Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Livestock Exchange / 2025-10-06

Saluda Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Oct 6
● Final132 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3790
Feeder Cattle receipts
630 head
▼ 103 vs last sale 733▲ 380 vs year ago 250 · +152.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 127▲ 37 vs year ago 50 · +74.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 35▲ 41 vs year ago 15 · +273.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to no report last week. 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 $333.09/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 7 of 34 comparable sales and sits −50.61 against this barn's trailing median of $383.70.
Average price
$333.09
51 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,805
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$312
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$63.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.86
vs SC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513367.441,8852thin
Medium and Large 2545334.181,82345
Medium and Large 3518303.661,5734thin
One grade step is worth $63.78/cwt here — about $312 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 sale51 hd
333.09
—
SC average6 barns · 118 hd
331.23
+1.86
This barn, trailing median34 sales
383.70
−50.61
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—Average1,615176.202,84514
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,414159.652,25823
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,148157.001,80235
CowsLean 85-90%Average989136.571,35124

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)1,206$2,6855
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,015$2,6047
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,065$2,1002thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)886$2,0098
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,018$1,6252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)943$1,4882thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)820$2,4501thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)725$1,5251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,060$2,9886
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)861$2,7855
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)845$2,2872thin

Every lot

132 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3280340.00/cwt340.00–340.009521
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,6101
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,6251
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380422.50/cwt420.00–425.001,6062
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2383407.65/cwt400.00–415.001,5612
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3395380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5011
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2407402.00/cwt395.00–415.001,6365
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8192
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3440385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6941
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466413.13/cwt400.00–416.001,92511
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468378.24/cwt370.00–385.001,7703
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3468350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6382
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy512320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6383
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518342.21/cwt335.00–360.001,7739
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9242
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3532305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6233
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy555320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7761
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561373.35/cwt360.00–376.002,09425
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2581338.72/cwt330.00–350.001,9684
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3592308.34/cwt305.00–310.001,8253
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0631
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2641321.41/cwt320.00–322.502,0609
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy645290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8711
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0281
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1708322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,2833
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2740290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1461
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2755295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2271
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy270490.83/cwt470.00–515.001,3252
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0801
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1276450.18/cwt440.00–460.001,2424
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3290365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,0591
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2313372.83/cwt365.00–380.001,1675
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315410.78/cwt400.00–420.001,2946
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy317446.74/cwt435.00–455.001,4166
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1701
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3371338.34/cwt320.00–350.001,2556
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379401.90/cwt395.00–415.001,5238
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381380.67/cwt365.00–390.001,4508
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy395357.50/cwt355.00–360.001,4122
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy410346.75/cwt340.00–350.001,4223
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417401.68/cwt395.00–405.001,6753
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428360.34/cwt350.00–370.001,54211
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3433314.97/cwt310.00–320.001,3642
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2458357.46/cwt355.00–360.001,6372
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy468340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5912
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3468332.27/cwt320.00–355.001,5556
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3500270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521324.67/cwt300.00–335.001,69216
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy525285.14/cwt280.00–290.001,4972
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534351.11/cwt340.00–362.501,8755
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564337.84/cwt337.50–340.001,90515
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy565290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6393
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574320.47/cwt300.00–330.001,83916
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575271.67/cwt260.00–280.001,5626
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9801
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2632298.42/cwt290.00–310.001,8863
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2671301.51/cwt290.00–310.002,0238
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2738287.51/cwt285.00–290.002,1222
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2765274.87/cwt265.00–285.002,1032
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2Fleshy795250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9881
Feeder Cattle · Bulls31 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy234563.40/cwt515.00–650.001,31810
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1238484.53/cwt470.00–500.001,1532
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3260360.00/cwt360.00–360.009361
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy273540.09/cwt515.00–570.001,4745
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278487.78/cwt475.00–500.001,3566
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy305360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0981
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy308531.65/cwt480.00–550.001,63714
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1310435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,3491
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3462
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy365470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7161
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3373363.84/cwt350.00–385.001,3574
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375401.96/cwt385.00–415.001,50714
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383436.48/cwt430.00–455.001,6726
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421432.21/cwt420.00–445.001,82023
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421395.80/cwt385.00–415.001,66616
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy423372.02/cwt360.00–380.001,57410
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425351.68/cwt335.00–370.001,4952
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460387.34/cwt380.00–395.001,7822
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy468357.43/cwt350.00–370.001,6734
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3470331.76/cwt320.00–340.001,5593
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513367.44/cwt365.00–370.001,8852
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3518303.66/cwt285.00–315.001,5734
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522339.51/cwt320.00–360.001,77224
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2569334.98/cwt320.00–350.001,90617
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy586298.77/cwt285.00–310.001,7514
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628301.83/cwt290.00–320.001,8955
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy645270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7421
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy670260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7422
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2678290.06/cwt285.00–295.001,9673
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2721288.45/cwt280.00–300.002,0807
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3773250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9333
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,468194.67/cwt193.00–196.002,8582
Bulls——1,610170.68/cwt157.00–185.002,74811
Bulls——1,960200.00/cwt200.00–200.003,9201
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%977134.99/cwt118.00–144.001,31922
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,123154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,7292
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,134154.24/cwt147.00–158.001,74926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,188164.96/cwt160.00–175.001,9609
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,409162.64/cwt159.00–170.002,29216
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,426152.83/cwt150.00–157.002,1797
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,240173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,1451
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1695298.82/cwt282.50–320.002,0772
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3735170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2501
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3750190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4251
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 18452,286.83/head2,250.00–2,325.002,2872
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2903231.97/cwt195.00–265.002,0955
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2970190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8431
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows15 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 27601,661.92/head1,575.00–1,750.001,6622
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28501,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 38751,887.29/head1,850.00–1,925.001,8872
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29232,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2002
Bred Cows—Small 29351,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29382,107.46/head1,950.00–2,350.002,1073
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 39501,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0002,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0052,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,0351,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0522,766.11/head2,500.00–3,150.002,7665
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,075148.01/cwt147.00–149.001,5912
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0902,158.94/head1,825.00–2,475.002,1592
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2802,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2833,035.91/head2,825.00–3,150.003,0363
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 37251,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 3765225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7211
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18202,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 16652,475.00/head2,475.00–2,475.002,4751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 36852,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 27903,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29852,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0653,326.26/head3,125.00–3,525.003,3264
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0833,000.64/head2,825.00–3,150.003,0012
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1152,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751

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.