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Saluda Stockyards

Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-10

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

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961

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Feeder Cattle receipts

88 head

▼ 37 vs last sale 125▼ 359 vs year ago 447 · −80.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

27 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 21▼ 81 vs year ago 108 · −75.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

9 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 16▼ 65 vs year ago 74 · −87.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder bulls 2.00 higher, feeder steers and heifers no comparisons due to limited sales, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 7.00 higher. 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 $288.50/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −94.33 against this barn's trailing median of $382.83.

Average price

$288.50

10 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,555

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$428

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

$106.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.36

vs SC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	335.00	1,675	1thin
Medium and Large 2	543	298.93	1,622	7thin
Medium and Large 3	545	228.75	1,247	2thin

One grade step is worth $106.25/cwt here — about $428 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 sale10 hd

288.50

—

SC average6 barns · 57 hd

294.86

−6.36

This barn, trailing median14 sales

382.83

−94.33

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	—	Low	1,422	160.48	2,282	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,855	157.00	2,912	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,142	145.89	1,666	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	924	105.22	972	6thin

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)	960	$2,518	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	615	$1,025	1thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	280	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,008	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,480	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,598	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,726	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,968	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	215	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	645	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	323.73/cwt	322.50–325.00	890	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,260	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	381	321.38/cwt	317.00–327.50	1,224	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,215	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,233	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	303.75/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,382	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,380	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	271.82/cwt	262.50–277.50	1,422	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,358	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,585	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	269.57/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,553	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	663	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,631	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	243	345.05/cwt	340.00–350.00	838	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	386.58/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,225	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	325	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,333	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,208	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	378	269.77/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,020	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	398.04/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,540	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,387	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	382.11/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,635	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,710	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,699	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,279	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,644	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,675	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,625	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	505	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,376	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	540	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,202	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,293	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	551	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,681	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	590	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,623	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,605	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,736	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,103	131.73/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,453	2
Bulls	—	—	1,581	174.86/cwt	164.00–181.00	2,765	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	921	106.86/cwt	104.00–110.00	984	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	940	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	912	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,111	146.36/cwt	132.00–154.00	1,626	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,138	119.92/cwt	113.00–127.00	1,365	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,300	169.51/cwt	168.00–171.00	2,204	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,855	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,912	1
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	960	2,517.71/head	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,518	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 3	615	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Small 2	620	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	512	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	975	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,731	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,245	109.50/cwt	96.00–137.50	1,363	2

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 Mar 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 88Last week 125Year ago 447

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 21Year ago 108

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 16Year ago 74

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	272.50	272.50
1	550–600	590	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	265.00–275.00	269.77
1	450–500	465	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	540	222.50	222.50
1	550–600	550	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	243	340.00–350.00	345.05
1	350–400	350	345.00	345.00
1	400–450	405	342.50	342.50
1	450–500	480	342.50	342.50
1	500–550	500	325.00	325.00
4	550–600	551	305.00	305.00
1	600–650	600	267.50	267.50
1	650–700	655	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	375.00–395.00	386.58
5	350–400	387	390.00–400.00	398.04
8	400–450	428	380.00–390.00	382.11
1	450–500	450	377.50	377.50
1	500–550	500	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	300.00	300.00
8	350–400	381	317.00–327.50	321.38
1	400–450	425	290.00	290.00
2	450–500	455	300.00–307.50	303.75
3	500–550	523	262.50–277.50	271.82
6	550–600	576	260.00–277.50	269.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	322.50–325.00	323.73
1	350–400	360	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	405	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	568	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	287.50	287.50
1	550–600	560	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	663	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	580	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	400.00	400.00
2	400–450	415	385.00	385.00
1	600–650	615	320.00	320.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	615	1,025.00	1,025.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	620	82.50	82.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	177.50	177.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,245	96.00–137.50	109.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	960	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,517.71

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,103	125.00–140.00	131.73
4	—	1,581	164.00–181.00	174.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	97.00	97.00
5	—	921	104.00–110.00	106.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,111	132.00–154.00	146.36
2	—	1,138	113.00–127.00	119.92
2	—	1,300	168.00–171.00	169.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	157.00	157.00

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.