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Saluda Stockyards

Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Sep 2

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961

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Feeder Cattle receipts

178 head

▼ 177 vs last sale 355▼ 475 vs year ago 653 · −72.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

21 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 70▼ 133 vs year ago 154 · −86.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 11▼ 28 vs year ago 33 · −84.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no comparisons made on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, slaughter cows 2.50 lower, slaughter bulls 1.00 lower. Light offering of average quality cattle, with moderate buyer participation.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $236.21/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −164.91 against this barn's trailing median of $401.13.

Average price

$236.21

25 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,250

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$50.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.86

vs SC average

−33.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	255.54	1,311	11thin
Medium and Large 2	539	223.70	1,206	12thin
Medium and Large 3	560	205.00	1,148	2thin

One grade step is worth $50.54/cwt here — about $163 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 sale25 hd

236.21

—

SC average6 barns · 106 hd

239.07

−2.86

National average147 barns · 6,928 hd

269.40

−33.19

This barn, trailing median12 sales

401.13

−164.91

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

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $498.38, low $321.94, median $401.13 across 12 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,401	153.60	2,151	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,230	136.86	1,684	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,167	117.29	1,368	3thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,322	$2,297	3thin

Every lot

62 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,132	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,263	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3Full	425	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	871	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,024	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	227.32/cwt	217.50–237.50	1,064	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	255.54/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,311	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	224.89/cwt	215.00–237.50	1,174	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	530	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,113	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	222.03/cwt	210.00–237.50	1,250	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	590	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,180	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	600	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,350	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Full	605	205.00/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,240	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	205.44/cwt	190.00–217.50	1,294	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	230.16/cwt	222.50–235.00	1,452	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,290	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,490	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	655	206.24/cwt	205.00–207.50	1,351	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	705	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,410	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	191.38/cwt	185.00–197.50	1,397	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	748	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,571	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	240	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	624	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	285	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	677	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	323	226.46/cwt	212.50–237.50	731	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	840	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	350	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	700	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	405	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	810	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	245.86/cwt	232.50–249.00	1,015	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Full	460	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	920	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	473	215.04/cwt	207.50–222.50	1,017	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	245.77/cwt	232.50–247.50	1,214	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	927	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,300	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	225.21/cwt	217.50–232.50	1,182	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	214.80/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,231	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3Full	580	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	972	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	206.22/cwt	202.50–210.00	1,258	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	643	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,286	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Full	660	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,056	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	238	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	643	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	277	302.82/cwt	297.50–322.50	839	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	310	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	713	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	328.62/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,101	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	246.23/cwt	245.00–250.00	955	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	281.14/cwt	275.00–287.50	1,175	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	449	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,145	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	245.00/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,115	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	231.25/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,098	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,118	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,294	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,299	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,473	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	868	129.73/cwt	117.50–135.00	1,126	4
Bulls	—	—	1,519	160.70/cwt	158.00–164.00	2,441	5
Bulls	—	—	1,913	173.60/cwt	166.00–180.00	3,321	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	120.93/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,233	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,143	141.36/cwt	136.00–145.00	1,616	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,325	121.51/cwt	115.00–127.00	1,610	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,350	146.37/cwt	146.00–147.00	1,976	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,460	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,606	1
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,322	2,297.16/head	1,525.00–2,650.00	2,297	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 2	905	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,023	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	920	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,141	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 Stockyards - Saluda, SC

Mon Sep 2, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 178Last week 355Year ago 653

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 70Year ago 154

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 11Year ago 33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,325	115.00–127.00	121.51
2	—	1,350	146.00–147.00	146.37
6	—	1,143	136.00–145.00	141.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	110.00	110.00
2	—	1,020	120.00–122.00	120.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,519	158.00–164.00	160.70
4	—	868	117.50–135.00	129.73
3	—	1,913	166.00–180.00	173.60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	113.00	113.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	124.00	124.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,322	1,525.00–2,650.00	2,297.16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	643	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	237.50	237.50
4	300–350	323	212.50–237.50	226.46
1	350–400	350	200.00	200.00
1	400–450	405	200.00	200.00
2	450–500	473	207.50–222.50	215.04
1	500–550	515	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	260.00	260.00
1	350–400	350	240.00	240.00
6	400–450	413	232.50–249.00	245.86
8	450–500	494	232.50–247.50	245.77
2	500–550	525	217.50–232.50	225.21
2	550–600	573	210.00–220.00	214.80
2	600–650	610	202.50–210.00	206.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	200.00	200.00
1	650–700	660	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	277	297.50–322.50	302.82
2	300–350	335	320.00–337.50	328.62
2	400–450	418	275.00–287.50	281.14
3	500–550	545	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	270.00	270.00
4	350–400	388	245.00–250.00	246.23
4	400–450	449	255.00	255.00
2	450–500	455	240.00–250.00	245.00
2	500–550	520	215.00	215.00
1	650–700	675	192.50	192.50
2	700–750	740	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	230.00	230.00
2	450–500	475	230.00–232.50	231.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	210.00	210.00
1	550–600	590	200.00	200.00
1	600–650	645	200.00	200.00
2	650–700	655	205.00–207.50	206.24
1	700–750	705	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	230.00	230.00
3	450–500	468	217.50–237.50	227.32
7	500–550	522	215.00–237.50	224.89
5	550–600	563	210.00–237.50	222.03
5	600–650	630	190.00–217.50	205.44
1	650–700	655	227.50	227.50
2	700–750	730	185.00–197.50	191.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	330.00	330.00
3	350–400	377	335.00	335.00
11	500–550	513	250.00–260.00	255.54
13	600–650	631	222.50–235.00	230.16
2	700–750	748	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	605	200.00–210.00	205.00

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.