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Saluda Stockyards

Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, May 11

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961

← May 4May 11May 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

123 head

▲ 40 vs last sale 83▲ 27 vs year ago 96 · +28.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 29▼ 10 vs year ago 27 · −37.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 6▼ 2 vs year ago 5 · −40.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made due to limited comparable sales. Moderate to active buyer participation on moderate offering of average quality cattle.

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 $384.91/cwt on 12 head, up $16.52 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 18 of 21 comparable sales and sits +51.00 against this barn's trailing median of $333.91.

Average price

$384.91

▲ 16.52 vs prior sale

12 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,046

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,094

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$200.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.58

vs SC average

−32.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	523	410.00	2,144	3thin
Medium and Large 1	539	397.37	2,141	8thin
Medium and Large 3	500	210.00	1,050	1thin

One grade step is worth $200.00/cwt here — about $1,094 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 sale12 hd

384.91

—

SC average5 barns · 91 hd

358.33

+26.58

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

−32.20

This barn, trailing median21 sales

333.91

+51.00

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	1,635	217.00	3,548	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,398	176.03	2,461	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,088	157.45	1,713	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	969	139.03	1,347	3thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,125	$3,550	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	818	$2,950	2thin

Every lot

67 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,202	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	290	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,001	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	330	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,040	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	360	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,476	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,591	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,797	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,175	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,911	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	474.04/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,266	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,698	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	467.60/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,441	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,530	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,403	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,655	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,610	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	865	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,595	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	205	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	964	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,495	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	330	368.07/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,215	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,598	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	476.56/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,730	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	378	295.07/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,115	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	423.29/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,651	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,785	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	450.23/cwt	440.00–465.00	1,927	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	453	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,084	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,104	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	423.83/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,039	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,034	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	500	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,050	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	403.77/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,087	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,144	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	386.69/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,223	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,160	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	720	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,232	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,180	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	218	464.14/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,012	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	310	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,349	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	513.89/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,701	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	340	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,292	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	353	527.48/cwt	525.00–530.00	1,862	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,422	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	487.20/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,803	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	427.50/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,646	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,054	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	420	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,974	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	430	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,763	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,903	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,343	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	460.92/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,401	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,733	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	445.00/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,603	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	434.98/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,666	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	675	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,430	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,533	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 3	800	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,840	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	855	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,779	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2	915	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,745	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,635	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	3,548	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	898	133.55/cwt	130.00–137.50	1,199	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,088	157.45/cwt	157.00–158.00	1,713	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,110	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,665	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,295	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,383	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,419	174.43/cwt	169.00–177.00	2,475	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 2	645	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	990	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,125	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	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 May 11, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 123Last week 83Year ago 96

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 29Year ago 27

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 6Year ago 5

No comparisons made due to limited comparable sales. Moderate to active buyer participation on moderate offering of average quality cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	500.00	500.00
5	450–500	478	465.00–485.00	474.04
8	500–550	522	450.00–470.00	467.60
1	550–600	590	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	445.00	445.00
1	350–400	370	430.00	430.00
2	400–450	418	430.00	430.00
1	450–500	455	420.00	420.00
1	700–750	725	360.00	360.00
1	850–900	865	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	345.00	345.00
1	300–350	330	315.00	315.00
1	450–500	485	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	550	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	470.00	470.00
1	300–350	325	460.00	460.00
3	350–400	390	420.00–430.00	423.29
1	400–450	425	420.00	420.00
1	450–500	490	415.00	415.00
3	500–550	523	410.00	410.00
1	750–800	765	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	355.00–380.00	368.07
4	350–400	378	290.00–300.00	295.07
1	450–500	480	230.00	230.00
1	500–550	500	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	453	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	470.00	470.00
3	350–400	363	470.00–480.00	476.56
3	400–450	428	440.00–465.00	450.23
5	450–500	481	410.00–430.00	423.83
5	500–550	517	390.00–415.00	403.77
3	550–600	575	380.00–390.00	386.69
2	600–650	617	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	720	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	450.00–480.00	464.14
1	300–350	310	435.00	435.00
2	350–400	385	425.00–430.00	427.50
4	450–500	453	420.00	420.00
1	850–900	855	325.00	325.00
1	900–950	915	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	360	395.00	395.00
1	500–550	525	330.00	330.00
1	800–850	800	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	500.00–530.00	513.89
2	350–400	370	480.00–495.00	487.20
3	400–450	415	495.00	495.00
2	450–500	483	485.00	485.00
5	500–550	521	455.00–475.00	460.92
2	550–600	585	440.00–450.00	445.00
2	600–650	613	430.00–440.00	434.98
1	700–750	745	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	525.00–530.00	527.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	410.00	410.00
1	650–700	675	360.00	360.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	3,550.00	3,550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	645	2,750.00	2,750.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	3,150.00	3,150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	898	130.00–137.50	133.55
1	—	1,110	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	184.00	184.00
5	—	1,419	169.00–177.00	174.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,088	157.00–158.00	157.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	217.00	217.00

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.