Sale reports / Utah / Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT / 2026-09-08

Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Sep 8
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
445 head
▼ 280 vs last sale 725▼ 991 vs year ago 1,436 · −69.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 187 vs last sale 193▼ 279 vs year ago 285 · −97.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
179 head
▲ 153 vs last sale 26▲ 152 vs year ago 27 · +563.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last report feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. While slaughter cows sold 8.00 to 17.00 lower, with slaughter bulls selling to light too test. Trade was active with a good demand 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 $386.76/cwt on 53 head, up $10.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −37.30 against this barn's trailing median of $424.06.
Average price
$386.76
▲ 10.13 vs prior sale
53 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,147
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$37
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.37
vs UT average
−3.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551390.182,15047
Medium and Large 2587360.002,1136thin
One grade step is worth $30.18/cwt here — about $37 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 sale53 hd
386.76
—
UT average3 barns · 90 hd
368.39
+18.37
National average134 barns · 6,067 hd
390.59
−3.83
This barn, trailing median29 sales
424.06
−37.30
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

29 sales
523469416363median 424.0603/0304/2106/3009/0810/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $508.64, low $376.63, median $424.06 across 29 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—High1,778176.583,14010
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,365149.572,04223
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,331146.001,94315
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,227142.051,74319
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,147134.731,54545

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)795$2,4501thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,4182
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325520.56/cwt510.00–535.001,69215
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2337494.84/cwt480.00–507.501,6683
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed370497.64/cwt492.50–500.001,8413
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385472.06/cwt460.00–482.501,81713
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy414486.00/cwt486.00–486.002,01226
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1439451.48/cwt445.00–459.001,98218
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy460453.83/cwt447.50–460.002,08810
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468394.49/cwt387.50–405.001,8468
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485416.27/cwt409.00–435.002,0197
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519387.82/cwt380.00–397.502,01313
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy527414.00/cwt414.00–414.002,1826
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571386.17/cwt372.50–391.002,20528
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2587360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1136
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2618306.22/cwt300.00–312.501,8924
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1641356.50/cwt356.50–356.502,28517
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,2042
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835285.77/cwt245.00–293.002,38611
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1930269.92/cwt265.00–275.002,5102
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1978249.15/cwt247.50–250.002,4373
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,4393
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315406.56/cwt400.00–410.001,2813
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332473.46/cwt460.00–475.001,57219
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2363436.00/cwt436.00–436.001,5832
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368477.82/cwt477.50–482.501,75815
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388417.55/cwt410.00–425.001,6202
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy417445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,85610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421425.26/cwt410.00–435.001,79024
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,69311
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,6172
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,8966
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479339.21/cwt325.00–365.001,6254
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517358.73/cwt352.50–368.001,85514
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528330.12/cwt325.00–335.001,7438
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5953
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8072
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,0752
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,1853
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,3024
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1752301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,2643
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1413350.82/cwt215.00–485.001,4492
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479371.05/cwt335.00–387.501,7773
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573285.52/cwt262.50–310.001,6362
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4032
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1253
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,315190.74/cwt180.00–202.502,5082
Bulls——1,707170.86/cwt165.00–174.502,9175
Bulls——2,205176.68/cwt175.00–177.503,8963
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed960175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6801
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,147134.73/cwt128.50–139.751,54545
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,242140.22/cwt137.75–150.001,74218
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,331146.00/cwt144.50–149.501,94315
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,365149.57/cwt147.50–150.502,04223
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-27952,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,305213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,7801
Replacement Cattle · Open Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Open Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,163213.06/cwt212.00–215.002,4783

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.