Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons this week on feeder cattle and slaughter cattle due to limited comparable sales. There were light offerings of average to good quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $260.97/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −133.66 against this barn's trailing median of $394.63.

Average price

$260.97

8 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,405

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$29

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

$21.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.54

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	275.00	1,458	1thin
Medium and Large 2	530	261.03	1,384	5thin
Medium and Large 3	563	253.78	1,429	2thin

One grade step is worth $21.22/cwt here — about $29 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

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 sale8 hd

260.97

—

SC average6 barns · 137 hd

252.42

+8.54

This barn, trailing median14 sales

394.63

−133.66

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	1,735	157.40	2,731	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,625	143.00	2,324	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,264	139.91	1,769	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	925	134.50	1,244	2thin

Every lot, as filed

53 lots · USDA AMS · Saluda 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	450–500	470	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,281	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	658	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,040	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	866	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,853	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	448	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,429	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	348	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,100	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,272	161.97/cwt	144.00–181.00	2,060	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	326.79/cwt	315.00–337.50	1,203	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,458	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,488	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	143.13/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,861	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	135.32/cwt	125.00–139.00	1,641	7
Bulls	—	—	1,735	157.40/cwt	153.00–160.00	2,731	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	134.50/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,244	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,324	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	253.78/cwt	247.50–260.00	1,429	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,294	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,334	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	333	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,232	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,116	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	215	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	816	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	860	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,075	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	432	250.51/cwt	230.00–267.50	1,082	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,084	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,164	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	574	246.75/cwt	235.00–252.50	1,416	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	283	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	700	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,316	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	262.54/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,363	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	281.62/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,160	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	739	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,722	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	284.91/cwt	280.00–290.00	812	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	753	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,544	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,145	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	278.09/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,318	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	213.40/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,327	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	271.25/cwt	260.00–282.50	922	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.

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