Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $353.97/cwt on 10 head, down $31.46 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 14 comparable sales and sits −14.39 against this barn's trailing median of $368.36.

Average price

$353.97

▼ 31.46 vs prior sale

10 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,968

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$250

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

$65.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.76

vs SC average

−21.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	552	360.52	1,991	9thin
Medium and Large 3	590	295.00	1,741	1thin

One grade step is worth $65.52/cwt here — about $250 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

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 sale10 hd

353.97

—

SC average6 barns · 138 hd

378.73

−24.76

National average148 barns · 5,785 hd

375.81

−21.84

This barn, trailing median14 sales

368.36

−14.39

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	1,761	219.83	3,871	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,458	182.52	2,661	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,039	174.62	1,814	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	815	150.00	1,223	1thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,200	$2,975	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,155	$2,825	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,048	$2,675	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	965	$2,126	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	760	$1,000	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,035	$2,600	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,225	$2,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,090	$4,005	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,029	$3,536	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	670	$1,900	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,210	$2,154	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	890	$1,958	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	859	$1,773	3thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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 1Value Added	400–450	410	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	441.90/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,631	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,239	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,230	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,040	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	320	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,472	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,118	4,125.73/head	4,100.00–4,150.00	4,126	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1	—	913	4,155.21/head	4,050.00–4,250.00	4,155	2
Stock Cows	Small 1	—	890	1,958.00/head	1,958.00–1,958.00	1,958	1
Bred Cows	Small 1	—	1,115	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,078	3,745.24/head	3,700.00–3,800.00	3,745	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,173	4,275.37/head	4,250.00–4,300.00	4,275	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,210	2,154.00/head	2,154.00–2,154.00	2,154	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1	—	1,000	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1	—	1,080	4,040.28/head	3,950.00–4,150.00	4,040	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	1,020	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	760	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	760	1,444.00/head	1,444.00–1,444.00	1,444	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1	—	1,150	4,400.00/head	4,400.00–4,400.00	4,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	670	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	720	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	1,065	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	838	1,728.43/head	1,625.00–1,800.00	1,728	2
Bred Cows	Small 1	—	1,055	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Small 1	—	1,043	2,186.81/head	2,100.00–2,300.00	2,187	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	908	1,937.10/head	1,935.00–1,939.00	1,937	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,193	4,354.72/head	4,200.00–4,500.00	4,355	2
Bulls	—	—	1,761	219.83/cwt	214.00–226.00	3,871	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,223	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,039	174.62/cwt	166.00–189.00	1,814	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	182.52/cwt	182.00–183.00	2,661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	622	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,742	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,225	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,195	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,208	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	582	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,862	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	342.47/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,397	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,083	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	603	250.10/cwt	215.00–285.00	1,508	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,862	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	371.24/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,023	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,767	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,741	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	402.52/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,381	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	341.20/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,767	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,426	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,599	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,262	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,946	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	326.03/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,881	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	250–300	260	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,077	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	470	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	570	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	520	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	436.62/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,917	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	249.90/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,949	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	401.87/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,845	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	414.24/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,125	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	440.12/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,871	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	314.90/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,978	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	414.99/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,718	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	533	354.88/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,892	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	454	445.99/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,025	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	414.03/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,913	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,124	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	419.99/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,520	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,208	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,449	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,111	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	845	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,285	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	910	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	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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