Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Stockyards / 2019-09-16

Saluda Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Sep 16
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961
Feeder Cattle receipts
386 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 443▲ 386 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 101▲ 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 16▲ 23 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 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter Cows were 2.00 to 3.00 lower, with Slaughter Bulls 2.00 lower. Moderate offerings of average to plain quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $102.28/cwt on 132 head.
Average price
$102.28
132 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$532
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$26.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.26
vs SC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2488115.0856126
Small 1-2429105.0045130
Medium 2606101.9461746
Medium and Large 350788.9745130
One grade step is worth $26.11/cwt here — about $110 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 sale132 hd
102.28
—
SC average5 barns · 456 hd
105.54
−3.26
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,65282.631,3657thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,27554.636979thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18552.1661838
CowsLean 85-90%Low91850.054605thin

Every lot

79 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 2270128.80/cwt127.50–130.003482
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330138.81/cwt137.50–140.004582
Steers—Medium 2330129.15/cwt125.00–132.504263
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2368136.74/cwt135.00–140.005033
Steers—Medium 2369129.13/cwt125.00–130.004766
Steers—Small 1-2375112.56/cwt110.00–115.004223
Steers—Medium 2418114.74/cwt110.00–120.004806
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423128.39/cwt125.00–135.005433
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465125.02/cwt122.00–130.005814
Steers—Medium 2472113.32/cwt109.00–120.005356
Steers—Medium 2517112.27/cwt110.00–115.005805
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534123.92/cwt120.00–128.006626
Steers—Medium 2563111.72/cwt110.00–115.006293
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571124.20/cwt117.00–130.0070914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620119.76/cwt117.00–126.007435
Steers—Medium 2623108.74/cwt101.00–113.006774
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2664120.05/cwt115.00–123.007974
Steers—Medium 2672111.00/cwt111.00–111.007463
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2721116.56/cwt114.00–119.008407
Steers—Medium 2725100.00/cwt100.00–100.007251
Steers—Medium 2780106.00/cwt106.00–106.008271
Steers—Medium 289096.00/cwt96.00–96.008541
Steers—Medium 291595.00/cwt95.00–95.008691
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-2305112.38/cwt110.00–115.003433
Heifers—Small 1-2382110.34/cwt110.00–111.004216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2397120.00/cwt120.00–120.004765
Heifers—Small 1-2420103.33/cwt100.00–105.0043411
Heifers—Medium and Large 342790.75/cwt85.00–95.003886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435119.26/cwt116.00–120.005195
Heifers—Medium 2440111.00/cwt110.00–112.004882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470114.59/cwt114.00–116.005395
Heifers—Medium 2471110.17/cwt109.00–112.005195
Heifers—Medium and Large 347489.48/cwt85.00–95.0042412
Heifers—Small 1-2485101.25/cwt100.00–105.004914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510113.49/cwt112.00–115.005794
Heifers—Small 1-2518101.52/cwt100.00–103.005266
Heifers—Medium 2520108.01/cwt105.00–110.0056210
Heifers—Medium and Large 353590.75/cwt84.00–98.004866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2556111.00/cwt110.00–113.006174
Heifers—Medium 2570106.64/cwt105.00–108.006085
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2608108.99/cwt108.00–110.006632
Heifers—Medium 260999.15/cwt95.00–103.006047
Heifers—Medium and Large 362684.40/cwt80.00–90.005286
Heifers—Medium 266798.51/cwt94.00–101.006575
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2695107.00/cwt107.00–107.007441
Heifers—Medium 271795.21/cwt90.00–97.006836
Heifers—Medium 277890.84/cwt90.00–91.007076
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2421129.47/cwt125.00–135.005455
Bulls—Medium 2436115.74/cwt114.00–120.005054
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2467122.17/cwt119.00–125.005713
Bulls—Medium 2477112.04/cwt110.00–114.005346
Bulls—Small 1-2490102.36/cwt100.00–105.005023
Bulls—Medium 2514109.71/cwt108.00–111.005647
Bulls—Small 1-2518103.58/cwt101.00–105.005375
Bulls—Medium and Large 352288.49/cwt85.00–93.004626
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2530114.74/cwt114.00–117.006088
Bulls—Medium and Large 355989.96/cwt85.00–95.005035
Bulls—Small 1-2568101.31/cwt100.00–104.005753
Bulls—Medium 2572111.01/cwt110.00–112.006355
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2613113.57/cwt112.00–115.006967
Bulls—Medium 2621105.19/cwt101.00–109.006535
Bulls—Medium 266897.98/cwt97.00–99.006553
Bulls—Medium and Large 366883.46/cwt80.00–87.005582
Bulls—Medium 272991.01/cwt89.00–95.006634
Bulls—Medium 276596.00/cwt96.00–96.007341
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 331559.92/cwt57.50–62.501892
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,49377.98/cwt77.00–79.001,1643
Bulls——1,77186.11/cwt84.00–89.001,5254
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87841.57/cwt38.00–45.003652
Cows—Lean 85-90%94555.70/cwt52.00–61.005263
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13043.90/cwt38.00–49.0049610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20455.11/cwt45.00–62.0066428
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27554.63/cwt51.00–58.006979
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 3858377.05/cwt350.00–400.003,2353
Stock Cows—Small 1-292283.79/cwt78.00–87.007735
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2869496.67/cwt470.00–540.004,3165
Bred Cows—Small 1-2915630.00/cwt630.00–630.005,7651
Bred Cows—Small 1-2948537.18/cwt520.00–550.005,0922
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2973831.67/cwt825.00–840.008,0922

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.