Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $317.23/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 2 of 15 comparable sales and sits −74.53 against this barn's trailing median of $391.76.

Average price

$317.23

34 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,735

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$18.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.61

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	548	318.82	1,747	31
Medium and Large 3	533	300.82	1,604	3thin

One grade step is worth $18.00/cwt here — about $143 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale34 hd

317.23

—

SC average5 barns · 79 hd

317.84

−0.61

This barn, trailing median15 sales

391.76

−74.53

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	1,685	186.66	3,145	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,525	163.00	2,486	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,152	145.19	1,673	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,028	100.63	1,034	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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	845	$1,475	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$1,389	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	830	$1,825	1thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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 2	200–250	240	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	379.79/cwt	365.00–382.50	1,648	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	343.52/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,467	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	218	393.13/cwt	380.00–400.00	857	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	291.88/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,821	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,223	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	284.32/cwt	282.50–290.00	1,933	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	387.44/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,232	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,615	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	650–700	665	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,962	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	464	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,473	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	385.11/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,471	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	830	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	845	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	327.23/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,836	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	940	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	338.01/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,737	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	281	399.24/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,122	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	898	213.31/cwt	207.50–220.00	1,916	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	137.40/cwt	132.00–145.00	1,470	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	156.88/cwt	156.00–158.00	2,000	2
Bulls	—	—	1,685	186.66/cwt	180.00–192.00	3,145	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	100.63/cwt	89.00–113.00	1,034	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,486	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	755	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	510	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,530	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	555	299.21/cwt	297.50–307.50	1,661	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	390	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,937	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	950	1,388.88/head	1,375.00–1,400.00	1,389	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	266.25/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,731	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	268	347.01/cwt	330.00–365.00	930	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	613	268.27/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,644	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	382	341.70/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,305	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	343.79/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,633	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	583	276.20/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	340.36/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,116	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,377	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	280.62/cwt	280.00–282.50	1,785	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	325.62/cwt	325.00–327.50	1,911	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	316.23/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	291.74/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,669	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	371.82/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,041	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	312.27/cwt	307.50–330.00	1,608	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	404	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,303	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	716	288.09/cwt	282.50–295.00	2,063	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,726	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	342.75/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,282	7

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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