Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offerings 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 $233.75/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −158.01 against this barn's trailing median of $391.76.

Average price

$233.75

22 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,280

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$25.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.97

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	551	243.02	1,338	14thin
Medium and Large 3	542	217.52	1,180	8thin

One grade step is worth $25.50/cwt here — about $158 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

15 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $449.95, low $312.46, median $391.76 across 15 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 sale22 hd

233.75

—

SC average6 barns · 100 hd

232.77

+0.97

This barn, trailing median15 sales

391.76

−158.01

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	1,563	171.48	2,679	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,415	158.00	2,236	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,212	150.67	1,826	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	931	130.14	1,212	5thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,210	$1,825	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,135	$1,675	1thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	249.81/cwt	220.00–255.00	1,214	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	188.01/cwt	180.00–195.00	1,190	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	521	214.48/cwt	210.00–222.50	1,117	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	386	218.76/cwt	200.00–230.00	844	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	683	176.18/cwt	170.00–182.50	1,203	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	226.17/cwt	215.50–237.50	945	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	923	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	229.45/cwt	227.50–235.00	1,090	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	617	214.90/cwt	200.00–222.50	1,326	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Full	650–700	670	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	579	235.44/cwt	227.50–237.50	1,363	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,271	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,069	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	239.86/cwt	230.00–250.00	875	2
Bulls	—	—	960	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,306	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	136.93/cwt	125.00–141.00	1,347	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,236	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	720	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	742	1
Bulls	—	—	1,648	184.87/cwt	183.00–186.00	3,047	3
Bulls	—	—	1,678	169.91/cwt	156.00–178.00	2,851	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	222.58/cwt	212.50–230.00	1,287	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	979	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,283	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	213.81/cwt	210.00–217.50	1,454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	637	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	150.67/cwt	138.00–164.00	1,826	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,135	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	329	341.32/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,123	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,321	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,411	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3Full	350–400	385	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	696	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,385	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,174	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,210	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	555	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,235	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	405	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	901	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	640	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,350	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700–750	735	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,337	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	253	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	683	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	245.17/cwt	240.00–250.00	902	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,358	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	400–450	405	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	241.85/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,267	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	630	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	261.10/cwt	250.00–270.00	966	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	750–800	785	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,335	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	242.35/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,001	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	570	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,354	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	592	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,474	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	287.61/cwt	285.00–290.00	800	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	793	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,290	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	245.92/cwt	230.00–252.50	1,286	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	221.20/cwt	220.00–222.50	1,057	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	293	226.20/cwt	220.00–232.50	663	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	775	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,236	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	271.99/cwt	242.50–280.00	1,246	5

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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