Name: Saluda Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers 7.00 lower, feeder heifers sharply lower, feeder bulls sharply lower, slaughter cows sharply lower, slaughter bulls 1.00 higher. Moderate offering of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $322.73/cwt on 47 head, down $5.21 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 32 comparable sales and sits −71.32 against this barn's trailing median of $394.05.

Average price

$322.73

▼ 5.21 vs prior sale

47 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,763

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$34.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.11

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	341.77	1,871	21
Medium and Large 2	545	307.36	1,675	26

One grade step is worth $34.41/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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $456.37, low $307.28, median $394.05 across 32 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 sale47 hd

322.73

—

SC average6 barns · 86 hd

322.84

−0.11

This barn, trailing median32 sales

394.05

−71.32

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	1,492	186.84	2,788	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,318	161.83	2,133	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,135	159.97	1,816	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,056	140.54	1,484	9thin

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,058	$2,762	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	950	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,118	$2,458	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,220	$2,425	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	920	$2,238	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,075	$1,968	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	780	$1,775	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	790	$2,400	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	790	$1,875	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,445	$2,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,034	$3,208	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	864	$3,115	3thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,285	$2,313	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	979	$1,926	3thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	755	$1,585	1thin

Every lot, as filed

108 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	550–600	565	337.20/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,905	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	349.15/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,641	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	401.82/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,732	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	317.14/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,649	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	267	408.99/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,092	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	347.71/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,958	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	518.79/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,453	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	299.14/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,852	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	293.94/cwt	287.50–295.00	2,246	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,974	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	397.44/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,264	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	425.12/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,416	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,908	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	387.50/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,783	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	349.19/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,812	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	306.38/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,881	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	805	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	900	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,193	3,415.25/head	3,375.00–3,450.00	3,415	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,159	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	780	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	810	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	755	1,585.00/head	1,585.00–1,585.00	1,585	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,045	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	414.29/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,562	23
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,285	2,313.00/head	2,313.00–2,313.00	2,313	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,158	2,296.38/head	2,200.00–2,375.00	2,296	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,445	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	620	1,147.00/head	1,147.00–1,147.00	1,147	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,090	1,861.93/head	1,850.00–1,875.00	1,862	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	152.42/cwt	140.00–157.00	1,789	8
Bulls	—	—	1,278	176.09/cwt	170.00–184.00	2,250	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	150.85/cwt	147.00–155.00	1,637	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	880	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	850	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	357.78/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,513	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	630	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	507.84/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,412	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	313.29/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,146	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	358.32/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,860	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	163.33/cwt	158.00–172.00	1,826	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	893	3,172.27/head	3,100.00–3,250.00	3,172	2
Bulls	—	—	1,813	202.96/cwt	201.00–205.00	3,680	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	132.29/cwt	117.50–141.00	1,367	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	149.81/cwt	146.00–155.00	2,123	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,297	164.41/cwt	158.00–175.00	2,132	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,168	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	2,675.00/head	2,675.00–2,675.00	2,675	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,158	2,315.47/head	2,090.00–2,501.00	2,315	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,155	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,058	2,762.41/head	2,600.00–2,850.00	2,762	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	950	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,482	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	361.18/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,716	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	383.86/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,470	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	367.47/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,621	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	323.01/cwt	307.50–335.00	1,867	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	343.35/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,267	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	284.70/cwt	270.00–302.50	1,489	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	681	279.46/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,903	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	326.26/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,543	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	302.05/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,882	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,340	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	311.32/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,572	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	275.83/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,713	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	281.56/cwt	277.50–290.00	1,906	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	403.71/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,272	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,486	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	468	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,685	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	357.09/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,153	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	286.36/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,644	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	771	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,043	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,028	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	295.83/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,713	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	679	279.17/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,896	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	205	472.80/cwt	460.00–485.00	969	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	655	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	782	251.62/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,968	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	279	368.70/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,029	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	266.64/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,933	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	431.46/cwt	410.00–455.00	1,208	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	280.64/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,760	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,316	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	585	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	391.72/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,473	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	319.97/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,673	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	539	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	319.61/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,812	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700–750	720	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	351.56/cwt	330.00–375.00	1,673	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	522	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,409	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	480	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	389.19/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,798	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	394.94/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,663	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	332.06/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,036	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	364.64/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,546	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	416.29/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,536	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	309.32/cwt	292.50–310.50	2,199	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	376.36/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,419	12

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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