Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Livestock Exchange / 2025-12-01

Saluda Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Dec 1
● Final114 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3790
Feeder Cattle receipts
527 head
▲ 527 vs last sale 0▼ 41 vs year ago 568 · −7.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
133 head
▲ 133 vs last sale 0▲ 33 vs year ago 100 · +33.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 53 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made this week due to no sale 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 $343.50/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 12 of 34 comparable sales and sits −40.19 against this barn's trailing median of $383.70.
Average price
$343.50
46 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,865
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$527
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$74.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.30
vs SC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543354.741,92731
Medium and Large 2549326.491,79313thin
Medium and Large 3500280.001,4002thin
One grade step is worth $74.74/cwt here — about $527 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale46 hd
343.50
—
SC average2 barns · 57 hd
343.20
+0.30
This barn, trailing median34 sales
383.70
−40.19
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—Average1,865190.443,5529thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,462160.122,34129
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,283152.841,96155
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,111130.981,45514

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)1,173$2,1234thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,380$2,1001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,218$1,9574thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)983$1,7845
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,011$1,6635
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)985$1,6562thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)900$1,5632thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,045$2,5002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)992$2,30610

Every lot

114 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,2041
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328433.10/cwt420.00–440.001,4213
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy345450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5531
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372423.32/cwt420.00–430.001,5753
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5411
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432373.78/cwt350.00–385.001,6153
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8371
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2474363.48/cwt350.00–375.001,7235
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530361.64/cwt360.00–365.001,9173
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added530330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7491
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0353
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0131
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added617340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0985
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9521
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9521
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2770262.56/cwt260.00–265.002,0222
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1205435.00/cwt425.00–445.008922
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265352.59/cwt350.00–355.009342
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1279420.72/cwt410.00–430.001,1745
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3290300.00/cwt300.00–300.008701
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy305420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2811
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324405.36/cwt385.00–410.001,31310
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328355.75/cwt345.00–375.001,1676
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0561
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369344.39/cwt340.00–355.001,27116
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385382.40/cwt375.00–395.001,47214
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3390315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2291
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415368.27/cwt360.00–380.001,5286
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424342.15/cwt330.00–355.001,4517
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy440320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4081
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3861
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479327.78/cwt315.00–340.001,57021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added488350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7082
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3488304.97/cwt300.00–310.001,4882
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515329.05/cwt320.00–335.001,6956
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525305.00/cwt280.00–315.001,6017
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added535320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7122
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added553330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8255
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy560260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4561
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570314.34/cwt310.00–325.001,7928
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added580310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7981
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2583299.05/cwt290.00–305.001,7435
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617311.65/cwt310.00–315.001,9236
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2632283.32/cwt280.00–290.001,7913
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added675277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,8733
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2681273.68/cwt265.00–280.001,8647
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8721
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,0701
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1287455.09/cwt440.00–460.001,3066
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy319452.34/cwt450.00–455.001,44313
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1842
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1331425.86/cwt420.00–430.001,4105
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy359445.97/cwt440.00–455.001,6015
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373423.03/cwt400.00–430.001,57818
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2386367.57/cwt350.00–390.001,4196
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420365.35/cwt350.00–385.001,53418
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy424420.98/cwt420.00–425.001,7855
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1434403.92/cwt390.00–415.001,75311
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458392.96/cwt390.00–400.001,8005
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5872
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469369.15/cwt355.00–380.001,73113
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3500280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4002
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy525294.90/cwt290.00–300.001,5482
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527333.97/cwt320.00–345.001,7605
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530354.53/cwt347.50–370.001,87917
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1559354.99/cwt350.00–360.001,98414
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2574338.94/cwt330.00–345.001,9465
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy585290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6971
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2637302.38/cwt295.00–315.001,9266
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2669289.81/cwt275.00–305.001,9394
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720274.91/cwt265.00–290.001,9793
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers400–450Large 3400180.00/cwt180.00–180.007201
Dairy Heifers450–500Large 3480200.00/cwt200.00–200.009601
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers300–350Medium and Large 3330160.00/cwt160.00–160.005282
Dairy Steers350–400Medium and Large 3397160.00/cwt160.00–160.006353
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3478150.00/cwt150.00–150.007172
Dairy Steers500–550Medium and Large 3515160.00/cwt160.00–160.008241
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,715199.55/cwt199.00–200.003,4222
Bulls——1,790181.00/cwt181.00–181.003,2401
Bulls——1,928188.98/cwt186.00–192.003,6446
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%967118.25/cwt98.00–130.001,1437
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198143.52/cwt130.00–152.001,71925
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,254143.71/cwt138.00–150.001,8027
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,354160.61/cwt154.00–169.002,17530
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,445163.42/cwt157.00–171.002,36121
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,5901
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,511148.10/cwt137.00–155.002,2387
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 38251,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19751,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3670950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 39101,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29851,655.71/head1,575.00–1,725.001,6562
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0361,791.25/head1,675.00–1,925.001,7914
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,050159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,6701
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0581,789.25/head1,675.00–1,850.001,7893
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0702,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0981,739.35/head1,675.00–1,800.001,7392
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1252,270.11/head2,225.00–2,325.002,2702
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2201,975.67/head1,850.00–2,125.001,9762
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3382,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3802,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 16702,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 38051,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 39601,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0102,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0802,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0832,708.14/head2,525.00–2,850.002,7082
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1152,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1322,557.36/head2,375.00–2,700.002,5573
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 1800160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2801
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 3849164.16/cwt143.00–184.001,3948
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2928195.79/cwt185.00–208.001,8172
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,050247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,5991
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,223185.41/cwt178.00–195.002,2683

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.