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

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

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $328.84/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 3 of 15 comparable sales and sits −62.91 against this barn's trailing median of $391.76.

Average price

$328.84

9 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,840

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$18

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

$40.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.88

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	350.00	1,827	3thin
Medium and Large 2	575	319.92	1,840	5thin
Medium and Large 3	595	310.00	1,845	1thin

One grade step is worth $40.00/cwt here — about −$18 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

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 sale9 hd

328.84

—

SC average3 barns · 54 hd

321.96

+6.88

This barn, trailing median15 sales

391.76

−62.91

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	1,230	174.00	2,140	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,255	159.84	2,006	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,093	157.70	1,723	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	892	131.06	1,169	3thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	785	$1,525	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	965	$1,475	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	665	$1,325	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	440	$975	1thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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 1	450–500	480	358.67/cwt	357.50–362.50	1,722	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,795	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,589	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,614	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	467	341.50/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,595	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,827	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,947	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,548	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,676	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	700	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	963	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	440	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	332.83/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,571	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	343.01/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,156	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	393.49/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,452	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,271	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	665	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,098	159.08/cwt	158.00–160.00	1,747	2
Bulls	—	—	1,020	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,622	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	785	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	895	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	139.59/cwt	136.00–143.00	1,319	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	745	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,136	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	785	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bulls	—	—	1,440	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,722	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,255	159.84/cwt	152.00–168.00	2,006	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	143.53/cwt	142.00–145.00	1,550	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	170.48/cwt	170.00–171.00	1,875	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	307.51/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,109	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,347	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	965	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,113	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,007	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	322.54/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	319.92/cwt	317.00–322.50	1,840	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,281	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	357.40/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,333	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,874	8

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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