Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: no comparisons due to limited comparable sales. 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 $291.20/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −103.43 against this barn's trailing median of $394.63.

Average price

$291.20

16 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,589

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$454

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

$102.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.88

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	297.62	1,614	15thin
Medium and Large 3	595	195.00	1,160	1thin

One grade step is worth $102.62/cwt here — about $454 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

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 sale16 hd

291.20

—

SC average6 barns · 96 hd

282.32

+8.88

This barn, trailing median14 sales

394.63

−103.43

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	1,259	150.74	1,897	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,040	129.00	1,342	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
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	930	$1,358	3thin

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 3	300–350	340	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	328.63/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,571	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,327	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,164	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,373	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	282.57/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,209	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	251.31/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,397	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	700–750	705	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,251	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	268.61/cwt	265.00–272.50	1,413	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,059	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	317.19/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,208	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,510	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	331.46/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,054	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,569	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	963	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,616	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,636	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,148	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	283	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,266	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	367.60/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,379	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,794	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,565	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	337	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,407	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	305	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,327	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	129.00/cwt	123.00–135.00	1,342	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	147.16/cwt	139.00–154.00	1,800	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	157.90/cwt	156.00–160.00	2,100	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,028	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	2
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	735	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	553	87.33/cwt	75.00–100.00	483	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	313.67/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,637	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	265.51/cwt	252.50–272.50	1,548	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,011	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,346	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	381.70/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,443	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,128	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	835	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	389.76/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,625	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	260	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	936	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	604	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,616	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	550–600	595	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,294	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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