433thin
One grade step is worth $113.05/cwt here — about $642 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 sale41 hd
425.66
—
SC average6 barns · 96 hd
418.70
+6.96
This barn, trailing median34 sales
383.70
+41.96
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
470411352293median 383.7003/0204/2707/1309/0711/02
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $456.37, low $307.28, median $383.70 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—High1,638202.013,30912
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,427171.252,44435
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,193166.111,98233
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,139149.871,70619

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)980$2,6482thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,303$2,4763thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,110$2,3501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,213$2,3252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,182$2,3083thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,005$1,6251thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,140$2,3455
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,042$3,3783thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)850$2,9752thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)743$2,7382thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,120$2,1551thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)974$1,9524thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,070$1,8675

Every lot

124 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225606.30/cwt590.00–640.001,3643
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265580.00/cwt550.00–610.001,5372
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,7641
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340479.93/cwt475.00–485.001,6322
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360477.60/cwt470.00–485.001,7192
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375520.67/cwt515.00–545.001,95320
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2413478.88/cwt470.00–485.001,9784
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431513.30/cwt495.00–540.002,21213
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465493.31/cwt480.00–515.002,29429
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2486449.02/cwt435.00–465.002,18210
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2508380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9302
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520453.36/cwt430.00–475.002,35719
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578413.60/cwt390.00–425.002,3913
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,5367
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3585325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9011
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2613336.48/cwt325.00–350.002,0633
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615400.74/cwt390.00–405.002,4657
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,7352
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733367.20/cwt350.00–385.002,6922
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2748330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4682
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1819340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,7855
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1850320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,7201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1203508.11/cwt495.00–530.001,0313
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,1161
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3240415.00/cwt415.00–415.009961
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270539.54/cwt500.00–565.001,4576
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3279415.14/cwt400.00–425.001,1585
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,3131
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy308547.56/cwt545.00–550.001,6862
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2322456.98/cwt440.00–485.001,47112
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325510.29/cwt500.00–525.001,65811
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3327404.30/cwt390.00–430.001,3225
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364485.98/cwt475.00–500.001,7699
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373446.00/cwt430.00–470.001,66421
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3373412.08/cwt400.00–425.001,5372
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy383417.65/cwt410.00–425.001,6002
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424461.41/cwt455.00–475.001,95630
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428439.78/cwt425.00–447.501,88214
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy432397.60/cwt390.00–400.001,7184
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470451.88/cwt445.00–465.002,12430
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3473401.73/cwt400.00–405.001,9003
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480428.07/cwt415.00–440.002,05524
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy485405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9641
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3510335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7091
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517414.08/cwt405.00–420.002,1416
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524361.81/cwt335.00–375.001,89610
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3550320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7601
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577387.56/cwt365.00–400.002,23612
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2582347.36/cwt335.00–375.002,0226
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1762
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0312
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3660260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7162
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2664331.33/cwt305.00–340.002,20010
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730313.67/cwt310.00–317.502,2902
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,3491
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,4911
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2868250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1702
Feeder Cattle · Bulls35 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1216592.92/cwt565.00–620.001,2815
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2238492.52/cwt470.00–515.001,1725
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3268450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2063
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1269585.74/cwt565.00–615.001,57614
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,6081
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1309559.57/cwt525.00–575.001,7296
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy315597.14/cwt590.00–605.001,8812
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2321491.06/cwt465.00–520.001,57619
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3324443.44/cwt425.00–455.001,4377
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2371475.52/cwt445.00–495.001,76420
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374513.08/cwt500.00–530.001,91912
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375407.20/cwt385.00–430.001,5272
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1413504.80/cwt485.00–530.002,08520
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy423437.57/cwt435.00–440.001,8512
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429463.18/cwt450.00–475.001,98719
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3436428.24/cwt420.00–445.001,86715
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473459.33/cwt435.00–475.002,17324
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3476421.15/cwt395.00–430.002,00512
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,3283
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518402.00/cwt385.00–420.002,0827
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3528330.13/cwt305.00–350.001,7433
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1531444.23/cwt435.00–457.502,35923
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560397.61/cwt385.00–410.002,2272
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566439.16/cwt425.00–450.002,4866
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1617403.91/cwt395.00–420.002,49215
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618364.70/cwt347.50–385.002,2545
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,5221
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,4461
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,4851
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2713327.81/cwt310.00–345.002,3372
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3780275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1451
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2790322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,5481
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2833285.09/cwt270.00–295.002,3754
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1845330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,7891
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2880295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,5961
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3484369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,7867
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3611328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,00411
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers650–700Large 3675250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,133179.97/cwt172.00–186.002,0392
Bulls——1,305226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,9491
Bulls——1,787204.24/cwt193.00–219.003,6509
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,127160.90/cwt150.00–173.001,8138
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,147141.85/cwt130.00–147.001,62711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170175.46/cwt170.00–184.002,05312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,206160.77/cwt149.00–168.001,93921
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,406174.09/cwt168.00–187.002,44826
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,489163.03/cwt155.00–167.002,4289
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,1402,345.33/head2,200.00–2,400.002,3455
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 27702,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29303,650.00/head3,650.00–3,650.003,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29883,617.09/head3,550.00–3,675.003,6172
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1502,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 28701,819.73/head1,740.00–1,895.001,8203
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 29201,594.71/head1,425.00–1,760.001,5953
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,1202,155.00/head2,155.00–2,155.002,1551
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,2852,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,2952,274.81/head2,075.00–2,450.002,2752
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 26802,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 28053,025.00/head3,025.00–3,025.003,0251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19802,647.70/head2,600.00–2,700.002,6482
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0051,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1102,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1702,775.00/head2,775.00–2,775.002,7751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1822,307.65/head2,175.00–2,500.002,3083
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2551,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3032,475.77/head2,425.00–2,525.002,4763

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.