Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and bulls were 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers were 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls were

2.00 lower. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.05/cwt on 131 head.

Average price

$108.05

131 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$559

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$281

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

$12.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.13

vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	613	116.27	713	22
Medium 2	514	106.92	550	91
Small 1-2	417	103.75	432	18thin

One grade step is worth $12.53/cwt here — about $281 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale131 hd

108.05

—

SC average5 barns · 522 hd

113.18

−5.13

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	—	Average	1,711	86.11	1,473	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,513	63.18	956	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	61.61	757	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	886	49.66	440	9thin

Every lot, as filed

75 lots · USDA AMS · Saluda County Stockyards - 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 2	—	427	111.44/cwt	107.00–115.00	476	15
Heifers	Medium 2	—	475	110.27/cwt	107.00–115.00	524	21
Heifers	Medium 2	—	513	108.70/cwt	106.00–111.00	558	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	111.82/cwt	110.00–116.00	635	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	108.55/cwt	106.00–111.00	663	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	675	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	700	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	896	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	595	128.75/cwt	128.00–129.00	766	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	305	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	336	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	288	114.87/cwt	110.00–120.00	331	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	473	102.01/cwt	100.00–104.00	483	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	369	102.86/cwt	100.00–106.00	380	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	520	101.52/cwt	100.00–104.00	528	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	424	101.24/cwt	100.00–104.00	429	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	245	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	319	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	755	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	808	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	593	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	646	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	668	103.49/cwt	102.00–105.00	691	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	635	105.35/cwt	104.00–107.00	669	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	718	103.99/cwt	102.00–105.00	747	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	474	116.59/cwt	115.00–120.00	553	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	282	129.11/cwt	125.00–135.00	364	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	416	120.59/cwt	115.00–125.00	502	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	317	128.10/cwt	125.00–135.00	406	9
Steers	Medium 2	—	372	128.17/cwt	120.00–132.50	477	12
Heifers	Medium 2	—	666	98.27/cwt	93.00–103.00	654	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	364	115.36/cwt	112.00–120.00	420	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	638	93.56/cwt	92.00–99.00	597	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	823	84.44/cwt	80.00–89.00	695	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	727	90.64/cwt	89.00–93.00	659	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	583	105.99/cwt	105.00–107.00	618	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	293	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	352	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	305	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	351	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	534	101.00/cwt	100.00–103.00	539	7
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	472	102.35/cwt	100.00–105.00	483	7
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	626	92.45/cwt	88.00–95.00	579	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	425	102.55/cwt	100.00–105.00	436	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	560	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	560	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	125.43/cwt	120.00–130.00	526	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	122.05/cwt	120.00–126.00	580	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	117.46/cwt	115.00–120.00	657	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	118.34/cwt	116.00–120.00	604	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	519	109.17/cwt	107.00–112.00	567	14
Bulls	Medium 2	—	467	111.17/cwt	108.00–115.00	519	14
Bulls	Medium 2	—	577	106.88/cwt	105.00–110.00	617	9
Bulls	Medium 2	—	618	103.28/cwt	99.00–107.00	638	8
Bulls	Medium 2	—	427	112.95/cwt	110.00–115.00	482	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	660	101.24/cwt	99.00–103.00	668	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	738	90.67/cwt	85.00–95.00	669	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	810	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	640	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	750	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	660	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	837	44.60/cwt	38.00–50.00	373	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	55.98/cwt	52.00–61.00	531	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	63.18/cwt	54.00–69.00	956	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	63.34/cwt	52.00–74.00	789	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,096	49.01/cwt	48.00–50.00	537	7
Bulls	—	—	1,701	94.03/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,599	7
Bulls	—	—	1,721	78.18/cwt	70.00–84.00	1,345	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	527	117.40/cwt	115.00–119.00	619	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	574	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	132.43/cwt	130.00–135.00	573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	120.64/cwt	118.00–124.00	688	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	122.28/cwt	119.00–124.00	753	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	117.86/cwt	115.00–120.00	847	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	120.15/cwt	115.00–121.00	812	20
Steers	Small 1-2	—	225	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	270	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	313	117.56/cwt	115.00–120.00	368	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	430	106.21/cwt	105.00–107.50	457	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	255	113.40/cwt	110.00–120.00	289	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	379	112.52/cwt	107.50–117.00	426	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	1,056.42/cwt	1,000.00–1,130.00	13,522	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	1,209.46/cwt	1,170.00–1,230.00	13,824	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	983	1,059.08/cwt	940.00–1,180.00	10,411	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	1,028	522.55/cwt	520.00–525.00	5,372	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,880	1

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.

South Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Saluda County Stockyards - Saluda, SC

Mon Aug 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 525Last week 942Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 111Last week 65Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 7Year ago 0

Compared to last week feeder steers and bulls were 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers were 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls were

2.00 lower. Moderate offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	427	107.00–115.00	111.44
21	—	475	107.00–115.00	110.27
25	—	513	106.00–111.00	108.70
7	—	666	93.00–103.00	98.27
6	—	364	112.00–120.00	115.36
5	—	638	92.00–99.00	93.56
4	—	823	80.00–89.00	84.44
3	—	727	89.00–93.00	90.64
2	—	583	105.00–107.00	105.99
2	—	293	120.00	120.00
1	—	305	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	568	110.00–116.00	111.82
9	—	611	106.00–111.00	108.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	123.00	123.00
3	—	700	128.00	128.00
4	—	595	128.00–129.00	128.75
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	110.00	110.00
2	—	288	110.00–120.00	114.87
2	—	473	100.00–104.00	102.01
4	—	369	100.00–106.00	102.86
4	—	520	100.00–104.00	101.52
5	—	424	100.00–104.00	101.24
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	130.00	130.00
1	—	755	107.00	107.00
2	—	593	108.00–110.00	109.00
2	—	668	102.00–105.00	103.49
3	—	635	104.00–107.00	105.35
4	—	718	102.00–105.00	103.99
5	—	474	115.00–120.00	116.59
6	—	282	125.00–135.00	129.11
6	—	416	115.00–125.00	120.59
9	—	317	125.00–135.00	128.10
12	—	372	120.00–132.50	128.17
14	—	527	115.00–119.00	117.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	127.50	127.50
2	—	433	130.00–135.00	132.43
3	—	570	118.00–124.00	120.64
7	—	616	119.00–124.00	122.28
8	—	719	115.00–120.00	117.86
20	—	676	115.00–121.00	120.15
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	120.00	120.00
2	—	313	115.00–120.00	117.56
2	—	430	105.00–107.50	106.21
3	—	255	110.00–120.00	113.40
4	—	379	107.50–117.00	112.52
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	534	100.00–103.00	101.00
7	—	472	100.00–105.00	102.35
4	—	626	88.00–95.00	92.45
3	—	425	100.00–105.00	102.55
2	—	560	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	419	120.00–130.00	125.43
10	—	475	120.00–126.00	122.05
6	—	559	115.00–120.00	117.46
6	—	510	116.00–120.00	118.34
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	519	107.00–112.00	109.17
14	—	467	108.00–115.00	111.17
9	—	577	105.00–110.00	106.88
8	—	618	99.00–107.00	103.28
6	—	427	110.00–115.00	112.95
4	—	660	99.00–103.00	101.24
3	—	738	85.00–95.00	90.67
1	—	810	79.00	79.00
1	—	750	88.00	88.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	837	38.00–50.00	44.60
4	—	948	52.00–61.00	55.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,513	54.00–69.00	63.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,246	52.00–74.00	63.34
7	—	1,096	48.00–50.00	49.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,701	92.00–96.00	94.03
7	—	1,721	70.00–84.00	78.18

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,280	1,000.00–1,130.00	1,056.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,143	1,170.00–1,230.00	1,209.46
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	983	940.00–1,180.00	1,059.08
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,028	520.00–525.00	522.55
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,235	800.00	800.00

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.

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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