Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Livestock Exchange / 2024-12-02

Saluda Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Dec 2
● Final135 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3790
Feeder Cattle receipts
568 head
▲ 81 vs last sale 487▲ 568 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 58▲ 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 23▲ 53 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 sale being closed last week for the Thanksgiving holiday. Moderate offerings of plain to average 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 $238.68/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −118.51 against this barn's trailing median of $357.19.
Average price
$238.68
63 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,301
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.39
vs SC average
−44.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543246.811,34146
Medium and Large 2550216.681,19217thin
One grade step is worth $30.13/cwt here — about $149 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale63 hd
238.68
—
SC average3 barns · 109 hd
239.07
−0.39
National average190 barns · 29,311 hd
283.32
−44.64
This barn, trailing median34 sales
357.19
−118.51
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—High1,548139.262,15511
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,498119.741,79411
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,202115.561,38940
CowsLean 85-90%Average952107.491,02325

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,142$1,4966
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)874$1,3923thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,058$1,3786
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,049$1,3153thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)970$1,2232thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)810$1,2751thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)860$1,2251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)986$2,1368
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)992$1,7117
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,070$1211thin

Every lot

135 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy227423.24/cwt415.00–430.009613
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3310245.00/cwt245.00–245.007601
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy311385.89/cwt370.00–390.001,2005
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375245.04/cwt235.00–255.009193
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy376360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3545
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy420343.25/cwt330.00–350.001,4423
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4241
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474304.96/cwt300.00–307.501,4464
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3681
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3485250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2131
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512291.63/cwt290.00–295.001,4933
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy518310.51/cwt310.00–315.001,60810
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3518223.72/cwt222.50–225.001,1592
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2534259.98/cwt245.00–270.001,3885
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5261
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added560280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5682
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573259.87/cwt255.00–265.001,4894
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3610215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3121
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5241
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1218291.41/cwt275.00–305.006353
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2223255.92/cwt245.00–265.005715
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3233230.16/cwt225.00–235.005362
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy235325.00/cwt325.00–325.007641
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy250320.00/cwt320.00–320.008001
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2259249.38/cwt235.00–255.006467
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1282278.43/cwt275.00–285.007853
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3285217.24/cwt210.00–225.006192
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy315288.57/cwt285.00–295.009094
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3315209.11/cwt200.00–220.006594
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323243.43/cwt225.00–255.007867
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333271.32/cwt265.00–280.009034
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy367287.15/cwt285.00–290.001,05412
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373238.09/cwt225.00–250.008882
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379265.99/cwt255.00–275.001,00810
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3382206.46/cwt195.00–215.007893
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3410185.00/cwt185.00–185.007591
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy415290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2041
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2416233.74/cwt225.00–250.009724
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428264.87/cwt255.00–275.001,13417
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy455215.00/cwt215.00–215.009781
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3463191.31/cwt185.00–195.008864
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464258.28/cwt250.00–265.001,19823
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy470270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2694
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added470270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2693
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480232.16/cwt220.00–247.501,11414
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514250.78/cwt240.00–255.001,28919
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Full515190.00/cwt190.00–190.009791
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517225.03/cwt215.00–235.001,1636
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy520205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0661
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564244.02/cwt240.00–250.001,37627
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy578200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1563
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580223.06/cwt205.00–235.001,2946
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616235.97/cwt230.00–245.001,4545
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3953
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy628195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2253
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3628170.06/cwt165.00–175.001,0682
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2659200.16/cwt199.00–205.001,3196
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4744
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,2871
Feeder Cattle · Bulls34 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200275.00/cwt275.00–275.005501
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3200237.50/cwt230.00–245.004752
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy215440.00/cwt440.00–440.009461
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1228330.30/cwt320.00–345.007534
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1250340.00/cwt340.00–340.008501
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3255260.00/cwt260.00–260.006631
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy281386.98/cwt385.00–390.001,0875
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2285287.28/cwt275.00–300.008192
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3310255.00/cwt255.00–255.007911
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy321372.90/cwt365.00–395.001,19710
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2321292.16/cwt275.00–300.009387
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323338.56/cwt325.00–355.001,0947
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2361277.11/cwt265.00–295.001,0005
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375315.37/cwt300.00–325.001,18312
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy378344.44/cwt330.00–365.001,30210
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3393242.55/cwt230.00–255.009534
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy416349.52/cwt340.00–375.001,4547
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2419280.04/cwt265.00–295.001,1737
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420301.61/cwt300.00–305.001,2673
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430247.01/cwt235.00–255.001,0625
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460311.18/cwt300.00–320.001,4314
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460284.51/cwt260.00–290.001,30929
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3479246.82/cwt235.00–255.001,1825
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy485245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1881
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added490275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3482
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1508287.46/cwt285.00–290.001,4602
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2519267.35/cwt252.50–275.001,3887
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3533227.46/cwt220.00–235.001,2122
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2574246.37/cwt240.00–255.001,41411
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2634240.03/cwt230.00–250.001,5226
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy670200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3401
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680216.62/cwt210.00–230.001,4733
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3682205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3983
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3718205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4722
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,444128.41/cwt115.00–135.001,8544
Bulls——1,543143.70/cwt139.00–149.002,2176
Bulls——1,990156.00/cwt156.00–156.003,1041
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91192.90/cwt85.00–99.008467
Cows—Lean 85-90%968113.16/cwt106.00–120.001,09518
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,191119.63/cwt115.00–130.001,42526
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,222107.99/cwt100.00–112.001,32014
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,454121.64/cwt116.00–127.001,7698
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510106.52/cwt106.00–107.001,6082
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,830131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,3971
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 31,130125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,4131
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows14 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 17751,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3845113.00/cwt113.00–113.009551
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29231,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2950114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0831
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29701,223.32/head1,200.00–1,250.001,2232
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0081,222.21/head1,200.00–1,250.001,2222
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0101,361.88/head1,250.00–1,450.001,3622
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,015116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1771
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0211,259.49/head1,000.00–1,400.001,2594
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,058110.53/cwt108.00–113.001,1692
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1301,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1331,613.74/head1,525.00–1,725.001,6142
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2081,563.25/head1,550.00–1,575.001,5634
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,325118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,5641
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs9 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 37801,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 38651,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19582,311.91/head2,275.00–2,375.002,3124
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19652,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0171,742.46/head1,650.00–1,875.001,7423
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0302,468.26/head2,225.00–2,700.002,4682
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0501,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 31,1301,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18101,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18601,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 2665125.00/cwt125.00–125.008311
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3827108.40/cwt106.00–110.008963
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3830107.00/cwt107.00–107.008881
Stock Cows—Small 1900107.00/cwt107.00–107.009631
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2930114.55/cwt109.00–121.001,0652
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,070121.00/head121.00–121.001211

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.