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Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Mar 19
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,338 head
▲ 425 vs last sale 913▲ 510 vs year ago 828 · +61.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
122 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 161▼ 126 vs year ago 248 · −50.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers weighing 450-750 lbs sold 2.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs sold 3.00 to 18.00 higher, while those over 900 lbs sold 3.25 to 7.50 lower on a very thin test. Average dress slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 8.50 higher and average dress slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower on a light test. The next available report will occur as receipts warrant.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $315.37/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −107.84 against this barn's trailing median of $423.21.
Average price
$315.37
96 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,770
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$235
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$62.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.70
vs UT average
−2.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555328.601,82447
Medium and Large 1-2557315.731,75936
Medium and Large 2596266.531,58913thin
One grade step is worth $62.07/cwt here — about $235 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale96 hd
315.37
—
UT average2 barns · 136 hd
316.07
−0.70
National average173 barns · 12,551 hd
318.29
−2.92
This barn, trailing median30 sales
423.21
−107.84
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

30 sales
523469416363median 423.2103/0304/2107/0709/1511/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $508.64, low $376.63, median $423.21 across 30 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,605150.272,41256
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,772138.362,4517thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,364135.111,84335
CowsLean 85-90%High1,020108.851,11024

Every lot

104 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382396.68/cwt390.00–400.001,5153
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2399380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5168
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418333.28/cwt330.00–337.501,3937
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436345.81/cwt340.00–355.001,50812
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2464326.80/cwt320.00–335.001,5169
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2474302.45/cwt300.00–310.001,4344
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy482340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6396
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1497359.34/cwt355.00–360.001,78615
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522319.67/cwt315.00–320.001,66915
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533333.80/cwt325.00–337.501,77925
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Full565295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6671
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580322.70/cwt320.00–335.001,87222
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583313.82/cwt300.00–317.501,83020
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2596266.53/cwt265.00–275.001,58913
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618309.24/cwt307.00–315.001,91135
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624295.69/cwt282.50–302.501,84523
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2648277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,7982
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2679235.06/cwt230.00–250.001,5967
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680288.62/cwt275.00–290.001,96399
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681264.70/cwt257.50–272.501,80356
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724271.94/cwt262.50–277.501,9698
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2744238.33/cwt235.00–240.001,7733
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2746252.03/cwt242.50–255.001,88059
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1751251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,8855
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775244.14/cwt242.00–247.501,89230
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1803234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,8792
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2826226.68/cwt220.00–231.501,87210
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2831216.97/cwt215.00–217.501,80319
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2850205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7432
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880214.11/cwt210.00–216.001,88419
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2908191.24/cwt190.00–192.501,7362
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,032191.04/cwt190.50–192.001,97211
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,080175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,8901
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,105179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,9781
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273309.86/cwt305.00–315.008462
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0031
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2305300.00/cwt300.00–300.009151
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374330.36/cwt325.00–332.501,23622
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1251
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421307.15/cwt305.00–310.001,29312
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4128
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473308.92/cwt305.00–310.001,46126
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478326.45/cwt315.00–330.001,56029
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2509296.58/cwt295.00–302.501,5105
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515308.49/cwt305.00–315.001,58924
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy525354.79/cwt345.00–357.501,8639
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567300.76/cwt295.00–305.001,70514
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592274.35/cwt272.00–287.501,62487
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625274.05/cwt265.00–277.501,71352
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628285.18/cwt280.00–287.501,79113
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650271.50/cwt270.00–272.501,7655
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2651259.69/cwt251.00–264.001,69142
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2677242.80/cwt230.00–247.501,64431
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,75716
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2743227.45/cwt222.00–230.001,6908
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2746211.94/cwt211.00–225.001,58121
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760227.30/cwt226.00–230.001,72715
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2790187.48/cwt185.00–190.001,4812
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2795210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6701
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1807215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,7353
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2816210.94/cwt209.00–211.501,7219
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2831174.39/cwt170.00–190.001,4497
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2870158.81/cwt155.00–162.501,3822
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1908185.75/cwt184.00–187.501,6872
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2953174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,6582
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1983182.19/cwt180.00–186.001,7916
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,7901
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,073169.49/cwt165.00–174.001,8194
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,128175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,9742
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,178171.50/cwt169.00–174.502,0203
Heifers1200–1250Medium and Large 11,205167.50/cwt167.50–167.502,0183
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1395375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4731
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2500305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5252
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7391
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5801
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,6211
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2685265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8151
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2712209.99/cwt207.50–215.001,4953
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2810200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6201
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2885195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,7261
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2985177.49/cwt175.00–180.001,7482
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers500–550Large 4534115.00/cwt115.00–115.006144
Dairy Heifers800–850Large 2-3811176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,42714
Dairy Heifers800–850Large 3828158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,3083
Dairy Heifers800–850Large 4835117.00/cwt117.00–117.009771
Dairy Heifers850–900Large 2-3878160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4052
Dairy Heifers900–950Large 2900173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,5571
Dairy Heifers1000–1050Large 31,005149.01/cwt146.00–155.001,4983
Dairy Heifers1000–1050Large 3-41,038136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,4122
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,135104.89/cwt95.00–123.001,1914
Bulls——Return to Feed1,172163.69/cwt160.00–167.001,9189
Bulls——1,528139.22/cwt130.00–145.002,1277
Bulls——1,781154.10/cwt146.00–161.752,74536
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%64167.59/cwt65.00–75.004335
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03594.00/cwt94.00–94.009731
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,086126.86/cwt126.00–127.501,3784
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,134111.98/cwt108.00–117.001,27010
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,136138.31/cwt135.00–142.501,5714
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,320157.85/cwt150.00–167.002,0843
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,338124.92/cwt113.00–129.001,67114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,392139.25/cwt131.00–148.001,93818
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,763135.81/cwt129.00–139.002,3945
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,793144.75/cwt144.00–145.502,5952

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.