Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Livestock Exchange / 2024-08-12

Saluda Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Aug 12
● Final113 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3790
Feeder Cattle receipts
416 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 484▲ 416 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 60▲ 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 20▲ 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offerings of average to good quality cattle with active buyer participation. The trading area has been affected by heavy rains and flooding due to Tropical Storm Debby.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $231.71/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −125.48 against this barn's trailing median of $357.19.
Average price
$231.71
51 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,255
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$23.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.55
vs SC average
−20.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2543241.481,31230
Medium and Large 3540217.761,17521
One grade step is worth $23.72/cwt here — about $137 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 sale51 hd
231.71
—
SC average5 barns · 96 hd
229.16
+2.55
National average159 barns · 7,784 hd
251.94
−20.23
This barn, trailing median34 sales
357.19
−125.48
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—Low1,315167.512,20312
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,489155.732,31911
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,350154.212,08144
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,032135.941,40312

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,072$1,5193thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,030$1,4943thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,022$1,4633thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)980$1,3501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)905$1,2251thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)890$1,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,150$2,5382thin

Every lot

113 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1240315.00/cwt315.00–315.007563
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318327.09/cwt320.00–335.001,0402
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy320350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1201
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320284.16/cwt275.00–292.509092
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1015
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0692
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413302.58/cwt300.00–305.001,2502
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425281.63/cwt275.00–290.001,1973
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425225.00/cwt225.00–225.009561
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2461279.07/cwt260.00–290.001,2876
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3481250.62/cwt235.00–255.001,2059
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Full510235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1991
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525240.05/cwt235.00–245.001,2602
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2529261.36/cwt255.00–265.001,3837
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy540245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3231
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added577250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4434
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2579256.26/cwt255.00–265.001,4848
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3585245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4333
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy595245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4581
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3617237.38/cwt225.00–245.001,4656
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2663235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,55811
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3685245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6781
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3730205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4971
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1200300.00/cwt300.00–300.006001
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2215290.00/cwt290.00–290.006242
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260315.00/cwt315.00–315.008191
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2269276.82/cwt260.00–285.007459
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3280235.00/cwt235.00–235.006581
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3327238.26/cwt225.00–245.007795
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333262.95/cwt255.00–265.008769
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3381237.52/cwt235.00–245.009054
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2384261.74/cwt245.00–267.501,00519
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2406249.44/cwt245.00–260.001,01316
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3433227.51/cwt215.00–235.009856
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy458232.46/cwt227.50–235.001,0653
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3478228.51/cwt217.50–240.001,0928
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480246.21/cwt245.00–250.001,1826
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Full510202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,0331
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3519212.88/cwt205.00–225.001,10513
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy535235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2571
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2537244.97/cwt242.50–252.501,31520
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2559242.92/cwt240.00–245.001,3586
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3573225.68/cwt215.00–235.001,2938
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy580225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3052
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy605215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3617205.73/cwt195.00–215.001,2697
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy683195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3322
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added695230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,59912
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Fleshy701202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,4204
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3767189.16/cwt187.50–190.001,4513
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2Fleshy840175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2230285.00/cwt285.00–285.006561
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy245355.00/cwt355.00–355.008701
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3245255.00/cwt255.00–255.006251
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2263292.48/cwt290.00–295.007692
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1290313.77/cwt305.00–325.009104
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3290255.00/cwt255.00–255.007401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3321237.70/cwt230.00–245.007634
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323315.70/cwt300.00–330.001,0203
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy330350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1551
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy365345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2591
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1366316.99/cwt305.00–330.001,1608
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2374286.95/cwt275.00–295.001,0735
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422310.84/cwt300.00–317.501,3123
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425229.94/cwt225.00–235.009774
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2431275.39/cwt255.00–292.501,18715
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2462258.39/cwt255.00–265.001,1946
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3486230.65/cwt225.00–245.001,1217
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy495227.50/cwt220.00–235.001,1262
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3519236.87/cwt230.00–245.001,2298
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy522229.98/cwt225.00–235.001,2003
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4041
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy555225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2491
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy565322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,8221
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3571215.38/cwt202.50–225.001,2307
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3615209.95/cwt205.00–215.001,2913
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy625215.68/cwt210.00–225.001,3483
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3675205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3841
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3790190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5011
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers500–550Large 3540125.00/cwt125.00–125.006751
Dairy Heifers550–600Large 3570145.00/cwt145.00–145.008271
Dairy Heifers700–750Large 3705132.50/cwt132.50–132.509341
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 344080.00/cwt80.00–80.003521
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3465192.50/cwt192.50–192.508951
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3505200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0101
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3565150.00/cwt150.00–150.008481
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3620185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1471
Dairy Steers700–750Large 3710175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2431
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——925143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,3231
Bulls——1,214163.76/cwt156.00–173.001,9888
Bulls——1,715185.68/cwt180.00–190.003,1843
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,032135.94/cwt124.00–147.001,40312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,5251
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,231146.87/cwt141.00–153.001,80815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,420158.93/cwt152.00–166.002,25728
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,481158.35/cwt154.00–162.002,3458
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,512148.73/cwt147.00–150.002,2493
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2936145.57/cwt139.00–150.001,3634
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 19051,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Bred Cows—Small 19201,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29801,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0301,493.73/head1,425.00–1,550.001,4943
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0531,453.44/head1,400.00–1,500.001,4532
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0731,456.64/head1,300.00–1,600.001,4572
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,075155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,6661
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1101,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,190142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,6901
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 37751,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5253,425.00/head3,425.00–3,425.003,4251
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2863138.87/cwt130.00–148.001,1982
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,010158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,5961
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,417158.92/cwt153.00–167.002,2523
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 28901,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001

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.