Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: no comparisons due to limited comparable sales. Moderate 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 $279.48/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −115.14 against this barn's trailing median of $394.63.

Average price

$279.48

5 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,496

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$34.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.90

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	533	300.00	1,599	2thin
Medium and Large 3	537	265.81	1,426	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.19/cwt here — about $173 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale5 hd

279.48

—

SC average6 barns · 95 hd

274.59

+4.90

This barn, trailing median14 sales

394.63

−115.14

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	—	High	1,652	152.36	2,516	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,595	157.00	2,504	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,230	134.88	1,659	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	939	89.96	844	3thin

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)	895	$1,150	1thin

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	550–600	570	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	319.93/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,526	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	295.32/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,119	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	279.16/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,293	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	367	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,330	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	282.92/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,367	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	908	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	248.34/cwt	210.00–290.00	1,050	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,022	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,202	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,027	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	522	280.85/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,466	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	282.57/cwt	275.00–292.50	1,240	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	672	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,504	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	930	120.76/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,123	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	137.91/cwt	128.00–148.00	1,785	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	536	1
Bulls	—	—	1,875	180.68/cwt	177.00–184.00	3,388	2
Bulls	—	—	1,460	131.54/cwt	131.00–132.00	1,920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,281	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	770	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,254	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	103.44/cwt	85.00–120.00	1,017	2
Bulls	—	—	1,639	149.36/cwt	140.00–164.00	2,448	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	304.76/cwt	300.00–310.00	960	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	399.17/cwt	395.00–407.50	1,257	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,165	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	380	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	251.27/cwt	247.50–255.00	1,138	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	273.71/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,451	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,599	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	309.82/cwt	305.00–315.00	883	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,491	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,073	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	895	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	344.83/cwt	340.00–357.50	1,259	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,414	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	305	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,247	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	336.87/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,290	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,301	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,627	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,808	2

How this sale compares

South Carolina weighted averages

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