Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Stockyards / 2025-03-17

Saluda Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Mar 17
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961
Feeder Cattle receipts
53 head
35 vs last sale 88 535 vs year ago 588 · 91.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
4 vs last sale 27 68 vs year ago 91 · 74.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: no comparisons on feeder cattle due to limited sales, slaughter cows 10.00 higher, slaughter bulls no comparisons. 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 $312.46/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 79.30 against this barn's trailing median of $391.76.
Average price
$312.46
3 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,762
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+14.50
vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2564312.461,7623thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales
464409354298median 391.7612/1502/2303/3006/2208/17
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $449.95, low $312.46, median $391.76 across 15 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 sale3 hd
312.46
SC average6 barns · 49 hd
297.96
+14.50
This barn, trailing median15 sales
391.76
−79.30
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
BullsHigh1,610175.322,8225thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,181156.481,84817
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,075132.001,4191thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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
Bulls1,825190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,4681
CowsBoner 80-85%1,181156.48/cwt139.00–166.001,84817
CowsLean 85-90%1,075132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,4191
Bulls1,556171.65/cwt161.00–181.002,6714
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350300275.00/cwt275.00–275.008251
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450440210.00/cwt210.00–210.009241
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350320390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2481
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600560255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4281
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600564312.46/cwt310.00–317.501,7623
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500468350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6383
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500455385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7521
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500468265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2402
BullsMedium and Large 3Full400–450410250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0251
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300290285.00/cwt285.00–285.008271
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750735240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7641
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450410400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6402
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550500280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4001
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400360332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,1971
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700690240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6561
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500473350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6562
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350330335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1061
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400370400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4801
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450435414.00/cwt414.00–414.001,8015
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy350–400370307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,1381
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy600–650640250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6001
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400390370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4431
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400395255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0071
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500485232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,1281
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450415272.35/cwt260.00–285.001,1302
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450445365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6242
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500458342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,5692
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450439395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,7347

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.