Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Stockyards / 2019-08-05

Saluda Stockyards

Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Aug 5

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961

← Jul 29Aug 5Aug 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

942 head

▲ 942 vs last sale 0▲ 942 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

65 head

▲ 65 vs last sale 0▲ 65 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 0▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder cattle were unevenly steady. Slaughter cows an bulls steady.

Heavy offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for

cattle with excessive hair.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.94/cwt on 384 head.

Average price

$133.94

384 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$783

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$408

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2

$18.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.11

vs SC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	607	136.68	829	314
Medium 2	505	122.19	617	61
Small 1-2	356	118.13	421	9thin

One grade step is worth $18.55/cwt here — about $408 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale384 hd

133.94

—

SC average5 barns · 675 hd

131.83

+2.11

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,707	93.77	1,601	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,271	68.68	873	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,381	66.08	913	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	953	56.74	540	18

Every lot

76 lots · USDA AMS · Saluda County Stockyards - 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 1-2	215	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	269	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	270	152.45/cwt	150.00–155.00	412	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	270	132.55/cwt	130.00–135.00	358	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	143.55/cwt	140.00–147.50	464	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	333	129.21/cwt	127.50–130.00	430	3
Steers	—	Small 1-2	374	117.27/cwt	110.00–121.00	439	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	141.92/cwt	140.00–145.00	532	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	383	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	571	15
Steers	—	Medium 2	386	129.75/cwt	125.00–135.00	501	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	139.15/cwt	137.50–140.00	589	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	438	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	558	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	135.79/cwt	130.00–142.00	635	11
Steers	—	Medium 2	469	121.56/cwt	115.00–125.00	570	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	488	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	698	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	127.20/cwt	125.00–133.00	653	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	526	119.99/cwt	118.00–121.00	631	8
Steers	—	Medium 2	557	118.57/cwt	116.00–122.00	660	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	127.01/cwt	124.00–130.00	728	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	585	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	837	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	127.52/cwt	125.00–129.00	789	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	621	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	745	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	629	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	860	78
Steers	—	Medium 2	668	111.34/cwt	109.00–115.00	744	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	122.01/cwt	120.00–125.00	831	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	122.79/cwt	116.00–125.00	888	9
Steers	—	Medium 2	736	113.24/cwt	110.00–114.00	833	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	753	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	979	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	932	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	205	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	246	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	240	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	326	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	270	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	311	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	295	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	384	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	325	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	390	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	127.41/cwt	125.00–135.00	474	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	377	117.97/cwt	116.00–120.00	445	6
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	423	103.95/cwt	100.00–107.50	440	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	121.06/cwt	118.00–124.00	519	14
Heifers	—	Medium 2	429	112.46/cwt	110.00–115.00	482	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	438	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	593	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	120.17/cwt	117.50–123.00	564	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	472	113.35/cwt	110.00–115.00	535	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	119.40/cwt	116.00–124.00	627	8
Heifers	—	Medium 2	527	110.91/cwt	108.00–114.00	584	9
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	530	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	557	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	557	114.60/cwt	112.00–118.00	638	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	572	128.74/cwt	128.50–129.00	736	168
Heifers	—	Medium 2	575	109.62/cwt	108.00–111.00	630	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	110.40/cwt	109.00–112.00	677	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	621	105.47/cwt	102.00–108.00	655	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	680	105.52/cwt	104.00–107.00	718	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	709	105.01/cwt	104.00–107.00	745	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	753	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	806	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	129.57/cwt	125.00–137.50	552	16
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	430	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	460	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	431	119.34/cwt	115.00–122.50	514	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	589	13
Bulls	—	Medium 2	475	117.17/cwt	110.00–121.00	557	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	119.14/cwt	118.00–122.00	628	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2	530	113.43/cwt	110.00–117.00	601	12
Bulls	—	Medium 2	571	114.55/cwt	110.00–118.00	654	14
Bulls	—	Medium 2	619	105.58/cwt	100.00–110.00	654	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2	675	105.24/cwt	102.00–109.00	710	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2	725	103.49/cwt	103.00–105.00	750	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2	775	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	798	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,480	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,066	1
Bulls	—	—	1,650	91.11/cwt	85.00–97.00	1,503	5
Bulls	—	—	1,878	105.47/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,981	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	952	58.30/cwt	54.00–62.00	555	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	48.94/cwt	47.00–51.00	467	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,259	68.28/cwt	60.00–76.00	860	26
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,381	66.08/cwt	63.00–70.00	913	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,575	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,244	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Small 1-2	665	73.26/cwt	71.00–76.00	487	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,198	892.65/cwt	850.00–940.00	10,694	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	820	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	4,756	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 2	1,065	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	7,349	1

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.

South Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Saluda County Stockyards - Saluda, SC

Mon Aug 5, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Columbia, SC (LS-CO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 942Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week feeder cattle were unevenly steady. Slaughter cows an bulls steady.

Heavy offering of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for

cattle with excessive hair.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	526	118.00–121.00	119.99
7	—	621	120.00	120.00
7	—	557	116.00–122.00	118.57
5	—	736	110.00–114.00	113.24
3	—	668	109.00–115.00	111.34
3	—	333	127.50–130.00	129.21
2	—	438	127.50	127.50
2	—	270	130.00–135.00	132.55
12	—	469	115.00–125.00	121.56
12	—	386	125.00–135.00	129.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	374	110.00–121.00	117.27
1	—	215	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	585	143.00	143.00
78	—	629	136.75	136.75
61	—	753	130.00	130.00
15	—	383	149.00	149.00
11	—	488	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	573	124.00–130.00	127.01
11	—	468	130.00–142.00	135.79
9	—	723	116.00–125.00	122.79
7	—	375	140.00–145.00	141.92
5	—	681	120.00–125.00	122.01
4	—	619	125.00–129.00	127.52
4	—	513	125.00–133.00	127.20
3	—	423	137.50–140.00	139.15
2	—	323	140.00–147.50	143.55
2	—	270	150.00–155.00	152.45
1	—	840	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	100.00–107.50	103.95
1	—	530	105.00	105.00
1	—	270	115.00	115.00
1	—	205	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
168	—	572	128.50–129.00	128.74
29	—	438	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	429	118.00–124.00	121.06
8	—	525	116.00–124.00	119.40
6	—	753	107.00	107.00
5	—	613	109.00–112.00	110.40
5	—	557	112.00–118.00	114.60
5	—	469	117.50–123.00	120.17
5	—	372	125.00–135.00	127.41
1	—	240	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	527	108.00–114.00	110.91
9	—	472	110.00–115.00	113.35
8	—	575	108.00–111.00	109.62
6	—	377	116.00–120.00	117.97
4	—	709	104.00–107.00	105.01
4	—	680	104.00–107.00	105.52
4	—	621	102.00–108.00	105.47
4	—	429	110.00–115.00	112.46
1	—	325	120.00	120.00
1	—	295	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	426	125.00–137.50	129.57
13	—	460	128.00	128.00
6	—	527	118.00–122.00	119.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	571	110.00–118.00	114.55
12	—	530	110.00–117.00	113.43
11	—	475	110.00–121.00	117.17
5	—	619	100.00–110.00	105.58
4	—	725	103.00–105.00	103.49
4	—	675	102.00–109.00	105.24
4	—	431	115.00–122.50	119.34
1	—	775	103.00	103.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	72.00	72.00
3	—	1,878	104.00–108.00	105.47
5	—	1,650	85.00–97.00	91.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	955	47.00–51.00	48.94
15	—	952	54.00–62.00	58.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	79.00	79.00
26	—	1,259	60.00–76.00	68.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,381	63.00–70.00	66.08

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	665	71.00–76.00	73.26

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,198	850.00–940.00	892.65

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	580.00	580.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	690.00	690.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.