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Saluda Stockyards

Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-06-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Jun 22

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961

← Jun 15Jun 22Jul 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

82 head

▼ 61 vs last sale 143▼ 61 vs year ago 143 · −42.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 26▼ 5 vs year ago 16 · −31.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made due to limited comparable sales. Active buyer participation on light offering of average quality cattle.

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 $376.73/cwt on 10 head, down $67.31 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 14 comparable sales and sits −6.10 against this barn's trailing median of $382.83.

Average price

$376.73

▼ 67.31 vs prior sale

10 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,049

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$798

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

$116.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.53

vs SC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	417.50	2,364	4thin
Medium and Large 2	534	373.75	1,995	4thin
Medium and Large 3	520	301.15	1,566	2thin

One grade step is worth $116.35/cwt here — about $798 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 sale10 hd

376.73

—

SC average6 barns · 77 hd

390.26

−13.53

This barn, trailing median14 sales

382.83

−6.10

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	—	Average	1,458	206.44	3,010	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,322	176.70	2,336	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,153	169.13	1,950	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,193	152.69	1,822	3thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	260	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,300	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,658	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,817	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,722	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,803	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	432.54/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,254	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,882	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	555	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,998	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	562	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,389	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	414.85/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,398	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	404.90/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,502	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	690	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,725	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	335.02/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,395	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	220	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,375	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	310	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,302	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	424.73/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,797	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,995	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,912	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	500	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,650	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	525	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,785	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	529	377.56/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,997	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,147	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	580	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,856	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	600	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,800	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,379	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,952	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,890	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	477.52/cwt	475.00–480.00	1,566	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	438.37/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,819	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,113	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,809	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	443.37/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,106	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,244	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	515	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,854	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,028	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	301.15/cwt	270.00–330.00	1,566	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	410.00/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,399	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,252	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	605	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,027	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,319	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	339.98/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,305	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,458	206.44/cwt	200.00–214.00	3,010	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	169.13/cwt	168.00–170.00	1,950	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,193	152.69/cwt	149.00–159.00	1,822	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,322	176.70/cwt	171.00–180.00	2,336	3

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 Jun 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 82Last week 143Year ago 143

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 26Year ago 16

No comparisons made due to limited comparable sales. Active buyer participation on light offering of average quality cattle.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,153	168.00–170.00	169.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,322	171.00–180.00	176.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,193	149.00–159.00	152.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,458	200.00–214.00	206.44

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	475.00–480.00	477.52
3	450–500	475	440.00–450.00	443.37
1	500–550	510	440.00	440.00
3	550–600	585	405.00–415.00	410.00
3	650–700	658	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	430.00–445.00	438.37
2	450–500	458	395.00	395.00
1	500–550	520	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	585	385.00	385.00
2	650–700	678	335.00–345.00	339.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	605	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	250.00	250.00
2	500–550	520	270.00–330.00	301.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	500.00	500.00
1	350–400	395	460.00	460.00
4	500–550	521	430.00–440.00	432.54
2	550–600	578	410.00–420.00	414.85
2	600–650	618	400.00–410.00	404.90
3	700–750	715	330.00–340.00	335.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	562	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	425.00	425.00
1	400–450	415	415.00	415.00
1	500–550	530	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	625.00	625.00
2	400–450	423	420.00–430.00	424.73
1	450–500	475	420.00	420.00
3	600–650	610	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	420.00	420.00
4	450–500	478	400.00	400.00
4	500–550	529	370.00–380.00	377.56
1	550–600	565	380.00	380.00
1	600–650	610	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	675	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	580	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	600	300.00	300.00

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.