Name: Saluda Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and feeder bulls 1.00 higher, feeder heifers 10.00 higher, slaughter cows 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 1.00 higher. Moderate offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $308.57/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −59.58 against this barn's trailing median of $368.14.

Average price

$308.57

46 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$319

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

$53.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.30

vs SC average

−24.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	328.67	1,804	25
Medium and Large 2	560	285.12	1,598	20
Medium and Large 3	540	275.00	1,485	1thin

One grade step is worth $53.67/cwt here — about $319 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $401.14, low $312.87, median $368.14 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale46 hd

308.57

—

SC average6 barns · 146 hd

299.26

+9.30

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−24.25

This barn, trailing median29 sales

368.14

−59.58

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	—	Low	1,613	168.70	2,721	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,466	153.52	2,250	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,095	141.89	1,553	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	130.43	1,342	15

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,265	$2,020	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,213	$1,824	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,003	$1,677	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$1,484	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,060	$1,375	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,023	$1,733	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	985	$1,600	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	660	$1,200	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	975	$1,563	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,275	$2,950	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	953	$2,298	5
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	823	$2,571	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	958	$1,425	2thin

Every lot, as filed

135 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	405	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,620	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,060	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	394.80/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,481	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,484	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	262.50/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,746	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	295.46/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,536	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	910	120.31/cwt	109.00–130.00	1,095	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,139	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	368.83/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,210	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	988	145.98/cwt	145.00–147.00	1,442	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	855	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	274.82/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,168	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	235	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	287	319.94/cwt	310.00–325.00	918	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	286.72/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,654	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	327.73/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,229	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	785	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	810	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	259.96/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,794	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	308.37/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,486	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	844	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	329.95/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,831	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	588	286.99/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,688	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	342.61/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,131	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	355.03/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,690	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	697	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,993	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	364.02/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,405	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	362.21/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,188	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	730	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,789	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	317.47/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,695	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,676	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	395	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	673	234.21/cwt	220.00–247.50	1,576	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	747	282.85/cwt	282.00–285.00	2,113	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	327.17/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,230	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	358.37/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,695	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	580	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,595	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	468	336.71/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	425	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,275	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	535	252.48/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	322.71/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,375	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	298.76/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,536	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	280.00/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,792	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	985	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,055	1,692.06/head	1,525.00–1,825.00	1,692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700–750	720	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,800	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	160.16/cwt	156.00–175.00	2,422	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	137.02/cwt	131.00–144.00	1,476	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	772	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	843	136.38/cwt	123.00–150.00	1,150	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	913	1,379.55/head	1,175.00–1,475.00	1,380	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	479	324.16/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,553	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	420.21/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,126	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	310.55/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,969	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,295	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,072	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,080	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	367.50/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,084	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	369.47/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,197	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	348.90/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,448	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	453.64/cwt	440.00–470.00	998	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	953	2,831.89/head	2,750.00–2,900.00	2,832	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	860	2,825.00/head	2,825.00–2,825.00	2,825	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	810	2,486.88/head	2,425.00–2,525.00	2,487	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,246	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,328	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,213	1,823.56/head	1,650.00–1,975.00	1,824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	290	395.00/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,146	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	347.04/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,801	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	365	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,396	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	625	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,094	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	323.61/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,877	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,275	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,023	1,732.76/head	1,700.00–1,800.00	1,733	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,265	2,020.06/head	1,725.00–2,150.00	2,020	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	894	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,491	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	258.26/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,214	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	222	407.71/cwt	400.00–425.00	905	3
Bulls	—	—	1,793	156.28/cwt	142.00–165.00	2,802	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	161.06/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,997	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,434	150.70/cwt	141.00–155.00	2,161	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	956	120.54/cwt	107.00–128.00	1,152	6
Bulls	—	—	1,735	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	3,279	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,097	1
Bulls	—	—	1,467	174.68/cwt	169.00–179.00	2,563	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,109	145.50/cwt	139.00–154.00	1,614	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,047	133.37/cwt	122.00–138.00	1,396	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	2,081	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	362.26/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,590	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	365.02/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,362	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	395	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,788	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,073	1,665.73/head	1,625.00–1,700.00	1,666	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	625	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,547	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	327.48/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	579	306.58/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,775	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	925	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	681	292.02/cwt	287.50–297.50	1,989	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	260.08/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,612	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,060	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	471	340.05/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,602	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	510	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,530	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	320.03/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,000	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	407.35/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,499	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	915	150.32/cwt	139.00–175.00	1,375	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	574	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,636	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	533	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,626	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	502	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,682	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	387.49/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	334.48/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,759	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	405.05/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,677	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	318.04/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,829	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	395	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	552	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,849	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	343.28/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,624	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	342.51/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,908	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	227	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,044	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	370.67/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,357	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	362.51/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,512	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	345	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,208	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	425.71/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,341	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	263.36/cwt	263.00–264.00	1,907	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	278.75/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,812	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,094	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	975	1,562.50/head	1,550.00–1,575.00	1,563	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	975	161.87/cwt	160.00–164.00	1,578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	311.99/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,838	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	297.51/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,815	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	302.48/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,996	2

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.

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