Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Comparisons this week due to limited comparable sales. There where moderate offerings of mostly average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $243.94/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −164.38 against this barn's trailing median of $408.32.

Average price

$243.94

84 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,397

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$4.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.95

vs SC average

−22.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	574	244.35	1,403	76
Medium and Large 1	559	240.00	1,342	8thin

One grade step is worth $4.35/cwt here — about $62 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

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $498.38, low $337.86, median $408.32 across 9 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 sale84 hd

243.94

—

SC average6 barns · 194 hd

237.99

+5.95

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

−22.70

This barn, trailing median9 sales

408.32

−164.38

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	—	Average	1,384	149.00	2,062	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,139	122.54	1,395	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	971	87.24	847	4thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,103	$1,386	3thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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	500–550	500	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,192	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	247.36/cwt	240.00–250.00	787	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	218.78/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,345	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	229.08/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,081	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	232.14/cwt	220.00–239.00	1,312	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	699	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,468	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	252.80/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,087	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	242.66/cwt	235.00–247.50	1,009	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	186.41/cwt	177.50–195.00	1,171	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,187	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	998	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,237	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	708	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,451	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,069	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	247.98/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,123	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,342	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	1,386.48/head	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,386	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	450–500	450	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,114	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	220.35/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,166	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	291.33/cwt	290.00–292.50	947	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	511	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,191	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	306.67/cwt	305.00–307.50	972	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,159	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	308.06/cwt	305.00–311.00	1,118	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,100	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	210.23/cwt	200.00–213.00	973	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	481	227.52/cwt	212.50–235.00	1,094	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	178.75/cwt	170.00–187.50	921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	667	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,184	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	688	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,152	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,016	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	235.04/cwt	230.00–240.00	870	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	202.22/cwt	185.00–207.50	1,199	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,175	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	968	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	242.98/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,118	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,292	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	581	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,435	59
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	237.76/cwt	207.50–245.00	1,010	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	240.24/cwt	230.00–247.50	1,004	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	218.36/cwt	212.50–222.50	921	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	743	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,207	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,071	1
Bulls	—	—	1,384	149.00/cwt	131.00–166.00	2,062	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	80.65/cwt	65.00–105.00	761	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,129	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	895	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	886	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,334	125.08/cwt	117.00–130.00	1,669	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	123.75/cwt	114.00–133.00	1,349	11

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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