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Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Apr 22
● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
638 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 590▼ 28 vs year ago 666 · −4.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
142 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 215▼ 65 vs year ago 207 · −31.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 46▲ 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold unevently steady. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady with slaughter bulls trading steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was good for all classes of cattle on moderate offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $286.24/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −108.06 against this barn's trailing median of $394.31.
Average price
$286.24
53 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$357
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$78.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs UT average
−43.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541327.901,77421
Medium and Large 1-2545284.301,5499thin
Medium and Large 2569248.971,41723
One grade step is worth $78.94/cwt here — about $357 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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
286.24
—
UT average1 barns · 53 hd
286.24
+0.00
National average175 barns · 11,256 hd
329.95
−43.71
This barn, trailing median31 sales
394.31
−108.06
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—Low1,786170.233,04021
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,578146.662,31417
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,302145.941,90098
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,132139.301,5773thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,612134.142,1628thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,475$3,1342thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,523$3,08712
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,220$2,8002thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)943$2,8522thin

Every lot

98 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1238515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,2263
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,3861
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2295330.00/cwt330.00–330.009741
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2310410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,2711
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320478.71/cwt475.00–480.001,5324
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2355360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2781
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379455.74/cwt425.00–470.001,7276
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6751
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415450.86/cwt420.00–460.001,87112
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420397.41/cwt390.00–405.001,6692
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468393.26/cwt370.00–405.001,8408
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486318.05/cwt315.00–330.001,5465
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2513251.17/cwt250.00–252.001,2895
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520384.52/cwt375.00–402.502,0003
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7681
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy550320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7601
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566379.69/cwt367.50–390.002,1497
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572332.73/cwt320.00–352.501,9035
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610288.71/cwt282.50–310.001,7616
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619340.88/cwt330.00–350.002,11014
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666315.61/cwt312.50–317.502,10213
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687273.06/cwt247.50–305.001,8764
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,1612
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733293.63/cwt268.00–300.002,1525
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2760249.22/cwt240.00–262.501,8943
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1783282.71/cwt275.00–287.002,21430
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2800260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0801
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835265.34/cwt255.00–276.002,2163
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2908272.75/cwt272.50–273.002,47718
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1911269.54/cwt245.00–274.502,4569
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2933244.92/cwt235.00–255.002,2852
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1970262.50/cwt262.50–262.502,5461
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2970247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,4012
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,011240.54/cwt232.50–260.002,4324
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,098240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,6352
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331430.98/cwt420.00–450.001,42713
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2081
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2358367.66/cwt345.00–390.001,3162
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367435.19/cwt400.00–442.501,5977
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412393.71/cwt365.00–420.001,6226
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422351.84/cwt345.00–355.001,4853
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4462
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,7861
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487347.26/cwt320.00–357.501,6918
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2512291.38/cwt280.00–297.501,4925
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518335.12/cwt320.00–342.501,73612
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523237.68/cwt225.00–250.001,2434
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Full545255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3901
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572318.28/cwt292.50–326.001,8219
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2581251.14/cwt250.00–270.001,45918
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586275.45/cwt274.00–280.001,6144
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5941
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628309.12/cwt280.00–318.001,94133
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2639263.42/cwt256.00–267.501,68311
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy642285.66/cwt275.00–288.001,8346
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1657299.28/cwt285.00–304.501,96616
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672275.16/cwt265.00–280.001,8493
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1716274.91/cwt255.00–281.001,96812
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766278.56/cwt258.00–285.002,13413
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,6861
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1787265.14/cwt255.00–266.502,08723
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1818263.58/cwt237.50–265.502,15649
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2874257.27/cwt257.00–258.002,24911
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1874250.18/cwt230.00–258.002,1879
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2988246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,4303
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,038225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,3363
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4631
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2971
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0353
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,3351
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7811
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2825235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9394
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,025225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,3061
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 11,050222.50/cwt222.50–222.502,3361
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers400–450Large 2-3412275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1333
Dairy Heifers700–750Large 2-3700222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,5581
Dairy Heifers750–800Large 2-3785252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,9821
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405190.00/cwt190.00–190.007701
Beef/Dairy Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575224.87/cwt210.00–240.001,2932
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 2-3430180.00/cwt180.00–180.007741
Dairy Steers950–1000Large 2-3995137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,3631
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,4361
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,583163.65/cwt154.00–168.002,5916
Bulls——1,793172.12/cwt170.00–175.003,08612
Bulls——2,162175.82/cwt174.50–177.253,8013
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,132139.30/cwt139.00–140.001,5773
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255133.12/cwt120.00–138.001,6713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,302145.75/cwt139.50–150.001,89892
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,342164.58/cwt160.00–167.002,2093
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,578146.66/cwt142.50–150.002,31417
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,612134.14/cwt133.00–135.002,1628
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1952,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2202,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4242,911.14/head2,700.00–3,000.002,9113
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4753,134.49/head2,950.00–3,300.003,1342
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6013,238.60/head2,900.00–3,600.003,2398
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29432,851.99/head2,800.00–2,900.002,8522

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.