Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers and bulls no comparisons due to limited comparable sales, feeder heifers 2.00 higher, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. 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 $319.74/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 2 of 15 comparable sales and sits −72.02 against this barn's trailing median of $391.76.

Average price

$319.74

11 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

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

$62.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.37

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	334.98	1,782	5thin
Medium and Large 2	547	313.95	1,716	5thin
Medium and Large 3	570	272.50	1,553	1thin

One grade step is worth $62.48/cwt here — about $229 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

15 sales

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 sale11 hd

319.74

—

SC average6 barns · 95 hd

318.37

+1.37

This barn, trailing median15 sales

391.76

−72.02

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	1,547	161.32	2,496	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,362	145.06	1,976	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,225	140.00	1,715	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	974	96.65	942	5thin

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)	985	$1,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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	300–350	320	377.46/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,208	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,213	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,515	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	770	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,309	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	236.19/cwt	227.50–245.00	1,712	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,089	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	441	324.39/cwt	323.50–325.00	1,431	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	548	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,671	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	287.55/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,188	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	770	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	381	326.05/cwt	297.50–360.00	1,242	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,580	1
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	933	142.01/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,325	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	256.15/cwt	250.00–262.50	1,627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	688	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,117	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,225	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,715	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,620	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,106	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,078	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,356	145.12/cwt	135.00–154.00	1,968	35
Bulls	—	—	1,020	143.18/cwt	138.00–150.00	1,460	2
Bulls	—	—	1,780	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	3,257	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,364	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,445	1
Bulls	—	—	1,684	163.75/cwt	150.00–176.00	2,758	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	122.89/cwt	118.00–127.00	1,239	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	952	79.15/cwt	62.00–108.00	754	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	275	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,279	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	278	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,209	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,380	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,506	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	404	402.50/cwt	395.00–407.50	1,626	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	335	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,491	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	334.98/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,782	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,372	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	328.50/cwt	327.50–332.50	1,514	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	403.35/cwt	402.50–407.50	1,521	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,106	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	985	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	316.43/cwt	312.50–325.00	1,304	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	550–600	570	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,482	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	650	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,641	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	430	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	317.44/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,768	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	393.24/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,490	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	342.50/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,713	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,750	1

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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