Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls had no comparisons due to limited comparable sales, feeder heifers were steady to 5.00 higher, slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 higher based on limited comparable sales. 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 $339.04/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 3 of 15 comparable sales and sits −52.72 against this barn's trailing median of $391.76.

Average price

$339.04

17 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,843

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$349

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

$53.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.35

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	353.33	1,849	3thin
Medium and Large 2	552	338.75	1,868	13thin
Medium and Large 3	500	300.00	1,500	1thin

One grade step is worth $53.33/cwt here — about $349 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

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 sale17 hd

339.04

—

SC average6 barns · 137 hd

325.69

+13.35

This barn, trailing median15 sales

391.76

−52.72

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	—	Average	1,605	187.02	3,001	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	170.00	2,499	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,143	169.09	1,932	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,124	142.10	1,597	5thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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 2	400–450	422	379.91/cwt	372.50–385.00	1,603	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	500–550	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	750–800	765	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,874	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,871	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	335.29/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,767	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,967	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	279.70/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,874	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	402.43/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,718	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	415.04/cwt	412.50–417.50	1,473	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	353.74/cwt	352.50–355.00	1,804	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	338.71/cwt	337.50–340.00	1,609	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	371.35/cwt	357.50–380.00	1,515	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	470	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,457	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	390.74/cwt	377.50–405.00	1,829	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,238	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,005	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	411.71/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,293	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,939	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	586	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,095	6
Stock Cows	Small 1	—	895	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,836	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,089	165.94/cwt	150.00–178.00	1,807	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	795	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	954	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,206	147.62/cwt	143.00–152.00	1,780	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,499	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	179.61/cwt	178.00–182.00	2,374	3
Bulls	—	—	1,578	192.70/cwt	189.00–195.00	3,041	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	364	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,465	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	618	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,194	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	310	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,302	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,075	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,806	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	862	234.55/cwt	210.00–247.50	2,022	7
Bulls	—	—	1,685	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,865	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	296.48/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,402	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	926	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	371.96/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,369	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,242	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	292.61/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,390	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,250	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,645	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	331.28/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,421	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,993	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	308.54/cwt	297.50–320.00	1,635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	371.21/cwt	370.00–372.50	1,607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,997	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	350.87/cwt	335.00–357.50	1,846	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	332.07/cwt	327.50–345.00	1,587	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	337.48/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,954	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	326.26/cwt	325.00–327.50	1,902	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	342.54/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,483	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	362.76/cwt	352.50–370.00	1,745	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	380.17/cwt	372.50–387.50	1,285	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	342.91/cwt	320.00–347.50	1,859	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	359.93/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,706	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	363.11/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,383	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,771	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,153	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	329.38/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,887	4

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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