Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Livestock Exchange / 2025-09-08

Saluda Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Sep 8
● Final127 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3790
Feeder Cattle receipts
714 head
▲ 240 vs last sale 474▼ 149 vs year ago 863 · −17.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 135▼ 104 vs year ago 178 · −58.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 79▲ 7 vs year ago 12 · +58.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and feeder heifers 2.00 lower, feeder bulls 3.00 higher based on limited comparable sales, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 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 $337.73/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 15 of 34 comparable sales and sits −19.47 against this barn's trailing median of $357.19.
Average price
$337.73
76 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,857
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$426
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$69.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.30
vs SC average
−30.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547356.701,95239
Medium and Large 2554320.451,77734
Medium and Large 3532286.751,5253thin
One grade step is worth $69.96/cwt here — about $426 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 sale76 hd
337.73
—
SC average6 barns · 168 hd
335.42
+2.30
National average171 barns · 13,169 hd
368.34
−30.61
This barn, trailing median34 sales
357.19
−19.47
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—Low1,379190.092,6206thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,414172.332,43614
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,141168.581,92420
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,019149.771,52623

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)935$2,6501thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,180$3,5501thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,308$3,0382thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,005$2,8251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)893$2,7924thin

Every lot

127 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,1031
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3260370.00/cwt370.00–370.009621
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2290390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1311
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,5341
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2303424.92/cwt415.00–435.001,2882
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320462.30/cwt450.00–475.001,4792
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy345520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,7941
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363461.97/cwt445.00–470.001,6773
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385425.13/cwt420.00–430.001,6372
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1406442.99/cwt440.00–470.001,79910
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432407.64/cwt390.00–435.001,7618
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3433358.27/cwt345.00–380.001,5513
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9511
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3480351.51/cwt345.00–360.001,6873
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490377.51/cwt365.00–390.001,85010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added493405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,99716
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added517417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,1587
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy520410.14/cwt405.00–415.002,1332
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525359.95/cwt350.00–365.001,8904
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy529341.28/cwt335.00–345.001,8054
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535377.97/cwt370.00–382.502,0227
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568354.99/cwt350.00–360.002,0165
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583369.68/cwt367.50–390.002,15520
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1609368.30/cwt355.00–390.002,2436
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy612301.73/cwt300.00–305.001,8473
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2636342.24/cwt320.00–347.502,17710
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665308.29/cwt295.00–315.002,0503
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670369.37/cwt357.50–377.502,47520
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9441
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,3542
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1771312.81/cwt310.00–320.002,4127
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added778337.84/cwt330.00–340.002,6289
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2210370.00/cwt370.00–370.007771
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3215340.00/cwt340.00–340.007311
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy233466.14/cwt450.00–485.001,0863
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235400.00/cwt400.00–400.009401
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280373.33/cwt360.00–390.001,0453
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3284340.13/cwt320.00–350.009664
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy316442.28/cwt430.00–450.001,3988
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2319373.04/cwt360.00–385.001,1905
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320395.63/cwt390.00–400.001,2667
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3340345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1733
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3367335.23/cwt325.00–345.001,2305
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369368.90/cwt355.00–380.001,3614
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371399.19/cwt390.00–415.001,4817
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428384.34/cwt380.00–390.001,64516
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428334.10/cwt317.50–350.001,4309
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433368.25/cwt360.00–375.001,5953
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468384.72/cwt375.00–395.001,8008
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3471326.45/cwt315.00–340.001,5388
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473352.43/cwt345.00–360.001,66710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy477333.18/cwt330.00–340.001,5898
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Full490340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6661
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511363.49/cwt345.00–375.001,85717
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3523295.12/cwt290.00–300.001,5432
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528328.68/cwt315.00–340.001,73515
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3550270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4851
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy564298.58/cwt290.00–300.001,6847
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575351.46/cwt340.00–360.002,02122
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2582322.93/cwt310.00–335.001,87912
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy600280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6802
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3600270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6201
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610323.39/cwt315.00–330.001,9733
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621343.41/cwt330.00–347.502,1339
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2659305.48/cwt295.00–312.502,01311
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy681285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9414
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720277.50/cwt275.00–280.001,9982
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3730250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8251
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2784280.53/cwt275.00–285.002,1999
Feeder Cattle · Bulls34 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,1661
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy223575.39/cwt570.00–580.001,2832
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3255385.00/cwt385.00–385.009821
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270541.30/cwt535.00–555.001,4623
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy310536.43/cwt515.00–550.001,6634
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323485.62/cwt475.00–505.001,5696
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2337411.21/cwt400.00–430.001,3863
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy360488.68/cwt480.00–495.001,7594
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3378365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3802
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380426.55/cwt405.00–435.001,6216
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383458.93/cwt440.00–475.001,75811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1411443.81/cwt430.00–455.001,82413
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy415485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,0131
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424411.34/cwt390.00–425.001,74411
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3439373.46/cwt370.00–380.001,63910
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469407.09/cwt400.00–420.001,9097
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3477347.62/cwt335.00–365.001,6587
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490379.92/cwt370.00–395.001,86215
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515377.65/cwt365.00–395.001,94513
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533353.43/cwt330.00–360.001,88420
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3535310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6591
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1556366.45/cwt365.00–375.002,0377
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy560300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6801
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2574338.46/cwt320.00–355.001,94317
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1616330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0334
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625316.08/cwt300.00–325.001,97611
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3630280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7641
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy640290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8562
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy660280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8481
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3670270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8092
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685299.15/cwt290.00–315.002,04912
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1722322.52/cwt320.00–325.002,3294
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2734300.05/cwt290.00–310.002,2027
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2768282.46/cwt280.00–285.002,1692
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,130181.57/cwt179.00–185.002,0523
Bulls——1,627198.61/cwt195.00–202.003,2313
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%996154.40/cwt149.00–158.001,53816
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,071139.18/cwt128.00–148.001,4917
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,091162.61/cwt145.00–168.001,77412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185175.19/cwt170.00–179.002,0766
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310184.52/cwt184.00–185.002,4172
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,353182.90/cwt181.00–186.002,4753
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,400173.41/cwt170.00–177.002,4286
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,467164.69/cwt159.00–167.002,4165
Replacement Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,035202.50/cwt202.50–202.502,0961
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,1803,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5501
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,2603,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5501
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,3552,525.00/head2,525.00–2,525.002,5251
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 2665200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3301
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3700170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1901
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3768181.68/cwt180.00–182.501,3953
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1930277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,5811
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,068166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,7732
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19352,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 25951,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19503,371.05/head3,100.00–3,600.003,3712
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0052,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0752,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8251

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.