Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Livestock Exchange / 2026-07-06

Saluda Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Jul 6
● Final126 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3790
Feeder Cattle receipts
635 head
▲ 140 vs last sale 495▼ 84 vs year ago 719 · −11.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
123 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 67▼ 28 vs year ago 151 · −18.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 25▲ 20 vs year ago 31 · +64.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to no sale last week. Moderate offering of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excess hair and flesh.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $380.63/cwt on 50 head, down $3.63 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 34 comparable sales and sits +23.44 against this barn's trailing median of $357.19.
Average price
$380.63
▼ 3.63 vs prior sale
50 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,003
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$687
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$138.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.03
vs SC average
−35.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521393.852,05138
Medium and Large 2544346.391,88411thin
Medium and Large 3535255.001,3641thin
One grade step is worth $138.85/cwt here — about $687 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale50 hd
380.63
—
SC average3 barns · 96 hd
376.60
+4.03
National average149 barns · 8,242 hd
416.11
−35.48
This barn, trailing median34 sales
357.19
+23.44
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—Low1,858212.333,94610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,378187.472,58422
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,160183.492,12940
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,066144.451,5399thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,102$2,4343thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,104$2,2917
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,053$2,21510
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)795$1,9501thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,070$2,9362thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)825$2,9001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)865$2,7501thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)815$2,2752thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,413$3,0802thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,510$4,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)929$3,1136
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)747$2,7197
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)985$2,6101thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)848$1,7644thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)743$1,4452thin

Every lot

126 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1220530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,1661
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,4581
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328517.37/cwt515.00–520.001,6972
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy330555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,8321
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added339570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,9324
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373523.85/cwt510.00–540.001,9546
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418473.65/cwt470.00–480.001,9804
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added428535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,2902
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2431430.08/cwt420.00–460.001,85411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470478.16/cwt470.00–490.002,24717
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2481438.94/cwt415.00–440.002,11124
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3500350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7501
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515393.97/cwt375.00–405.002,0295
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530437.74/cwt420.00–450.002,32021
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added573449.23/cwt449.00–450.002,57413
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575421.42/cwt400.00–440.002,4235
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy590320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8881
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added616437.50/cwt437.50–437.502,6958
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2618367.29/cwt360.00–375.002,2702
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625386.11/cwt380.00–390.002,4135
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,4702
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added671425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,85212
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2678330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2372
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1743370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,7497
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2750325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4381
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,6221
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2835312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,6092
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added844322.99/cwt322.50–325.002,7265
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1863322.52/cwt320.00–325.002,7832
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,0811
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1253540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,3662
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3263404.86/cwt400.00–410.001,0652
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275462.43/cwt440.00–480.001,2724
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1317511.83/cwt490.00–530.001,62310
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327431.03/cwt415.00–455.001,40912
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2871
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364479.78/cwt460.00–495.001,7468
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2364416.58/cwt405.00–435.001,5166
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431459.58/cwt435.00–470.001,98122
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432400.22/cwt370.00–410.001,72915
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5442
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462447.87/cwt420.00–465.002,06915
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479397.57/cwt390.00–400.001,9044
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511395.72/cwt380.00–410.002,02231
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy515310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5971
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532356.72/cwt350.00–370.001,8986
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3641
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564385.58/cwt370.00–400.002,1757
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569340.00/cwt320.00–360.001,9354
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610370.05/cwt360.00–380.002,2573
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613308.81/cwt300.00–325.001,8935
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2677313.66/cwt310.00–320.002,1234
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735294.93/cwt285.00–305.002,1682
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775302.50/cwt300.00–305.002,3442
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2833264.85/cwt255.00–275.002,2062
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2850275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,3381
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3210450.00/cwt450.00–450.009451
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2225520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,1701
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1228571.92/cwt555.00–590.001,3042
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2268494.86/cwt490.00–500.001,3262
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285550.28/cwt515.00–580.001,5686
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy298600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,7883
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy318570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,8134
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318532.33/cwt520.00–550.001,6937
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3340391.83/cwt380.00–415.001,3323
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2344485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,6685
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2376464.35/cwt440.00–480.001,7464
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1384522.76/cwt510.00–545.002,00721
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424493.99/cwt470.00–510.002,09524
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427449.72/cwt445.00–460.001,9204
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy435400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7401
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472472.74/cwt470.00–480.002,2319
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480450.92/cwt445.00–460.002,1645
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy482420.00/cwt415.00–425.002,0243
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1506448.06/cwt420.00–460.002,2676
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2524395.71/cwt370.00–410.002,0746
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy531342.15/cwt340.00–342.501,8177
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy570345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9671
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575400.18/cwt390.00–420.002,30114
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1831
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2614339.13/cwt325.00–350.002,0826
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660337.44/cwt330.00–345.002,2272
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1704341.64/cwt330.00–350.002,4056
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2745310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3101
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2770300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3101
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1800315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,5202
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers600–650Large 3640180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1521
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,817215.37/cwt195.00–226.003,9139
Bulls——2,230185.00/cwt185.00–185.004,1261
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050128.57/cwt107.50–158.001,3505
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085164.31/cwt162.00–169.001,7834
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,137174.01/cwt160.00–180.001,97820
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,183192.98/cwt185.00–208.002,28320
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,357176.02/cwt161.00–181.002,3899
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,393195.39/cwt185.00–214.002,72213
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,4133,080.18/head2,850.00–3,275.003,0802
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 27251,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Small 27701,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 27951,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28302,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28951,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29951,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,0001,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1332,427.99/head2,100.00–2,750.002,4287
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2022,596.80/head2,175.00–3,075.002,5975
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2052,750.62/head2,600.00–2,900.002,7512
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs10 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 26852,544.16/head2,450.00–2,650.002,5442
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 27002,799.11/head2,650.00–2,900.002,7994
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 27302,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 27702,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29252,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0153,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0453,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 31,0602,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0903,675.00/head3,675.00–3,675.003,6751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5104,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 26531,485.59/head1,435.00–1,530.001,4862
Stock Cows—Small 26701,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 28151,690.00/head1,690.00–1,690.001,6901
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 19852,610.00/head2,610.00–2,610.002,6101
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,0432,042.40/head2,000.00–2,080.002,0422
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 26251,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18252,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18652,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0052,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0702,936.45/head2,750.00–3,100.002,9362

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.