Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Stockyards / 2025-09-08

Saluda Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Sep 8
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961
Feeder Cattle receipts
179 head
14 vs last sale 165 118 vs year ago 297 · 39.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
10 vs last sale 29 36 vs year ago 55 · 65.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
23 vs last sale 35 8 vs year ago 4 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers had no comparisons due to limited comparable sales, feeder heifers were 5.00 higher, feeder bulls had no comparisons due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows were steady to 0.50 higher, slaughter bulls were 3.00 higher. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $347.17/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 4 of 13 comparable sales and sits 21.22 against this barn's trailing median of $368.39.
Average price
$347.17
18 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,845
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$56.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.75
vs SC average
21.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1504371.251,8716thin
Medium and Large 2544336.961,83311thin
Medium and Large 3560315.001,7641thin
One grade step is worth $56.25/cwt here — about $107 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales
418379340301median 368.3902/0903/2304/2707/2008/17
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 sale18 hd
347.17
SC average6 barns · 168 hd
335.42
+11.75
National average171 barns · 13,169 hd
368.34
−21.17
This barn, trailing median13 sales
368.39
−21.22
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
BullsLow1,518194.852,9576thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,157169.081,95610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,498162.502,4332thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,060140.441,4895thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)970$1,8501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)925$1,2251thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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 2700–750710290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0591
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450418448.26/cwt440.00–450.001,8746
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400365414.68/cwt402.50–420.001,5148
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550504371.25/cwt370.00–372.501,8716
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700668319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,1314
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350340435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4791
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy500–550530310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6431
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500450415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8681
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250232466.72/cwt465.00–470.001,0833
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350318444.88/cwt440.00–450.001,4152
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350300435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,3051
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650602367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,2129
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added300–350310437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,3562
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450422429.86/cwt425.00–435.001,8143
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550515373.33/cwt365.00–377.501,9233
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400378447.45/cwt440.00–455.001,6912
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650610342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,0891
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450406405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6444
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500450385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7331
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500471405.75/cwt400.00–410.001,9116
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400355465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,6511
BullsMedium and Large 2885245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,1681
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1805250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0131
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600568357.43/cwt350.00–367.502,0308
Stock CowsSmall 1900206.04/cwt200.00–212.561,8542
Stock CowsSmall 2725192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,3961
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450430440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8921
CowsBoner 80-85%1,080186.70/cwt180.00–196.002,0162
CowsBoner 80-85%1,176164.68/cwt159.00–176.001,9378
Bulls1,030167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,7201
CowsLean 85-90%1,047144.36/cwt138.00–147.001,5113
Bulls1,270189.17/cwt182.00–195.002,4022
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,500166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,4901
Stock CowsMedium and Large 3875197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,7281
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29701,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2740207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,5361
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,495159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,3771
Bulls1,845207.92/cwt204.00–213.003,8363
CowsLean 85-90%1,080134.56/cwt134.00–135.001,4532
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700675270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8232
HeifersMedium and Large 3650–700668276.76/cwt270.00–280.001,8493
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600560315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7641
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1945250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,3631
BullsMedium and Large 1905245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,2172
Bred CowsMedium and Large 39251,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
BullsMedium and Large 3750–800780280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1841
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600595300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7851
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400380370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4061
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500480365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7521
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400375360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3501
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400350370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2951
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650610285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7391
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added550–600562339.49/cwt339.00–340.001,9084
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700653350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2863
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600563337.33/cwt330.00–345.001,8992
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550523370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9352
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600595285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6961
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550545310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6901
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550526343.73/cwt322.50–355.001,8085
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500472372.43/cwt360.00–382.501,7585
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600575320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8401
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700662296.73/cwt290.00–300.001,9643
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650632308.96/cwt292.50–315.001,9536
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450420385.94/cwt372.50–390.001,6216
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600571336.33/cwt330.00–345.001,9204
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550532332.37/cwt322.50–337.501,7683
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800755295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2271
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450433395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,7102
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300255415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,0581
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650618303.73/cwt300.00–307.501,8772
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy600–650640322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,0641
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400395430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6991
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300270440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,1881
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550536382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,05010
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700675287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,9411

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.