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Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Apr 1
● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
870 head
▼ 218 vs last sale 1,088▲ 243 vs year ago 627 · +38.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
205 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 221▲ 34 vs year ago 171 · +19.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Since last weeks report, feeder steers under 600 pounds are up an average of 8.00-14.00, feeder steers over 600 pounds are up an average of 1.00-7.00, feeder heifers under 600 pounds are generally steady, feeder heifers over 600 pounds are down an average of 3.00-8.00, feeder bulls are generally steady. With slaughter cattle, breaker cows are up an average of 2.00, boner cows are down an average of 1.00, lean cows are generally steady, slaughter bulls are down an average of 12.00. 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 $344.19/cwt on 142 head. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −50.12 against this barn's trailing median of $394.31.
Average price
$344.19
142 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,841
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$298
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$67.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs UT average
+22.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526359.851,89360
Medium and Large 1-2540344.971,86363
Medium and Large 2546292.181,59519thin
One grade step is worth $67.67/cwt here — about $298 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 sale142 hd
344.19
—
UT average1 barns · 142 hd
344.19
+0.00
National average178 barns · 12,751 hd
321.38
+22.81
This barn, trailing median31 sales
394.31
−50.12
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—Average1,663150.162,49651
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,739141.492,4619thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,361137.561,87397
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,145118.141,35215

Every lot

96 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2300360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0801
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,6668
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1388473.96/cwt430.00–480.001,8398
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1411442.24/cwt435.00–445.001,8189
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424371.03/cwt355.00–385.001,5734
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459415.50/cwt400.00–425.001,90723
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7116
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493386.62/cwt385.00–390.001,9066
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4791
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1511400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0448
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515366.38/cwt325.00–390.001,88716
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565369.32/cwt362.50–375.002,08722
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7482
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585339.59/cwt310.00–352.501,98726
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2609329.40/cwt312.50–345.002,0067
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,0472
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2627233.19/cwt205.00–260.001,46218
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661320.63/cwt315.00–325.002,1197
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679306.08/cwt265.00–309.002,07839
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1713297.86/cwt290.00–305.002,12417
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730283.45/cwt270.00–287.502,06910
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730243.78/cwt242.50–245.001,7802
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0251
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2777219.15/cwt215.00–222.501,7033
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1794279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,21526
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822269.82/cwt269.50–270.002,21828
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2829262.45/cwt252.50–268.002,1766
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2853220.01/cwt215.00–225.001,8772
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1856269.10/cwt269.00–270.002,30310
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2859259.32/cwt246.00–266.002,2283
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2995227.00/cwt227.00–227.002,2592
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,0001
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 21,050175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,8381
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,110192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,1311
Steers1350–1400Medium and Large 1-21,395197.50/cwt197.50–197.502,7551
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5304
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2051
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380259.56/cwt230.00–280.009863
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1388384.43/cwt380.00–395.001,4924
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1411417.68/cwt390.00–425.001,71722
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435272.53/cwt270.00–275.001,1862
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436338.86/cwt330.00–355.001,4776
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460403.73/cwt385.00–410.001,85721
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483348.23/cwt330.00–370.001,68224
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,91646
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518320.41/cwt315.00–325.001,6609
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524353.20/cwt327.50–365.001,85139
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566331.59/cwt260.00–345.001,87724
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2571266.77/cwt225.00–310.001,52310
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576310.05/cwt300.00–311.001,78614
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615209.96/cwt200.00–215.001,2913
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619269.73/cwt265.00–297.501,67011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1641300.80/cwt300.00–305.001,92812
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1659290.17/cwt289.00–297.501,91236
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668257.44/cwt240.00–280.001,7204
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,5581
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713251.87/cwt250.00–252.501,7964
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2713227.42/cwt220.00–235.001,6222
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,0065
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773245.03/cwt235.00–252.501,8945
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815229.97/cwt225.00–235.001,8742
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2895230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0591
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2920195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,7941
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2940229.85/cwt220.00–237.502,16118
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2955190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8151
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,045220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,2991
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,090210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,2891
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,118195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,1805
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,135157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,7823
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 21,150122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,40915
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,177192.80/cwt182.00–213.002,2696
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,177165.42/cwt165.00–165.501,94720
Heifers1300–1350Medium and Large 1-21,315180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,3671
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2235342.50/cwt342.50–342.508051
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2260300.00/cwt300.00–300.007801
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3601
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2390385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5021
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2435385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6751
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3951
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2560322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,8061
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7111
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2655260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7031
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2829242.53/cwt240.00–245.002,0114
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2855245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0951
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2970215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,0861
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,308118.06/cwt114.00–124.001,5444
Bulls——1,676147.25/cwt130.50–169.002,46831
Bulls——1,724162.22/cwt145.00–177.502,79715
Bulls——Return to Feed1,740188.00/cwt188.00–188.003,2711
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,128103.06/cwt102.50–105.001,1639
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,150121.53/cwt119.50–125.001,3983
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,190160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,9043
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,307115.97/cwt108.00–129.001,5166
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,315154.23/cwt150.00–159.002,0282
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,366138.64/cwt120.50–146.001,89489
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,739141.49/cwt137.00–145.002,4619

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.