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Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Mar 4
● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
803 head
▲ 198 vs last sale 605▲ 235 vs year ago 568 · +41.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
237 head
▲ 134 vs last sale 103▲ 96 vs year ago 141 · +68.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 46▲ 17 vs year ago 15 · +113.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Since last weeks report, feeder steers are up an average of 3.00, feeder heifers are up an average of 6.00-7.00, feeder bulls are down an average of 10.00. With slaughter cattle, breaker cows are down an average of 1.00-7.00, boner cows are down an average of 1.00, lean cows are up an average of 4.00, slaughter bulls are down an average of 4.00-7.00. Replacement bred cows are up an average of 177.00 per unit and bred cows that are per cwt are down an average of 12.00, replacement bred heifers are up an average of 2.00 per unit. According to the CME Group website feeder cattle futures are 272.825 which is up 1.825. 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 $315.64/cwt on 205 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −78.67 against this barn's trailing median of $394.31.
Average price
$315.64
205 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,676
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$42.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs UT average
+10.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2530318.761,688190
Medium and Large 2551276.091,52015thin
One grade step is worth $42.67/cwt here — about $168 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 sale205 hd
315.64
—
UT average1 barns · 205 hd
315.64
+0.00
National average185 barns · 16,988 hd
305.02
+10.62
This barn, trailing median31 sales
394.31
−78.67
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—High1,770151.532,68241
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,666137.902,29733
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,391136.741,902111
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,095130.811,43350

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,501$2,5806
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,045$2,2792thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,116$2,4027
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)890$2,1254thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,352$3,14110

Every lot

100 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,2181
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328464.77/cwt455.00–475.001,5242
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4152
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367350.55/cwt215.00–392.501,2876
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377421.67/cwt397.50–445.001,5903
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416386.94/cwt375.00–390.001,6105
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433343.85/cwt320.00–350.001,48913
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,7631
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465349.95/cwt340.00–355.001,6275
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473305.56/cwt285.00–315.001,4457
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518350.76/cwt340.00–362.501,81713
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525297.97/cwt280.00–310.001,5643
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1551382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,1084
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2211
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560331.16/cwt315.00–337.501,85410
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6881
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626321.87/cwt312.50–332.502,01531
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2653241.66/cwt240.00–245.001,5783
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,03912
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683259.46/cwt235.00–280.001,7726
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7041
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775265.02/cwt260.00–269.502,05454
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2798249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,9873
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2814258.50/cwt257.50–260.002,10410
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2830236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,9591
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2855220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8811
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870249.48/cwt241.00–252.002,17036
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2930244.61/cwt243.00–248.002,2753
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2935225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1041
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,020155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,5811
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,145175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,0041
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,185170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,0151
Steers1250–1300Medium and Large 1-21,275170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,1681
Steers1250–1300Medium and Large 21,290141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,8191
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers50–100Medium and Large 1-278584.03/head500.00–675.005844
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2208632.80/head600.00–700.006333
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273413.72/cwt395.00–435.001,1292
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3092
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1354407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,4434
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376361.35/cwt335.00–380.001,3597
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2416356.48/cwt345.00–365.001,48329
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438318.54/cwt305.00–325.001,3953
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2459291.20/cwt250.00–315.001,3374
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472341.95/cwt335.00–345.001,61414
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478324.60/cwt275.00–352.001,55225
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513325.42/cwt290.00–335.001,669133
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526273.76/cwt250.00–277.501,4407
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568303.22/cwt272.50–310.001,72257
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2572278.12/cwt215.00–290.001,5918
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5002
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615293.07/cwt255.00–296.001,80286
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667257.68/cwt240.00–270.001,7199
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4731
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728255.67/cwt237.50–261.001,8619
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2755215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6231
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772246.93/cwt243.00–247.501,90616
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2833247.01/cwt240.00–248.002,05830
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2898217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,9532
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2910217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,9791
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,2082
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,005192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,9351
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,063204.17/cwt167.50–220.002,1704
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,112160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,7793
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 21,155134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,5531
Heifers1200–1250Medium and Large 21,230136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,6791
Heifers1250–1300Medium and Large 11,260157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,9851
Heifers1450–1500Medium and Large 1-21,480142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,1021
Heifers1500–1550Medium and Large 21,533125.75/cwt125.75–125.751,9282
Heifers1550–1600Medium and Large 11,555149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,3172
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,1831
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,5282
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2091
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2266
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2478345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6493
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5661
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2538295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5875
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2620285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7671
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,63211
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2707219.50/cwt215.00–221.001,5524
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5111
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2845242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,0491
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2868242.51/cwt240.00–245.002,1052
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,250129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,6131
Bulls——1,748159.83/cwt156.50–175.002,79411
Bulls——1,796149.16/cwt135.00–159.002,67929
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%926131.01/cwt129.00–133.001,2134
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,065112.75/cwt109.00–117.501,2012
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,112131.61/cwt115.00–142.001,46444
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,352142.53/cwt137.50–150.001,92722
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,401135.40/cwt118.00–144.001,89788
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,405127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,7841
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,635145.88/cwt143.00–146.252,38513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,682133.25/cwt126.50–141.502,24119
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,760122.50/cwt122.50–122.502,1561
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3523,141.48/head2,300.00–3,475.003,14110
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0452,278.95/head2,250.00–2,300.002,2792
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,330135.01/cwt134.00–137.001,7963
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5012,579.65/head2,200.00–2,750.002,5806
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28902,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1254
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,1162,402.37/head1,900.00–2,800.002,4027

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.