Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Stockyards / 2024-05-13

Saluda Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, May 13
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961
Feeder Cattle receipts
354 head
14 vs last sale 368 187 vs year ago 541 · 34.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
0 vs last sale 68 11 vs year ago 79 · 13.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
32 vs last sale 16 30 vs year ago 18 · +166.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made on all classes of feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 5.00 higher based on limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $242.00/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 152.63 against this barn's trailing median of $394.63.
Average price
$242.00
20 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,288
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$39
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.54
vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2524249.061,30511thin
Medium and Large 3542233.361,2669thin
One grade step is worth $15.70/cwt here — about $39 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales
464409354298median 394.6301/1203/0204/0606/2208/17
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $449.95, low $312.46, median $394.63 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale20 hd
242.00
SC average4 barns · 64 hd
249.54
−7.54
This barn, trailing median14 sales
394.63
−152.63
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,773153.262,71713
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,200122.891,47425
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,367122.751,6785thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average969110.391,0709thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,330$1,5251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,368$1,4482thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,135$1,3251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,087$1,2773thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,215$1,9142thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)828$1,7252thin

Every lot, as filed

90 lots · USDA AMS · Saluda Stockyards - Saluda, SC
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,875164.14/cwt160.00–170.003,0784
CowsBoner 80-85%1,202123.50/cwt114.00–134.001,48422
CowsLean 85-90%986111.94/cwt105.00–118.001,1048
CowsLean 85-90%83598.00/cwt98.00–98.008181
Bulls1,245128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,5941
CowsBoner 80-85%1,345139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,8701
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500473240.12/cwt230.00–245.001,1368
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600560213.75/cwt200.00–225.001,1974
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650640195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2484
HeifersMedium and Large 3200–250245250.00/cwt250.00–250.006131
HeifersMedium and Large 3650–700672198.20/cwt190.00–210.001,3323
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550521223.80/cwt215.00–235.001,1666
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450430219.83/cwt210.00–225.009453
SteersMedium and Large 3650–700690225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5531
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650615208.69/cwt205.00–220.001,2834
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550513235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2064
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300283250.04/cwt245.00–255.007082
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450415242.53/cwt240.00–245.001,0062
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500465223.54/cwt215.00–230.001,0395
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550530245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2991
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600550245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3481
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450424276.60/cwt265.00–285.001,17310
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250210280.00/cwt280.00–280.005881
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 36251,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450427217.33/cwt200.00–230.009289
Stock CowsMedium and Large 3573117.64/cwt115.00–120.006742
Stock CowsMedium and Large 379999.31/cwt90.00–109.007934
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250245270.00/cwt265.00–275.006622
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750723235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6992
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,367122.75/cwt116.00–131.001,6785
CowsBoner 80-85%1,100108.16/cwt104.00–112.001,1902
Bulls1,788150.97/cwt142.00–157.002,6998
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400381215.10/cwt205.00–225.008207
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350330255.00/cwt255.00–255.008421
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400390240.00/cwt240.00–240.009361
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600566232.05/cwt215.00–240.001,3135
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350313226.65/cwt220.00–235.007093
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700690210.82/cwt200.00–220.001,4553
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250225319.78/cwt315.00–325.007202
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy200–250245385.00/cwt385.00–385.009431
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450419326.30/cwt305.00–345.001,36718
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy250–300283356.62/cwt355.00–360.001,0093
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy300–350300365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,0952
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600576237.40/cwt220.00–245.001,3674
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350318319.79/cwt300.00–340.001,0176
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400398280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1143
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,115122.88/cwt117.00–129.001,3703
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520246.67/cwt245.00–250.001,2833
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500460291.17/cwt285.00–295.001,3394
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300282301.57/cwt300.00–305.008503
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300270285.00/cwt285.00–285.007701
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450405292.50/cwt290.00–295.001,1852
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2813122.64/cwt119.00–127.009972
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400371326.99/cwt300.00–345.001,21312
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450410335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3742
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400380350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3302
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3301,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,225116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,4211
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350330285.00/cwt285.00–285.009411
BullsMedium and Large 11,290116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,4961
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350325285.21/cwt275.00–295.009273
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650615245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5071
BullsMedium and Large 2995109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0851
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,087122.35/cwt122.00–123.001,3303
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500475240.34/cwt235.00–245.001,14215
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1351,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3681,448.13/head1,425.00–1,475.001,4482
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2151,913.53/head1,900.00–1,925.001,9142
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450405284.88/cwt275.00–295.001,1542
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650610229.97/cwt225.00–235.001,4033
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550518248.97/cwt245.00–255.001,29010
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650630255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6071
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,018123.54/cwt120.00–128.001,2582
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0871,276.73/head1,150.00–1,400.001,2773
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400378250.98/cwt242.50–255.009493
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300290265.00/cwt265.00–265.007691
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300295295.00/cwt295.00–295.008701
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550526239.09/cwt235.00–240.001,25811
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600578255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4747
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500485274.79/cwt265.00–285.001,3332
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350335282.54/cwt280.00–285.009472
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500480260.74/cwt255.00–280.001,25214
BullsMedium and Large 3755130.00/cwt130.00–130.009821
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650628244.86/cwt240.00–250.001,5382
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450429238.29/cwt235.00–245.001,0229
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350322250.02/cwt240.00–260.008055
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400372280.16/cwt265.00–295.001,0426
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600585250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4631
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500474243.19/cwt230.00–250.001,1535
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0301,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751

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.