Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-15

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 $362.57/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −32.06 against this barn's trailing median of $394.63.

Average price

$362.57

10 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,943

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$286

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

$65.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.40

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	375.71	1,998	8thin
Medium and Large 2	553	310.00	1,713	2thin

One grade step is worth $65.71/cwt here — about $286 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 sale10 hd

362.57

—

SC average5 barns · 75 hd

350.17

+12.40

This barn, trailing median14 sales

394.63

−32.06

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	1,640	168.54	2,764	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,119	156.17	1,747	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,395	148.00	2,065	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,090	124.00	1,352	1thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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	—	—	1,725	187.10/cwt	185.00–189.00	3,227	2
Bulls	—	—	1,555	149.98/cwt	135.00–169.00	2,332	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	157.20/cwt	152.00–166.00	1,776	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,575	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,065	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,352	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,983	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	723	125.30/cwt	110.00–140.00	906	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,554	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	414	316.28/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,309	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	888	226.83/cwt	215.00–240.00	2,014	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,098	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,967	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,209	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	340.00/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,683	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,710	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	387.14/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,893	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,099	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	855	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	364.14/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,057	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	433.11/cwt	432.50–435.00	1,551	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,994	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,146	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,449	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,955	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	745	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,416	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	795	167.42/cwt	140.00–185.00	1,331	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	745	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,416	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	313	486.67/cwt	480.00–499.00	1,523	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	367	481.59/cwt	465.00–490.00	1,767	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	367.40/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,756	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	389.30/cwt	370.00–397.50	1,666	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	324	449.98/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,458	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	370	413.75/cwt	410.00–417.50	1,531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	225	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,103	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	401.94/cwt	395.00–407.50	1,865	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,311	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	364.34/cwt	362.50–370.00	2,252	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	423	445.89/cwt	437.50–455.00	1,886	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,134	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,916	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,521	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,081	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	232.50/cwt	230.00–235.00	2,325	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,164	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	382.65/cwt	370.00–386.00	1,959	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	451.23/cwt	450.00–452.50	1,931	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	353.06/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,850	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	484.53/cwt	475.00–495.00	1,299	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	320.05/cwt	317.50–322.50	2,026	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,193	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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