Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Stockyards / 2025-09-15

Saluda Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Sep 15
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961
Feeder Cattle receipts
235 head
56 vs last sale 179 184 vs year ago 419 · 43.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
8 vs last sale 19 7 vs year ago 34 · 20.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
7 vs last sale 12 2 vs year ago 3 · +66.7%
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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 3.00 lower based on limited comparable sales, slaughter bulls were steady. 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 $343.89/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 4 of 14 comparable sales and sits 24.47 against this barn's trailing median of $368.36.
Average price
$343.89
41 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,841
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.96
vs SC average
15.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529352.001,86231
Medium and Large 3540325.001,7551thin
Medium and Large 2557318.061,7729thin
One grade step is worth $33.94/cwt here — about $90 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
418379340301median 368.3612/1503/1604/2707/2008/17
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $404.13, low $314.67, median $368.36 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 sale41 hd
343.89
SC average6 barns · 220 hd
344.85
−0.96
National average170 barns · 10,929 hd
359.66
−15.77
This barn, trailing median14 sales
368.36
−24.47
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
BullsLow1,622182.262,9566thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,417159.492,2603thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,165153.321,7867thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average948135.191,2825thin

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)1,140$2,2632thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550537380.25/cwt375.00–384.002,04212
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450403430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7332
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500468361.05/cwt340.00–367.501,69020
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650628301.03/cwt290.00–312.501,8902
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550510347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,7721
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450430362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,5591
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350345435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5011
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650629334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,1015
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy550–600593270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6012
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy700–750715295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1091
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy550–600580337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,9581
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450420382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,6071
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1282
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300282452.44/cwt442.50–457.501,2763
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500465412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,9183
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450426419.25/cwt415.00–427.501,7863
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added350–400358432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,5482
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500460417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,9211
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added300–350345447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,5444
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400353429.93/cwt420.00–440.001,5182
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250200425.00/cwt425.00–425.008501
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350320417.85/cwt410.00–425.001,3372
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550529352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,86231
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450400417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,6701
Stock CowsSmall 2895192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,7231
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600555357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,9842
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550520367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,9112
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400358423.74/cwt422.50–425.001,5172
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250242470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,1373
CowsLean 85-90%962142.64/cwt136.00–146.001,3723
CowsLean 85-90%928124.02/cwt122.50–125.001,1512
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,417159.49/cwt154.00–164.002,2603
CowsBoner 80-85%1,125145.89/cwt143.00–149.001,6412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,181156.29/cwt152.00–161.001,8465
Bulls1,233156.66/cwt141.00–167.001,9322
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2885237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,1021
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1151,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
BullsMedium and Large 1920237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,1851
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1652,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5751
Bulls1,555200.00/cwt200.00–200.003,1101
Bulls1,903193.41/cwt191.00–198.003,6813
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500460344.33/cwt340.00–347.501,5844
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650648275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7822
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600565295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6671
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550540325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7551
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600582367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,13641
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added300–350332457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,5193
SteersMedium and Large 3700–750740295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1831
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450415350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4531
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550510300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5301
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650615300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8451
HeifersMedium and Large 3750–800765210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6071
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450400350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4001
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350300400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2001
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650628318.38/cwt300.00–327.501,9993
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350320295.00/cwt295.00–295.009441
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500490300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4703
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400360342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,2331
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650630287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,8111
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500488370.12/cwt369.00–375.001,8065
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400365405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4781
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400395412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,6291
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800787281.27/cwt280.00–282.502,2142
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700690290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0012
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550537366.93/cwt350.00–375.001,9703
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600583310.01/cwt307.50–322.501,8076
BullsMedium and Large 2Full700–750745275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0491
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600571333.13/cwt322.50–340.001,9024
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550515330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7003
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500479400.91/cwt385.00–404.001,9209
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650645342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,2092

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.