Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-05

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

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $323.86/cwt on 5 head, up $17.55 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 14 comparable sales and sits −70.77 against this barn's trailing median of $394.63.

Average price

$323.86

▲ 17.55 vs prior sale

5 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,817

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

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

$26.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.61

vs SC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	345.00	1,863	1thin
Medium and Large 3	525	320.00	1,680	1thin
Medium and Large 2	580	318.10	1,845	3thin

One grade step is worth $26.90/cwt here — about $18 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 $306.31, 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 sale5 hd

323.86

—

SC average3 barns · 20 hd

324.47

−0.61

This barn, trailing median14 sales

394.63

−70.77

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	1,483	159.14	2,361	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,040	135.33	1,408	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,019	123.74	1,261	5thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	840	$1,850	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$1,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	975	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,229	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	123.74/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,261	5
Bulls	—	—	1,590	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,719	1
Bulls	—	—	1,430	153.21/cwt	143.00–159.00	2,191	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,680	1
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	840	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	575	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,242	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,834	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,603	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	318.10/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,845	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	304.96/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	515	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	608	286.28/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,741	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,133	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	263.77/cwt	262.50–265.00	1,894	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	296.43/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,868	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,430	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,138	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	950	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,653	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	140.00/cwt	139.00–141.00	1,502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	430	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	441.97/cwt	425.00–447.50	1,573	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,891	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	329.74/cwt	328.00–331.00	1,992	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	943	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,478	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	416.35/cwt	407.50–425.00	1,832	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	343.75/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,891	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	870	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,371	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	367.40/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,694	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	393.79/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,658	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	402.98/cwt	390.00–417.50	1,838	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	365.22/cwt	355.00–377.50	1,727	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	333.74/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,762	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	386.95/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,718	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	590	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	678	245.02/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,983	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,804	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	324.41/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,667	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,300	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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