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Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Sep 2
● Final115 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
672 head
▲ 85 vs last sale 587▲ 672 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
240 head
▼ 80 vs last sale 320▲ 240 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 41▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle sold sharply higher on good quality calves and yearlings. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Trade was very active with good demand across all classes of livestock with active buyer participation ringside and on the internet, with a moderate supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $450.46/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 21 of 30 comparable sales and sits +27.25 against this barn's trailing median of $423.21.
Average price
$450.46
71 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,422
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$588
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$110.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+29.26
vs UT average
+33.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537489.402,62943
Medium and Large 1-2539411.752,21710thin
Medium and Large 2539378.942,04118thin
One grade step is worth $110.46/cwt here — about $588 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 sale71 hd
450.46
—
UT average3 barns · 124 hd
421.20
+29.26
National average140 barns · 6,808 hd
416.53
+33.93
This barn, trailing median30 sales
423.21
+27.25
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—Low1,725186.673,22019
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,402173.482,43244
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,290171.912,21784
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,109159.681,77118
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,431150.142,14921
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,565131.002,0501thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,301250.693,2614thin

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 (2-4 yrs)1,010$3,2001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,485$2,9001thin

Every lot

115 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1240570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,3681
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1264594.96/cwt590.00–605.001,5715
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy268639.44/cwt620.00–660.001,7142
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy319609.19/cwt600.00–615.001,9437
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1319540.53/cwt525.00–550.001,7245
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2322511.66/cwt500.00–525.001,6484
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed330571.43/cwt570.00–580.001,8867
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy350586.88/cwt582.50–600.002,05412
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375483.51/cwt480.00–490.001,8133
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1387549.52/cwt525.00–565.002,12732
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,0186
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419474.92/cwt465.00–480.001,99011
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425422.31/cwt415.00–430.001,7953
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy432522.31/cwt520.00–527.502,2563
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed435515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,2402
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Full448335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5012
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2452445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,01113
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2479468.18/cwt450.00–480.002,2435
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy483525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,53616
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1487500.53/cwt490.00–512.502,43883
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514416.00/cwt415.00–420.002,1385
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527381.26/cwt360.00–387.502,00913
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy533499.10/cwt495.00–505.002,66024
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533466.89/cwt445.00–485.002,48911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy552500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,7607
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,2945
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2569372.89/cwt362.50–380.002,1225
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,4941
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2881
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614305.09/cwt300.00–320.001,8734
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668350.44/cwt348.00–360.002,3415
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0771
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3041
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1799320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,55725
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835315.71/cwt311.00–325.002,6369
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2885305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,6991
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1925330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,0531
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1956283.47/cwt283.00–290.002,71015
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,055275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,9011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2254485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,2324
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1277578.27/cwt565.00–580.001,6028
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,7602
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed320485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,5521
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338400.22/cwt370.00–430.001,3532
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2358440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,5753
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy363505.17/cwt500.00–510.001,8344
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed378470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,77712
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380380.52/cwt375.00–405.001,4465
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1392466.64/cwt465.00–470.001,8293
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2408405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6528
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Full415385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5982
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed418455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,9022
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423497.35/cwt480.00–502.502,10428
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433466.22/cwt445.00–475.002,0199
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460458.31/cwt450.00–480.002,10854
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2489408.60/cwt395.00–415.001,9986
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0651
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8151
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624338.46/cwt322.50–345.002,1125
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668325.62/cwt317.00–330.002,1753
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,7471
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7051
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1875272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,3841
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2895230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0591
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1924290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,68018
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,028293.00/cwt293.00–293.003,0125
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1250560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,4001
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7751
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410497.50/cwt490.00–505.002,0402
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1488445.23/cwt430.00–460.002,1732
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9761
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,3811
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1001
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9221
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0301
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1775282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,1891
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1980285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,7931
Bulls1200–1250Medium and Large 11,245240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,9881
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2337263.07/cwt250.00–290.008873
Beef/Dairy Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7811
Beef/Dairy Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,020228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,3263
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,0791
Dairy Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2789177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,4004
Dairy Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2860237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,0431
Dairy Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2900177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,5981
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers7 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers300–350Medium and Large 2343335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1492
Beef/Dairy Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,2793
Beef/Dairy Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4041
Beef/Dairy Steers550–600Medium and Large 2596320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9076
Beef/Dairy Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,8931
Beef/Dairy Steers800–850Medium and Large 2800290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3201
Beef/Dairy Steers850–900Medium and Large 2890222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,9801
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice and Prime1,301250.69/cwt250.00–253.003,2614
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,440205.75/cwt205.00–208.002,9634
Bulls——1,493164.10/cwt161.00–167.002,4502
Bulls——1,658178.16/cwt173.25–183.002,9544
Bulls——1,933186.99/cwt180.25–189.253,6159
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%977129.51/cwt125.00–135.001,2654
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,020155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,5812
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,048182.25/cwt175.00–187.501,9102
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,131173.20/cwt172.00–175.001,9597
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,219166.77/cwt162.00–171.002,0335
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234167.00/cwt164.00–170.002,06116
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,306173.66/cwt166.00–177.502,26864
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,402173.48/cwt164.00–179.002,43244
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,458145.00/cwt139.00–152.502,1142
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,060178.38/cwt170.00–185.001,8912
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,147136.79/cwt135.00–140.001,5693
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,531149.11/cwt145.00–160.002,28316
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,565131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,0501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,3101
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,201232.48/cwt220.00–248.002,7925
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,205215.49/cwt192.50–232.502,5975
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0103,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4852,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001

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.