Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light 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 $93.64/cwt on 14 head.

Average price

$93.64

14 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$559

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$34.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.09

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	567	102.83	583	6thin
Medium and Large 2	605	92.83	562	6thin
Medium and Large 3	665	68.50	456	2thin

One grade step is worth $34.33/cwt here — about $128 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 sale14 hd

93.64

—

SC average4 barns · 118 hd

110.73

−17.09

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	1,516	86.91	1,318	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,153	64.60	745	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,368	62.10	850	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	832	50.26	418	6thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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 and Large 1-2	—	510	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	136.76/cwt	136.00–137.50	554	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	646	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	649	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	695	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	695	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	475	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	285	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	133.70/cwt	132.50–135.00	508	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	305	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	336	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	930	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,115	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	800	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	4,480	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	880	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	3,432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	83.02/cwt	82.00–84.00	642	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	405	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	535	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	562	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	428	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	471	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	102.75/cwt	100.00–105.00	584	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	339	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	82.97/cwt	80.00–86.00	592	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,064	53.53/cwt	51.00–55.00	570	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	65.66/cwt	62.00–71.00	761	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	62.10/cwt	59.00–66.00	850	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	833	39.53/cwt	35.00–45.00	329	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	831	55.62/cwt	51.00–63.00	462	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	735	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	99.49/cwt	99.00–100.00	716	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	790	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	885	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	664	1
Bulls	—	—	1,345	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,116	1
Bulls	—	—	1,573	88.21/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,388	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	74.04/cwt	73.00–75.00	920	3

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 Apr 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 40Last week 399Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 63Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 6Year ago 0

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offerings of average to plain

quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	133.00	133.00
2	—	405	136.00–137.50	136.76
2	—	470	137.50	137.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	110.00	110.00
1	—	625	106.00	106.00
1	—	695	100.00	100.00
2	—	720	99.00–100.00	99.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	77.00	77.00
1	—	885	75.00	75.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	60.00	60.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	110.00	110.00
2	—	380	132.50–135.00	133.70
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	110.00	110.00
1	—	535	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	145.00	145.00
1	—	325	145.00	145.00
1	—	675	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	773	82.00–84.00	83.02
1	—	295	115.00	115.00
1	—	365	110.00	110.00
2	—	713	80.00–86.00	82.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	68.00	68.00
1	—	735	69.00	69.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	106.00	106.00
1	—	600	100.00	100.00
4	—	568	100.00–105.00	102.75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	930	550.00	550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	560.00	560.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	390.00	390.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,064	51.00–55.00	53.53
15	—	1,159	62.00–71.00	65.66
3	—	1,242	73.00–75.00	74.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,368	59.00–66.00	62.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	833	35.00–45.00	39.53
4	—	831	51.00–63.00	55.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	83.00	83.00
3	—	1,573	86.00–91.00	88.21

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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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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle