Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons due to limited comparable sales. There were light offerings of average to good quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.65/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −116.70 against this barn's trailing median of $368.36.

Average price

$251.65

6 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,361

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$35

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

$13.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.74

vs SC average

−52.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	538	253.98	1,367	5thin
Medium and Large 3	555	240.00	1,332	1thin

One grade step is worth $13.98/cwt here — about $35 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

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 sale6 hd

251.65

—

SC average4 barns · 121 hd

270.39

−18.74

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

−52.99

This barn, trailing median14 sales

368.36

−116.70

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	1,560	180.00	2,808	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,211	151.03	1,829	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,511	139.15	2,103	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,030	120.69	1,243	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)	690	$775	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,160	$2,025	1thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 2Value Added	750–800	788	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,710	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	300	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	912	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	400–450	410	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,117	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	331.63/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,101	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	288.20/cwt	285.00–297.50	1,366	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	323.86/cwt	315.00–327.50	1,328	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	535	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,471	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,332	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	344.45/cwt	335.00–355.00	947	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	284.32/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,038	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	245.76/cwt	242.50–250.00	1,197	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,126	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	550–600	565	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,342	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	308	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,309	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	241.21/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,274	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	287.57/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,274	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	400–450	410	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	325.03/cwt	317.50–332.50	1,199	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,156	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	409	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,626	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	415	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,556	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	334	423.05/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,413	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	255	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,122	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	225	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,001	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	147.04/cwt	142.00–152.00	1,681	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	146.44/cwt	143.00–150.00	2,166	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,804	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	163.00/cwt	162.00–164.00	2,306	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	114.18/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,130	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	130.46/cwt	129.00–132.00	1,422	2
Bulls	—	—	1,560	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,808	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	950	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	618	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	675	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	412	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	960	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	931	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	690	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,160	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	992	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	392.44/cwt	387.50–397.50	1,629	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	370.30/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,222	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	397.52/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,423	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	284.25/cwt	277.50–287.50	1,487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	410	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,353	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	241.22/cwt	237.50–245.00	1,640	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,496	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	239.87/cwt	230.00–250.00	935	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	364.80/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,368	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	641	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,660	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	485	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,419	2

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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