Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers and heifers no comparisons due to limited sales, feeder bulls 3.00 lower based on limited sales, slaughter cows 8.00 lower based on limited sales, slaughter bulls 3.00 lower based on limited 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 $287.17/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −107.46 against this barn's trailing median of $394.63.

Average price

$287.17

10 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.19

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	574	287.17	1,650	10thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale10 hd

287.17

—

SC average6 barns · 88 hd

297.37

−10.19

This barn, trailing median14 sales

394.63

−107.46

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	—	Low	1,500	169.44	2,541	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,265	140.84	1,781	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	963	125.53	1,209	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	775	$1,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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 2	750–800	765	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	424	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,367	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	285.19/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,657	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	600–650	620	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	500–550	545	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,090	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	327.52/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,205	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,571	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	318.80/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,333	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	928	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	362.99/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,510	9
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	710	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	504	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	775	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	495	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	248.98/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,686	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	125.53/cwt	124.00–127.00	1,209	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,418	130.85/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,855	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	142.51/cwt	135.00–150.00	1,766	12
Bulls	—	—	1,365	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,116	1
Bulls	—	—	1,395	185.52/cwt	181.00–195.00	2,588	2
Bulls	—	—	1,557	166.49/cwt	155.00–170.00	2,592	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	509	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,542	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,680	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	3,074	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	855	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,458	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	402.47/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,333	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	427	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,569	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	396.31/cwt	395.00–397.50	1,248	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	350–400	355	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,092	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	600–650	635	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	349.99/cwt	345.00–357.50	1,092	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	395	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,544	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	855	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,197	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	386.93/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,408	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,162	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	273.58/cwt	272.50–274.00	1,600	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	430	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	299.80/cwt	292.50–307.50	1,433	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,426	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	445	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	500–550	533	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,146	2

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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