Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Livestock Exchange / 2026-06-15

Saluda Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Jun 15
● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3790
Feeder Cattle receipts
506 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 458▲ 24 vs year ago 482 · +5.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 95▲ 4 vs year ago 75 · +5.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 46▼ 8 vs year ago 26 · −30.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers steady, feeder heifers 9.00 higher, feeder bulls 5.00 higher, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. Moderate offerings of plain to 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 $368.45/cwt on 46 head, up $19.79 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 34 comparable sales and sits +11.26 against this barn's trailing median of $357.19.
Average price
$368.45
▲ 19.79 vs prior sale
46 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,000
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.19
vs SC average
−43.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539371.732,00437
Medium and Large 2559354.991,9849thin
One grade step is worth $16.73/cwt here — about $20 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale46 hd
368.45
—
SC average6 barns · 109 hd
363.26
+5.19
National average169 barns · 9,451 hd
411.50
−43.05
This barn, trailing median34 sales
357.19
+11.26
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—Average1,576206.413,2537thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,379186.422,57016
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,152179.782,07235
CowsLean 85-90%Low961159.371,5327thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,178$2,3132thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,050$2,1382thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,042$2,0515
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)930$1,4251thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,048$2,5523thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,250$2,9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)975$3,1501thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)890$1,6552thin

Every lot

109 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,3251
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2265480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,2721
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy310570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,7671
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1313524.20/cwt505.00–545.001,6412
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2801
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy355410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4561
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5881
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added389538.98/cwt535.00–540.002,09710
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,8532
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416478.24/cwt470.00–490.001,9899
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy430400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7201
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3430370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5911
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440445.00/cwt435.00–455.001,9582
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471458.02/cwt450.00–460.002,1575
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3500320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added509430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1894
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512414.15/cwt400.00–425.002,12030
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515339.87/cwt330.00–350.001,7503
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3550275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5131
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572403.12/cwt390.00–420.002,3063
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0771
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added604412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,48837
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3061
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2637350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2303
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added718310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2264
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added773310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3964
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4801
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,4491
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1945270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,5521
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1990275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,7231
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,1161
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2240420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,0081
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1269477.47/cwt475.00–480.001,2844
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2291428.11/cwt420.00–440.001,2465
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy305495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,5101
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319467.76/cwt445.00–485.001,4927
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333427.44/cwt420.00–435.001,4232
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2401
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373418.35/cwt415.00–420.001,5603
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1393442.67/cwt440.00–445.001,74019
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422434.34/cwt420.00–445.001,8338
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427389.57/cwt370.00–400.001,6633
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5841
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462423.28/cwt410.00–430.001,9569
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added470434.27/cwt430.00–450.002,04115
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474379.31/cwt370.00–390.001,7986
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513375.40/cwt365.00–380.001,92622
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added541360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9484
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573350.99/cwt350.00–355.002,0115
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576362.15/cwt360.00–370.002,0867
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added578370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1398
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637339.97/cwt335.00–345.002,1669
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0481
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1941
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1743300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2292
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2890220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9583
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added911290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,6426
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2925250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,3133
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1215613.84/cwt590.00–640.001,3202
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2235480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,1281
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3275445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,2241
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280560.67/cwt540.00–580.001,5706
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2292486.63/cwt480.00–495.001,4213
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305486.27/cwt470.00–500.001,4834
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,5021
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy338537.48/cwt535.00–540.001,8172
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added361510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,8414
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365438.98/cwt410.00–460.001,6026
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy375522.30/cwt515.00–530.001,9592
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378472.95/cwt465.00–485.001,7885
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy405525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,1261
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420486.93/cwt470.00–500.002,0459
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added429515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,2098
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2434442.69/cwt425.00–450.001,9214
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458477.40/cwt460.00–495.002,1862
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479420.70/cwt400.00–440.002,0157
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added525430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,2581
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527411.53/cwt400.00–420.002,16916
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540358.96/cwt350.00–360.001,9389
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added550430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,3651
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2609
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628367.23/cwt360.00–390.002,3064
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2632322.62/cwt320.00–345.002,03913
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668317.36/cwt310.00–325.002,1202
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added678405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,7462
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4701
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2770285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1951
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2885270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,3901
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers850–900Medium and Large 3895187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,6781
Dairy Steers900–950Medium and Large 3915200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8301
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,576206.41/cwt190.00–215.003,2537
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%943164.43/cwt159.00–170.001,5516
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,3801
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,123170.67/cwt160.00–175.001,91716
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,177187.45/cwt178.00–198.002,20619
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,375171.64/cwt169.00–175.002,3602
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,379188.53/cwt177.00–203.002,60014
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,2502,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0482,551.51/head2,300.00–2,750.002,5523
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 37851,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Small 19301,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29552,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29751,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0302,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1452,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1502,368.04/head2,150.00–2,650.002,3683
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3252,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29753,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 28901,655.00/head1,575.00–1,735.001,6552

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.