Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made today due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $341.45/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 4 of 14 comparable sales and sits −26.90 against this barn's trailing median of $368.36.

Average price

$341.45

4 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,840

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$35

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

$15.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.95

vs SC average

−36.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	345.27	1,830	3thin
Medium and Large 2	565	330.00	1,865	1thin

One grade step is worth $15.27/cwt here — about −$35 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

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 sale4 hd

341.45

—

SC average5 barns · 75 hd

323.50

+17.95

National average184 barns · 19,282 hd

377.96

−36.51

This barn, trailing median14 sales

368.36

−26.90

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	1,280	174.00	2,227	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,495	164.00	2,452	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,157	147.23	1,703	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	820	135.25	1,109	2thin

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)	680	$1,988	2thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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 1Fancy	250–300	275	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,155	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,865	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,012	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	353.74/cwt	352.50–355.00	1,726	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,330	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	356.47/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,658	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	395	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	517	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,029	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	368	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	373.50/cwt	372.50–375.00	1,509	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	345.27/cwt	330.00–353.00	1,830	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	344	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,170	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,901	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,411	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,826	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,881	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	369.77/cwt	350.00–379.00	1,882	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	431.43/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,635	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	377.15/cwt	367.50–387.50	1,780	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	490	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	465	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,907	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,251	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	974	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	650	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	330	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	430	321.03/cwt	315.00–327.50	1,380	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,265	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	452.36/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,461	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,023	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,888	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,767	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	363.80/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,502	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,889	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,512	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	690	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	825	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,436	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	830	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,079	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1	—	670	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	147.23/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,703	3
Bulls	—	—	1,280	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,227	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,452	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,480	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	605	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	771	1

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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