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Saluda Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Oct 13
● Final112 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3790
Feeder Cattle receipts
517 head
▼ 113 vs last sale 630▼ 95 vs year ago 612 · −15.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
109 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 87▲ 35 vs year ago 74 · +47.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 56▲ 20 vs year ago 27 · +74.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $320.28/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 4 of 34 comparable sales and sits −63.41 against this barn's trailing median of $383.70.
Average price
$320.28
34 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,765
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$232
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$38.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.59
vs SC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2552323.701,78631
Medium and Large 3545285.031,5533thin
One grade step is worth $38.66/cwt here — about $232 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 sale34 hd
320.28
—
SC average5 barns · 90 hd
327.87
−7.59
This barn, trailing median34 sales
383.70
−63.41
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—High1,847188.433,48017
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,375159.382,19117
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,208155.051,87341
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,173136.951,60614

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,206$3,0219
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,005$2,6993thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,017$2,47712
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)1,070$2,6083thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)815$2,1001thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,260$2,3751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)863$2,8797

Every lot

112 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 3245350.00/cwt350.00–350.008581
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275525.36/cwt515.00–535.001,4452
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3300350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0501
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1305512.50/cwt510.00–515.001,5632
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6651
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5541
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4251
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7431
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3416344.11/cwt320.00–355.001,4315
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2424389.96/cwt380.00–410.001,6534
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459403.04/cwt400.00–410.001,85015
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3464349.86/cwt330.00–360.001,6234
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy470370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7391
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2496378.72/cwt370.00–380.001,87815
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522354.68/cwt340.00–365.001,8513
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533374.63/cwt370.00–375.001,99726
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2569357.45/cwt350.00–365.002,0347
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1092
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3590305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8001
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612343.35/cwt340.00–350.002,1013
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2632299.91/cwt295.00–310.001,8953
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2663328.30/cwt325.00–330.002,1773
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690337.48/cwt335.00–340.002,3292
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705325.50/cwt320.00–331.002,2952
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,0791
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2281377.40/cwt370.00–385.001,0604
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320375.05/cwt370.00–390.001,2006
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320334.48/cwt330.00–340.001,0707
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1353420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4838
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2357374.24/cwt370.00–390.001,3367
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy358353.78/cwt350.00–355.001,2674
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3367343.36/cwt340.00–350.001,2603
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6201
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy413350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4462
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2414369.95/cwt360.00–380.001,5327
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3433334.16/cwt320.00–345.001,4475
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2452380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7182
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3471327.99/cwt310.00–340.001,54510
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy478339.78/cwt330.00–350.001,6247
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy500290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524323.81/cwt310.00–340.001,69716
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy560285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5961
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,9664
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576309.39/cwt295.00–325.001,7829
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1081
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2621299.98/cwt290.00–310.001,8637
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2668294.83/cwt280.00–310.001,9692
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715279.11/cwt275.00–287.501,9963
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Fleshy730265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9351
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780268.33/cwt265.00–275.002,0933
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,1001
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy223560.73/cwt545.00–580.001,2502
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3235350.00/cwt350.00–350.008231
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270414.44/cwt400.00–430.001,1192
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275505.36/cwt500.00–510.001,3902
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy323484.73/cwt480.00–490.001,5662
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3323372.44/cwt370.00–375.001,2032
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4521
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2331405.59/cwt400.00–425.001,34312
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2369402.32/cwt390.00–420.001,48513
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375436.64/cwt430.00–445.001,6373
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy375385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4441
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3380371.42/cwt370.00–375.001,4117
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy405500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0252
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy405370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4991
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424404.34/cwt390.00–415.001,71416
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3428361.60/cwt350.00–370.001,5483
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2466385.06/cwt370.00–390.001,7944
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3473337.52/cwt330.00–350.001,5966
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy480365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7521
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3520295.05/cwt290.00–300.001,5342
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2524335.24/cwt320.00–345.001,7574
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy530302.72/cwt290.00–310.001,6047
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2564330.24/cwt320.00–340.001,86319
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy580300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7401
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3595265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5771
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3625270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6883
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627310.44/cwt310.00–315.001,94611
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2677306.53/cwt295.00–320.002,0753
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2713284.17/cwt275.00–300.002,0266
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2Fleshy780250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9501
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2795260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0671
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,678180.83/cwt178.00–184.003,0347
Bulls——1,812200.84/cwt199.00–203.003,6393
Bulls——2,030190.72/cwt185.00–197.003,8727
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,142145.84/cwt143.00–151.001,6657
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,188161.09/cwt157.00–171.001,91418
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,204128.05/cwt107.00–137.001,5427
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215194.00/cwt194.00–194.002,3571
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,224148.33/cwt135.00–156.001,81622
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,352162.35/cwt157.00–168.002,19513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,449149.73/cwt146.00–154.002,1704
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,2602,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 17651,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19453,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29552,281.15/head2,150.00–2,400.002,2814
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29952,076.88/head2,050.00–2,100.002,0772
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0352,372.95/head2,350.00–2,400.002,3732
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,0601,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0932,863.00/head2,800.00–2,950.002,8636
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2663,290.21/head2,800.00–3,975.003,2907
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3903154.57/cwt152.00–157.501,3962
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3995155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,5421
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,091167.45/cwt158.00–179.001,8276
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,235135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,6671
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 28152,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0702,608.49/head2,500.00–2,850.002,6083
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 27301,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 37352,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 28553,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29183,235.48/head2,975.00–3,400.003,2353
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29653,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501

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.