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Saluda Stockyards

Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Feb 10

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961

← Feb 3Feb 10Feb 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

135 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 124▼ 424 vs year ago 559 · −75.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

31 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 11▼ 60 vs year ago 91 · −65.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 5▼ 30 vs year ago 31 · −96.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: no comparisons due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $279.48/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −103.35 against this barn's trailing median of $382.83.

Average price

$279.48

5 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,496

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$34.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.90

vs SC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	533	300.00	1,599	2thin
Medium and Large 3	537	265.81	1,426	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.19/cwt here — about $173 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale5 hd

279.48

—

SC average6 barns · 95 hd

274.59

+4.90

This barn, trailing median14 sales

382.83

−103.35

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,652	152.36	2,516	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,595	157.00	2,504	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,230	134.88	1,659	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	939	89.96	844	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
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	895	$1,150	1thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	240	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,044	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	305	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,247	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,232	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	367	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,330	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	380	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,549	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	336.87/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,290	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,323	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,202	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,491	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,281	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,301	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	522	280.85/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,466	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,653	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,627	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	309.82/cwt	305.00–315.00	883	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	304.76/cwt	300.00–310.00	960	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	330	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	908	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	295.32/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,119	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	439	282.57/cwt	275.00–292.50	1,240	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	453	251.27/cwt	247.50–255.00	1,138	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	279.16/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,293	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,360	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,382	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	640	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,376	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	770	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,598	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	230	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	932	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	260	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	975	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	280	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	672	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,165	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	399.17/cwt	395.00–407.50	1,257	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,073	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	335	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,022	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	344.83/cwt	340.00–357.50	1,259	10
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,254	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	423	248.34/cwt	210.00–290.00	1,050	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,414	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	319.93/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,526	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	483	282.92/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,367	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	530	273.71/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,451	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,599	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,808	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	680	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	765	1
Dairy Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	775	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,027	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,460	131.54/cwt	131.00–132.00	1,920	2
Bulls	—	—	1,639	149.36/cwt	140.00–164.00	2,448	5
Bulls	—	—	1,875	180.68/cwt	177.00–184.00	3,388	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	850	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	536	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	930	120.76/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,123	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	983	103.44/cwt	85.00–120.00	1,017	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,294	137.91/cwt	128.00–148.00	1,785	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,595	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,504	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	895	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	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 Feb 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 135Last week 124Year ago 559

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 11Year ago 91

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 5Year ago 31

Compared to last week: no comparisons due to limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	379	290.00–300.00	295.32
8	400–450	439	275.00–292.50	282.57
12	450–500	463	275.00–280.00	279.16
1	500–550	510	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	570	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	275.00	275.00
2	450–500	453	247.50–255.00	251.27
1	550–600	555	245.00	245.00
1	600–650	640	215.00	215.00
1	750–800	770	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	305.00–315.00	309.82
2	300–350	315	300.00–310.00	304.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	375.00	375.00
1	300–350	325	330.00	330.00
10	350–400	365	340.00–357.50	344.83
3	400–450	442	320.00	320.00
11	450–500	477	315.00–322.50	319.93
2	500–550	533	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	240.00	240.00
1	300–350	335	305.00	305.00
1	350–400	380	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	423	210.00–290.00	248.34
6	450–500	483	270.00–287.50	282.92
2	500–550	530	272.50–275.00	273.71
1	550–600	550	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	405.00	405.00
1	250–300	295	395.00	395.00
3	300–350	315	395.00–407.50	399.17
2	600–650	640	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	350.00	350.00
3	350–400	383	330.00–340.00	336.87
1	400–450	420	315.00	315.00
4	450–500	466	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	510	255.00	255.00
1	650–700	685	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	470	272.50	272.50
2	500–550	522	270.00–292.50	280.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	409.00	409.00
1	350–400	380	407.50	407.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	435.00	435.00
1	300–350	320	385.00	385.00
1	550–600	585	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	112.50	112.50
1	750–800	775	132.50	132.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	930	118.00–124.00	120.76
14	—	1,294	128.00–148.00	137.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	63.00	63.00
2	—	983	85.00–120.00	103.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,875	177.00–184.00	180.68
2	—	1,460	131.00–132.00	131.54
5	—	1,639	140.00–164.00	149.36

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	895	1,150.00	1,150.00

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.