Sale reports / Utah / Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT / 2024-03-26

Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Mar 26
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
871 head
▼ 467 vs last sale 1,338▲ 353 vs year ago 518 · +68.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 122▼ 21 vs year ago 166 · −12.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers weighing 500-600 lbs sold 4.50 to 7.25 higher, while steers 600-850 lbs sold 2.50 to 14.50 lower on a light test. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady across all weight ranges. In slaughter cows, average dressing breaker and boner cows sold 1.00 to 6.50 lower, while average dressing lean cows sold 4.25 higher. Average dressing slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher. The next available report will occur as receipts warrant.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $309.63/cwt on 138 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −84.67 against this barn's trailing median of $394.31.
Average price
$309.63
138 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,613
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs UT average
+42.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517316.391,635108
Medium and Large 1-2528290.481,5349thin
Medium and Large 2541283.101,53121
One grade step is worth $33.29/cwt here — about $104 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale138 hd
309.63
—
UT average1 barns · 138 hd
309.63
+0.00
National average161 barns · 9,489 hd
266.87
+42.76
This barn, trailing median31 sales
394.31
−84.67
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

31 sales
469422374327median 394.3103/0304/2106/2309/1511/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $455.49, low $340.57, median $394.31 across 31 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—High1,539150.952,32346
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,755129.742,2777thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,383127.071,75755
CowsLean 85-90%Average951115.151,09537

Every lot

72 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2327332.98/cwt330.00–337.501,0895
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2351330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1585
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2442335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4813
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2458340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5572
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4013
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518338.29/cwt330.00–340.001,7526
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2543290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5753
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1556330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8354
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2579283.04/cwt270.00–290.001,63922
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7965
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611286.10/cwt280.00–290.001,74825
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617306.75/cwt297.50–308.501,89376
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2629256.81/cwt249.00–270.001,61513
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2672247.59/cwt244.00–252.501,66410
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674263.63/cwt262.50–265.001,77714
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,8504
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2707248.86/cwt247.00–250.001,7598
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750227.50/cwt225.00–230.001,7062
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820226.86/cwt225.00–227.501,8608
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2825194.51/cwt192.50–207.501,60510
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7501
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1883215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8982
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2885180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5934
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1932202.44/cwt197.50–207.501,8873
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2971178.01/cwt172.50–185.001,7287
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,073186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,9963
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,073172.47/cwt170.00–175.001,8512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2347299.97/cwt295.00–310.001,0413
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375307.91/cwt307.50–310.001,1556
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2392285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1175
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2511294.89/cwt290.00–300.001,5076
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,63895
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2539284.50/cwt275.00–285.001,53320
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,59813
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562281.65/cwt280.00–285.001,5833
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4661
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2637234.95/cwt222.50–245.001,49714
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643262.86/cwt262.50–265.001,6907
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2677220.08/cwt214.00–230.001,49014
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721228.16/cwt225.00–232.501,64522
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2721207.79/cwt195.00–210.001,4987
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2781214.52/cwt210.25–215.001,67510
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2812181.85/cwt177.50–190.001,47710
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885191.50/cwt187.00–194.001,6954
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2893169.24/cwt167.50–171.001,5118
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2913170.87/cwt167.50–172.001,5604
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2985166.24/cwt165.00–167.501,6372
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,025171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,7532
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,080171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,8521
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,108167.80/cwt163.00–169.001,8595
Heifers1200–1250Medium and Large 11,203167.00/cwt165.00–169.002,0092
Heifers1550–1600Medium and Large 11,560153.50/cwt153.50–153.502,3952
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers600–650Large 2-3604185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,11722
Dairy Heifers650–700Large 2-3697182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,27224
Dairy Heifers800–850Large 2-3813172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,4028
Dairy Heifers1050–1100Large 31,072142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,52813
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,113168.12/cwt160.00–172.001,87112
Bulls——1,443119.52/cwt115.50–124.001,7252
Bulls——1,625141.42/cwt131.00–146.752,29816
Bulls——1,785151.53/cwt147.50–157.002,70516
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67776.52/cwt70.00–78.505188
Cows—Lean 85-90%88894.96/cwt89.50–99.008432
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed941155.25/cwt148.00–162.001,4615
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025116.32/cwt112.00–121.001,19211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,091127.51/cwt124.00–138.001,39111
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,215169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,0531
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,362110.98/cwt109.00–112.501,5123
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,375123.96/cwt115.00–129.751,70436
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,418134.94/cwt130.00–149.001,91315
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,610146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,3511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,660116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,9261
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,803129.24/cwt125.00–135.002,3305

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.