Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Stockyards / 2025-02-17

Saluda Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Feb 17
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961
Feeder Cattle receipts
50 head
85 vs last sale 135 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
8 vs last sale 31 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
10 vs last sale 1 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: no comparisons on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows steady based on limited sales, slaughter bulls 10.00 higher based on limited sales. Light offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $212.93/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 155.43 against this barn's trailing median of $368.36.
Average price
$212.93
5 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,190
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$18.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
25.59
vs SC average
84.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2530227.501,2061thin
Medium and Large 3566209.291,1854thin
One grade step is worth $18.21/cwt here — about $21 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
418379340301median 368.3612/1503/1604/2707/2008/17
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 sale5 hd
212.93
SC average6 barns · 67 hd
238.53
−25.59
National average119 barns · 5,510 hd
297.83
−84.90
This barn, trailing median14 sales
368.36
−155.43
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,865163.063,0413thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,437141.642,03517
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,545130.002,0091thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,070106.141,1362thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)865$1,1351thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)870$1,0501thin

Every lot, as filed

35 lots · USDA AMS · Saluda Stockyards - Saluda, SC
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%1,792156.33/cwt154.00–160.002,8017
CowsBoner 80-85%950117.52/cwt117.00–118.001,1162
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,545130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,0091
CowsLean 85-90%1,070106.14/cwt98.00–112.001,1362
Bulls1,865163.06/cwt157.00–169.003,0413
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400385292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,1262
HeifersMedium and Large 3Fleshy300–350325212.50/cwt212.50–212.506911
HeifersMedium and Large 3Full450–500475200.00/cwt200.00–200.009501
HeifersMedium and Large 3Full550–600566209.29/cwt205.00–212.501,1854
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2885167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,4821
Stock CowsSmall 379375.08/cwt70.00–80.005952
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350325315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0241
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400355305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0831
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450427270.08/cwt260.00–282.501,1533
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600565275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5541
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450405367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,4882
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500475267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,2711
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2820110.00/cwt110.00–110.009021
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2900129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1611
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2805125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,0101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2780149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,1621
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350315380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1971
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300295280.00/cwt280.00–280.008261
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300290230.00/cwt230.00–230.006671
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450432333.24/cwt330.00–340.001,4403
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450406295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1985
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500483317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,5344
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500465320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4883
HeifersMedium and Large 2Full500–550530227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2061
CowsBoner 80-85%1,248134.82/cwt127.00–150.001,6838
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450420220.00/cwt220.00–220.009241
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 38701,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 38651,135.00/head1,135.00–1,135.001,1351
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650600260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5601
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350340262.50/cwt262.50–262.508931

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.