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Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Apr 8
● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
704 head
▼ 166 vs last sale 870▼ 173 vs year ago 877 · −19.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
166 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 205▲ 6 vs year ago 160 · +3.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 105 vs last sale 0▲ 105 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Since last weeks report, feeder steers under 600 pounds are down an average of 8.00-12.00, feeder steers over 600 pounds are down an average of 3.00-11.00, feeder heifers under 600 pounds are generally steady, feeder heifers over 600 pounds are up an average of 2.00-12.00, feeder bulls are too lightly tested to have an accurate trend. With slaughter cattle, breaker cows are up an average of 4.00, boner cows are up an average of 4.00, lean cows are up an average of 5.00-9.00, slaughter bulls are up an average of 32.00. Replacement cattle are too lightly tested to have an accurate trend. 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 $311.10/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −83.21 against this barn's trailing median of $394.31.
Average price
$311.10
53 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,654
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$41.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs UT average
−5.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2526319.271,68037
Medium and Large 1561310.501,7427thin
Medium and Large 2531277.971,4769thin
One grade step is worth $41.30/cwt here — about $204 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 sale53 hd
311.10
—
UT average1 barns · 53 hd
311.10
+0.00
National average178 barns · 10,561 hd
316.55
−5.45
This barn, trailing median31 sales
394.31
−83.21
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—High1,613178.172,87527
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,669148.232,4744thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,375143.531,973105
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,123134.771,51422

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,373$2,3502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,255$3,67692
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,336$2,7008

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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2310405.16/cwt395.00–415.001,2562
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2310265.00/cwt265.00–265.008221
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,4021
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1131
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2389397.10/cwt360.00–402.001,54510
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415386.04/cwt372.50–405.001,6028
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7401
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470307.82/cwt300.00–315.001,4472
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476376.06/cwt367.50–382.501,79017
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,9252
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533348.43/cwt340.00–357.001,85734
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570296.53/cwt280.00–315.001,6906
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,0526
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574340.45/cwt330.00–347.501,95423
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616248.48/cwt233.00–280.001,5316
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2626228.41/cwt220.00–245.001,43011
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637320.58/cwt315.00–327.002,04210
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666307.14/cwt290.00–317.502,04616
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717281.42/cwt272.00–286.502,01811
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4601
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738277.51/cwt267.50–281.002,04835
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2778261.95/cwt252.50–265.502,03815
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780275.29/cwt273.50–275.752,14733
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,1241
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2828239.24/cwt227.50–255.001,9817
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860231.44/cwt227.50–250.001,99012
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2905255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,3081
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,010225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,2732
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,090225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,4531
Feeder Cattle · Heifers43 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,1941
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0401
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2334274.96/cwt270.00–280.009184
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374327.42/cwt300.00–355.001,22511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382406.51/cwt395.00–407.501,55312
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427342.93/cwt330.00–355.001,46414
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430362.97/cwt360.00–367.501,56111
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485328.83/cwt325.00–335.001,5958
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,5161
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520326.00/cwt315.00–340.001,69533
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528279.59/cwt270.00–310.001,4768
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561310.50/cwt297.50–320.001,7427
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578263.72/cwt255.00–270.001,5244
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4951
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628265.78/cwt250.00–280.001,66915
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665241.23/cwt240.00–242.501,6042
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669259.62/cwt252.50–266.001,73711
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1677270.76/cwt270.00–271.001,83317
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2707263.15/cwt250.00–266.001,86042
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2713225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6042
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745276.57/cwt269.00–277.502,0609
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2758235.01/cwt232.50–237.501,7812
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775247.44/cwt237.50–254.001,9186
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1777257.61/cwt257.00–259.002,00210
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2823251.24/cwt237.50–254.002,0688
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2873233.33/cwt232.50–235.002,0373
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2898222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,9982
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2915235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,1501
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2920215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,9781
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2962173.93/cwt165.00–195.001,6735
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2965222.33/cwt200.00–235.002,1454
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1990240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,3761
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,011206.04/cwt200.00–215.002,0835
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,025231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,3681
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,073217.06/cwt200.00–225.002,3296
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,116218.45/cwt210.00–220.002,4388
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,165211.48/cwt200.00–218.002,4644
Heifers1250–1300Medium and Large 21,255125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,5691
Heifers1300–1350Medium and Large 11,311178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,3344
Heifers1300–1350Medium and Large 1-21,313151.52/cwt143.00–160.001,9892
Heifers1300–1350Medium and Large 1Value Added1,330184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,4471
Heifers1350–1400Medium and Large 1Value Added1,363177.50/cwt177.50–177.502,4192
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1971
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0711
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5681
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3131
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5931
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8061
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2713220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5692
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2925225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0811
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,103206.04/cwt200.00–212.502,2732
Bulls——1,587162.21/cwt155.00–165.002,5745
Bulls——1,671179.37/cwt170.00–197.502,99720
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,119126.62/cwt124.50–136.001,4178
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,121141.49/cwt140.00–143.001,58613
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,190112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,3391
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350142.56/cwt138.00–145.501,92562
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,397132.33/cwt126.00–135.001,84910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,414148.76/cwt144.50–159.002,10333
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,637149.30/cwt147.00–151.502,4443
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,765145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,5591
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2553,675.57/head3,500.00–3,875.003,67692
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3362,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7008
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,235140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,7291
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3732,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3502
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,100149.32/cwt149.00–150.001,6432

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.