Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Livestock Exchange / 2024-07-15

Saluda Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Jul 15
● Final128 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3790
Feeder Cattle receipts
701 head
▼ 198 vs last sale 899▲ 701 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 95 vs last sale 175▲ 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 52▲ 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 17.00 higher, feeder heifers 19.00 higher, feeder bulls 13.00 higher, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. Heavy offerings of average to good quality cattle with very active buyer participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $259.06/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −98.13 against this barn's trailing median of $357.19.
Average price
$259.06
86 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,408
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$255
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$51.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.86
vs SC average
+1.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548274.511,50537
Medium and Large 2537250.741,34743
Medium and Large 3559223.441,2506thin
One grade step is worth $51.07/cwt here — about $255 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 sale86 hd
259.06
—
SC average5 barns · 169 hd
250.20
+8.86
National average156 barns · 7,883 hd
257.80
+1.26
This barn, trailing median34 sales
357.19
−98.13
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
415370326281median 357.1903/0204/2707/1309/0711/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $401.14, low $294.82, median $357.19 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—Average1,823159.682,9118thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,203136.351,64039
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,304134.931,75911
CowsLean 85-90%Low994118.151,17426

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)1,168$1,6252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)906$1,2945
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)860$1,1501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)820$1,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)902$1,8065
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)863$1,6954thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)703$6302thin

Every lot

128 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2220285.00/cwt285.00–285.006271
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3283235.00/cwt235.00–235.006652
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2290285.00/cwt285.00–285.008271
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2372281.64/cwt275.00–295.001,0483
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378308.30/cwt305.00–315.001,1653
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy385368.18/cwt340.00–385.001,4173
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy416351.42/cwt325.00–365.001,4627
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added433342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,48315
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1221
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy453330.02/cwt325.00–340.001,4953
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3462248.29/cwt235.00–255.001,1473
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471301.31/cwt300.00–305.001,4194
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473275.69/cwt265.00–295.001,3048
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3516246.15/cwt230.00–255.001,2704
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy520322.28/cwt315.00–330.001,6762
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520293.37/cwt290.00–295.001,5263
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523272.24/cwt265.00–285.001,4249
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3560248.27/cwt245.00–255.001,3903
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563299.43/cwt290.00–310.001,68636
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2577277.46/cwt270.00–285.001,6016
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610296.82/cwt290.00–310.001,8118
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625279.77/cwt265.00–285.001,74917
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3627243.13/cwt230.00–255.001,5243
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2669261.09/cwt250.00–270.001,7474
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2713238.74/cwt237.50–240.001,7022
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3722241.09/cwt235.00–245.001,7413
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3225225.00/cwt225.00–225.005061
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2235280.00/cwt280.00–280.006581
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3265245.00/cwt245.00–245.006491
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy270305.00/cwt305.00–305.008241
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283295.00/cwt295.00–295.008352
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2283278.56/cwt260.00–290.007887
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320269.58/cwt255.00–280.0086312
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340291.64/cwt290.00–295.009923
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375290.74/cwt285.00–300.001,09013
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377271.97/cwt255.00–280.001,02511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380234.74/cwt225.00–245.008922
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy385305.55/cwt305.00–310.001,1769
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418287.49/cwt285.00–295.001,2026
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3421236.15/cwt225.00–245.009948
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy425333.03/cwt310.00–355.001,4152
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427266.09/cwt255.00–275.001,13615
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1457285.28/cwt275.00–295.001,30429
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473257.21/cwt240.00–265.001,21716
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3478222.51/cwt220.00–225.001,0642
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3510227.55/cwt225.00–230.001,1612
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526253.41/cwt235.00–260.001,33333
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538273.28/cwt265.00–285.001,47010
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added547276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,51023
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575241.93/cwt235.00–250.001,39110
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580269.00/cwt255.00–285.001,5604
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3584221.38/cwt210.00–230.001,2934
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2621232.43/cwt220.00–240.001,4436
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy625230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4381
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3634213.77/cwt205.00–225.001,3554
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2668229.81/cwt220.00–240.001,5352
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3673211.20/cwt205.00–217.501,4214
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2750210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5751
Feeder Cattle · Bulls36 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1215327.50/cwt325.00–330.007042
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2230270.00/cwt270.00–270.006211
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy240380.00/cwt380.00–380.009121
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250295.00/cwt295.00–295.007381
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy258358.32/cwt335.00–380.009243
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3270244.81/cwt235.00–255.006612
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1310299.92/cwt290.00–305.009303
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3318239.80/cwt235.00–245.007632
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320284.95/cwt275.00–295.009123
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy325347.87/cwt330.00–365.001,1313
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy370351.67/cwt325.00–385.001,30128
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373307.45/cwt300.00–315.001,1472
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3376230.05/cwt225.00–240.008654
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380278.67/cwt270.00–285.001,0594
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423277.13/cwt265.00–285.001,1724
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3429240.54/cwt235.00–250.001,0328
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy430332.29/cwt320.00–350.001,42919
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1432308.30/cwt305.00–315.001,3326
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy454322.87/cwt315.00–330.001,4667
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3471245.51/cwt235.00–255.001,1568
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475280.33/cwt265.00–295.001,33211
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1481293.16/cwt287.50–305.001,41011
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1512282.50/cwt277.50–290.001,44610
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520262.18/cwt250.00–275.001,36311
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3527237.66/cwt225.00–245.001,25213
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy530233.30/cwt225.00–240.001,2363
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3Fleshy560215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2041
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563254.25/cwt250.00–260.001,4317
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3572236.45/cwt220.00–245.001,35213
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy580222.48/cwt220.00–225.001,2902
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4523
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3613222.79/cwt215.00–235.001,3667
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615272.54/cwt270.00–275.001,6762
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy622219.93/cwt215.00–225.001,3683
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3670222.54/cwt220.00–225.001,4912
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,5581
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,450177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,5671
Bulls——1,470135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,9851
Bulls——1,944160.91/cwt152.00–168.003,1286
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%936107.66/cwt85.00–122.001,00815
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,072132.46/cwt124.00–147.001,42011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,159131.61/cwt119.00–137.001,52522
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,220129.04/cwt126.00–133.001,5746
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,259142.48/cwt138.00–149.001,79417
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,404142.00/cwt140.00–143.001,9945
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,015134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,3601
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 25401,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 38551,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 18751,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29232,265.24/head2,150.00–2,375.002,2652
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 39351,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29701,826.80/head1,775.00–1,875.001,8273
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows8 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3540195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0531
Stock Cows—Small 2690590.00/head590.00–590.005901
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3705115.00/cwt115.00–115.008111
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3715670.00/head670.00–670.006701
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3750106.03/cwt94.00–115.007953
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2985135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3301
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2990131.46/cwt122.00–142.501,3013
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,360153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,0811
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 3755750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Bred Cows—Small 18201,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28601,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 387087.00/cwt87.00–87.007571
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2900126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1341
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29441,429.50/head1,300.00–1,575.001,4304
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0651,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,070125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,3381
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,260135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,7011
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2701,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751

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.