Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made due to limited comparable sales. Active buyer participation on a light offering of plain to average quality cattle.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $408.30/cwt on 9 head, down $35.74 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 11 of 15 comparable sales and sits +16.54 against this barn's trailing median of $391.76.

Average price

$408.30

▼ 35.74 vs prior sale

9 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,185

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$346

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$78.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.49

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	428.32	2,236	3thin
Medium and Large 2	542	407.95	2,211	5thin
Medium and Large 3	540	350.00	1,890	1thin

One grade step is worth $78.32/cwt here — about $346 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale9 hd

408.30

—

SC average6 barns · 81 hd

381.81

+26.49

This barn, trailing median15 sales

391.76

+16.54

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	1,699	209.39	3,557	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,198	169.74	2,033	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,020	140.00	1,428	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)	940	$3,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,093	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,086	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,935	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,465	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,385	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	169.74/cwt	160.00–176.00	2,033	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	435.12/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,871	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	474.97/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,843	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,338	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	940	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bulls	—	—	1,300	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,470	1
Bulls	—	—	1,898	219.09/cwt	217.00–221.00	4,158	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	357.46/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,709	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,162	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,295	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	429.98/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,184	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	409.91/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,173	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,127	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,394	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,038	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,126	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	405.00/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,268	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	382.44/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,924	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	412.45/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,959	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	347.47/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,956	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	455	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,624	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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