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Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Dec 10
● Final111 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,612 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 1,593▲ 31 vs year ago 1,581 · +2.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
180 head
▼ 367 vs last sale 547▼ 126 vs year ago 306 · −41.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 29▼ 109 vs year ago 123 · −88.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle cold mostly steady on limited comparisons. In slaughter cattle, average dress breaker and boner cows sold 2.50 to 5.75 higher, while lean cows sold 6.50 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 8.00 higher. 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 $315.11/cwt on 304 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −108.10 against this barn's trailing median of $423.21.
Average price
$315.11
304 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,775
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs UT average
−9.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525338.801,77955
Medium and Large 1-2575313.661,802187
Medium and Large 2564298.441,68362
One grade step is worth $40.36/cwt here — about $96 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale304 hd
315.11
—
UT average1 barns · 304 hd
315.11
+0.00
National average185 barns · 29,268 hd
324.35
−9.24
This barn, trailing median30 sales
423.21
−108.10
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—Low1,799139.292,50626
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,362119.021,621100
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,826118.002,15510
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,053113.301,19342

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
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,460$2,2001thin

Every lot

111 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2278406.59/cwt400.00–410.001,1303
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2305375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,1441
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310422.10/cwt415.00–435.001,3093
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1364402.73/cwt400.00–405.001,46623
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2376379.21/cwt365.00–382.501,42610
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378392.00/cwt385.00–396.001,48230
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2409379.37/cwt375.00–382.501,55225
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2416348.52/cwt325.00–360.001,45028
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6556
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,74820
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473348.44/cwt339.00–352.501,64861
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Full478300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,43435
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2491331.72/cwt320.00–335.001,62925
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523339.88/cwt339.00–342.001,77851
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533321.67/cwt320.00–332.501,71548
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535308.21/cwt300.00–317.501,64927
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7884
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2586290.90/cwt270.00–298.001,70535
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589310.90/cwt310.50–315.001,831139
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1606307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,86029
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618289.45/cwt285.00–294.001,78917
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2626274.95/cwt267.00–282.001,72137
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656285.17/cwt284.00–287.501,87152
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681275.03/cwt265.00–280.001,87348
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723274.92/cwt270.00–280.001,9888
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728260.38/cwt252.50–265.001,89616
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2728241.10/cwt235.00–247.501,7552
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2759250.09/cwt242.50–252.001,8985
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,01257
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2781237.57/cwt232.50–238.001,85514
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,0562
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2811237.39/cwt237.00–239.001,9255
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2835225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8791
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2934225.29/cwt221.50–230.502,1047
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2952218.50/cwt218.50–218.502,0803
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2272334.97/cwt330.00–345.009113
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,0771
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325335.15/cwt330.00–340.001,0892
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,3118
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2334366.92/cwt350.00–375.001,22614
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382339.45/cwt330.00–345.001,29729
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy384355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,36311
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1387380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4713
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2389300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1674
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2401300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2034
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424332.57/cwt317.50–337.501,41050
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425344.52/cwt342.50–349.001,46414
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3491
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470333.27/cwt332.00–342.501,56649
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473313.34/cwt302.50–317.001,48225
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510310.50/cwt310.00–311.001,58420
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534291.40/cwt290.00–292.501,5569
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2548255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3979
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2557286.38/cwt280.00–289.001,59595
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,7283
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570265.04/cwt262.50–267.501,5112
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1603280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6885
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621258.14/cwt254.00–267.501,6037
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662247.90/cwt247.50–248.001,64116
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663240.78/cwt235.00–245.001,59612
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1707241.53/cwt241.00–245.001,70835
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738231.67/cwt230.00–232.001,71018
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,8051
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1768242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,8594
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2807231.33/cwt230.00–232.001,8673
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2930213.36/cwt210.00–217.501,9843
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2990200.71/cwt192.00–209.501,9872
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,000192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,9251
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,030211.75/cwt211.00–212.502,1812
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 21,053172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,8162
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,063206.68/cwt200.00–211.002,1976
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 21,105158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,7461
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,108170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8843
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,164190.66/cwt190.00–191.002,2193
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 21,183150.02/cwt147.50–152.501,7752
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1269460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,2374
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2278378.65/cwt365.00–385.001,0533
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2280435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,2181
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4601
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2370375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3881
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2841
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1404385.20/cwt370.00–387.501,5568
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1537297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,5986
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5681
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2573252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,4473
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,6281
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2683245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6732
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2773228.46/cwt227.00–230.001,7662
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1803230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8473
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers550–600Large 4580157.50/cwt157.50–157.509144
Dairy Steers1150–1200Large 41,198146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,7495
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers750–800Large 3795198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,5741
Dairy Heifers1150–1200Large 31,173149.66/cwt148.50–151.001,75615
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,548125.64/cwt125.00–126.501,9452
Bulls——1,807145.35/cwt144.00–148.502,6268
Bulls——1,826137.97/cwt131.00–142.752,51916
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%69072.50/cwt72.50–72.505004
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed700160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1201
Cows—Lean 85-90%91595.00/cwt95.00–95.008692
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,084108.13/cwt100.00–112.001,1729
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,122120.98/cwt113.00–130.001,35726
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29779.38/cwt75.00–85.001,0303
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,318146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,9242
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,358122.62/cwt119.00–129.001,66563
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,371114.64/cwt108.50–118.501,57230
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,485103.72/cwt102.50–105.001,5402
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,798109.01/cwt108.00–110.001,9602
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,833120.25/cwt113.00–122.502,2048
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,429125.94/cwt120.00–131.001,80012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4602,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,100180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,9801

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.