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Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Jan 27
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
928 head
▼ 1,020 vs last sale 1,948▲ 192 vs year ago 736 · +26.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
206 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 285▲ 1 vs year ago 205 · +0.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
133 head
▲ 94 vs last sale 39▲ 88 vs year ago 45 · +195.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold 1.00 to 13.00 lower. While feeder heifers sold sharply higher on 300lbs to 500lbs heifer calves with 500lbs and heavier selling unevenly steady, breaker and boning slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 7.00 lower while lean slaughter cows sold 18.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower on a light test. Trade was active with a good demand and 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 $427.23/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 17 of 30 comparable sales and sits +4.02 against this barn's trailing median of $423.21.
Average price
$427.23
76 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,442
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$480
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$69.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.31
vs UT average
−56.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1577438.612,53061
Medium and Large 1-2533427.502,2793thin
Medium and Large 2555369.292,05012thin
One grade step is worth $69.32/cwt here — about $480 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 sale76 hd
427.23
—
UT average3 barns · 205 hd
435.54
−8.31
National average63 barns · 7,974 hd
484.10
−56.87
This barn, trailing median30 sales
423.21
+4.02
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—Low1,712173.242,96611
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,194162.971,94655
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,165154.181,79729
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,601153.692,46116
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,618145.142,34817
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,127230.002,5923thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,226239.002,9307thin

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,309$3,25221
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,370$3,2501thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,308$3,08041
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,385$2,8001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,210$2,76921
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,255$2,7501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,149$2,4055
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,205$2,3005
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,270$3,4505
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,310$3,3635

Every lot

92 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268582.96/cwt570.00–600.001,5628
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340604.22/cwt600.00–605.002,0546
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy365580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,11720
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370541.15/cwt535.00–550.002,00211
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2381501.75/cwt495.00–510.001,91213
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428462.41/cwt455.00–470.001,9793
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8925
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed438542.50/cwt542.50–542.502,3769
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy438525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,3006
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy461531.62/cwt527.50–540.002,45123
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475422.93/cwt412.50–445.002,0097
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477490.04/cwt485.00–491.002,33726
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,2235
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed502522.50/cwt522.50–522.502,6233
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517495.82/cwt482.50–502.502,5636
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,2793
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2538380.70/cwt370.00–400.002,0487
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2579353.32/cwt340.00–372.502,0465
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1588427.17/cwt423.00–435.002,51252
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620332.58/cwt330.00–335.002,0622
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed628419.12/cwt415.00–420.002,63211
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629372.40/cwt352.50–387.502,3428
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660402.92/cwt395.00–411.002,6596
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2683334.25/cwt332.00–337.502,2835
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2713323.30/cwt305.00–347.502,3054
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1737374.01/cwt360.00–378.002,75666
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766366.62/cwt361.00–369.502,80857
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2817297.97/cwt295.00–302.502,43411
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2836242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,0277
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1839337.83/cwt320.00–341.002,83421
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1879329.76/cwt326.00–331.002,89912
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2893288.12/cwt287.50–290.002,5734
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1943287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,7112
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,078247.41/cwt234.00–261.002,6672
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2269515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,38510
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340542.49/cwt540.00–565.001,8449
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369458.18/cwt445.00–475.001,6918
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372503.52/cwt495.00–515.001,87324
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425498.24/cwt490.00–501.002,11832
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456512.59/cwt495.00–515.002,33725
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,1752
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy504482.50/cwt482.50–482.502,4327
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521408.72/cwt397.50–415.002,1298
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1557389.06/cwt382.50–390.002,1678
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2558344.49/cwt327.50–360.001,9229
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed560420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,3524
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627376.95/cwt367.50–387.252,36348
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633336.63/cwt305.00–352.502,13126
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672344.84/cwt335.00–354.002,31717
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2718284.67/cwt282.50–295.002,04412
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721343.29/cwt337.50–349.002,47522
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1757306.34/cwt302.50–319.002,31914
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775265.06/cwt255.00–275.002,0542
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1918272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,5022
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1978257.39/cwt237.50–275.002,5173
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2993244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,4232
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 21,075230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,4732
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382561.68/cwt545.00–565.002,1466
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470394.36/cwt375.00–415.001,8532
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1582372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,1683
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1666305.11/cwt300.00–315.002,0324
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6722
Beef/Dairy Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2988183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,8082
Beef/Dairy Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,028217.50/cwt217.50–217.502,2362
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Medium and Large 1448160.00/cwt160.00–160.007172
Dairy Steers700–750Medium and Large 2733192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,4112
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0812
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice and Prime1,226239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,9307
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,127230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,5923
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,708162.09/cwt158.00–166.002,7682
Bulls——1,709179.92/cwt175.00–185.003,0754
Bulls——1,716172.35/cwt169.00–174.002,9585
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,052187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,96710
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,128166.48/cwt166.00–167.501,87811
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,188146.66/cwt122.50–156.501,74218
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,226157.63/cwt137.50–167.501,93345
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,601153.69/cwt146.00–170.002,46116
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,354169.50/cwt169.50–169.502,2954
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,699137.64/cwt135.00–140.002,33913
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0853,307.26/head3,000.00–3,525.003,3072
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2703,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4505
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4603,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4003
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1492,404.84/head1,850.00–2,700.002,4055
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2052,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2102,768.53/head2,450.00–2,800.002,76921
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2552,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3083,080.23/head2,575.00–3,600.003,08041
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3093,252.34/head2,750.00–3,600.003,25221
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3703,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3852,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,158236.31/cwt219.00–257.002,7369
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,186206.02/cwt190.00–218.002,44311

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.