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Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Sep 29
● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,489 head
▲ 507 vs last sale 982▼ 298 vs year ago 1,787 · −16.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
254 head
▲ 70 vs last sale 184▼ 93 vs year ago 347 · −26.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 11▲ 0 vs year ago 32 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last report feeder steers sold sharply higher, with feeder heifer selling unevenly steady. While breaker slaughter cows sold 8.00 lower boning cows sold steady, with lean cows selling 14.00 higher. While slaughter bulls sold steady 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 $419.90/cwt on 334 head, up $6.69 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 30 comparable sales and sits −3.31 against this barn's trailing median of $423.21.
Average price
$419.90
▲ 6.69 vs prior sale
334 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,273
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$380
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$62.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.44
vs UT average
+5.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540430.782,327259
Medium and Large 1-2564399.502,25334
Medium and Large 2529368.071,94741
One grade step is worth $62.71/cwt here — about $380 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale334 hd
419.90
—
UT average3 barns · 448 hd
416.46
+3.44
National average184 barns · 17,632 hd
414.66
+5.24
This barn, trailing median30 sales
423.21
−3.31
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—Average1,841174.373,20924
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,283150.481,93147
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,214149.091,81076
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,532146.602,24526
Dairy Bulls—Average1,580137.042,1653thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,340126.501,6952thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,478126.501,8702thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,326$2,7274thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)963$2,6556

Every lot

100 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,0882
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed267625.00/cwt625.00–625.001,6695
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1283565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,5992
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed300560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,6803
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3234
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318491.21/cwt485.00–495.001,56210
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy335543.28/cwt540.00–545.001,8206
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy368522.50/cwt522.50–522.501,9239
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed369534.16/cwt530.00–535.001,97112
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,75813
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382503.55/cwt495.00–512.501,92413
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2393429.90/cwt395.00–455.001,6908
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed410525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,1539
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415486.27/cwt480.00–500.002,01843
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425446.95/cwt417.50–459.001,90019
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy459478.75/cwt475.00–480.002,1974
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475456.73/cwt445.00–465.002,16946
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2492365.91/cwt345.00–415.001,80017
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed504464.26/cwt461.00–467.502,3406
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523439.41/cwt431.00–456.002,298168
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2529368.07/cwt357.50–410.001,94741
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2548427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,34017
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy568421.08/cwt411.00–428.002,39235
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580371.99/cwt369.00–386.002,15817
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583404.58/cwt396.00–417.502,35950
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1607406.07/cwt400.00–410.002,46536
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625339.37/cwt300.00–367.502,12114
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2649380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,4667
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663352.76/cwt325.00–355.002,33924
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2708243.12/cwt235.00–312.501,72113
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1716326.39/cwt310.00–335.002,33718
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775321.05/cwt305.00–330.002,48827
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2787251.85/cwt247.00–260.001,9828
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875286.10/cwt267.50–289.002,5038
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2915257.50/cwt257.50–257.502,3563
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1940287.78/cwt285.00–297.502,70515
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1984304.99/cwt290.00–305.503,00130
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1222550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,2213
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2247440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,0873
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed253533.00/cwt533.00–533.001,3482
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1284490.02/cwt485.00–500.001,3923
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2284406.90/cwt370.00–422.501,1567
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2343371.27/cwt337.50–387.501,27317
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345484.97/cwt470.00–490.001,6739
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed356480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,7097
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365426.88/cwt412.50–435.001,5583
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378453.64/cwt438.00–462.501,71525
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy404490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,9809
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415383.32/cwt367.50–415.001,5915
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428432.79/cwt421.00–445.001,85259
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473377.45/cwt365.00–385.001,7854
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed477430.48/cwt430.00–437.502,05315
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480412.88/cwt405.00–425.001,98267
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy515397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,04512
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519281.79/cwt255.00–285.001,4629
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed520430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,2363
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535362.29/cwt352.50–370.001,93832
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574365.45/cwt357.50–371.002,09831
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2591281.73/cwt275.00–283.001,66532
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610334.10/cwt330.00–335.002,0387
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy612377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,3103
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1688309.05/cwt298.00–319.002,12615
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,3813
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2785253.88/cwt240.00–270.001,9939
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2813237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,9312
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1843270.12/cwt270.00–272.502,27720
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1898279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,5052
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1909282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,5689
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2918230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,1114
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1969202.45/cwt200.00–207.501,9623
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1245545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,3352
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1322595.00/cwt595.00–595.001,9163
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1363517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,8793
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420487.50/cwt487.50–487.502,0483
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8382
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,4282
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2863212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,8304
Dairy Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1898230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0654
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers300–350Medium and Large 1348365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2702
Beef/Dairy Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1903
Beef/Dairy Steers600–650Medium and Large 2648272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,76619
Beef/Dairy Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2673
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,540182.13/cwt178.00–187.002,8052
Bulls——1,856178.07/cwt174.50–179.003,3059
Bulls——1,876170.61/cwt160.00–174.503,20113
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,180162.87/cwt160.00–165.001,92211
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,186167.91/cwt163.00–176.001,9918
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,220146.76/cwt134.00–157.001,79065
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,303146.91/cwt139.00–157.501,91439
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,495147.28/cwt137.00–157.002,20225
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Heavy Weight2,445129.50/cwt129.50–129.503,1661
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Bulls——1,580137.04/cwt134.50–141.502,1653
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,340126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,6952
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,478126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,8702
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29632,654.55/head2,600.00–2,700.002,6556
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2993227.00/cwt210.00–247.502,2542
Replacement Cattle · Open Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Open Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,048203.00/cwt203.00–203.002,1272
Open Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,099253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,78014
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,008195.19/cwt180.00–214.001,9682
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3262,727.10/head2,600.00–3,050.002,7274

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.