Sale reports / South Carolina / Saluda Stockyards / 2025-03-17

Saluda Stockyards

Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Mar 17

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961

← Mar 10Mar 17Mar 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

53 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 88▼ 535 vs year ago 588 · −91.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

23 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 27▼ 68 vs year ago 91 · −74.7%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: no comparisons on feeder cattle due to limited sales, slaughter cows 10.00 higher, slaughter bulls no comparisons. Light 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 $312.46/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 2 of 14 comparable sales and sits −70.37 against this barn's trailing median of $382.83.

Average price

$312.46

3 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,762

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.50

vs SC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	564	312.46	1,762	3thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3 hd

312.46

—

SC average6 barns · 49 hd

297.96

+14.50

This barn, trailing median14 sales

382.83

−70.37

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	1,610	175.32	2,822	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	156.48	1,848	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,075	132.00	1,419	1thin

Every lot

32 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	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,248	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 1Value Added	439	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,734	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,569	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,638	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	290	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	827	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	300	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	825	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,106	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,197	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	924	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,240	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,128	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,400	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,428	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,656	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	370	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,138	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,443	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	395	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,007	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,640	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3Full	410	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,025	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	272.35/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,130	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	435	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,801	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,624	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,752	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,656	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	312.46/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,762	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	640	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,600	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,764	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,556	171.65/cwt	161.00–181.00	2,671	4
Bulls	—	—	1,825	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,468	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,419	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,181	156.48/cwt	139.00–166.00	1,848	17

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 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 53Last week 88Year ago 588

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 27Year ago 91

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,825	190.00	190.00
4	—	1,556	161.00–181.00	171.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,181	139.00–166.00	156.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	132.00	132.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	285.00	285.00
1	300–350	300	275.00	275.00
1	400–450	440	210.00	210.00
1	450–500	485	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	332.50	332.50
2	450–500	468	265.00	265.00
1	550–600	560	255.00	255.00
1	650–700	690	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	335.00	335.00
1	500–550	500	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	390.00	390.00
2	450–500	458	342.50	342.50

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
3	450–500	468	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	439	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	370.00	370.00
2	400–450	445	365.00	365.00
2	450–500	473	350.00	350.00
3	550–600	564	310.00–317.50	312.46
1	700–750	735	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	455	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	435	414.00	414.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	307.50	307.50
1	600–650	640	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	255.00	255.00
2	400–450	415	260.00–285.00	272.35

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.