Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Stockyards / 2025-06-09

Saluda Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Jun 9
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961
Feeder Cattle receipts
155 head
46 vs last sale 201 356 vs year ago 511 · 69.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
13 vs last sale 23 88 vs year ago 98 · 89.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
2 vs last sale 8 17 vs year ago 27 · 63.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers no comparisons due to limited sales, feeder heifers 2.00 higher based on limited comparable sales, feeder bulls no comparisons due to limited sales, slaughter cows 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. 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 $316.47/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 2 of 14 comparable sales and sits 51.88 against this barn's trailing median of $368.36.
Average price
$316.47
14 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,745
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.24
vs SC average
24.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563318.361,7939thin
Medium and Large 2530313.081,6595thin
One grade step is worth $5.28/cwt here — about $133 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

14 sales
418379340301median 368.3612/1503/1604/2707/2008/17
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $404.13, low $314.67, median $368.36 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 sale14 hd
316.47
SC average6 barns · 130 hd
314.24
+2.24
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
−24.45
This barn, trailing median14 sales
368.36
−51.88
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
BullsLow1,376173.482,3875thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,245153.001,9051thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low848126.981,0774thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,170$2,3001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)905$1,7001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)710$1,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)760$2,0751thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)690$1,2751thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)770$1,2751thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450413343.76/cwt342.50–345.001,4202
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750740255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8871
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500473349.94/cwt345.00–360.001,6558
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375351.01/cwt347.50–357.501,3163
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350315400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2601
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450420385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6171
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400360365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3141
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300298397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,1853
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500450350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5751
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550519330.50/cwt330.00–332.501,7155
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350328374.00/cwt370.00–375.001,2275
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518331.34/cwt327.50–335.001,7162
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250237426.62/cwt420.00–430.001,0113
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450428396.27/cwt392.50–400.001,6962
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300298400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1922
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added400–450447370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6543
Stock CowsSmall 26901,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bred CowsSmall 27101,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Stock CowsSmall 17701,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Stock CowsSmall 3590117.50/cwt117.50–117.506931
Stock CowsSmall 2715164.09/cwt157.00–170.001,1732
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750725250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8131
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 27602,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Bulls915152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,3911
Bulls1,491178.85/cwt174.00–184.002,6674
CowsLean 85-90%808113.49/cwt111.00–116.009172
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1702,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
BullsMedium and Large 11,070170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8191
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,340157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,1041
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29051,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
CowsLean 85-90%888140.46/cwt140.00–141.001,2472
CowsBoner 80-85%1,245153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,9051
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600578293.40/cwt290.00–295.001,6963
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650620258.66/cwt255.00–262.501,6042
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550515290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4941
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500488318.04/cwt315.00–327.501,5524
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700670295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9772
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy250–300280420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1761
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650641289.60/cwt287.50–297.501,8568
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400365335.86/cwt330.00–345.001,2263
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350340375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2751
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400378360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3612
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350340337.54/cwt335.00–340.001,1482
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500463302.58/cwt297.50–307.501,4012
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350332360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1953
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600558310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7303
SteersMedium and Large 3750–800753275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0711
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300270355.00/cwt355.00–355.009591
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600585320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8723
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450437321.23/cwt315.00–322.501,4046
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350315384.84/cwt380.00–390.001,2122
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550530313.08/cwt307.50–320.001,6595
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400375375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4061
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700687283.69/cwt282.50–287.501,9494
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400378379.04/cwt370.00–387.501,4332
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300290360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0441
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400395390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5411
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500469327.15/cwt320.00–332.501,5345
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350335345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1561
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600552325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7946
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450420354.14/cwt340.00–365.001,4875
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added600–650629302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,9037
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600576314.65/cwt312.50–315.001,8127
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250245385.00/cwt385.00–385.009432

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.