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Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Apr 9
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
877 head
▲ 250 vs last sale 627▼ 233 vs year ago 1,110 · −21.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 171▼ 120 vs year ago 280 · −42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder cattle were too thinly tested last week for an accurate market trend. Average dress slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 5.50 higher and average dress slaughter bulls sold 9.00 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 $267.66/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −126.65 against this barn's trailing median of $394.31.
Average price
$267.66
90 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,452
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$372
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$79.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs UT average
+3.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526309.001,62628
Medium and Large 1-2553270.201,49330
Medium and Large 2547229.091,25432
One grade step is worth $79.91/cwt here — about $372 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 sale90 hd
267.66
—
UT average1 barns · 90 hd
267.66
+0.00
National average181 barns · 13,137 hd
263.96
+3.70
This barn, trailing median31 sales
394.31
−126.65
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—High1,709152.042,59946
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,396132.531,85076
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,773132.502,3492thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,081124.251,34336

Every lot

90 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1210405.00/cwt405.00–405.008511
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,3282
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2051
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2771
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1398370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4732
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2601
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1442348.38/cwt344.00–355.001,5405
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5157
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,4923
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543307.13/cwt307.00–307.501,668117
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572308.96/cwt307.50–311.001,76716
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2588275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6178
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6821
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630289.51/cwt285.00–300.001,82413
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5441
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2646272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,7574
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,7867
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5761
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,62321
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8381
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2740210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5541
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2760208.09/cwt201.00–215.001,5812
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2763229.10/cwt226.00–231.001,7489
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2813195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5852
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1824229.31/cwt222.00–233.001,89048
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2838219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,8352
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2863188.78/cwt185.00–192.501,6292
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2878206.74/cwt206.00–207.501,8152
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1883222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,9652
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2909204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,8544
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1929218.50/cwt218.50–218.502,03013
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2940180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6921
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2968197.49/cwt195.00–200.001,9122
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1990205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,0301
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,023190.49/cwt190.00–191.001,9492
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,087195.63/cwt193.00–201.002,1263
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,152193.40/cwt187.50–194.002,22811
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323312.48/cwt310.00–315.001,0092
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2414310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2835
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,46312
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480301.58/cwt301.00–302.501,4488
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483279.77/cwt265.00–295.001,3514
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1504318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,60319
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2541225.48/cwt220.00–250.001,22023
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542276.62/cwt265.00–280.001,49919
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563238.32/cwt225.00–245.001,3429
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571259.12/cwt255.00–270.001,48011
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6629
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2603253.73/cwt250.00–255.001,5304
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7586
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630215.13/cwt205.00–218.001,35514
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2973
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666232.65/cwt230.00–235.001,54928
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733216.11/cwt212.50–220.001,5845
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1736229.79/cwt226.00–230.501,69125
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2743194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,44114
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766221.56/cwt221.00–222.001,69723
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772216.63/cwt208.00–218.001,67218
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2785190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4921
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1819211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,72811
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2840185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5541
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1872200.58/cwt200.00–206.001,74929
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,7162
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1913197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,80314
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1970197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,9111
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2982167.14/cwt161.00–171.001,6413
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 21,160139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,6122
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,170150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,7551
Heifers1400–1450Medium and Large 11,405172.50/cwt172.50–172.502,4241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225400.00/cwt400.00–400.009001
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1609248.77/cwt245.00–250.001,5154
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2740192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4211
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2788190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4974
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2800180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4401
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2978175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,7122
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers650–700Large 3690175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,20811
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,477132.92/cwt104.00–143.001,96310
Bulls——1,769153.13/cwt145.00–158.502,70919
Bulls——1,779162.08/cwt159.00–170.002,88317
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95891.48/cwt80.00–103.008766
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,055177.99/cwt169.00–187.501,8782
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,096123.97/cwt112.50–127.001,35920
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,141136.10/cwt131.00–150.001,5538
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,240144.42/cwt142.50–146.501,7912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350116.99/cwt115.00–119.001,5792
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,371126.78/cwt122.00–129.501,73824
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,417135.55/cwt130.50–139.251,92148
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,740139.00/cwt139.00–139.002,4191
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,805126.00/cwt126.00–126.002,2741

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.