Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offerings of average quality cattle with very active buyer participation.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $227.73/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −166.90 against this barn's trailing median of $394.63.

Average price

$227.73

11 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,251

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.11

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	549	227.73	1,251	11thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale11 hd

227.73

—

SC average5 barns · 118 hd

224.62

+3.11

This barn, trailing median14 sales

394.63

−166.90

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	1,584	151.47	2,400	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,389	120.43	1,672	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,634	119.75	1,956	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,107	116.51	1,290	14

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,825	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,840	$2,225	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,378	$1,813	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,284	$1,677	4thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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 2Fleshy	400–450	420	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,169	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	229.64/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,215	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	669	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	278	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	222.24/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,040	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	233.71/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,010	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,140	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	196.06/cwt	187.50–205.00	1,123	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,009	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	224.38/cwt	222.50–225.00	1,313	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,205	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,446	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,165	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	903	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,505	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,716	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	121.01/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,668	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,264	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	117.93/cwt	110.00–124.00	1,294	12
Bulls	—	—	1,723	153.63/cwt	148.00–160.00	2,647	6
Bulls	—	—	1,168	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,694	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	598	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,301	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,202	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,678	122.12/cwt	119.00–126.00	2,049	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	265.76/cwt	260.00–270.00	858	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	839	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,271	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	262	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	579	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,550	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,250	1,578.40/head	1,525.00–1,625.00	1,578	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,205	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	278	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	924	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	303	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,015	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,166	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,351	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	251.67/cwt	240.00–262.50	1,178	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,470	2,125.00/head	2,125.00–2,125.00	2,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,825	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,840	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	269.40/cwt	255.00–282.50	1,123	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	601	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,397	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	236.40/cwt	232.50–240.00	875	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	258.17/cwt	242.50–265.00	1,182	10

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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