Name: Saluda Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder heifers 3.00 higher, feeder bulls 5.00 higher, slaughter cows 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. Heavy offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $331.52/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 3 of 29 comparable sales and sits −65.01 against this barn's trailing median of $396.53.

Average price

$331.52

52 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,793

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$219

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

$52.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.10

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	361.19	1,903	8thin
Medium and Large 2	543	328.33	1,783	39
Medium and Large 3	545	308.99	1,684	5thin

One grade step is worth $52.20/cwt here — about $219 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $456.37, low $307.28, median $396.53 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 sale52 hd

331.52

—

SC average6 barns · 103 hd

331.43

+0.10

This barn, trailing median29 sales

396.53

−65.01

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	1,739	185.71	3,230	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,450	159.25	2,309	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,144	155.83	1,782	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,036	144.00	1,492	16

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,020	$2,325	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	945	$2,100	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$2,050	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	905	$1,975	1thin

Every lot, as filed

131 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	321.24/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,008	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	308.42/cwt	300.00–330.00	2,097	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	410.33/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,559	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	224	480.31/cwt	465.00–485.00	1,076	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	336.23/cwt	320.00–347.50	1,745	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	389.78/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,103	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	469.94/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,024	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	390.65/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,250	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	357.85/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,900	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	361.19/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,903	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	408.33/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,384	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	312.47/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,072	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,971	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	348.22/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,644	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	376.43/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,430	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	353.72/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,002	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	404.27/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,484	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	528	349.85/cwt	347.50–352.50	1,847	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	389.92/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,844	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	392.82/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,607	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	628	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,104	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	555	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,026	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	431	351.26/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,514	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	400	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,650	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	465	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,628	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	419	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,550	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	348	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,427	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	655	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,162	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	500–550	535	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,498	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	358	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,307	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	495	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,683	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	305.11/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,898	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	450	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	565	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	300–350	315	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,118	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	535	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,659	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	535	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	450–500	495	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	356.39/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,522	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	318.09/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,819	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	300	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	305	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	283	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,174	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	283	463.25/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,311	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	200	497.50/cwt	495.00–500.00	995	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	414.30/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,392	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,275	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,066	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,940	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	267	411.05/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,098	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	404.52/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,687	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,744	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	935	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,431	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	945	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	905	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,126	143.63/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,617	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	159.52/cwt	149.00–168.00	1,817	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	159.66/cwt	152.00–167.00	2,304	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,740	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,958	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	171.97/cwt	171.00–173.00	2,193	2
Bulls	—	—	1,520	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,493	1
Bulls	—	—	2,009	197.48/cwt	195.00–201.00	3,967	4
Bulls	—	—	1,596	181.48/cwt	175.00–188.00	2,896	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	400–450	410	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	861	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	750–800	786	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,383	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	772	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,683	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	151.09/cwt	143.00–156.00	1,591	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	122.73/cwt	107.00–135.00	1,210	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,310	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,834	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	862	158.12/cwt	141.00–179.00	1,363	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,707	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,310	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,253	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,920	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	3,955	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,285	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,364	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	268	313.73/cwt	305.00–325.00	841	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	334.70/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,416	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	248.67/cwt	242.50–255.00	1,890	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	220	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	322.48/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,331	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	328.98/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,046	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	305.81/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,446	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	267.33/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,778	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	435	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,610	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,178	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	821	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	355	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	335.84/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,767	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	650–700	690	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	370.69/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,739	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	635	249.96/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,587	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,067	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	347.64/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,279	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	325.09/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,538	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	517	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,396	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	325.69/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,830	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	480	347.94/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,670	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	301.39/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,724	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	354.34/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,155	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	403	371.26/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,496	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	296.72/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,522	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	386.84/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,253	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	327.76/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,422	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	387.04/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,448	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	339.99/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,972	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	376.29/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,584	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	282.47/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	300.07/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,857	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,087	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	269	357.36/cwt	340.00–365.00	961	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	426	340.01/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,448	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	653	262.53/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	771	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	267.48/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,832	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	390	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,365	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	568	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,846	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	352.42/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,350	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	341	350.07/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,194	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	377	321.70/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,213	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	372.58/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,781	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,002	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	304.91/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,293	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	477	331.70/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,582	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	292.79/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,523	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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