Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Livestock Exchange / 2024-07-08

Saluda Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Jul 8
● Final155 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3790
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Feeder Cattle receipts
899 head
▲ 899 vs last sale 0▲ 899 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
175 head
▲ 175 vs last sale 0▲ 175 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 0▲ 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price trend available this week due to the first sale at this location. Heavy offerings of average quality cattle, with active buyer participation. Strong demand noted for Feeder Cattle below 500lbs, with light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $239.05/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −144.65 against this barn's trailing median of $383.70.
Average price
$239.05
54 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,293
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$38.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.07
vs SC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519256.471,33020
Medium and Large 2550233.011,28223
Medium 1550225.001,2382thin
Medium and Large 3568219.151,2446thin
Large 1563218.271,2293thin
One grade step is worth $38.20/cwt here — about $101 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale54 hd
239.05
—
SC average3 barns · 87 hd
243.11
−4.07
This barn, trailing median34 sales
383.70
−144.65
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
470411352293median 383.7003/0204/2707/1309/0711/02
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $456.37, low $307.28, median $383.70 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,364160.192,18520
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,388141.741,96741
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,107132.691,46939
CowsLean 85-90%Average915122.151,11841

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,103$1,7012thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,030$1,6026
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,063$1,5775
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,162$1,5476
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)948$1,38713
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,053$1,3564thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,465$2,5501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)947$1,9253thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)679$1,2474thin

Every lot

155 lots · USDA AMS · Saluda Livestock Exchange - Saluda, SC
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270300.00/cwt300.00–300.008101
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280320.00/cwt320.00–320.008961
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0241
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed330345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1391
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0041
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0831
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3390245.00/cwt245.00–245.009561
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed410335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3741
Steers400–450Medium 1430245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0541
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2682
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed465305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4181
Steers450–500Medium 1468246.67/cwt245.00–250.001,1543
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2476268.49/cwt255.00–275.001,2787
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482282.16/cwt270.00–295.001,36016
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3505230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1621
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2517255.91/cwt240.00–265.001,32311
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526294.05/cwt275.00–305.001,5475
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed528305.28/cwt305.00–307.501,6129
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed553305.06/cwt295.00–315.001,6873
Steers550–600Large 1555230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2771
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy560215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2041
Steers550–600Medium 1565241.64/cwt240.00–242.501,3653
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572249.94/cwt245.00–255.001,4303
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574272.56/cwt265.00–292.501,56425
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3595230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3691
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3615220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3531
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617259.85/cwt250.00–275.001,6033
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2621240.05/cwt225.00–250.001,4917
Steers600–650Large 1640245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5681
Steers650–700Medium 1653234.98/cwt230.00–240.001,5342
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6631
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3688217.42/cwt210.00–225.001,4962
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy703222.51/cwt220.00–225.001,5642
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730237.55/cwt235.00–240.001,7342
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6541
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2780220.06/cwt215.00–225.001,7162
Feeder Cattle · Heifers43 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230267.17/cwt260.00–275.006142
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed240315.00/cwt315.00–315.007561
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3270255.00/cwt255.00–255.006891
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2271272.42/cwt270.00–275.007384
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed275315.00/cwt315.00–315.008661
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285280.00/cwt280.00–280.007981
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2310279.92/cwt275.00–285.008682
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335230.00/cwt230.00–230.007711
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3355225.00/cwt225.00–225.007991
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2358243.49/cwt230.00–255.008723
Heifers350–400Medium 1365234.45/cwt215.00–255.008562
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413262.39/cwt255.00–265.001,0844
Heifers400–450Medium 1418216.18/cwt212.50–220.009042
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420255.69/cwt245.00–265.001,07413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423220.95/cwt200.00–230.009356
Heifers450–500Medium 1458216.19/cwt205.00–227.509902
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469255.35/cwt245.00–265.001,19814
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470257.91/cwt250.00–267.501,21216
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3482217.16/cwt190.00–235.001,0473
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3513235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2062
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523264.89/cwt255.00–276.001,38514
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525244.13/cwt235.00–260.001,2826
Heifers500–550Medium 1525215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1291
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed535305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6321
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy535225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2041
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy555190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0551
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2564240.72/cwt225.00–260.001,3587
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569254.29/cwt245.00–260.001,4477
Heifers550–600Large 1578215.43/cwt195.00–235.001,2452
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy590235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3871
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3590210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2391
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added594260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5449
Heifers550–600Medium 1595215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2791
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613246.90/cwt235.00–255.001,5134
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2616232.49/cwt220.00–245.001,43210
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy625225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4061
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3632214.82/cwt205.00–235.001,3583
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy650220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4301
Heifers650–700Large 1660205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3532
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4511
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5372
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy728202.68/cwt195.00–210.001,4762
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2Fleshy775185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4341
Feeder Cattle · Bulls40 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2230295.00/cwt295.00–295.006791
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed267354.88/cwt340.00–365.009483
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275321.73/cwt315.00–325.008853
Bulls250–300Medium 1278258.51/cwt220.00–295.007192
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2290305.00/cwt305.00–305.008851
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318317.36/cwt315.00–320.001,0092
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328293.25/cwt285.00–300.009623
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3340235.00/cwt235.00–235.007991
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2364292.49/cwt285.00–300.001,0658
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed365341.23/cwt335.00–350.001,2454
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369303.13/cwt295.00–320.001,1195
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3381266.26/cwt260.00–275.001,0144
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed403336.18/cwt325.00–340.001,3554
Bulls400–450Large 1410235.00/cwt235.00–235.009641
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428280.77/cwt265.00–305.001,2027
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429263.05/cwt255.00–267.501,12811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3432235.31/cwt215.00–245.001,0176
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy445235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0461
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469242.29/cwt230.00–247.501,13617
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477256.57/cwt250.00–265.001,22410
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3477225.84/cwt215.00–235.001,0777
Bulls450–500Large 1490235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1521
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1512254.53/cwt245.00–260.001,30317
Bulls500–550Medium 1515225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1591
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2524234.42/cwt220.00–245.001,22810
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3535215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1502
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed540300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6201
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563251.21/cwt242.50–260.001,4142
Bulls550–600Large 1563218.27/cwt210.00–225.001,2293
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570231.93/cwt220.00–247.501,32213
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3584221.23/cwt212.50–227.501,2924
Bulls550–600Medium 1585225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3161
Bulls600–650Large 1610225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3731
Bulls600–650Medium 1620215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3331
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3621215.03/cwt195.00–225.001,3354
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623225.57/cwt220.00–230.001,4054
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5361
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2673228.90/cwt220.00–245.001,5405
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3688215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4792
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2708230.85/cwt227.50–232.501,6343
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,055136.60/cwt121.00–145.001,4417
Bulls——1,269157.95/cwt148.00–163.002,0046
Bulls——1,710183.97/cwt172.00–194.003,1466
Bulls——Heavy Weight2,025196.00/cwt196.00–196.003,9691
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%854140.68/cwt137.00–148.001,2014
Cows—Lean 85-90%875128.12/cwt124.00–136.001,12117
Cows—Lean 85-90%962113.37/cwt105.00–121.001,09120
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,074125.13/cwt115.00–132.001,34418
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,135137.98/cwt130.00–146.001,56619
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145150.47/cwt150.00–151.001,7232
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,330158.30/cwt151.00–173.002,1055
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,365145.25/cwt139.00–151.001,98320
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435132.17/cwt122.00–138.001,89716
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,4652,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 26791,247.33/head1,000.00–1,325.001,2474
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 28501,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29401,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0502,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows18 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 3768812.70/head700.00–900.008132
Bred Cows—Small 28251,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Bred Cows—Small 28501,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Small 18601,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred Cows—Small 28751,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Bred Cows—Small 19101,443.04/head1,375.00–1,500.001,4433
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29501,391.78/head1,225.00–1,600.001,3922
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29621,336.48/head1,125.00–1,650.001,3363
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0101,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0341,612.43/head1,350.00–1,800.001,6125
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0571,728.63/head1,575.00–1,825.001,7293
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0751,250.35/head1,175.00–1,325.001,2502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1031,700.96/head1,675.00–1,725.001,7012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1621,494.87/head1,275.00–1,750.001,4953
Bred Cows—Large 31,1751,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2001,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2831,951.46/head1,900.00–2,000.001,9512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3051,812.07/head1,700.00–1,925.001,8122

This sale against other markets

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.