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Saluda Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Nov 10
● Final128 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3790
Feeder Cattle receipts
612 head
▲ 203 vs last sale 409▲ 148 vs year ago 464 · +31.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 72▼ 2 vs year ago 86 · −2.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 37▲ 25 vs year ago 33 · +75.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. 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 $332.94/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 7 of 34 comparable sales and sits −50.76 against this barn's trailing median of $383.70.
Average price
$332.94
42 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,827
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$311
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$69.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.57
vs SC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540352.021,89920
Medium and Large 2556325.181,80817thin
Medium and Large 3561282.961,5895thin
One grade step is worth $69.06/cwt here — about $311 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 sale42 hd
332.94
—
SC average5 barns · 99 hd
318.36
+14.57
This barn, trailing median34 sales
383.70
−50.76
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—Low1,437171.572,4658thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,378154.542,13013
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,030142.831,47120
CowsLean 85-90%Average998119.911,19721

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)1,040$2,0882thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,258$2,0232thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)895$2,0184thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,165$2,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)963$1,79610
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,018$1,5694thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)860$2,5001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)805$1,7712thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)700$1,4863thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,203$2,5404thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)756$2,0005
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,210$1,6701thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)815$1,3751thin

Every lot

128 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy225505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,1361
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1245475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,1641
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273419.82/cwt400.00–440.001,1462
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315417.50/cwt415.00–420.001,3152
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2441
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3340360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2241
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1358420.05/cwt415.00–425.001,5043
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2541
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4251
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418405.75/cwt400.00–415.001,6966
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418383.39/cwt380.00–390.001,6033
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3427346.70/cwt335.00–355.001,4803
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3468345.20/cwt335.00–350.001,6163
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478375.23/cwt365.00–382.501,7949
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy505290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4651
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8901
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527328.50/cwt310.00–345.001,7313
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4313
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580307.44/cwt305.00–310.001,7832
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0181
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3587262.90/cwt255.00–280.001,5435
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3605270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6341
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9071
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added672327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,2013
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2700290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0301
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2770295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2721
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225390.00/cwt390.00–390.008781
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3225304.78/cwt300.00–310.006862
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2248350.00/cwt350.00–350.008682
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1272414.77/cwt400.00–430.001,12816
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280367.50/cwt365.00–370.001,0292
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3283307.04/cwt300.00–330.008694
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0242
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327391.89/cwt390.00–400.001,2815
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2331349.06/cwt340.00–370.001,1556
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360376.05/cwt370.00–380.001,35414
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3366316.71/cwt310.00–325.001,1596
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380343.80/cwt330.00–360.001,30610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420364.41/cwt360.00–375.001,53122
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3424315.67/cwt305.00–325.001,3388
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426342.46/cwt330.00–355.001,45920
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475335.40/cwt330.00–355.001,59320
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475303.47/cwt290.00–310.001,4413
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy481320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5395
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517324.05/cwt315.00–335.001,67516
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517293.51/cwt285.00–305.001,5177
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3534258.72/cwt255.00–260.001,3824
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy535265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4181
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569290.95/cwt280.00–305.001,65614
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy580265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5371
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3600245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4701
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added611295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8024
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620291.10/cwt285.00–295.001,8055
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9871
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3685266.50/cwt250.00–280.001,8263
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2723270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9524
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9891
Feeder Cattle · Bulls35 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy237476.91/cwt455.00–490.001,1309
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240430.21/cwt420.00–440.001,0332
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250370.00/cwt370.00–370.009251
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3280345.21/cwt340.00–350.009673
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy284465.49/cwt440.00–490.001,3229
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1286413.32/cwt400.00–430.001,1824
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy310449.42/cwt445.00–465.001,39310
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1326418.83/cwt400.00–435.001,36513
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330374.26/cwt365.00–385.001,2357
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3345326.67/cwt310.00–340.001,1273
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376416.39/cwt405.00–425.001,56622
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3378343.44/cwt340.00–350.001,2983
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2386383.06/cwt360.00–395.001,47911
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy398465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,8513
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy415350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4531
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418406.92/cwt400.00–415.001,7018
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3423337.66/cwt325.00–350.001,4286
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433374.28/cwt360.00–395.001,62120
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy450350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5752
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460369.63/cwt355.00–390.001,70020
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Full485340.21/cwt330.00–350.001,6502
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3485317.47/cwt315.00–320.001,5402
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3515300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5451
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2521339.04/cwt330.00–345.001,7665
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523359.06/cwt350.00–370.001,87810
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy535310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6591
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1556344.98/cwt340.00–352.501,91810
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572325.90/cwt310.00–332.501,8649
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3573278.70/cwt265.00–290.001,5974
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy583294.89/cwt290.00–300.001,7192
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610325.00/cwt320.00–330.001,9833
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3620250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5501
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630302.40/cwt290.00–310.001,9054
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2656293.72/cwt290.00–295.001,9274
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3715240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7161
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,263155.39/cwt142.00–169.001,9634
Bulls——1,611187.74/cwt180.00–194.003,0244
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%912136.37/cwt133.00–145.001,2446
Cows—Boner 80-85%943134.12/cwt125.00–140.001,26510
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033113.33/cwt90.00–129.001,17115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,117151.55/cwt147.00–159.001,69310
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,367154.34/cwt148.00–159.002,1109
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,383166.49/cwt166.00–167.002,3032
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,425143.46/cwt142.00–145.002,0442
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2920191.35/cwt182.50–202.501,7608
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 25501,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 26651,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 17001,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 28302,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0352,675.00/head2,675.00–2,675.002,6751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0951,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2103,425.00/head3,425.00–3,425.003,4251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2532,530.49/head2,475.00–2,575.002,5302
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 27401,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred Cows—Small 27901,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3825167.50/head167.50–167.501681
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19472,181.69/head2,000.00–2,400.002,1823
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19882,215.41/head2,000.00–2,500.002,2155
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0181,569.44/head1,475.00–1,625.001,5694
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0202,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0251,738.78/head1,600.00–1,850.001,7393
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0601,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1652,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2582,022.51/head1,850.00–2,175.002,0232
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2780251.53/cwt240.00–260.001,9623
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 38151,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3837159.57/cwt155.00–167.501,3363
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,2101,670.00/head1,670.00–1,670.001,6701
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 27001,486.07/head1,325.00–1,625.001,4863
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 28051,771.27/head1,700.00–1,850.001,7712
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18602,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001

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.