Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Livestock Exchange / 2025-04-07

Saluda Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Apr 7
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3790
Feeder Cattle receipts
422 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 444▲ 422 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 80 vs last sale 115▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 41▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers 9.00 higher, feeder heifers unevenly steady, feeder bulls too few to trend. Slaughter cows 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 4.00 lower. Moderate offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $298.53/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −85.17 against this barn's trailing median of $383.70.
Average price
$298.53
33 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,625
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$272
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$80.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.16
vs SC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500355.001,7751thin
Medium and Large 2546299.871,63728
Medium and Large 3547275.001,5034thin
One grade step is worth $80.00/cwt here — about $272 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 sale33 hd
298.53
—
SC average6 barns · 88 hd
297.37
+1.16
This barn, trailing median34 sales
383.70
−85.17
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—Low1,644164.002,6978thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,138134.581,53211
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,426134.381,9166thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low978119.111,1653thin

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)775$1,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)735$1,5001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)715$1,3251thin
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,350$2,2001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)850$1,8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)780$1,4751thin

Every lot

104 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270437.36/cwt435.00–440.001,1812
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,3351
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3330305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0071
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2362384.19/cwt375.00–385.001,39113
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1471
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5702
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6934
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420368.37/cwt365.00–370.001,54721
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy435335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4572
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3449310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3924
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy475341.00/cwt325.00–345.001,6205
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2476354.62/cwt352.50–360.001,6887
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1503355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7864
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7661
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2553330.40/cwt330.00–335.001,82713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3580270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5661
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added618285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7613
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9841
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3620261.55/cwt255.00–270.001,6223
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2622305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8973
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3694245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7004
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2213330.29/cwt325.00–335.007042
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy228392.41/cwt370.00–405.008955
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230340.00/cwt340.00–340.007821
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260330.19/cwt325.00–335.008582
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy268380.14/cwt375.00–385.001,0192
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273352.29/cwt350.00–355.009622
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322359.69/cwt345.00–365.001,1587
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2329330.23/cwt320.00–335.001,0864
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy333374.96/cwt370.00–380.001,2492
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0051
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371315.66/cwt295.00–325.001,1717
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379350.15/cwt340.00–365.001,32713
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3388273.69/cwt250.00–285.001,0624
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy401360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4444
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418309.88/cwt305.00–315.001,2953
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439343.54/cwt330.00–355.001,5086
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3439279.99/cwt275.00–285.001,2294
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468327.98/cwt315.00–345.001,53515
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3471276.25/cwt270.00–285.001,3014
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy476279.87/cwt275.00–285.001,3326
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4701
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3515215.10/cwt205.00–225.001,1082
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518312.36/cwt295.00–325.001,6186
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522266.65/cwt265.00–270.001,3923
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy548280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5343
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2583250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4582
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1592289.12/cwt289.00–290.001,7128
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6031
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615274.88/cwt270.00–280.001,6912
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy635245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5562
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy655230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5071
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7401
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2Fleshy790190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5011
Feeder Cattle · Bulls31 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225416.85/cwt400.00–425.009383
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3230300.00/cwt300.00–300.006901
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy232438.27/cwt435.00–440.001,0173
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2260370.00/cwt370.00–370.009621
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy268443.35/cwt430.00–450.001,1886
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273415.28/cwt405.00–425.001,1344
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy316444.94/cwt440.00–455.001,4064
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2327375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2263
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1331409.96/cwt400.00–425.001,3577
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2367370.88/cwt360.00–380.001,3616
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371393.11/cwt390.00–400.001,4588
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy408355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4482
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427369.59/cwt360.00–385.001,57824
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3428317.54/cwt300.00–345.001,3598
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465358.33/cwt355.00–360.001,6663
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy469333.21/cwt320.00–340.001,5636
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3479324.93/cwt300.00–345.001,5564
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Full500285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4251
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy515295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5191
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3523270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4122
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528310.13/cwt300.00–325.001,63717
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3570280.00/cwt275.00–285.001,5962
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580294.61/cwt280.00–310.001,7092
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy584275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6064
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Full598285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7043
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy625275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7191
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy650270.00/cwt265.00–275.001,7552
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2695262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,8244
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8361
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2763225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7174
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3605185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1191
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,453148.92/cwt137.00–156.002,1643
Bulls——1,759173.05/cwt170.00–175.003,0445
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%945124.67/cwt122.00–127.001,1782
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,045108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1291
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,106125.88/cwt118.00–130.001,3926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,177145.03/cwt136.00–153.001,7075
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,396138.10/cwt135.00–143.001,9284
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,485126.94/cwt125.00–129.001,8852
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,3502,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3758134.00/cwt124.00–152.501,0163
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3852122.61/cwt115.00–132.001,0453
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,260134.12/cwt128.00–140.001,6902
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 37801,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 38501,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 3745177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,3221
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 37151,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 37351,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 37751,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001

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.