Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average 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 $112.09/cwt on 68 head.

Average price

$112.09

68 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$544

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$26

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

$28.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.05

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	447	119.88	536	31
Medium and Large 2	486	110.17	535	28
Medium and Large 3	616	91.25	562	9thin

One grade step is worth $28.63/cwt here — about −$26 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 sale68 hd

112.09

—

SC average4 barns · 277 hd

113.14

−1.05

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	—	High	1,575	95.47	1,504	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	66.94	826	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,482	62.89	932	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	847	60.41	512	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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	758	110.54/cwt	106.00–115.00	838	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	117.62/cwt	110.00–123.00	621	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	436	126.71/cwt	120.00–130.00	552	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	121.49/cwt	118.00–125.00	746	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	318	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	112.48/cwt	110.00–115.00	658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	666	110.52/cwt	108.00–114.00	736	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	772	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	110.25/cwt	109.00–112.00	667	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	133.19/cwt	130.00–135.00	690	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	140.81/cwt	140.00–145.00	508	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	115.34/cwt	114.00–118.00	667	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	124.32/cwt	122.00–127.00	699	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	141.53/cwt	140.00–145.00	461	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	116.26/cwt	113.00–119.00	610	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	670	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	4,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	116.66/cwt	115.00–118.00	548	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	129.94/cwt	125.00–132.50	412	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	137.47/cwt	135.00–140.00	635	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	131.50/cwt	131.00–132.00	802	2
Bulls	—	—	2,090	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	2,236	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	136.27/cwt	135.00–140.00	571	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	518	101.46/cwt	100.00–103.00	526	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	555	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	583	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	370	123.73/cwt	122.50–125.00	458	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	450	111.25/cwt	110.00–112.50	501	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	743	509.83/cwt	460.00–560.00	3,788	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	66.23/cwt	55.00–75.00	805	34
Bulls	—	—	1,613	101.31/cwt	97.00–103.00	1,634	6
Bulls	—	—	1,327	79.94/cwt	70.00–86.00	1,061	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,125	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	8,888	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	945	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	5,765	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,087	82.04/cwt	78.00–86.00	892	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	847	60.41/cwt	51.00–71.00	512	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,482	62.89/cwt	54.00–69.00	932	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	619	113.66/cwt	109.00–115.00	704	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,550	78.97/cwt	78.00–80.00	1,224	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	780	88.51/cwt	87.00–90.00	690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	757	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	137.19/cwt	135.00–140.00	635	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,008	867.11/cwt	850.00–885.00	8,740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	108.35/cwt	105.00–110.00	460	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,097	799.88/cwt	710.00–850.00	8,775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	708	85.02/cwt	81.00–90.00	602	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	745	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	603	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	279	131.23/cwt	130.00–135.00	366	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	109.48/cwt	107.50–111.00	517	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	622	93.72/cwt	90.00–97.00	583	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	870	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	645	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	723	108.03/cwt	106.00–110.00	781	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	750	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	315	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	125.65/cwt	125.00–127.50	455	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	104.02/cwt	103.00–105.00	640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	920	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	107.97/cwt	105.00–110.00	615	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	114.44/cwt	110.00–120.00	372	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	117.53/cwt	115.00–120.00	511	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	126.79/cwt	120.00–130.00	592	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	123.81/cwt	120.00–125.00	650	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	132.07/cwt	130.00–135.00	425	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	117.93/cwt	110.00–120.00	449	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	125.03/cwt	120.00–130.00	598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	279	126.36/cwt	126.00–127.50	353	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	759	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 May 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 208Last week 396Year ago 284

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 80Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 6Year ago 34

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Average offerings of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	758	106.00–115.00	110.54
4	—	279	130.00–135.00	131.23
1	—	715	110.00	110.00
1	—	360	135.00	135.00
4	—	525	120.00–125.00	123.81
5	—	322	130.00–135.00	132.07
2	—	478	120.00–130.00	125.03
1	—	660	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	132.00	132.00
6	—	361	140.00–145.00	140.81
10	—	326	140.00–145.00	141.53
1	—	520	135.00	135.00
3	—	462	135.00–140.00	137.47
2	—	610	131.00–132.00	131.50
1	—	280	140.00	140.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	105.00	105.00
2	—	370	122.50–125.00	123.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	528	110.00–123.00	117.62
4	—	436	120.00–130.00	126.71
2	—	585	110.00–115.00	112.48
4	—	666	108.00–114.00	110.52
9	—	619	109.00–115.00	113.66
2	—	723	106.00–110.00	108.03
1	—	750	105.00	105.00
6	—	467	120.00–130.00	126.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	614	118.00–125.00	121.49
5	—	518	130.00–135.00	133.19
6	—	562	122.00–127.00	124.32
4	—	419	135.00–140.00	136.27
6	—	463	135.00–140.00	137.19
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	100.00–103.00	101.46
2	—	450	110.00–112.50	111.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	780	87.00–90.00	88.51
1	—	745	81.00	81.00
1	—	870	80.00	80.00
1	—	645	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	132.50	132.50
4	—	605	109.00–112.00	110.25
3	—	578	114.00–118.00	115.34
7	—	525	113.00–119.00	116.26
3	—	470	115.00–118.00	116.66
3	—	317	125.00–132.50	129.94
4	—	362	125.00–127.50	125.65
2	—	435	115.00–120.00	117.53
4	—	279	126.00–127.50	126.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	94.00	94.00
3	—	425	105.00–110.00	108.35
3	—	472	107.50–111.00	109.48
1	—	650	105.00	105.00
1	—	795	95.00	95.00
1	—	260	121.00	121.00
2	—	615	103.00–105.00	104.02
1	—	920	93.00	93.00
4	—	570	105.00–110.00	107.97
4	—	325	110.00–120.00	114.44
7	—	381	110.00–120.00	117.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	98.00	98.00
1	—	565	91.00	91.00
3	—	708	81.00–90.00	85.02
1	—	490	96.00	96.00
3	—	622	90.00–97.00	93.72

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	670	640.00	640.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,008	850.00–885.00	867.11
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	743	460.00–560.00	509.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	790.00	790.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	945	610.00	610.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,097	710.00–850.00	799.88
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,087	78.00–86.00	82.04

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,090	107.00	107.00
6	—	1,613	97.00–103.00	101.31
3	—	1,327	70.00–86.00	79.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,216	55.00–75.00	66.23
2	—	1,550	78.00–80.00	78.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	847	51.00–71.00	60.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,482	54.00–69.00	62.89

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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How this sale compares

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Replacement Cattle

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