Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder cattle were steady to 3.00 higher . Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Slaughter bulls were steady. Average offering 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 $106.79/cwt on 185 head.

Average price

$106.79

185 head · 479 lb average

Value per head Derived

$512

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$21.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.38

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	501	115.40	578	27
Medium and Large 2	477	108.82	519	99
Small 1-2	411	104.18	428	33
Medium and Large 3	550	93.43	514	26

One grade step is worth $21.97/cwt here — about $64 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 sale185 hd

106.79

—

SC average5 barns · 475 hd

108.16

−1.38

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	1,611	80.67	1,300	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,571	57.59	905	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,211	56.09	679	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	919	46.91	431	4thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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 and Large 2	—	230	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	119.52/cwt	115.00–121.00	626	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	132.54/cwt	130.00–135.00	418	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	102.40/cwt	100.00–105.00	633	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	102.95/cwt	100.00–106.00	633	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	107.39/cwt	105.00–111.00	504	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	107.50/cwt	105.00–110.00	656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	122.50/cwt	120.00–125.00	524	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	115.01/cwt	110.00–118.00	675	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	117.54/cwt	116.00–120.00	545	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	125.20/cwt	120.00–129.00	587	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	131.68/cwt	125.00–135.00	498	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	121.22/cwt	115.00–125.00	582	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	121.91/cwt	115.00–125.00	519	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	128.49/cwt	125.00–135.00	654	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	120.66/cwt	118.00–123.00	736	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	110.56/cwt	105.00–115.00	626	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	114.10/cwt	110.00–120.00	599	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	381	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	111.12/cwt	110.00–114.00	629	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	133.06/cwt	130.00–140.00	566	10
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	795	474.21/cwt	450.00–500.00	3,770	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	137.58/cwt	135.00–140.00	641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	761	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	144.11/cwt	140.00–150.00	478	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	138.78/cwt	135.00–145.00	575	4
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	818	532.29/cwt	480.00–580.00	4,354	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	508	101.41/cwt	100.00–102.00	515	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	143.12/cwt	140.00–150.00	518	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	127.01/cwt	125.00–130.00	669	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	143.17/cwt	140.00–147.50	394	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	114.87/cwt	112.00–117.00	596	8
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	323	107.52/cwt	105.00–110.00	347	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	365	113.30/cwt	110.00–120.00	414	6
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	985	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	6,600	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	920	584.44/cwt	540.00–660.00	5,377	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	835	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,010	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	860	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	6,536	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	486	105.64/cwt	100.00–110.00	513	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	357	108.99/cwt	105.00–110.00	389	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	424	105.27/cwt	100.00–110.00	446	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	480	100.52/cwt	100.00–103.00	482	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	279	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	307	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	420	101.44/cwt	100.00–105.00	426	7
Steers	Small 1-2	—	222	123.46/cwt	120.00–125.00	274	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	328	115.11/cwt	110.00–120.00	378	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	533	103.39/cwt	100.00–105.00	551	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	580	101.00/cwt	100.00–103.00	586	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,135	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	8,967	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,093	569.45/cwt	550.00–590.00	6,224	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	821	81.52/cwt	80.00–84.00	669	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,165	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,738	1
Bulls	—	—	1,025	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	728	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	324	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,571	57.59/cwt	53.00–61.00	905	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	56.09/cwt	50.00–65.00	679	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	917	50.88/cwt	45.00–55.00	467	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	93.91/cwt	90.00–98.00	538	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	325	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	678	92.01/cwt	89.00–94.00	624	3
Bulls	—	—	1,758	83.09/cwt	76.00–87.00	1,461	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	245	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	319	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	339	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	115.57/cwt	114.00–117.50	376	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	116.09/cwt	115.00–120.00	426	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	477	91.38/cwt	90.00–94.00	436	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	107.49/cwt	105.00–109.00	563	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	738	92.02/cwt	90.00–97.00	679	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	526	94.45/cwt	90.00–97.00	497	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	94.98/cwt	94.00–96.00	497	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	658	90.49/cwt	88.00–93.00	595	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	110.57/cwt	109.00–115.00	475	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	104.27/cwt	100.00–108.00	592	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	570	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	745	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	454	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	348	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	610	94.98/cwt	94.00–96.00	579	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	438	95.78/cwt	94.00–97.50	420	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	750	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	469	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	132.72/cwt	128.00–138.00	624	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	580	94.28/cwt	90.00–97.00	547	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	93.49/cwt	92.00–95.00	594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	94.59/cwt	92.00–96.00	454	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	91.56/cwt	90.00–93.00	383	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	750	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	713	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 Oct 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 432Last week 902Year ago 619

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 99Year ago 72

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 58Year ago 8

Compared to last week feeder cattle were steady to 3.00 higher . Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Slaughter bulls were steady. Average offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	120.00	120.00
8	—	618	100.00–105.00	102.40
19	—	469	105.00–111.00	107.39
1	—	295	115.00	115.00
3	—	325	114.00–117.50	115.57
17	—	367	115.00–120.00	116.09
1	—	660	103.00	103.00
12	—	524	105.00–109.00	107.49
17	—	430	109.00–115.00	110.57
20	—	568	100.00–108.00	104.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	125.00	125.00
9	—	464	116.00–120.00	117.54
1	—	305	125.00	125.00
8	—	566	110.00–114.00	111.12
8	—	519	112.00–117.00	114.87
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	508	100.00–102.00	101.41
4	—	323	105.00–110.00	107.52
5	—	357	105.00–110.00	108.99
6	—	480	100.00–103.00	100.52
4	—	279	110.00	110.00
7	—	420	100.00–105.00	101.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	573	90.00–98.00	93.91
6	—	526	90.00–97.00	94.45
4	—	658	88.00–93.00	90.49
2	—	635	92.00–95.00	93.49
5	—	480	92.00–96.00	94.59
2	—	418	90.00–93.00	91.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	524	115.00–121.00	119.52
4	—	315	130.00–135.00	132.54
2	—	610	105.00–110.00	107.50
6	—	428	120.00–125.00	122.50
3	—	587	110.00–118.00	115.01
10	—	469	120.00–129.00	125.20
11	—	378	125.00–135.00	131.68
1	—	245	130.00	130.00
1	—	265	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	610	118.00–123.00	120.66
4	—	466	135.00–140.00	137.58
1	—	650	117.00	117.00
6	—	332	140.00–150.00	144.11
4	—	414	135.00–145.00	138.78
8	—	362	140.00–150.00	143.12
7	—	527	125.00–130.00	127.01
4	—	275	140.00–147.50	143.17
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	365	110.00–120.00	113.30
3	—	222	120.00–125.00	123.46
2	—	328	110.00–120.00	115.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	95.00	95.00
1	—	750	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	615	100.00–106.00	102.95
1	—	655	103.00	103.00
11	—	480	115.00–125.00	121.22
7	—	426	115.00–125.00	121.91
15	—	566	105.00–115.00	110.56
8	—	525	110.00–120.00	114.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	509	125.00–135.00	128.49
10	—	425	130.00–140.00	133.06
5	—	470	128.00–138.00	132.72
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	486	100.00–110.00	105.64
4	—	424	100.00–110.00	105.27
3	—	533	100.00–105.00	103.39
8	—	580	100.00–103.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	678	89.00–94.00	92.01
3	—	477	90.00–94.00	91.38
4	—	738	90.00–97.00	92.02
2	—	523	94.00–96.00	94.98
2	—	610	94.00–96.00	94.98
2	—	438	94.00–97.50	95.78
4	—	580	90.00–97.00	94.28
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	61.00	61.00
1	—	515	67.50	67.50
1	—	750	62.50	62.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	795	450.00–500.00	474.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	818	480.00–580.00	532.29
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	985	670.00	670.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	920	540.00–660.00	584.44
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,093	550.00–590.00	569.45
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,165	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	600.00	600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	760.00	760.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	790.00	790.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	821	80.00–84.00	81.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	71.00	71.00
4	—	1,758	76.00–87.00	83.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	35.00	35.00
3	—	917	45.00–55.00	50.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,571	53.00–61.00	57.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,211	50.00–65.00	56.09

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