Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Livestock Exchange / 2025-09-01

Saluda Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Sep 1
● Final138 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3790
Feeder Cattle receipts
474 head
▼ 296 vs last sale 770▼ 32 vs year ago 506 · −6.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 144▲ 97 vs year ago 38 · +255.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
79 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 44▲ 68 vs year ago 11 · +618.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers 9.50 higher, feeder heifers sharply higher, feeder bulls 5.00 higher based on limited comparable sales, slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 higher. Moderate offerings of plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $354.80/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 18 of 34 comparable sales and sits −2.39 against this barn's trailing median of $357.19.
Average price
$354.80
69 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,888
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$368
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$82.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.42
vs SC average
−16.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530362.711,92254
Medium and Large 2539329.631,77814thin
Medium and Large 3555280.001,5541thin
One grade step is worth $82.71/cwt here — about $368 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 sale69 hd
354.80
—
SC average6 barns · 148 hd
345.38
+9.42
National average145 barns · 7,681 hd
371.51
−16.71
This barn, trailing median34 sales
357.19
−2.39
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—Low1,609199.213,20414
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,157166.141,92246
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,430163.952,34435
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,102145.351,6018thin

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)1,284$2,6646
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,090$2,4808
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,155$2,1803thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,089$2,0334thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,045$1,8501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,195$2,7751thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)855$2,4001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)965$2,0251thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,163$2,5882thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,047$2,82611
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)919$2,77313

Every lot

138 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366454.85/cwt445.00–465.001,6655
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6171
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3385330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2711
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410430.51/cwt420.00–440.001,76510
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455410.00/cwt405.00–415.001,8662
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7521
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3465330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5351
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519399.76/cwt380.00–401.002,07531
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6641
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2524362.95/cwt350.00–369.001,9027
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573383.84/cwt370.00–390.002,1995
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3595320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9041
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3605320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9361
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627366.70/cwt362.50–380.002,29920
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633347.59/cwt340.00–355.002,2002
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,3649
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2272
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3271
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2740310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2941
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2774280.10/cwt270.00–300.002,1684
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1245450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1031
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3260335.00/cwt335.00–335.008711
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy270440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,1883
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1284416.21/cwt400.00–435.001,1827
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy300450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3501
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315387.50/cwt380.00–395.001,2212
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3316341.66/cwt320.00–355.001,0805
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3801
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365379.95/cwt370.00–390.001,3873
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1384412.93/cwt410.00–420.001,58610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1411393.81/cwt390.00–415.001,61913
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432382.16/cwt375.00–385.001,6519
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3491
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475393.06/cwt385.00–395.001,8675
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475325.28/cwt315.00–340.001,5453
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478372.73/cwt350.00–380.001,78216
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy482340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6393
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Full485345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6731
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2512332.13/cwt320.00–340.001,7017
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520366.95/cwt345.00–375.001,90842
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy530315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6701
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3555280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5541
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564347.88/cwt340.00–360.001,96212
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573329.16/cwt320.00–335.001,8866
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0572
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3615265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6301
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628299.88/cwt290.00–310.001,8832
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy645270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7421
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,0895
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2667285.82/cwt275.00–300.001,9066
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,2031
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2726272.49/cwt265.00–280.001,9786
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0671
Feeder Cattle · Bulls31 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2215446.16/cwt420.00–470.009592
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230518.91/cwt515.00–525.001,1935
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,0631
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy268531.30/cwt520.00–545.001,4243
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273494.10/cwt485.00–505.001,3496
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy318485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,5422
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323465.22/cwt445.00–475.001,5035
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2327426.68/cwt420.00–430.001,3953
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3340364.71/cwt350.00–385.001,2403
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371445.56/cwt430.00–455.001,6539
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy375375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4061
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5202
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3405340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3771
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420436.13/cwt425.00–455.001,83213
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6971
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470403.96/cwt400.00–410.001,8995
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478387.66/cwt360.00–395.001,85323
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6801
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy490350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7152
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2514343.17/cwt320.00–350.001,76411
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3530270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4311
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy543299.95/cwt290.00–310.001,6292
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy570291.71/cwt290.00–295.001,6633
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572322.07/cwt310.00–335.001,8427
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3574274.99/cwt270.00–280.001,5786
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,0563
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2624304.04/cwt295.00–320.001,89711
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2674302.53/cwt290.00–310.002,0396
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2716297.66/cwt280.00–310.002,1314
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2769289.77/cwt270.00–300.002,2284
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2Fleshy785260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0411
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3405360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4581
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,487187.74/cwt186.00–191.002,7923
Bulls——1,608196.52/cwt195.00–199.003,1604
Bulls——1,661205.66/cwt201.00–210.003,4167
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,072141.81/cwt135.00–147.001,5206
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145162.77/cwt150.00–170.001,86434
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,150183.00/cwt183.00–183.002,1051
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,190155.96/cwt155.00–157.001,8562
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194175.01/cwt172.00–179.002,09011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,430174.10/cwt170.00–179.002,4908
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,430160.94/cwt150.00–168.002,30127
Replacement Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,1453,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,1802,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1751
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,180199.00/cwt199.00–199.002,3481
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,240177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,1951
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18552,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19652,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,1952,775.00/head2,775.00–2,775.002,7751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 19602,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,0351,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0401,786.66/head1,700.00–1,875.001,7872
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0451,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0782,369.59/head2,300.00–2,500.002,3703
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1382,280.33/head2,250.00–2,325.002,2802
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1401,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1632,836.60/head2,600.00–3,000.002,8373
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1632,282.90/head2,150.00–2,450.002,2832
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2223,024.05/head2,675.00–3,450.003,0243
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,3452,304.03/head2,175.00–2,425.002,3043
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs15 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 26351,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 16802,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 26851,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 18302,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 28351,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 38602,375.73/head2,275.00–2,450.002,3762
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29132,774.45/head2,575.00–2,975.002,7742
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29482,933.88/head2,700.00–3,075.002,9343
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0253,950.00/head3,950.00–3,950.003,9501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0473,071.82/head2,825.00–3,450.003,0723
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0703,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0782,653.19/head2,525.00–2,775.002,6532
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1283,025.00/head3,025.00–3,025.003,0252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1902,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2883,588.30/head3,550.00–3,625.003,5882
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows10 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 2695200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3901
Stock Cows—Small 2720177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,2781
Stock Cows—Small 2765158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,2091
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3816171.08/cwt151.00–192.501,3968
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2888168.44/cwt161.00–177.501,4962
Stock Cows—Small 1900163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,4671
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3913146.00/cwt145.00–147.001,3332
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1936233.11/cwt206.00–255.002,1824
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2988162.63/cwt149.00–174.001,6075
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3995160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5921

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.