Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Stockyards / 2025-07-28

Saluda Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Jul 28
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961
Feeder Cattle receipts
166 head
72 vs last sale 94 11 vs year ago 155 · +7.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
2 vs last sale 25 1 vs year ago 26 · +3.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
7 vs last sale 7 1 vs year ago 15 · 6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder cattle had no comparisons due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows were 1.00 higher on a light test, slaughter bulls were 1.20 higher. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $326.77/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits 67.85 against this barn's trailing median of $394.63.
Average price
$326.77
18 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,745
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$14.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.07
vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2539329.141,77415thin
Medium and Large 3510314.951,6063thin
One grade step is worth $14.19/cwt here — about $168 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales
464409354298median 394.6301/1203/0204/0606/2208/17
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 sale18 hd
326.77
SC average6 barns · 67 hd
317.70
+9.07
This barn, trailing median14 sales
394.63
−67.85
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
BullsHigh1,613184.262,9736thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,160165.001,9141thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,150161.651,85812
CowsLean 85-90%Average926143.711,3318thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,228$2,1943thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,056$2,0284thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,045$1,6502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)895$2,9751thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450414400.95/cwt397.50–410.001,6607
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300255370.00/cwt370.00–370.009441
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350323400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2922
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400350417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,4611
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450410410.05/cwt405.00–412.501,6814
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800757297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,2523
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350323383.50/cwt380.00–390.001,2395
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400390355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3851
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400381393.34/cwt392.50–395.001,4996
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300295410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,2102
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700665317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,1111
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350345417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,4401
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy250–300250445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,1133
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450400415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6601
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy250–300270440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,1881
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2282,194.03/head2,100.00–2,300.002,1943
Bred CowsSmall 19401,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred CowsSmall 1760150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1401
Bred CowsSmall 18151,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
CowsLean 85-90%926143.71/cwt135.00–154.001,3318
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,160165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,9141
CowsBoner 80-85%870145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2621
CowsBoner 80-85%1,175163.16/cwt155.00–176.001,91711
Bulls1,860199.58/cwt198.00–201.003,7122
Bulls1,235167.95/cwt162.00–172.002,0742
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,185170.52/cwt170.00–171.002,0212
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 18952,975.00/head2,975.00–2,975.002,9751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0501,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,030151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,5551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1802,168.22/head1,975.00–2,375.002,1682
Bulls1,745185.25/cwt182.00–188.003,2332
BullsMedium and Large 3750–800775250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9381
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550510314.95/cwt310.00–325.001,6063
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500460335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5411
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450430334.98/cwt327.50–337.501,4407
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550515315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6221
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1501,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500475315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4961
HeifersMedium and Large 3750–800790230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8172
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600570250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4251
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450445315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4021
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350335335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1221
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650648300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9445
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600570287.57/cwt280.00–295.001,6392
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800755290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1901
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700650312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,0311
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550515308.45/cwt297.50–315.001,58911
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550525342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,7981
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700685260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7813
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,2291
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550526329.12/cwt327.50–342.501,7319
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600554335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8565
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500465334.13/cwt322.50–340.001,5549
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400383344.50/cwt330.00–350.001,3194
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350305375.16/cwt365.00–385.001,1442
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450413382.62/cwt375.00–387.501,5804
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500480338.44/cwt335.00–345.001,6253
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650610312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,9061
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450418328.79/cwt322.50–335.001,3742
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650617319.14/cwt317.50–320.001,9693
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500482355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7113
SteersMedium and Large 2Full500–550530310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6431
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy550–600580300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7401

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.