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Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Mar 18
● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
757 head
▼ 194 vs last sale 951▼ 581 vs year ago 1,338 · −43.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 139▼ 24 vs year ago 122 · −19.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 11▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Since last weeks report, feeder steers are up an average of 2.00-10.00, feeder heifers are up an average of 1.00-13.00, feeder bulls are down an average of 3.00. With slaughter cattle, breaker cows are down an average of 2.00-3.00, boner cows are down an average of 2.00-3.00, lean cows are down an average of 4.00, slaughter bulls are up an average of 1.00-14.00. Replacement bred cows are up an average of 127.00 per unit, 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 $348.45/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −74.76 against this barn's trailing median of $423.21.
Average price
$348.45
111 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,005
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$496
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$70.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs UT average
−8.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1587359.182,10879
Medium and Large 1-2544333.191,81224
Medium and Large 2559288.251,6128thin
One grade step is worth $70.94/cwt here — about $496 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 sale111 hd
348.45
—
UT average1 barns · 111 hd
348.45
+0.00
National average170 barns · 10,920 hd
357.16
−8.71
This barn, trailing median30 sales
423.21
−74.76
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—High1,870156.702,93113
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,696137.802,33719
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,085137.781,49516
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,355136.711,85250

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)1,233$2,5502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,107$1,9236
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)970$2,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,309$2,66014

Every lot

97 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
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1-2173775.00/head775.00–775.007752
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2235875.00/head875.00–875.008751
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,0011
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318495.26/cwt480.00–505.001,5753
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2339445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5097
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1351494.70/cwt445.00–501.001,7369
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390428.95/cwt395.00–433.001,67311
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438417.28/cwt325.00–432.501,8288
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9806
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5937
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466392.59/cwt300.00–422.501,82918
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530329.52/cwt320.00–345.001,74617
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530267.50/cwt265.00–270.001,4182
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1543365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9822
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2569295.16/cwt285.00–305.001,6796
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577342.11/cwt332.50–350.001,9747
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1588359.03/cwt359.00–360.002,11177
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2604335.54/cwt330.00–339.002,02743
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5191
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631337.66/cwt337.00–341.002,13119
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670279.36/cwt272.50–285.001,8724
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674309.66/cwt295.00–315.002,08723
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1706300.59/cwt271.00–304.502,12285
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7891
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2797265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1125
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810271.02/cwt270.00–273.002,19518
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2820220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8041
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2863205.22/cwt190.00–220.001,7712
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2881244.54/cwt240.00–245.002,15411
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1900252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,2731
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2935239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,2351
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2997242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,4186
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,005235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,3621
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,010202.50/cwt202.50–202.502,0452
Steers1350–1400Medium and Large 1-21,375190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,6131
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers50–100Medium and Large 1-283501.21/head360.00–585.005016
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1-2105557.62/head500.00–610.005582
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2215415.00/cwt415.00–415.008921
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1269467.48/cwt420.00–485.001,2584
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,0861
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340464.08/cwt420.00–485.001,57811
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,3011
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3671
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1356448.00/cwt448.00–448.001,5954
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2412326.23/cwt315.00–340.001,3447
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420370.48/cwt325.00–390.001,55610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422414.31/cwt405.00–422.501,74820
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7406
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2462278.27/cwt265.00–315.001,2864
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480335.55/cwt325.00–350.001,6119
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518325.12/cwt320.00–330.001,6842
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521293.83/cwt280.00–310.001,5319
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532341.71/cwt340.00–342.501,81816
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1554337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,8705
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579317.87/cwt255.00–327.501,84036
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2581266.65/cwt230.00–290.001,5498
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4162
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2608294.64/cwt225.00–310.001,79113
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680243.19/cwt230.00–265.001,6543
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723274.03/cwt267.50–280.001,98125
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772261.91/cwt255.00–277.502,02222
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2800263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,1042
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1809256.21/cwt252.50–257.502,0734
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2815200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6301
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865249.47/cwt248.00–252.002,15819
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0012
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2955209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,9961
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2984221.54/cwt215.00–228.002,1804
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,020206.75/cwt200.00–237.002,1097
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,025170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,7431
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,073210.12/cwt200.00–220.002,2552
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 21,075168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,8061
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,120221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,4751
Heifers1250–1300Medium and Large 21,260182.50/cwt182.50–182.502,3001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls50–100Medium and Large 1-292600.91/head550.00–650.006013
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4441
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2405375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5191
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2460326.17/cwt322.50–330.001,5002
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570287.43/cwt280.00–295.001,6382
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2615265.90/cwt245.00–287.501,6353
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4151
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7341
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,585173.68/cwt159.00–217.502,7533
Bulls——1,956151.61/cwt146.50–157.002,96510
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%960109.16/cwt105.00–112.001,0482
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,005166.01/cwt142.50–212.501,6683
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130135.28/cwt120.00–139.251,52911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205167.50/cwt167.50–167.502,0181
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,353137.49/cwt129.00–145.001,86044
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,398123.73/cwt110.00–129.001,7305
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,663126.67/cwt123.00–128.002,1076
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,711142.94/cwt135.00–146.502,44613
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1071,922.83/head1,800.00–2,000.001,9236
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,230132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,6302
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2332,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5502
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3092,659.67/head2,425.00–3,000.002,66014
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29702,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001

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.