Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Livestock Exchange / 2025-06-09

Saluda Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Jun 9
● Final118 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3790
Feeder Cattle receipts
552 head
▼ 143 vs last sale 695▲ 552 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 119▲ 83 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 26▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder heifers 2.00 higher, feeder steers and bulls too few to trend, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 5.00 higher. Moderate 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 $318.72/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 8 of 34 comparable sales and sits −38.47 against this barn's trailing median of $357.19.
Average price
$318.72
39 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$550
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$90.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.49
vs SC average
−22.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530325.481,72531
Medium and Large 2533300.751,6047thin
Medium and Large 3500235.001,1751thin
One grade step is worth $90.48/cwt here — about $550 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale39 hd
318.72
—
SC average6 barns · 130 hd
314.24
+4.49
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
−22.20
This barn, trailing median34 sales
357.19
−38.47
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—Low1,499181.182,71610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,354157.442,13122
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,182154.031,82124
CowsLean 85-90%Low922138.421,27613

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)910$2,4501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,093$2,3802thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,040$2,0001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)897$1,7973thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)850$1,3001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)645$9001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,035$2,7751thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)855$2,1132thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)795$1,6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,110$2,5501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)850$2,4251thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)915$1,8432thin

Every lot

118 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1230405.00/cwt405.00–405.009321
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2265385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0201
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2441
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328358.22/cwt345.00–365.001,1756
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1364390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4206
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2211
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375366.08/cwt360.00–370.001,3735
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1408380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5503
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2416362.21/cwt350.00–375.001,5074
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478350.48/cwt345.00–365.001,6759
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3485305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4791
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added509355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8077
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5601
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534355.34/cwt355.00–360.001,89814
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563370.86/cwt365.00–372.002,08813
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added579359.26/cwt347.50–366.002,0808
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9221
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622351.50/cwt335.00–360.002,1867
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added645358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,30910
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1111
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,0332
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy203462.41/cwt455.00–470.009392
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2210350.00/cwt350.00–350.007351
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225388.75/cwt375.00–400.008754
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3267320.22/cwt305.00–330.008553
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270355.00/cwt355.00–355.009591
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1284386.17/cwt375.00–400.001,0977
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3315300.00/cwt300.00–300.009451
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327356.73/cwt350.00–365.001,1673
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328379.01/cwt375.00–385.001,24310
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1161
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372381.36/cwt365.00–395.001,41926
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378348.79/cwt345.00–355.001,3188
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy421305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,28411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423359.29/cwt355.00–370.001,52014
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added428365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5622
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428335.75/cwt325.00–345.001,4378
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428287.54/cwt275.00–295.001,2314
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462347.59/cwt345.00–355.001,60619
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483331.37/cwt320.00–340.001,60118
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3490292.32/cwt275.00–310.001,4322
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3500235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1751
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516326.96/cwt320.00–330.001,68724
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523307.54/cwt295.00–315.001,6086
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578320.42/cwt315.00–322.501,8527
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy595260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5471
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3600245.00/cwt235.00–255.001,4702
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612307.16/cwt300.00–315.001,8809
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9651
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7762
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy685257.54/cwt255.00–260.001,7642
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8981
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2760255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9381
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1761262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,9985
Feeder Cattle · Bulls31 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3208340.06/cwt335.00–345.007072
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2229370.52/cwt350.00–375.008485
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2Fleshy255355.00/cwt355.00–355.009051
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy260455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,1831
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,0661
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275377.89/cwt365.00–385.001,03910
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3312349.97/cwt345.00–355.001,0923
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325367.80/cwt355.00–385.001,19519
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3370316.51/cwt310.00–325.001,1713
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy380345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3111
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2383368.51/cwt355.00–385.001,41126
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410386.14/cwt385.00–395.001,5839
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418361.88/cwt340.00–370.001,51314
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3420317.99/cwt305.00–340.001,3369
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy425332.47/cwt330.00–335.001,4132
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy457326.34/cwt325.00–335.001,49116
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Full460330.00/cwt315.00–345.001,5183
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465357.51/cwt350.00–365.001,6624
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3474316.58/cwt300.00–335.001,5019
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy515289.85/cwt285.00–295.001,4932
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3515250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2881
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2521329.83/cwt310.00–340.001,7189
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy573304.61/cwt295.00–315.001,7452
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2576316.43/cwt305.00–325.001,82312
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3585285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6671
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8301
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2608289.90/cwt275.00–300.001,7633
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy625263.66/cwt260.00–267.501,6482
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3665255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6961
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2718270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9396
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3730245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7891
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,240149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,8481
Bulls——1,528184.76/cwt174.00–194.002,8239
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%898127.07/cwt123.00–131.001,1414
Cows—Lean 85-90%932143.47/cwt139.00–150.001,3379
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,014141.91/cwt140.00–144.001,4394
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,195154.87/cwt149.00–163.001,85117
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,300146.37/cwt145.00–148.001,9032
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,332156.98/cwt152.00–160.002,09116
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,335165.43/cwt161.00–169.002,2083
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,468164.82/cwt161.00–167.002,4204
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 28502,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1102,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 27951,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 28001,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19102,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0352,775.00/head2,775.00–2,775.002,7751
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows8 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3776172.93/cwt170.00–182.501,3425
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 28101,660.00/head1,660.00–1,660.001,6601
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3913142.47/cwt140.00–145.001,3012
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,0202,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,030117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,2051
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,113226.39/cwt217.50–235.002,5202
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,155154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,7791
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,253202.47/cwt184.00–220.002,5372
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 3645900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 37701,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Bred Cows—Small 18501,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19102,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29601,921.09/head1,675.00–2,125.001,9212
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3990143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,4161
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0402,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,040163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,6951
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0932,379.98/head2,300.00–2,450.002,3802

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.