Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: no comparisons on feeder cattle due to limited sales, slaughter cows 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls too few to trend. Moderate to light offering 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 $276.82/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −117.81 against this barn's trailing median of $394.63.

Average price

$276.82

11 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,482

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

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

$75.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.63

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	305.00	1,595	4thin
Medium and Large 2	523	284.38	1,487	4thin
Medium and Large 3	568	229.19	1,303	3thin

One grade step is worth $75.81/cwt here — about $293 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale11 hd

276.82

—

SC average6 barns · 95 hd

273.20

+3.63

This barn, trailing median14 sales

394.63

−117.81

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	1,205	134.91	1,626	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,183	137.37	1,625	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,080	101.00	1,091	2thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	865	$1,586	2thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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	600–650	635	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	266.80/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,278	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	894	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	252.54/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,419	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	256.68/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,348	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,595	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,173	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	223.78/cwt	220.00–227.50	1,309	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	192.81/cwt	185.00–200.00	806	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,451	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	242	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	908	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	307.70/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,169	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,284	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,188	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	995	119.32/cwt	117.00–122.00	1,187	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,008	149.38/cwt	149.00–150.00	1,506	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,199	1
Bulls	—	—	1,863	157.86/cwt	152.00–164.00	2,941	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	663	202.55/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,343	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	978	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	138.50/cwt	125.00–148.00	1,733	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	984	1
Bulls	—	—	876	123.43/cwt	107.00–135.00	1,081	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	407	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,302	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	382.67/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,236	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	897	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	314.66/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,155	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	330.00/cwt	327.50–332.50	1,073	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	418	379.58/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,587	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	393	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,503	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	413	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,549	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	865	1,586.20/head	1,475.00–1,700.00	1,586	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	392.61/cwt	388.00–400.00	1,445	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	337	413.26/cwt	405.00–418.00	1,393	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	313.50/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,292	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,218	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	292	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,022	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	435	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	590	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	347.88/cwt	342.50–365.00	1,527	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	433	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,624	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	335	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,273	3

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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