Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Stockyards / 2025-04-21

Saluda Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Apr 21
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961
Feeder Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 141▼ 177 vs year ago 250 · −70.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 52▼ 78 vs year ago 86 · −90.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 4▼ 21 vs year ago 24 · −87.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: no comparisons due to limited comparable sales. Light 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 $305.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 3 of 18 comparable sales and sits −47.71 against this barn's trailing median of $352.71.
Average price
$305.00
1 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+17.58
vs SC average
−24.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2520305.001,5861thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales
418367317266median 352.7102/0903/3007/2008/2409/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $404.13, low $279.94, median $352.71 across 18 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 sale1 hd
305.00
—
SC average6 barns · 108 hd
287.42
+17.58
National average175 barns · 11,256 hd
329.95
−24.95
This barn, trailing median18 sales
352.71
−47.71
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
Bulls—High1,363190.882,6022thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average991143.231,4194thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,125130.961,4732thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls——1,363190.88/cwt186.00–200.002,6022
CowsBoner 80-85%—991143.23/cwt138.00–149.001,4194
CowsLean 85-90%—1,125130.96/cwt130.00–132.001,4732
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300273402.43/cwt400.00–405.001,0992
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400385404.94/cwt402.50–407.501,5592
Stock CowsSmall 2—710165.85/cwt160.00–172.501,1782
SteersMedium and Large 3250–300285355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,0121
BullsMedium and Large 3700–750705227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,6041
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500463338.31/cwt335.00–340.001,5663
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500480346.50/cwt340.00–357.501,6633
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300288357.00/cwt350.00–360.001,0284
Stock CowsSmall 2—905152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,3761
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400370362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,3413
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500476325.50/cwt322.50–335.001,5499
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450435406.00/cwt406.00–406.001,7664
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400350390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3651
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500455312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,4221
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400365365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3321
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450420370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5542
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550511334.58/cwt332.50–335.001,7106
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450425355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5092
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550518337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,7482
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300285374.95/cwt372.50–380.001,0693
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550520305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5861
BullsMedium and Large 3200–250215390.00/cwt390.00–390.008391
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300270315.00/cwt315.00–315.008511
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550530305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6171
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350305330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0071
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450428340.75/cwt330.00–342.501,4587
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450445345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5351

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.