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Saluda Stockyards

Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Feb 16

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961

← Feb 9Feb 16Feb 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

45 head

▼ 105 vs last sale 150▼ 5 vs year ago 50 · −10.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 19▼ 11 vs year ago 23 · −47.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 3▼ 9 vs year ago 11 · −81.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $368.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 15 of 21 comparable sales and sits +34.08 against this barn's trailing median of $333.91.

Average price

$368.00

5 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,066

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$469

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$71.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.72

vs SC average

−61.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	396.66	2,257	3thin
Medium and Large 2	550	325.00	1,788	2thin

One grade step is worth $71.66/cwt here — about $469 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 sale5 hd

368.00

—

SC average6 barns · 93 hd

362.27

+5.72

National average184 barns · 15,729 hd

429.17

−61.17

This barn, trailing median21 sales

333.91

+34.08

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

21 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $398.73, low $279.94, median $333.91 across 21 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,545	180.00	2,781	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,593	199.39	3,176	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,243	167.73	2,085	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	790	137.75	1,088	2thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,115	$2,075	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	735	$1,200	1thin

Every lot

34 lots · USDA AMS · Saluda Stockyards - 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	250	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,600	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	445	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,514	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,328	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	847	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,732	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,914	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	245	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,397	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	250	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,413	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	522.48/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,902	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,944	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,064	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,788	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	396.66/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,257	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,860	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,194	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	820	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,255	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	850	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,019	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,080	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	335	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,156	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	643.84/cwt	600.00–660.00	2,299	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	566.43/cwt	545.00–590.00	2,379	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,209	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	510	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,219	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	580	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,305	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,426	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,186	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	870	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,270	1
Bulls	—	—	2,220	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	4,751	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	735	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	904	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	845	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,289	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,243	167.73/cwt	160.00–175.00	2,085	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,517	202.85/cwt	200.00–207.00	3,077	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,820	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	3,440	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	735	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,115	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1

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.

South Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Saluda Stockyards - Saluda, SC

Mon Feb 16, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Columbia, SC (LS-CO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 45Last week 150Year ago 50

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 19Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 3Year ago 11

No comparisons due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	650.00	650.00
5	350–400	357	600.00–660.00	643.84
2	400–450	420	545.00–590.00	566.43
1	450–500	475	465.00	465.00
1	600–650	630	385.00	385.00
1	900–950	930	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	570.00	570.00
1	250–300	250	565.00	565.00
6	350–400	364	510.00–530.00	522.48
1	400–450	405	480.00	480.00
1	450–500	480	430.00	430.00
3	550–600	569	390.00–400.00	396.66
2	650–700	675	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	550	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	600	310.00	310.00
1	800–850	820	275.00	275.00
1	850–900	850	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	640.00	640.00
2	450–500	485	480.00	480.00
3	800–850	847	322.50	322.50
1	900–950	940	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	565.00	565.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	2,075.00	2,075.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	735	1,200.00	1,200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,220	214.00	214.00
1	—	870	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,820	189.00	189.00
3	—	1,517	200.00–207.00	202.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	152.50	152.50
1	—	735	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,243	160.00–175.00	167.73

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.