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Saluda Stockyards

Name: Saluda Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Saluda, South Carolina · Mon, Aug 4

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1961

← Jul 28Aug 4Aug 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

232 head

▲ 66 vs last sale 166▼ 45 vs year ago 277 · −16.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

42 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 27▼ 4 vs year ago 46 · −8.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 14▼ 5 vs year ago 10 · −50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle were sharply higher based on limited comparable sales, slaughter cows were steady, slaughter bulls were 4.00 higher based on limited comparable sales. Moderate offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair and flesh.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $326.02/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 8 of 21 comparable sales and sits −7.89 against this barn's trailing median of $333.91.

Average price

$326.02

19 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,790

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$35.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.16

vs SC average

−24.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	338.25	1,837	12thin
Medium and Large 2	560	308.33	1,727	3thin
Medium and Large 3	559	302.61	1,692	4thin

One grade step is worth $35.64/cwt here — about $145 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 sale19 hd

326.02

—

SC average6 barns · 246 hd

330.18

−4.16

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

−24.55

This barn, trailing median21 sales

333.91

−7.89

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

21 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $398.73, low $279.94, median $333.91 across 21 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	1,317	192.41	2,534	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,169	163.81	1,915	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,471	160.79	2,365	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	983	133.05	1,307	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
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	970	$1,950	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	840	$1,450	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	715	$1,855	1thin

Every lot

80 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	270	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	972	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,154	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,355	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	415	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,722	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,559	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	460	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,691	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	364.99/cwt	362.50–372.50	1,741	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	490	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,617	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,545	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	359.59/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,881	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	341.40/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,820	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	542	317.51/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,721	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	331.72/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,917	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,084	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	688	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,064	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	688	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,840	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	716	313.22/cwt	312.50–319.00	2,243	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	233	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,025	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	285	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,083	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	288	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,210	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,262	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	345	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,104	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	376.05/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,403	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	397	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,459	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	329.07/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,366	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	336.79/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,455	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	446	360.43/cwt	355.00–361.00	1,608	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	468	322.51/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,509	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	330.23/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,585	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	355.08/cwt	350.00–368.00	1,711	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,601	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	343.31/cwt	337.50–345.00	1,844	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,845	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	555	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,748	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	559	302.61/cwt	282.50–310.00	1,692	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,840	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Full	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,845	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,530	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	680	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,751	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1Fancy	215	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,075	1
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	248	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,153	3
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	293	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,311	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	441.05/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,403	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,193	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	320	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,120	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	325	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,178	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Full	345	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,440	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	358	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,262	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	423.22/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,604	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1Full	380	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,558	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	361.50/cwt	357.50–370.00	1,551	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	412.01/cwt	410.00–412.50	1,780	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	438	337.63/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,479	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2Full	450	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,564	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	358.77/cwt	347.50–362.50	1,711	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	481	322.07/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,549	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,825	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	348.62/cwt	342.50–350.00	1,837	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	537	337.48/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,812	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,853	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,901	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	615	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,707	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	620	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,046	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,914	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	945	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,583	1
Bulls	—	—	1,250	190.60/cwt	177.00–195.00	2,383	5
Bulls	—	—	1,553	203.74/cwt	201.00–206.00	3,164	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	929	141.02/cwt	135.00–149.00	1,310	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	117.10/cwt	105.00–130.00	1,276	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,155	165.60/cwt	145.00–179.00	1,913	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,198	140.62/cwt	139.00–142.00	1,685	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,295	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,943	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,360	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,421	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,506	162.95/cwt	144.00–171.00	2,454	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	840	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	970	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	715	1,855.00/head	1,855.00–1,855.00	1,855	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	900	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,823	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	900	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,377	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 Aug 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 232Last week 166Year ago 277

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 27Year ago 46

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 14Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	233	440.00	440.00
3	250–300	288	420.00	420.00
9	350–400	373	370.00–380.00	376.05
10	400–450	446	355.00–361.00	360.43
15	450–500	482	350.00–368.00	355.08
8	500–550	537	337.50–345.00	343.31
3	550–600	555	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	397	367.50	367.50
4	600–650	600	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	380.00	380.00
3	300–350	330	382.50	382.50
3	400–450	432	330.00–350.00	336.79
3	450–500	480	320.00–345.00	330.23
1	500–550	525	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	575	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	600	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	320.00	320.00
2	400–450	415	320.00–337.50	329.07
2	450–500	468	320.00–325.00	322.51
4	550–600	559	282.50–310.00	302.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	362.50	362.50
4	450–500	477	362.50–372.50	364.99
2	500–550	533	335.00–347.50	341.40
6	550–600	578	330.00–340.00	331.72
2	650–700	688	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	490	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	515	300.00	300.00
2	650–700	688	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	542	310.00–320.00	317.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	415.00	415.00
9	700–750	716	312.50–319.00	313.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	405.00	405.00
2	300–350	308	440.00	440.00
6	500–550	523	355.00–365.00	359.59
3	550–600	587	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	375.00	375.00
5	400–450	429	357.50–370.00	361.50
4	450–500	477	347.50–362.50	358.77
11	500–550	527	342.50–350.00	348.62
2	550–600	553	335.00	335.00
1	650–700	660	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	248	465.00	465.00
2	250–300	293	447.50	447.50
5	300–350	318	435.00–445.00	441.05
6	350–400	379	420.00–430.00	423.22
5	400–450	432	410.00–412.50	412.01
3	500–550	500	365.00	365.00
3	550–600	555	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	362.50	362.50
3	350–400	358	352.50	352.50
3	500–550	537	332.50–340.00	337.48
1	600–650	620	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	438	330.00–345.00	337.63
5	450–500	481	317.50–335.00	322.07
1	600–650	615	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	417.50	417.50
1	350–400	380	410.00	410.00

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	—	840	1,450.00	1,450.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	1,950.00	1,950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	202.50	202.50
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	715	1,855.00	1,855.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	153.00	153.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,090	105.00–130.00	117.10
4	—	929	135.00–149.00	141.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	150.00	150.00
5	—	1,506	144.00–171.00	162.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,155	145.00–179.00	165.60
2	—	1,198	139.00–142.00	140.62
1	—	1,360	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,250	177.00–195.00	190.60
1	—	945	167.50	167.50
3	—	1,553	201.00–206.00	203.74

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.