Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $337.11/cwt on 12 head, up $10.35 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −31.25 against this barn's trailing median of $368.36.

Average price

$337.11

▲ 10.35 vs prior sale

12 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,801

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$434

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

$106.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.06

vs SC average

−36.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	378.75	1,960	4thin
Medium and Large 2	537	330.89	1,776	6thin
Medium and Large 3	560	272.50	1,526	2thin

One grade step is worth $106.25/cwt here — about $434 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale12 hd

337.11

—

SC average6 barns · 134 hd

328.05

+9.06

National average160 barns · 6,700 hd

374.03

−36.92

This barn, trailing median14 sales

368.36

−31.25

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	1,930	223.00	4,304	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,150	184.00	2,116	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,239	175.69	2,177	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,019	160.04	1,631	4thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,155	$3,300	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	790	$2,000	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	974	$4,114	12
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	810	$3,833	3thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	906	$3,673	7
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	915	$3,100	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	920	$1,915	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	905	$1,539	1thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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 2	450–500	477	383.46/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,829	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	540	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	404.82/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	408.35/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,544	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	281.24/cwt	277.50–285.00	2,188	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	453.03/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,862	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,862	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	505	385.00/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,944	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	490	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	439.92/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,421	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,734	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,960	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	450.00/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,025	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,059	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,041	4,671.19/head	4,100.00–5,500.00	4,671	4
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	905	1,539.00/head	1,539.00–1,539.00	1,539	1
Bred Heifers	Small 2	—	848	3,404.42/head	3,300.00–3,500.00	3,404	2
Bred Cows	Small 1	—	1,155	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Bulls	Small 2	—	960	1,805.00/head	1,805.00–1,805.00	1,805	1
Bred Heifers	Small 2	—	730	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	1
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	790	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Heifers	Small 1	—	939	4,242.01/head	4,100.00–4,400.00	4,242	4
Bred Heifers	Small 2	—	915	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Heifers	Small 2	—	745	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	1
Bred Heifers	Small 1	—	929	3,578.20/head	3,500.00–3,700.00	3,578	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	880	2,024.00/head	2,024.00–2,024.00	2,024	1
Bred Heifers	Small 1	—	795	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	1
Bulls	—	—	1,930	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	4,304	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	163.38/cwt	159.00–167.00	1,776	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,223	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,150	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	500	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,000	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	4,300.00/head	4,300.00–4,300.00	4,300	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	905	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,035	3,452.17/head	3,300.00–3,600.00	3,452	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	880	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	175.69/cwt	166.00–187.00	2,177	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	364.55/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	235	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	905	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	415	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,764	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	337.77/cwt	330.00–345.00	929	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	379.87/cwt	365.00–395.00	2,146	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	304.47/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,735	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	283	380.66/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,077	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	235	358.09/cwt	330.00–385.00	842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,801	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	440	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	397.38/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,291	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	398.50/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,064	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	344.10/cwt	320.00–357.50	1,789	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,652	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	996	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,838	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	385	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,367	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	440	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	368.71/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,597	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,090	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	205	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	841	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	342.43/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,746	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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