Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Note: *There will be no report issued next week due to sale being closed for the holiday*

Compared to last week: no comparisons due to limited comparable sales. 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 $315.21/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −53.19 against this barn's trailing median of $368.39.

Average price

$315.21

12 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$248

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

$44.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.46

vs SC average

−20.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	324.29	1,670	7thin
Medium and Large 2	524	308.13	1,615	4thin
Medium and Large 3	508	280.00	1,422	1thin

One grade step is worth $44.29/cwt here — about $248 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

315.21

—

SC average6 barns · 119 hd

308.74

+6.46

National average145 barns · 7,340 hd

335.91

−20.70

This barn, trailing median13 sales

368.39

−53.19

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	—	High	1,558	181.78	2,832	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,192	170.40	2,032	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,078	153.55	1,655	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	998	120.00	1,197	2thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,078	153.55/cwt	152.00–155.00	1,655	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,652	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	815	1
Bulls	—	—	1,775	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	3,568	1
Bulls	—	—	1,195	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	425	344.91/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,466	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	510	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,357	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	288.01/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,820	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	502	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,839	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,572	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	269	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	968	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	690	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	366.24/cwt	365.00–367.50	1,201	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	298	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,103	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	311.56/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,502	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	439	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,558	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	328.22/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,237	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	329.85/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,880	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,249	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	508	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,422	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	472	283.28/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,337	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	323.15/cwt	322.50–325.00	1,348	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	916	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,653	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,183	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	554	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,676	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,336	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700–750	735	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,352	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,172	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	331.64/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,409	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,439	1
Bulls	—	—	1,607	184.63/cwt	172.00–196.00	2,967	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	175.51/cwt	175.00–176.00	2,261	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	519	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,687	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,629	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	348.01/cwt	345.00–352.50	1,858	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,673	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,154	168.36/cwt	165.00–171.00	1,943	5

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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