Sale reports / Utah / Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT / 2024-02-27

Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Feb 27
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
692 head
▼ 211 vs last sale 903▲ 212 vs year ago 480 · +44.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 157▼ 164 vs year ago 268 · −61.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steers under 600 lbs were too thinly tested for an accurate comparison, Steers between 600-750 lbs sold 1.75 lower to 4.75 higher on a light test. Feeder heifers weighing between 500-800 lbs sold 2.25 to 7.50 lower. Average dress slaughter cows sold unevenly steady and average dress slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher. The next available report will occur as receipts warrant.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $277.07/cwt on 271 head. That ranks 2 of 1 comparable sales and sits +44.57 against this barn's trailing median of $232.50.
Average price
$277.07
271 head · 665 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,843
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$49.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1638291.111,857142
Medium and Large 1-2677271.711,84186
Medium and Large 2730241.421,76243
One grade step is worth $49.70/cwt here — about $95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale271 hd
277.07
—
UT average1 barns · 271 hd
277.07
+0.00
This barn, trailing median1 sales
232.50
+44.57
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,577134.882,12712
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,807127.412,30312
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low2,200118.002,5961thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,413115.521,63258
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,093103.201,12821

Every lot

62 lots · USDA AMS · Producers Livestock Auction - Salina, UT
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440348.13/cwt342.50–360.001,5323
Steers—Medium and Large 1461350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,61412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479339.24/cwt335.00–340.001,62513
Steers—Medium and Large 1518329.69/cwt325.00–332.001,70821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523316.16/cwt310.00–320.001,6544
Steers—Medium and Large 2523302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,57913
Steers—Medium and Large 2570288.08/cwt285.00–295.001,6425
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583303.73/cwt300.00–310.001,7718
Steers—Medium and Large 1585310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8141
Steers—Medium and Large 1621297.89/cwt295.00–306.001,85025
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627288.56/cwt282.50–292.501,8097
Steers—Medium and Large 1684276.03/cwt270.00–280.001,88862
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2693265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8368
Steers—Medium and Large 2710240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7041
Steers—Medium and Large 1713261.84/cwt257.50–263.001,86715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2737246.67/cwt245.00–247.501,8183
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2779236.15/cwt229.00–240.001,84028
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2825228.82/cwt223.00–230.001,88810
Steers—Medium and Large 1828236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,9546
Steers—Medium and Large 2833216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,79917
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2850220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2905217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,9681
Steers—Medium and Large 2980157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,5447
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3356
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465281.47/cwt277.50–290.001,30913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470307.93/cwt302.50–312.501,44726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1503305.64/cwt304.00–310.001,53741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528293.35/cwt282.50–295.001,54918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567267.92/cwt260.00–277.501,5195
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,4113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626274.01/cwt267.50–275.001,71523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664242.90/cwt240.00–245.001,6137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2709227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,6134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722236.58/cwt232.50–240.001,70815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770224.79/cwt220.00–227.501,73163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2821203.50/cwt200.00–212.501,67110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1827215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,7785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1863211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,8212
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,280177.50/cwt177.50–177.502,2722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,355170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,3041
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,435174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,4971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,460162.50/cwt162.50–162.502,3732
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,560165.00/cwt162.50–170.002,5743
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,610165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,6571
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,778140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,4892
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5924
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,220114.00/cwt108.00–120.001,3913
Bulls——Return to Feed1,253158.70/cwt157.50–160.001,9892
Bulls——1,823137.02/cwt130.50–139.502,4987
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01391.44/cwt90.00–92.509264
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,088125.68/cwt122.50–130.001,3673
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,103103.13/cwt95.50–108.001,13810
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,137114.34/cwt114.00–115.001,3003
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19550.00/cwt50.00–50.005981
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,210177.50/cwt177.50–177.502,1481
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,362114.18/cwt105.00–119.001,55529
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,452123.84/cwt120.00–136.001,79818
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,500100.35/cwt96.00–103.001,5059
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,58579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,2521
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,759124.54/cwt122.00–127.002,1919
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,952136.00/cwt136.00–136.002,6553
Cows—Premium White 65-75%2,200118.00/cwt118.00–118.002,5961

This sale against other markets

Utah weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Utah auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.