Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: no comparisons due to limited comparable sales. Moderate to light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.19/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −121.17 against this barn's trailing median of $368.36.

Average price

$247.19

15 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,313

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.63

vs SC average

−56.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	531	247.19	1,313	15thin

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $404.13, low $314.67, median $368.36 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 sale15 hd

247.19

—

SC average6 barns · 77 hd

244.56

+2.63

National average192 barns · 30,803 hd

304.03

−56.84

This barn, trailing median14 sales

368.36

−121.17

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	985	129.54	1,276	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	124.00	1,860	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	860	97.00	834	1thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	983	132.18/cwt	123.00–150.00	1,299	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,960	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,860	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	834	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	890	114.36/cwt	111.00–120.00	1,018	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	292.25/cwt	292.00–292.50	1,388	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	278.98/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,347	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	291.65/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,554	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	247.52/cwt	237.50–252.50	1,295	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,056	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	295	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,620	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	395	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,353	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	835	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	242.44/cwt	232.50–252.50	1,074	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	600–650	630	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	228	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	798	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	377.84/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,247	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,012	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	785	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	795	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	837	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,334	1
Stock Cows	Medium 2	—	655	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	270	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,134	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,482	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,547	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	974	146.28/cwt	131.00–157.50	1,425	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,353	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	309.24/cwt	302.50–317.50	1,305	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,445	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,026	124.22/cwt	121.00–131.00	1,274	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	350	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,243	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	363	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,452	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	310	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	340.92/cwt	335.00–342.50	1,111	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	250.05/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,208	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,353	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,287	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,020	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	245.87/cwt	242.50–247.50	1,384	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,059	1

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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