Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle were steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. There were moderate offerings of plain to average quality cattle today with active buyer participation. Demand was light for cattle with excessive hair.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.70/cwt on 151 head.

Average price

$104.70

151 head · 479 lb average

Value per head Derived

$502

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$25.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.64

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	479	113.46	544	25
Medium 2	503	105.69	531	79
Small 1-2	440	101.94	448	35
Medium and Large 3	442	87.92	389	12thin

One grade step is worth $25.54/cwt here — about $155 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 sale151 hd

104.70

—

SC average5 barns · 566 hd

108.34

−3.64

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	1,556	81.20	1,263	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,533	54.15	830	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	947	51.83	491	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,224	50.54	618	58

Every lot, as filed

80 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	—	479	104.72/cwt	103.00–107.00	502	15
Heifers	Medium 2	—	423	106.66/cwt	104.00–110.00	451	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	121.31/cwt	120.00–122.50	400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	113.59/cwt	111.00–116.00	537	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	111.99/cwt	110.00–114.00	575	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	114.54/cwt	112.00–118.00	480	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	111.13/cwt	110.00–114.00	625	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	369	91.29/cwt	85.00–95.00	337	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	87.71/cwt	85.00–90.00	373	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	84.77/cwt	81.00–90.00	452	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	280	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	308	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	327	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	360	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	525	98.70/cwt	95.00–100.00	518	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	565	98.76/cwt	95.00–100.00	558	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	428	99.18/cwt	95.00–101.00	424	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	376	105.42/cwt	100.00–110.00	396	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	472	99.28/cwt	96.00–100.00	469	9
Steers	Medium 2	—	275	127.32/cwt	125.00–130.00	350	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	640	102.48/cwt	100.00–105.00	656	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	770	105.46/cwt	100.00–111.00	812	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	418	116.61/cwt	115.00–120.00	487	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	477	115.31/cwt	115.00–116.00	550	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	573	111.79/cwt	108.00–114.00	641	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	322	126.92/cwt	120.00–130.00	409	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	529	105.51/cwt	102.00–108.00	558	12
Heifers	Medium 2	—	624	103.96/cwt	100.00–107.00	649	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	570	105.42/cwt	102.00–107.00	601	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	371	113.68/cwt	110.00–116.00	422	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	723	93.30/cwt	86.00–98.00	675	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	661	99.99/cwt	97.00–103.00	661	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	275	116.70/cwt	115.00–120.00	321	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	511	101.87/cwt	100.00–104.00	521	15
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	574	100.44/cwt	100.00–101.00	577	7
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	475	103.86/cwt	100.00–106.00	493	7
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	419	100.84/cwt	100.00–106.00	423	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	576	93.18/cwt	80.00–99.00	537	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	471	93.46/cwt	89.00–98.00	440	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	521	89.21/cwt	80.00–96.00	465	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	600	86.00/cwt	80.00–92.00	516	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	127.87/cwt	124.00–135.00	532	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	127.45/cwt	123.00–134.00	593	10
Bulls	Medium 2	—	626	102.86/cwt	95.00–107.00	644	13
Bulls	Medium 2	—	516	108.74/cwt	105.00–112.00	561	11
Bulls	Medium 2	—	473	113.82/cwt	110.00–120.00	538	11
Bulls	Medium 2	—	423	115.81/cwt	110.00–120.00	490	11
Bulls	Medium 2	—	569	107.49/cwt	105.00–110.00	612	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	778	93.73/cwt	90.00–98.00	729	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	722	100.69/cwt	99.00–103.00	727	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	835	84.49/cwt	83.00–86.00	705	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	54.67/cwt	53.00–58.00	518	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	46.15/cwt	45.00–47.50	436	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	54.15/cwt	50.00–57.00	830	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	54.75/cwt	50.00–60.00	685	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	44.14/cwt	38.00–49.00	522	23
Bulls	—	—	1,647	85.43/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,407	5
Bulls	—	—	1,403	74.16/cwt	68.00–79.00	1,040	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	515	113.62/cwt	110.00–116.00	585	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	376	122.69/cwt	120.00–125.00	461	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	410	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	582	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	114.98/cwt	114.00–116.00	834	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	124.71/cwt	121.00–128.00	663	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	125.16/cwt	121.00–134.00	577	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	122.99/cwt	121.00–124.00	713	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	120.18/cwt	118.00–124.00	806	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	121.96/cwt	117.00–127.00	752	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	136.02/cwt	135.00–140.00	450	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	132.68/cwt	130.00–140.00	498	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	129.73/cwt	125.00–135.00	558	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	663	91.24/cwt	90.00–92.50	605	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	96.56/cwt	90.00–100.00	304	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	88.67/cwt	86.00–90.00	501	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	362	94.95/cwt	90.00–100.00	344	6
Steers	Small 1-2	—	535	105.52/cwt	103.00–107.50	565	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	333	111.53/cwt	107.50–115.00	371	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	463	103.67/cwt	102.50–106.00	480	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	384	111.00/cwt	105.00–115.00	426	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	1,018	714.82/cwt	690.00–740.00	7,277	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	1,075	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	6,558	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	895	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	4,654	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	935	435.40/cwt	420.00–450.00	4,071	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.

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

Saluda County Stockyards - Saluda, SC

Mon Sep 23, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 625Last week 386Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 113Last week 77Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 23Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	479	103.00–107.00	104.72
18	—	423	104.00–110.00	106.66
12	—	529	102.00–108.00	105.51
9	—	624	100.00–107.00	103.96
7	—	570	102.00–107.00	105.42
7	—	371	110.00–116.00	113.68
4	—	723	86.00–98.00	93.30
4	—	661	97.00–103.00	99.99
3	—	275	115.00–120.00	116.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	120.00–122.50	121.31
4	—	473	111.00–116.00	113.59
5	—	513	110.00–114.00	111.99
7	—	419	112.00–118.00	114.54
7	—	562	110.00–114.00	111.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	369	85.00–95.00	91.29
4	—	425	85.00–90.00	87.71
4	—	533	81.00–90.00	84.77
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	110.00	110.00
3	—	327	110.00	110.00
4	—	525	95.00–100.00	98.70
4	—	565	95.00–100.00	98.76
5	—	428	95.00–101.00	99.18
9	—	376	100.00–110.00	105.42
9	—	472	96.00–100.00	99.28
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	125.00–130.00	127.32
2	—	640	100.00–105.00	102.48
2	—	770	100.00–111.00	105.46
3	—	418	115.00–120.00	116.61
3	—	477	115.00–116.00	115.31
4	—	573	108.00–114.00	111.79
8	—	322	120.00–130.00	126.92
8	—	515	110.00–116.00	113.62
11	—	376	120.00–125.00	122.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	114.00–116.00	114.98
3	—	532	121.00–128.00	124.71
4	—	461	121.00–134.00	125.16
5	—	580	121.00–124.00	122.99
5	—	671	118.00–124.00	120.18
6	—	617	117.00–127.00	121.96
7	—	331	135.00–140.00	136.02
10	—	375	130.00–140.00	132.68
15	—	430	125.00–135.00	129.73
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	663	90.00–92.50	91.24
3	—	315	90.00–100.00	96.56
3	—	565	86.00–90.00	88.67
6	—	362	90.00–100.00	94.95
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	103.00–107.50	105.52
4	—	333	107.50–115.00	111.53
4	—	463	102.50–106.00	103.67
5	—	384	105.00–115.00	111.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	511	100.00–104.00	101.87
7	—	574	100.00–101.00	100.44
7	—	475	100.00–106.00	103.86
7	—	419	100.00–106.00	100.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	576	80.00–99.00	93.18
7	—	471	89.00–98.00	93.46
5	—	521	80.00–96.00	89.21
2	—	600	80.00–92.00	86.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	416	124.00–135.00	127.87
10	—	465	123.00–134.00	127.45
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	626	95.00–107.00	102.86
11	—	516	105.00–112.00	108.74
11	—	473	110.00–120.00	113.82
11	—	423	110.00–120.00	115.81
4	—	569	105.00–110.00	107.49
3	—	778	90.00–98.00	93.73
3	—	722	99.00–103.00	100.69
2	—	835	83.00–86.00	84.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	948	53.00–58.00	54.67
3	—	945	45.00–47.50	46.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,533	50.00–57.00	54.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,251	50.00–60.00	54.75
23	—	1,182	38.00–49.00	44.14
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,647	81.00–89.00	85.43
3	—	1,403	68.00–79.00	74.16

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,018	690.00–740.00	714.82
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	610.00	610.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	520.00	520.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	935	420.00–450.00	435.40

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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