Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder bulls 8.00 higher, feeder heifers and steers no comparisons due to limited sales, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 8.50 higher. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $285.42/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −82.98 against this barn's trailing median of $368.39.

Average price

$285.42

12 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$257

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$61.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.13

vs SC average

−36.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	298.75	1,587	8thin
Medium and Large 2	568	280.00	1,589	2thin
Medium and Large 3	560	237.50	1,330	2thin

One grade step is worth $61.25/cwt here — about $257 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

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $404.13, low $314.67, median $368.39 across 13 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 sale12 hd

285.42

—

SC average6 barns · 103 hd

280.29

+5.13

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−36.32

This barn, trailing median13 sales

368.39

−82.98

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	1,760	180.10	3,170	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,111	157.01	1,744	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	800	100.00	800	1thin

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
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,065	$1,750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,008	$2,138	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	610	$600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Full	250–300	265	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	239.96/cwt	237.50–242.50	1,524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	312.72/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,154	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	331.71/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,874	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	890	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	269.61/cwt	260.00–280.00	871	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3Full	500–550	540	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	263.41/cwt	255.00–267.50	1,638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	299.18/cwt	297.50–310.00	1,439	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	337.61/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,766	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	952	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	309.12/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,332	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,963	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	994	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	306.39/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,409	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	300.97/cwt	297.50–315.00	1,574	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	341.28/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,655	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,258	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	242.43/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,382	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	975	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	610	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Full	500–550	505	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,439	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	450–500	490	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,229	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,588	1
Bulls	—	—	1,840	180.62/cwt	175.00–186.00	3,323	6
Bulls	—	—	1,020	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,581	1
Bulls	—	—	1,890	191.08/cwt	188.00–194.00	3,611	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	800	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,111	157.01/cwt	151.00–165.00	1,744	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	355	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,420	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,065	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	365	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,679	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	301.98/cwt	297.50–317.50	1,827	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	316.59/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,501	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	310	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,411	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	245	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,127	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,465	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	414.56/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,360	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,581	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	682	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,841	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	340	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	430.44/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,218	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	428	334.47/cwt	332.50–337.50	1,432	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	426.65/cwt	425.00–427.50	1,651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	322.24/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,370	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	278.65/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,750	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,340	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,591	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	377.46/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,283	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	371.25/cwt	367.50–375.00	1,541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	361.11/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,614	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,369	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	313	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,409	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	490	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,629	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	320	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,136	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	490	275.00/cwt	267.50–282.50	1,348	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,020	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	867	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	262	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,192	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	356	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,282	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	312.36/cwt	310.00–315.00	859	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	408.12/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,718	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	409.02/cwt	397.50–415.00	1,755	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	334.93/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,189	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,080	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,078	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	398	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,294	3

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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