Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Livestock Exchange / 2026-10-05

Saluda Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Oct 5
● Final124 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3790
Feeder Cattle receipts
562 head
▼ 219 vs last sale 781▼ 68 vs year ago 630 · −10.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 83▲ 15 vs year ago 87 · +17.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 24▼ 20 vs year ago 56 · −35.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 7.00 higher, feeder heifers 11.00 higher, feeder bulls sharply higher, slaughter cows 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls 7.00 lower. Heavy offering of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.48/cwt on 60 head, up $7.63 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 33 comparable sales and sits −40.00 against this barn's trailing median of $360.48.
Average price
$320.48
▲ 7.63 vs prior sale
60 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,768
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$196
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.74
vs SC average
−47.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553327.631,81047
Medium and Large 2548294.631,61513thin
One grade step is worth $33.00/cwt here — about $196 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale60 hd
320.48
—
SC average4 barns · 91 hd
314.74
+5.74
National average187 barns · 16,614 hd
367.91
−47.43
This barn, trailing median33 sales
360.48
−40.00
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

33 sales
415370326281median 360.4803/0204/2707/0608/3110/26
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $401.14, low $294.82, median $360.48 across 33 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—Low1,716168.932,8997thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,194145.921,74232
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,473142.642,10123
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,163126.091,46725

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,153$2,8052thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,330$2,5155
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,195$2,3501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,247$2,2629
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,368$2,2223thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,240$2,1001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)875$1,9192thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,025$2,1251thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)660$1,6001thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,270$2,5001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,110$2,0971thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)665$2,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)980$1,9751thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)937$2,1155
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,063$1,9162thin

Every lot, as filed

124 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,2851
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy295535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,5781
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4151
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370417.47/cwt415.00–420.001,5452
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378464.09/cwt460.00–475.001,7545
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1412418.14/cwt400.00–435.001,7236
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5441
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy440450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9801
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470406.97/cwt395.00–415.001,91312
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8134
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added505395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9953
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2508325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6512
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526351.63/cwt345.00–365.001,8505
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy545390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,1261
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2563317.60/cwt310.00–325.001,7882
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy570370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1091
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575351.79/cwt345.00–355.002,0234
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added581362.17/cwt360.00–365.002,1047
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added600360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1601
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633333.67/cwt320.00–342.502,11212
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8241
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added669333.52/cwt332.50–334.002,23119
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678315.61/cwt302.50–330.002,1407
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3721
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added793313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,4828
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2950270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,5651
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1240480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,1521
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2267423.04/cwt405.00–440.001,1305
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268496.66/cwt470.00–515.001,3315
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3274363.11/cwt360.00–370.009953
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318461.47/cwt450.00–470.001,4677
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2351
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy330350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1551
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy363459.94/cwt455.00–465.001,6706
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2561
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378422.43/cwt400.00–440.001,5978
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380362.60/cwt355.00–370.001,3782
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added417421.72/cwt415.00–425.001,7596
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423356.21/cwt345.00–365.001,5077
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426390.30/cwt370.00–410.001,66310
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3445325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4461
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474370.05/cwt350.00–379.001,75439
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478335.60/cwt320.00–345.001,6048
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy490315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5441
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519331.21/cwt320.00–347.501,71918
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525297.10/cwt285.00–310.001,5607
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572319.59/cwt315.00–325.001,82819
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575291.75/cwt285.00–295.001,6786
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added576336.47/cwt335.00–340.001,93810
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added632335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1173
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634312.60/cwt300.00–317.501,9824
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663314.63/cwt305.00–327.502,0868
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2678292.53/cwt290.00–295.001,9832
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy725325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3561
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7761
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Fleshy725215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5591
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733299.58/cwt295.00–309.002,1963
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added755325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4541
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2755233.75/cwt222.50–245.001,7652
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1181
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2818234.89/cwt230.00–240.001,9212
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,2761
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1213583.12/cwt565.00–600.001,2422
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2225415.00/cwt415.00–415.009341
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1263525.98/cwt500.00–545.001,3834
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy273567.71/cwt560.00–575.001,5502
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy316552.59/cwt540.00–570.001,7465
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325481.13/cwt477.50–485.001,5642
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy357516.26/cwt480.00–535.001,8433
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376454.50/cwt430.00–472.501,7099
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3382360.26/cwt335.00–375.001,3763
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390417.47/cwt415.00–420.001,6282
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415421.31/cwt400.00–435.001,74813
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428370.92/cwt355.00–380.001,5886
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added442442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,9567
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy445445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9801
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474400.22/cwt390.00–435.001,89727
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479363.22/cwt345.00–385.001,74011
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1517371.73/cwt361.00–385.001,9228
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529323.91/cwt300.00–335.001,71310
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568316.16/cwt300.00–335.001,79611
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1583349.85/cwt340.00–370.002,0405
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8302
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618320.36/cwt310.00–330.001,98012
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy635270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7151
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy650260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6901
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665317.56/cwt310.00–325.002,1122
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2682296.60/cwt290.00–300.002,0233
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1718299.91/cwt295.00–305.002,1532
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1421
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2782263.14/cwt262.50–265.002,0584
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2825240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9801
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1830260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1581
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2850240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0401
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420226.00/cwt226.00–226.009491
Dairy Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3450216.00/cwt216.00–216.009721
Dairy Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,0001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,460157.48/cwt154.00–162.002,2993
Bulls——1,908177.52/cwt172.00–189.003,3874
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,163120.30/cwt106.00–129.001,39914
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,164133.46/cwt130.00–139.001,55311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,181150.42/cwt143.00–161.001,77622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,222136.03/cwt130.00–141.001,66210
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,397149.64/cwt142.00–157.002,09011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,542136.22/cwt133.00–140.002,10112
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,1102,097.00/head2,097.00–2,097.002,0971
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,2702,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 38751,918.57/head1,850.00–2,000.001,9192
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1251,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1532,805.48/head2,575.00–3,000.002,8052
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1952,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2402,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2401,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2482,307.20/head2,130.00–2,575.002,3078
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3302,515.34/head2,250.00–2,800.002,5155
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4902,432.55/head2,300.00–2,550.002,4332
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 28451,800.76/head1,691.00–1,903.001,8012
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 19982,325.23/head2,135.00–2,638.002,3253
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,0631,916.32/head1,827.00–1,998.001,9162
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 26601,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0252,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 36652,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29801,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751

How this sale compares

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.