Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offerings of 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 $322.25/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −72.38 against this barn's trailing median of $394.63.

Average price

$322.25

18 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,706

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$31.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.21

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	350.00	1,864	2thin
Medium and Large 2	529	318.78	1,687	16thin

One grade step is worth $31.22/cwt here — about $177 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

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

322.25

—

SC average5 barns · 85 hd

322.03

+0.21

This barn, trailing median14 sales

394.63

−72.38

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	—	Low	1,313	160.26	2,104	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,445	153.00	2,211	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,225	143.76	1,760	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	997	137.42	1,370	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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,040	$2,800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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 2Fleshy	600–650	600	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	478	318.70/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	340.91/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,428	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	387.39/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,623	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	314.99/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,584	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	378.81/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,224	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	386.93/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,432	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	348.37/cwt	347.50–350.00	1,449	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	354.79/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,685	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,070	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,471	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	455	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,547	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	445	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	433.35/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,443	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	369.44/cwt	362.50–377.50	1,389	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	328.77/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,769	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	137.42/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,370	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	155.26/cwt	151.00–159.00	2,011	2
Bulls	—	—	1,313	160.26/cwt	154.00–165.00	2,104	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	140.88/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,700	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,211	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,828	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	426.08/cwt	417.50–435.00	1,653	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,085	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	830	203.82/cwt	200.00–207.50	1,692	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	558	279.33/cwt	270.00–282.50	1,559	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	348.72/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,126	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	683	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,759	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	319.93/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,209	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	492	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,710	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,901	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,148	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	861	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	287	387.49/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,112	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	274.14/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,809	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	322.73/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,662	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	344.46/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,281	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	286.54/cwt	277.50–290.00	1,785	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	593	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,720	2

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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