Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder cattle had no comparisons due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows firm on a light test, slaughter bulls to few too trend. Light offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. Lighter demand for cattle with excessive hair.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $329.69/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −64.94 against this barn's trailing median of $394.63.

Average price

$329.69

8 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$24.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.37

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	341.88	1,830	4thin
Medium and Large 2	516	317.50	1,638	4thin

One grade step is worth $24.38/cwt here — about $192 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

14 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $449.95, low $312.46, median $394.63 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 sale8 hd

329.69

—

SC average6 barns · 102 hd

310.32

+19.37

This barn, trailing median14 sales

394.63

−64.94

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	1,552	193.33	3,001	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,205	166.42	2,005	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,378	158.57	2,185	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	143.03	1,485	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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,160	$2,525	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	805	$1,975	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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	565	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,850	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	497	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,590	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	427	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,377	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700–750	720	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	334.94/cwt	332.50–337.50	1,115	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,090	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	294.99/cwt	290.00–305.00	2,159	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	320.08/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,766	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,600	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	840	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,277	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,314	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	166.73/cwt	159.00–174.00	2,059	9
Bulls	—	—	2,090	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	4,180	1
Bulls	—	—	1,283	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,438	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	143.03/cwt	132.00–158.00	1,485	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	338	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,107	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,245	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	304.91/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,302	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,422	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,378	158.57/cwt	154.00–164.00	2,185	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	805	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	305	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,159	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,638	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	382	315.22/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,204	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	408	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,510	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,097	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	383.82/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,224	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	558	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,953	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,818	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	368.58/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,382	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	986	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,096	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	508	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,626	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,294	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,862	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	450	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,654	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,294	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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