Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Cattle were 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter Cows were 2.00 to 3.00 lower, with Slaughter Bulls 2.00 lower. Moderate offerings of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $102.28/cwt on 132 head.

Average price

$102.28

132 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$532

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$26.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.26

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	488	115.08	561	26
Small 1-2	429	105.00	451	30
Medium 2	606	101.94	617	46
Medium and Large 3	507	88.97	451	30

One grade step is worth $26.11/cwt here — about $110 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 sale132 hd

102.28

—

SC average5 barns · 456 hd

105.54

−3.26

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	1,652	82.63	1,365	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,275	54.63	697	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,185	52.16	618	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	918	50.05	460	5thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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
Bulls	Medium 2	—	668	97.98/cwt	97.00–99.00	655	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	765	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	734	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	138.81/cwt	137.50–140.00	458	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	472	113.32/cwt	109.00–120.00	535	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	418	114.74/cwt	110.00–120.00	480	6
Steers	Small 1-2	—	375	112.56/cwt	110.00–115.00	422	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	124.20/cwt	117.00–130.00	709	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	116.56/cwt	114.00–119.00	840	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	123.92/cwt	120.00–128.00	662	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	119.76/cwt	117.00–126.00	743	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	120.05/cwt	115.00–123.00	797	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	270	128.80/cwt	127.50–130.00	348	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	915	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	869	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	890	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	854	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	780	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	827	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	725	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	778	90.84/cwt	90.00–91.00	707	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	90.75/cwt	84.00–98.00	486	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	90.75/cwt	85.00–95.00	388	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	114.59/cwt	114.00–116.00	539	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	119.26/cwt	116.00–120.00	519	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	476	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	111.00/cwt	110.00–113.00	617	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	518	101.52/cwt	100.00–103.00	526	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	382	110.34/cwt	110.00–111.00	421	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	485	101.25/cwt	100.00–105.00	491	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	305	112.38/cwt	110.00–115.00	343	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	474	89.48/cwt	85.00–95.00	424	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	626	84.40/cwt	80.00–90.00	528	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	420	103.33/cwt	100.00–105.00	434	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	113.57/cwt	112.00–115.00	696	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	129.47/cwt	125.00–135.00	545	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	122.17/cwt	119.00–125.00	571	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	514	109.71/cwt	108.00–111.00	564	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	477	112.04/cwt	110.00–114.00	534	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	621	105.19/cwt	101.00–109.00	653	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	568	101.31/cwt	100.00–104.00	575	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	490	102.36/cwt	100.00–105.00	502	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	522	88.49/cwt	85.00–93.00	462	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	559	89.96/cwt	85.00–95.00	503	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	668	83.46/cwt	80.00–87.00	558	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	114.74/cwt	114.00–117.00	608	8
Bulls	—	—	1,771	86.11/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,525	4
Bulls	—	—	1,493	77.98/cwt	77.00–79.00	1,164	3
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	858	377.05/cwt	350.00–400.00	3,235	3
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	922	83.79/cwt	78.00–87.00	773	5
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	59.92/cwt	57.50–62.50	189	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	915	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	5,765	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	948	537.18/cwt	520.00–550.00	5,092	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	869	496.67/cwt	470.00–540.00	4,316	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	41.57/cwt	38.00–45.00	365	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,275	54.63/cwt	51.00–58.00	697	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	55.11/cwt	45.00–62.00	664	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	43.90/cwt	38.00–49.00	496	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	55.70/cwt	52.00–61.00	526	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	717	95.21/cwt	90.00–97.00	683	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	667	98.51/cwt	94.00–101.00	657	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	570	106.64/cwt	105.00–108.00	608	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	471	110.17/cwt	109.00–112.00	519	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	440	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	488	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	113.49/cwt	112.00–115.00	579	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	108.99/cwt	108.00–110.00	663	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	520	108.01/cwt	105.00–110.00	562	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	609	99.15/cwt	95.00–103.00	604	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	369	129.13/cwt	125.00–130.00	476	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	517	112.27/cwt	110.00–115.00	580	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	623	108.74/cwt	101.00–113.00	677	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	672	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	746	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	563	111.72/cwt	110.00–115.00	629	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	330	129.15/cwt	125.00–132.50	426	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	125.02/cwt	122.00–130.00	581	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	128.39/cwt	125.00–135.00	543	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	136.74/cwt	135.00–140.00	503	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	973	831.67/cwt	825.00–840.00	8,092	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	518	103.58/cwt	101.00–105.00	537	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	572	111.01/cwt	110.00–112.00	635	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	729	91.01/cwt	89.00–95.00	663	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	436	115.74/cwt	114.00–120.00	505	4

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 Sep 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 386Last week 443Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 101Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 16Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	668	97.00–99.00	97.98
1	—	765	96.00	96.00
7	—	514	108.00–111.00	109.71
6	—	477	110.00–114.00	112.04
5	—	621	101.00–109.00	105.19
5	—	572	110.00–112.00	111.01
4	—	729	89.00–95.00	91.01
4	—	436	114.00–120.00	115.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	613	112.00–115.00	113.57
5	—	421	125.00–135.00	129.47
3	—	467	119.00–125.00	122.17
8	—	530	114.00–117.00	114.74
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	100.00–104.00	101.31
3	—	490	100.00–105.00	102.36
5	—	518	101.00–105.00	103.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	522	85.00–93.00	88.49
5	—	559	85.00–95.00	89.96
2	—	668	80.00–87.00	83.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	137.50–140.00	138.81
14	—	571	117.00–130.00	124.20
7	—	721	114.00–119.00	116.56
6	—	534	120.00–128.00	123.92
5	—	620	117.00–126.00	119.76
4	—	664	115.00–123.00	120.05
4	—	465	122.00–130.00	125.02
3	—	423	125.00–135.00	128.39
3	—	368	135.00–140.00	136.74
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	472	109.00–120.00	113.32
6	—	418	110.00–120.00	114.74
2	—	270	127.50–130.00	128.80
1	—	915	95.00	95.00
1	—	890	96.00	96.00
1	—	780	106.00	106.00
1	—	725	100.00	100.00
6	—	369	125.00–130.00	129.13
5	—	517	110.00–115.00	112.27
4	—	623	101.00–113.00	108.74
3	—	672	111.00	111.00
3	—	563	110.00–115.00	111.72
3	—	330	125.00–132.50	129.15
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	110.00–115.00	112.56
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	778	90.00–91.00	90.84
6	—	717	90.00–97.00	95.21
5	—	667	94.00–101.00	98.51
5	—	570	105.00–108.00	106.64
5	—	471	109.00–112.00	110.17
2	—	440	110.00–112.00	111.00
10	—	520	105.00–110.00	108.01
7	—	609	95.00–103.00	99.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	535	84.00–98.00	90.75
6	—	427	85.00–95.00	90.75
12	—	474	85.00–95.00	89.48
6	—	626	80.00–90.00	84.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	470	114.00–116.00	114.59
5	—	435	116.00–120.00	119.26
5	—	397	120.00	120.00
4	—	556	110.00–113.00	111.00
4	—	510	112.00–115.00	113.49
2	—	608	108.00–110.00	108.99
1	—	695	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	518	100.00–103.00	101.52
6	—	382	110.00–111.00	110.34
4	—	485	100.00–105.00	101.25
3	—	305	110.00–115.00	112.38
11	—	420	100.00–105.00	103.33
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	57.50–62.50	59.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,771	84.00–89.00	86.11
3	—	1,493	77.00–79.00	77.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	878	38.00–45.00	41.57
3	—	945	52.00–61.00	55.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,275	51.00–58.00	54.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,204	45.00–62.00	55.11
10	—	1,130	38.00–49.00	43.90

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	858	350.00–400.00	377.05
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	922	78.00–87.00	83.79
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	630.00	630.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	948	520.00–550.00	537.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	869	470.00–540.00	496.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	973	825.00–840.00	831.67

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Saluda Stockyards

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Saluda County Stockyards - Saluda, SC

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle