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Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Oct 8
● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,502 head
▲ 383 vs last sale 1,119▼ 377 vs year ago 1,879 · −20.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
438 head
▲ 255 vs last sale 183▲ 147 vs year ago 291 · +50.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 0▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers weighing 400-500 lbs sold 5.00 to 11.00 lower, while steers weighing 500-750 lbs sold 1.00 to 13.00 higher. No other weight ranges had enough comparative sales for an accurate trend. In feeder heifers, those weighing 350-650 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher, while no other weight classes had enough comparisons for an accurate trend. Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 lower and average dressing slaughter bulls sold steady. 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 $288.23/cwt on 272 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −134.98 against this barn's trailing median of $423.21.
Average price
$288.23
272 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,583
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs UT average
−6.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550290.561,599222
Medium and Large 1-2541279.181,51247
Medium and Large 2593257.501,5273thin
One grade step is worth $33.06/cwt here — about $72 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 sale272 hd
288.23
—
UT average1 barns · 272 hd
288.23
+0.00
National average177 barns · 23,944 hd
294.31
−6.08
This barn, trailing median30 sales
423.21
−134.98
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—Low1,702133.632,27448
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,338118.381,584168
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,760117.922,07520
CowsLean 85-90%High1,077115.641,245202

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,315$1,7002thin

Every lot

98 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
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1-2155475.00/cwt475.00–475.007361
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290410.30/cwt395.00–415.001,1909
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1314426.69/cwt420.00–435.001,34017
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2331336.74/cwt335.00–350.001,11511
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2338390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3182
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy338367.48/cwt365.00–370.001,2422
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Full340317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,07813
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy358410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4683
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370383.39/cwt375.00–390.001,41929
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378327.07/cwt317.50–335.001,23625
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2391352.98/cwt350.00–355.001,3805
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431333.03/cwt322.50–337.501,43550
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433310.84/cwt302.50–315.001,34614
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4571
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469328.19/cwt325.00–332.501,53953
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478317.33/cwt307.50–324.001,517102
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478290.31/cwt282.50–300.001,38823
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1511305.99/cwt295.00–310.001,56463
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526282.43/cwt275.00–287.501,48633
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566284.45/cwt276.00–291.001,610159
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578271.53/cwt260.00–275.001,56914
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2593257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,5273
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612269.82/cwt264.00–275.001,65151
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618262.09/cwt260.00–262.501,6206
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633245.73/cwt240.00–250.001,55523
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1659268.34/cwt265.00–269.001,76812
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668251.74/cwt242.50–254.001,68215
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2677230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5578
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,7101
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728249.27/cwt246.00–250.501,8156
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785231.02/cwt227.00–237.001,8143
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1913223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,0365
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1984219.30/cwt218.00–221.002,1589
Steers1250–1300Medium and Large 11,278177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,2623
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2218351.64/cwt350.00–355.007673
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2267352.10/cwt345.00–355.009405
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2268322.34/cwt320.00–325.008642
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1298362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,0802
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1505
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2334335.16/cwt330.00–345.001,11916
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338314.67/cwt307.50–325.001,0647
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy353360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2713
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364331.03/cwt325.00–340.001,20516
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386311.75/cwt305.00–315.001,20327
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2386283.69/cwt272.50–295.001,09533
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426300.16/cwt295.00–307.501,27935
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430288.54/cwt285.00–292.501,24114
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430267.92/cwt260.00–270.001,15227
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Full432242.48/cwt240.00–255.001,04818
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462283.38/cwt280.00–295.001,30932
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487265.96/cwt260.00–275.001,29584
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2488246.66/cwt240.00–249.001,2047
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516266.81/cwt260.00–275.001,37768
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534254.38/cwt245.00–258.001,35819
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2536240.89/cwt240.00–241.001,2919
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562233.28/cwt227.50–237.501,3119
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1588247.14/cwt245.00–250.001,45320
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612243.73/cwt237.50–247.501,49221
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638226.25/cwt225.00–227.501,4432
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,5112
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730227.79/cwt222.50–233.001,6632
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7001
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2800180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4401
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810216.70/cwt212.50–221.001,7554
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Full863164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,4158
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2880187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,6501
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2905199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,8011
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1944210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9826
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2965159.23/cwt155.00–167.501,5373
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1990203.00/cwt203.00–203.002,0101
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,010207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,0911
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,059202.64/cwt197.50–204.002,1467
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,155185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,1372
Heifers1200–1250Medium and Large 11,215176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,1384
Heifers1200–1250Medium and Large 1-21,225132.49/cwt129.00–136.001,6232
Heifers1350–1400Medium and Large 11,350147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,9911
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0661
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,1991
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3771
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570241.20/cwt235.00–247.501,3752
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5001
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2695200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3901
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,599124.88/cwt117.00–129.501,99712
Bulls——1,736136.54/cwt130.00–142.002,37036
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%71882.79/cwt72.50–90.005944
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed940157.15/cwt155.00–158.001,4773
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035102.90/cwt95.00–109.001,06515
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,089115.89/cwt111.00–119.501,262163
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,105124.84/cwt122.00–130.001,37917
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,287112.75/cwt105.00–116.001,45141
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310131.57/cwt129.00–134.001,7242
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,355120.02/cwt117.00–126.501,626125
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,759123.16/cwt120.50–127.002,1665
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,760116.17/cwt110.50–119.002,04515
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3151,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7002
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,020121.26/cwt120.00–124.001,2376
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,034201.29/cwt192.50–207.002,0815
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,065159.60/cwt154.00–170.001,7005

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.