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Saluda Stockyards

Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Mar 30

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961

← Mar 23Mar 30Apr 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

114 head

▼ 64 vs last sale 178▲ 28 vs year ago 86 · +32.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

39 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 19▲ 13 vs year ago 26 · +50.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 4▼ 2 vs year ago 4 · −50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons due to limited comparable sales. Moderate to active buyer participation.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $381.14/cwt on 20 head, down $40.36 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 14 comparable sales and sits −1.69 against this barn's trailing median of $382.83.

Average price

$381.14

▼ 40.36 vs prior sale

20 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,028

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$866

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$172.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.73

vs SC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	442.93	2,324	8thin
Medium and Large 2	537	353.94	1,899	10thin
Medium and Large 3	540	270.00	1,458	2thin

One grade step is worth $172.93/cwt here — about $866 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 sale20 hd

381.14

—

SC average6 barns · 121 hd

401.88

−20.73

This barn, trailing median14 sales

382.83

−1.69

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

14 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $449.95, low $306.31, median $382.83 across 14 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	1,678	213.11	3,577	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,303	182.89	2,384	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,002	166.04	1,663	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	972	149.09	1,449	5thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	885	$1,425	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	805	$1,225	1thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	275	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,059	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,988	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,881	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,193	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,415	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	532	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,341	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 3	223	371.91/cwt	365.00–380.00	829	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,495	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	305	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,052	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	320	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	992	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	420.15/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,365	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,814	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	453.32/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,877	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	397.68/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,885	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	434.03/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,227	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	524	388.21/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,034	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,214	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	593	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,224	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,198	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,059	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 3	205	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	636	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	260	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,105	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,540	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	322	484.79/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,561	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	369	546.94/cwt	545.00–550.00	2,018	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	506.18/cwt	505.00–510.00	1,923	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	462.50/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,827	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,104	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	430	409.88/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,762	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,922	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	487.39/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,218	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,465	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	444.78/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,317	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	362.16/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,919	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,365	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	347.14/cwt	320.00–375.00	1,989	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,329	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,462	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 3	915	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,059	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,560	209.67/cwt	208.00–211.00	3,271	2
Bulls	—	—	1,915	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	4,213	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	923	144.08/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,330	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	991	171.26/cwt	164.00–179.00	1,697	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,030	152.45/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,570	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	156.61/cwt	155.00–158.00	1,637	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,260	181.27/cwt	176.00–188.00	2,284	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,520	190.99/cwt	190.00–192.00	2,903	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 1	805	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	885	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	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 Mar 30, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 114Last week 178Year ago 86

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 19Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 4Year ago 4

No comparisons due to limited comparable sales. Moderate to active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	365.00–380.00	371.91
1	300–350	305	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	410.00–430.00	420.15
5	450–500	474	390.00–420.00	397.68
5	500–550	524	375.00–395.00	388.21
1	700–750	710	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	490.00	490.00
2	350–400	390	465.00	465.00
6	400–450	414	440.00–460.00	453.32
4	500–550	513	400.00–445.00	434.03
3	550–600	575	385.00	385.00
3	600–650	637	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	593	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	480.00–490.00	484.79
2	350–400	395	450.00–475.00	462.50
3	400–450	432	445.00	445.00
7	500–550	530	350.00–390.00	362.16
2	550–600	573	320.00–375.00	347.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	505.00	505.00
4	350–400	380	505.00–510.00	506.18
1	400–450	425	495.00	495.00
6	450–500	455	475.00–490.00	487.39
7	500–550	521	435.00–460.00	444.78
1	550–600	550	430.00	430.00
3	650–700	685	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	735	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	405.00–420.00	409.88
1	500–550	510	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	369	545.00–550.00	546.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	310.00	310.00
1	250–300	260	425.00	425.00
1	500–550	505	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	575	250.00	250.00
1	900–950	915	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	560.00	560.00
1	400–450	430	510.00	510.00
1	500–550	525	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	495.00	495.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	532	440.00	440.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,030	150.00–157.00	152.45
13	—	991	164.00–179.00	171.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	923	140.00–146.00	144.08
2	—	1,045	155.00–158.00	156.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,260	176.00–188.00	181.27
2	—	1,520	190.00–192.00	190.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,915	220.00	220.00
2	—	1,560	208.00–211.00	209.67

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	1,425.00	1,425.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	805	1,225.00	1,225.00

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.