Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2024-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers weighing 450-750 lbs sold 2.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs sold 3.00 to 18.00 higher, while those over 900 lbs sold 3.25 to 7.50 lower on a very thin test. Average dress slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 8.50 higher and average dress slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower on a light test. The next available report will occur as receipts warrant.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $315.37/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −135.34 against this barn's trailing median of $450.71.

Average price

$315.37

96 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,770

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$62.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.70

vs UT average

−2.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	328.60	1,824	47
Medium and Large 1-2	557	315.73	1,759	36
Medium and Large 2	596	266.53	1,589	13thin

One grade step is worth $62.07/cwt here — about $235 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $508.64, low $402.16, median $450.71 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale96 hd

315.37

—

UT average2 barns · 136 hd

316.07

−0.70

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−2.92

This barn, trailing median28 sales

450.71

−135.34

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,605	150.27	2,412	56
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,772	138.36	2,451	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,364	135.11	1,843	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,020	108.85	1,110	24

Every lot, as filed

104 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	259.69/cwt	251.00–264.00	1,691	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,105	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,978	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	399	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,516	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	227.45/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,690	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	214.11/cwt	210.00–216.00	1,884	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	313.82/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,830	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	274.05/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,713	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,080	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	345.81/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,508	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	319.67/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,669	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	264.70/cwt	257.50–272.50	1,803	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	252.03/cwt	242.50–255.00	1,880	59
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	326.80/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,516	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	295.69/cwt	282.50–302.50	1,845	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	226.68/cwt	220.00–231.50	1,872	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	177.49/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	953	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	330.36/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,236	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	244.14/cwt	242.00–247.50	1,892	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	300.76/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,705	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	227.30/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,727	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	296.58/cwt	295.00–302.50	1,510	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	274.35/cwt	272.00–287.50	1,624	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	307.15/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,293	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	210.94/cwt	209.00–211.50	1,721	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,003	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	308.92/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,461	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	309.86/cwt	305.00–315.00	846	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	712	209.99/cwt	207.50–215.00	1,495	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,743	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	187.48/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,481	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	596	266.53/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,589	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	908	191.24/cwt	190.00–192.50	1,736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	746	211.94/cwt	211.00–225.00	1,581	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	333.28/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,393	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	242.80/cwt	230.00–247.50	1,644	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	302.45/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,434	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	126.86/cwt	126.00–127.50	1,378	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,134	111.98/cwt	108.00–117.00	1,270	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	124.92/cwt	113.00–129.00	1,671	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,320	157.85/cwt	150.00–167.00	2,084	3
Bulls	—	—	1,528	139.22/cwt	130.00–145.00	2,127	7
Bulls	—	—	1,135	104.89/cwt	95.00–123.00	1,191	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,136	138.31/cwt	135.00–142.50	1,571	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,793	144.75/cwt	144.00–145.50	2,595	2
Bulls	—	—	1,781	154.10/cwt	146.00–161.75	2,745	36
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,172	163.69/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,918	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	641	67.59/cwt	65.00–75.00	433	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	973	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	800–850	811	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,427	14
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	850–900	878	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,405	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	800–850	835	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	977	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	500–550	534	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	614	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,763	135.81/cwt	129.00–139.00	2,394	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,392	139.25/cwt	131.00–148.00	1,938	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	158.81/cwt	155.00–162.50	1,382	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	679	235.06/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,596	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	900–950	900	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,557	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	1000–1050	1,038	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,412	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	800–850	828	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,308	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,005	149.01/cwt	146.00–155.00	1,498	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	482	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,639	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	525	354.79/cwt	345.00–357.50	1,863	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	831	174.39/cwt	170.00–190.00	1,449	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	831	216.97/cwt	215.00–217.50	1,803	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	744	238.33/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,773	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	271.94/cwt	262.50–277.50	1,969	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	309.24/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,911	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,735	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,412	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	285.18/cwt	280.00–287.50	1,791	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	550–600	565	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	185.75/cwt	184.00–187.50	1,687	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	326.45/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,560	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,073	169.49/cwt	165.00–174.00	1,819	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	271.50/cwt	270.00–272.50	1,765	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,757	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,205	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	2,018	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,879	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	182.19/cwt	180.00–186.00	1,791	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	359.34/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,786	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	322.70/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,872	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	308.49/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,589	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	191.04/cwt	190.50–192.00	1,972	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	288.62/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,963	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	396.68/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	333.80/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,779	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,885	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,128	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,974	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,178	171.50/cwt	169.00–174.50	2,020	3

How this sale compares

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.

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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Salt Lake City, UT (AG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,338Last week 913Year ago 828

Slaughter CattleReceipts 122Last week 161Year ago 248

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	340.00	340.00
22	350–400	374	325.00–332.50	330.36
12	400–450	421	305.00–310.00	307.15
26	450–500	473	305.00–310.00	308.92
5	500–550	509	295.00–302.50	296.58
87	550–600	592	272.00–287.50	274.35
52	600–650	625	265.00–277.50	274.05
42	650–700	651	251.00–264.00	259.69
8	700–750	743	222.00–230.00	227.45
1	750–800	795	210.00	210.00
9	800–850	816	209.00–211.50	210.94
2	950–1000	953	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	428	330.00	330.00
29	450–500	478	315.00–330.00	326.45
24	500–550	515	305.00–315.00	308.49
14	550–600	567	295.00–305.00	300.76
13	600–650	628	280.00–287.50	285.18
5	650–700	650	270.00–272.50	271.50
16	700–750	720	244.00	244.00
15	750–800	760	226.00–230.00	227.30
3	800–850	807	215.00	215.00
2	900–950	908	184.00–187.50	185.75
6	950–1000	983	180.00–186.00	182.19
1	1000–1050	1,000	179.00	179.00
4	1050–1100	1,073	165.00–174.00	169.49
2	1100–1150	1,128	175.00	175.00
3	1150–1200	1,178	169.00–174.50	171.50
3	1200–1250	1,205	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	305.00–315.00	309.86
1	300–350	305	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	375	300.00	300.00
31	650–700	677	230.00–247.50	242.80
21	700–750	746	211.00–225.00	211.94
2	750–800	790	185.00–190.00	187.48
7	800–850	831	170.00–190.00	174.39
2	850–900	870	155.00–162.50	158.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	525	345.00–357.50	354.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	399	380.00	380.00
12	400–450	436	340.00–355.00	345.81
9	450–500	464	320.00–335.00	326.80
15	500–550	522	315.00–320.00	319.67
20	550–600	583	300.00–317.50	313.82
23	600–650	624	282.50–302.50	295.69
56	650–700	681	257.50–272.50	264.70
59	700–750	746	242.50–255.00	252.03
30	750–800	775	242.00–247.50	244.14
10	800–850	826	220.00–231.50	226.68
19	850–900	880	210.00–216.00	214.11
1	1050–1100	1,080	175.00	175.00
1	1100–1150	1,105	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	418	330.00–337.50	333.28
4	450–500	474	300.00–310.00	302.45
13	550–600	596	265.00–275.00	266.53
2	600–650	648	277.50	277.50
7	650–700	679	230.00–250.00	235.06
3	700–750	744	235.00–240.00	238.33
19	800–850	831	215.00–217.50	216.97
2	850–900	850	205.00	205.00
2	900–950	908	190.00–192.50	191.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	482	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	390.00–400.00	396.68
15	450–500	497	355.00–360.00	359.34
25	500–550	533	325.00–337.50	333.80
22	550–600	580	320.00–335.00	322.70
35	600–650	618	307.00–315.00	309.24
99	650–700	680	275.00–290.00	288.62
8	700–750	724	262.50–277.50	271.94
5	750–800	751	251.00	251.00
2	800–850	803	234.00	234.00
11	1000–1050	1,032	190.50–192.00	191.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	305.00	305.00
1	650–700	685	265.00	265.00
1	800–850	810	200.00	200.00
1	850–900	885	195.00	195.00
2	950–1000	985	175.00–180.00	177.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	655	247.50	247.50
3	700–750	712	207.50–215.00	209.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	415	355.00	355.00
1	500–550	535	325.00	325.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	800–850	811	176.00	176.00
2	850–900	878	160.00	160.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	534	115.00	115.00
1	800–850	835	117.00	117.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	900	173.00	173.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1000–1050	1,038	136.00	136.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	828	158.00	158.00
3	1000–1050	1,005	146.00–155.00	149.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,086	126.00–127.50	126.86
10	—	1,134	108.00–117.00	111.98
5	—	641	65.00–75.00	67.59
1	—	1,035	94.00	94.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,338	113.00–129.00	124.92
18	—	1,392	131.00–148.00	139.25
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,320	150.00–167.00	157.85
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,136	135.00–142.50	138.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,793	144.00–145.50	144.75
5	—	1,763	129.00–139.00	135.81
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,528	130.00–145.00	139.22
4	—	1,135	95.00–123.00	104.89
36	—	1,781	146.00–161.75	154.10
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,172	160.00–167.00	163.69

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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