Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Livestock Exchange / 2025-05-26

Saluda Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, May 26
● Final123 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3790
Feeder Cattle receipts
520 head
▼ 221 vs last sale 741▲ 520 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 100▲ 155 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
118 head
▲ 101 vs last sale 17▲ 118 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers steady, feeder bulls 4.00 higher, slaughter cows 9.00 lower, slaughter bulls 1.00 lower. Heavy offerings of plain to average quality cattle with 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 $324.69/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 13 of 34 comparable sales and sits −32.50 against this barn's trailing median of $357.19.
Average price
$324.69
52 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,744
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.16
vs SC average
−8.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537327.361,75944
Medium and Large 2535310.741,6627thin
Medium and Large 3535305.001,6321thin
One grade step is worth $22.36/cwt here — about $128 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 sale52 hd
324.69
—
SC average5 barns · 87 hd
316.54
+8.16
National average127 barns · 6,029 hd
332.69
−8.00
This barn, trailing median34 sales
357.19
−32.50
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—High1,500184.572,76913
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,314152.141,99935
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,159146.191,69573
CowsLean 85-90%Low962135.471,30314

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)1,056$2,5445
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,049$2,36414
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,010$2,34124
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,305$2,2772thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,147$2,2309
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,133$2,11512
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,310$2,2751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,062$2,8056
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)998$2,70911
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)930$1,7751thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,150$1,6751thin

Every lot

123 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328377.90/cwt370.00–385.001,2402
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330417.47/cwt400.00–430.001,3784
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1395397.50/cwt395.00–400.001,5702
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added400400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6001
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added407375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5265
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6202
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432368.46/cwt355.00–380.001,5923
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7521
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4721
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2469368.90/cwt355.00–380.001,73016
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added495350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7334
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5861
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523358.44/cwt355.00–380.001,87519
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8293
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy565285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6101
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573332.66/cwt325.00–340.001,9062
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0112
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3605290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7551
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3Value Added610275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6781
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9851
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634329.65/cwt325.00–340.002,0908
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0312
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2760265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0141
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy205477.07/cwt460.00–495.009782
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1218380.00/cwt380.00–380.008282
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3240295.00/cwt295.00–295.007081
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy250450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1251
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2255340.00/cwt340.00–340.008671
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3285322.50/cwt310.00–335.009192
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy312403.29/cwt400.00–405.001,2583
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2322363.21/cwt360.00–365.001,1703
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3327306.51/cwt300.00–325.001,0024
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329377.83/cwt375.00–390.001,2435
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373374.14/cwt360.00–385.001,39621
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1061
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395339.07/cwt330.00–345.001,3395
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy410310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy420380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5961
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427357.74/cwt345.00–370.001,52812
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3427294.79/cwt285.00–300.001,2593
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2431328.90/cwt325.00–335.001,4185
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2466335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5616
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468344.77/cwt340.00–355.001,61425
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3485306.68/cwt305.00–310.001,4873
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy488313.33/cwt310.00–315.001,5293
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6355
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527330.15/cwt320.00–340.001,74031
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6321
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added555345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9151
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563318.69/cwt310.00–325.001,79412
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575300.09/cwt295.00–305.001,7262
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610308.31/cwt305.00–310.001,8813
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2658267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,7603
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7761
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1200455.00/cwt455.00–455.009101
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy233488.91/cwt485.00–492.501,1396
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2240390.00/cwt390.00–390.009361
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3280365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,0221
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1281431.09/cwt410.00–440.001,2114
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy283475.20/cwt450.00–490.001,3454
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2285395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,1261
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy313457.98/cwt440.00–475.001,4333
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318416.48/cwt400.00–425.001,3247
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2841
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1359406.86/cwt405.00–415.001,4618
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3370365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3511
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2381386.96/cwt370.00–395.001,47416
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5991
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433373.08/cwt365.00–385.001,61515
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4081
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8201
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471362.75/cwt355.00–375.001,70917
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3472336.04/cwt335.00–340.001,5865
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy473350.24/cwt345.00–355.001,6572
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522366.37/cwt365.00–375.001,9127
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy525320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6801
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2532342.42/cwt325.00–350.001,82211
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0261
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2566341.86/cwt340.00–345.001,9358
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy570305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7391
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3583296.67/cwt285.00–305.001,7303
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1608318.32/cwt315.00–325.001,9353
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8451
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1281
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,457179.60/cwt170.00–186.002,6178
Bulls——1,485158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,3461
Bulls——1,590201.14/cwt196.00–208.003,1984
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%927115.25/cwt105.00–125.001,0683
Cows—Lean 85-90%971140.98/cwt129.00–150.001,36911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,118165.55/cwt162.00–169.001,8513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,135138.13/cwt136.00–140.001,5682
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,149135.56/cwt114.00–143.001,55820
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,166149.28/cwt144.00–158.001,74150
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,230170.18/cwt166.00–174.002,0932
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,331151.88/cwt144.00–161.002,02231
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,3102,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,595174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,7751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs9 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 38402,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 28502,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29072,345.36/head2,075.00–2,600.002,3453
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0233,038.14/head2,900.00–3,150.003,0382
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0302,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0682,599.73/head2,275.00–2,850.002,6003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0752,954.61/head2,825.00–3,100.002,9553
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1203,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1583,327.97/head3,200.00–3,450.003,3282
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29102,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29452,109.70/head1,875.00–2,225.002,1103
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29672,064.25/head1,900.00–2,200.002,0649
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29701,786.73/head1,600.00–1,875.001,7874
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,0101,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0352,507.55/head2,350.00–2,700.002,50815
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0431,796.94/head1,775.00–1,825.001,7972
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,0551,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0792,529.63/head2,200.00–2,850.002,53010
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0932,655.09/head2,325.00–2,925.002,6554
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1772,353.43/head2,075.00–2,625.002,3537
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2432,398.19/head2,000.00–2,750.002,3987
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3052,277.25/head2,175.00–2,350.002,2772
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3908147.29/cwt139.00–157.501,3373
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 29301,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,030155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,5971
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,1501,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751

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.