Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Livestock Exchange / 2026-08-03

Saluda Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Aug 3
● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3790
Feeder Cattle receipts
669 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 660▼ 223 vs year ago 892 · −25.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 54▲ 12 vs year ago 76 · +15.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 20▲ 18 vs year ago 20 · +90.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, all classes of feeder cattle sharply higher. Slaughter cows 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 6.00 higher. 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

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $361.93/cwt on 81 head, up $54.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 34 comparable sales and sits −21.77 against this barn's trailing median of $383.70.
Average price
$361.93
▲ 54.65 vs prior sale
81 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,949
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.05
vs SC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538376.182,02554
Medium and Large 2539333.431,79727
One grade step is worth $42.75/cwt here — about $228 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale81 hd
361.93
—
SC average5 barns · 135 hd
351.88
+10.05
This barn, trailing median34 sales
383.70
−21.77
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—Low1,552205.913,19516
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,106184.322,03930
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,500180.392,70515
CowsLean 85-90%Low939157.781,48210

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)1,283$2,7783thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,029$2,6073thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,111$2,2416
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)873$2,1502thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,050$2,4501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)845$2,0001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)880$1,9751thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,258$2,6342thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)925$1,8501thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)975$4,1463thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)957$3,32811
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)645$2,5501thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)1,140$2,5081thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)950$1,7481thin

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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3002
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3391
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323482.38/cwt465.00–495.001,5585
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy370480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,7761
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375443.12/cwt435.00–450.001,66211
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385415.26/cwt405.00–425.001,5992
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3416357.68/cwt320.00–370.001,4884
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432431.11/cwt425.00–450.001,8629
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478409.02/cwt395.00–440.001,95511
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2488381.62/cwt370.00–385.001,8629
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519386.98/cwt370.00–405.002,00821
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523320.29/cwt310.00–340.001,6754
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568370.98/cwt367.50–375.002,10713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568346.77/cwt320.00–360.001,9706
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added571390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2279
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy577270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5582
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy605280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6941
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615339.99/cwt335.00–350.002,09118
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633318.68/cwt290.00–327.502,0175
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2657310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0373
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673324.34/cwt315.00–330.002,1837
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2705270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9041
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715306.01/cwt297.50–310.002,18824
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1789306.86/cwt305.00–315.002,4218
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1853277.51/cwt275.00–280.002,3672
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220450.00/cwt450.00–450.009901
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1245477.50/cwt475.00–480.001,1702
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2272400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0883
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1279474.46/cwt460.00–490.001,3245
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy300485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,4551
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3303337.48/cwt335.00–340.001,0232
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327439.74/cwt430.00–450.001,4383
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2337383.75/cwt360.00–395.001,2933
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366391.46/cwt385.00–400.001,43310
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380330.53/cwt310.00–340.001,2563
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383370.98/cwt360.00–380.001,4215
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3441
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422373.34/cwt360.00–385.001,57524
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423352.51/cwt350.00–355.001,4912
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy455320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4561
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4951
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479366.36/cwt360.00–375.001,75529
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484340.46/cwt330.00–350.001,64810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524337.90/cwt330.00–360.001,77139
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525313.67/cwt295.00–320.001,6477
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3545240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3081
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567332.28/cwt320.00–340.001,88413
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0674
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy625249.84/cwt240.00–260.001,5622
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627303.63/cwt300.00–310.001,90411
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655293.05/cwt270.00–300.001,9195
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1451
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3765250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9131
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773287.43/cwt285.00–290.002,2222
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2225470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,0581
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1238497.58/cwt490.00–505.001,1842
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy275550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,5131
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278502.42/cwt480.00–510.001,3976
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2278435.34/cwt420.00–445.001,2104
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy333502.04/cwt500.00–510.001,6725
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2338420.39/cwt400.00–435.001,4213
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5871
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy358477.96/cwt470.00–490.001,7115
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2359396.89/cwt385.00–405.001,4255
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371441.94/cwt420.00–460.001,64014
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3420335.36/cwt320.00–350.001,4092
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427426.84/cwt405.00–440.001,82313
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430382.28/cwt365.00–395.001,6449
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475416.29/cwt400.00–440.001,97721
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485380.52/cwt360.00–390.001,84610
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522382.62/cwt370.00–390.001,99736
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523332.67/cwt320.00–350.001,74016
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2562334.53/cwt310.00–345.001,88011
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571363.30/cwt350.00–375.002,07418
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2622297.81/cwt285.00–315.001,8529
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665312.51/cwt310.00–315.002,0785
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2778244.92/cwt240.00–250.001,9052
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,3161
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,485189.96/cwt186.00–194.002,8215
Bulls——1,582213.16/cwt199.00–225.003,37211
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%881140.25/cwt135.00–142.501,2364
Cows—Lean 85-90%978169.46/cwt165.00–183.001,6576
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,106190.95/cwt180.00–209.002,11219
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,107172.87/cwt168.00–178.001,91411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,490183.02/cwt178.00–190.002,72711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,526173.15/cwt167.00–176.002,6424
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 29251,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,2582,633.70/head2,450.00–2,800.002,6342
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs9 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 26452,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 27402,725.00/head2,725.00–2,725.002,7251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 38682,625.22/head2,600.00–2,650.002,6252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29133,445.99/head3,250.00–3,650.003,4463
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 39202,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29303,650.00/head3,650.00–3,650.003,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 19502,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19984,394.61/head4,350.00–4,450.004,3952
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1484,346.66/head3,950.00–4,850.004,3473
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 28452,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 28801,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0502,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 27801,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29551,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19652,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Small 19801,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0533,022.45/head2,550.00–3,450.003,0222
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1422,354.62/head2,150.00–2,575.002,3555
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2832,777.63/head2,700.00–2,875.002,7783
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 29501,748.00/head1,748.00–1,748.001,7481
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,1402,508.00/head2,508.00–2,508.002,5081

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.