Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Stockyards / 2024-03-11

Saluda Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Mar 11
● Final121 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961
Feeder Cattle receipts
447 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 514▲ 100 vs year ago 347 · +28.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 141▲ 23 vs year ago 85 · +27.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 98▲ 47 vs year ago 27 · +174.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 4.00 higher, feeder heifers 11.00 higher, feeder bulls 7.00 higher, slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 lower. Moderate offering of average to good 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 $285.66/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −97.17 against this barn's trailing median of $382.83.
Average price
$285.66
38 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$382
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$60.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.62
vs SC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547301.461,64917thin
Medium and Large 2539280.341,51217thin
Medium and Large 3525241.171,2674thin
One grade step is worth $60.29/cwt here — about $382 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale38 hd
285.66
—
SC average5 barns · 66 hd
276.05
+9.62
This barn, trailing median14 sales
382.83
−97.17
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

14 sales
464407350292median 382.8303/0203/3006/2208/1711/02
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $449.95, low $306.31, median $382.83 across 14 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—Average1,725133.272,2988thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,563123.661,9328thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,168118.661,38646
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,037103.681,07521

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)1,029$1,5767
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)998$1,34714
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,009$1,2504thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)925$1,22313
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)928$1,1872thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)975$1,1501thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,205$2,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)876$1,6799
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)810$1,0001thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)770$9751thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)605$6251thin

Every lot

121 lots · USDA AMS · Saluda 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3285275.00/cwt275.00–275.007841
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2293315.00/cwt315.00–315.009232
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1327326.66/cwt320.00–335.001,0683
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0031
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2051
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1971
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3415250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0381
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430321.65/cwt320.00–325.001,3833
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2438287.54/cwt285.00–290.001,2592
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465307.16/cwt300.00–315.001,4289
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3631
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518280.71/cwt275.00–290.001,4546
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520308.74/cwt300.00–315.001,6054
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2562279.99/cwt275.00–285.001,5746
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2622259.99/cwt255.00–265.001,6175
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2668250.13/cwt245.00–255.001,6712
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2205232.50/cwt230.00–235.004772
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1227273.42/cwt265.00–280.006213
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3235225.00/cwt225.00–225.005291
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2253230.00/cwt220.00–240.005823
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1269253.93/cwt250.00–260.006834
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy288337.30/cwt330.00–345.009712
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328252.90/cwt245.00–260.008302
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333276.15/cwt265.00–295.009208
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3333229.13/cwt220.00–235.007636
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372268.75/cwt260.00–285.001,00015
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374248.87/cwt245.00–257.509317
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380226.86/cwt220.00–235.008623
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy385342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,3191
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417260.69/cwt250.00–275.001,08721
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420244.88/cwt240.00–250.001,0282
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423227.54/cwt225.00–230.009622
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474256.59/cwt250.00–265.001,2169
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485243.13/cwt240.00–250.001,17911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3493210.03/cwt205.00–215.001,0352
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2511227.54/cwt220.00–240.001,1638
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524250.07/cwt245.00–260.001,3105
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1291
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy555265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3570195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1121
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580237.97/cwt235.00–245.001,3805
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580219.12/cwt215.00–222.501,2713
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4221
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2619218.06/cwt212.50–225.001,3508
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3645197.50/cwt195.00–200.001,2742
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3690195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3461
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1692213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,4743
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3773197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,5272
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3242260.03/cwt255.00–265.006293
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy265330.00/cwt330.00–330.008751
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3268234.84/cwt225.00–250.006293
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2272296.38/cwt290.00–305.008063
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1290325.00/cwt325.00–325.009431
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2321303.31/cwt295.00–310.009746
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1327325.03/cwt315.00–335.001,0635
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy335343.43/cwt340.00–350.001,1503
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3335247.57/cwt245.00–250.008292
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1361310.79/cwt300.00–320.001,1226
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2369291.00/cwt275.00–300.001,07410
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy371344.32/cwt340.00–350.001,2777
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421312.86/cwt300.00–325.001,31712
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2432292.72/cwt285.00–305.001,26513
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3445265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1792
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468310.82/cwt305.00–315.001,45513
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477279.65/cwt270.00–295.001,33412
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3483262.56/cwt260.00–265.001,2682
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3517239.89/cwt235.00–250.001,2403
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518280.07/cwt270.00–295.001,4519
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1524303.08/cwt295.00–310.001,5888
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3550245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3481
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563280.65/cwt270.00–295.001,5808
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566293.14/cwt285.00–315.001,6598
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy580355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0591
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2616258.58/cwt250.00–270.001,5937
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623269.95/cwt265.00–275.001,6823
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3645230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4841
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675249.95/cwt245.00–255.001,6873
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2713242.53/cwt240.00–245.001,7292
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,140120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3681
Bulls——1,808135.16/cwt130.00–143.002,4447
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91491.52/cwt83.00–99.008367
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,010102.14/cwt91.00–109.001,0327
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,098109.76/cwt100.00–118.001,20514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,186119.54/cwt110.00–128.001,41832
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,245131.17/cwt129.00–136.001,6337
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,482118.94/cwt112.00–127.001,7635
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,697131.53/cwt128.00–138.002,2323
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,2052,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,480142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,1021
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows12 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 3605625.00/head625.00–625.006251
Stock Cows—Small 2640125.00/cwt125.00–125.008001
Stock Cows—Small 1640122.50/cwt122.50–122.507841
Stock Cows—Small 365098.00/cwt98.00–98.006371
Stock Cows—Small 1730104.00/cwt104.00–104.007591
Stock Cows—Small 374071.00/cwt71.00–71.005251
Stock Cows—Small 1770975.00/head975.00–975.009751
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 38101,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Stock Cows—Small 283094.85/cwt90.00–99.007872
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2844119.77/cwt117.50–123.001,0116
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 291582.00/cwt82.00–82.007501
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2973103.70/cwt102.00–106.001,0094
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows14 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 3620700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bred Cows—Small 1778995.18/head925.00–1,050.009953
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 281091.00/cwt91.00–91.007371
Bred Cows—Small 3820825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Bred Cows—Small 1828916.09/head850.00–975.009162
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19101,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29281,186.59/head1,175.00–1,200.001,1872
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29471,550.13/head1,425.00–1,700.001,5505
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29501,241.93/head1,200.00–1,275.001,2423
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29751,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0201,386.75/head1,300.00–1,475.001,3878
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0451,472.36/head1,325.00–1,650.001,47211
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1851,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2331,639.05/head1,450.00–1,850.001,6392
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 37151,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 17481,471.74/head1,125.00–1,850.001,4722
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 28901,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29151,778.93/head1,575.00–1,925.001,7794
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1251,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501

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.