Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2024-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale: Feeder cattle were too thinly tested to accurately trend. In slaughter cattle, average dressing slaughter breaker cows sold for 12.00-17.00 lower, boner cows sold 6.00 to 10.00 lower, while lean cows sold for 16.00-21.00 higher, Bulls were 12.00-21.00 lower. 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 $207.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −243.21 against this barn's trailing median of $450.71.

Average price

$207.50

2 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,157

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$492

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

$105.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs UT average

−72.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	260.00	1,391	1thin
Medium and Large 2	580	155.00	899	1thin

One grade step is worth $105.00/cwt here — about $492 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale2 hd

207.50

—

UT average1 barns · 2 hd

207.50

+0.00

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

−72.84

This barn, trailing median28 sales

450.71

−243.21

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	—	High	1,658	151.49	2,512	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,377	132.41	1,824	71
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,643	130.12	2,138	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,030	128.07	1,319	39

Every lot, as filed

61 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	197.68/cwt	170.00–205.00	1,255	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	257.68/cwt	237.50–290.00	1,355	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	100–150	130	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	341.99/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,467	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	203.79/cwt	181.00–226.00	1,559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	220.90/cwt	217.50–227.50	1,484	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,067	153.32/cwt	122.50–216.00	1,636	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	257.21/cwt	232.50–262.00	1,584	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	918	155.28/cwt	147.00–171.00	1,425	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1600–1650	1,645	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	244.23/cwt	218.00–259.00	1,746	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,251	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	167.09/cwt	143.00–205.00	1,347	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	365.80/cwt	349.00–397.50	1,405	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	212.60/cwt	150.00–243.00	1,839	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,391	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,346	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	387.84/cwt	345.00–400.00	1,241	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	973	154.85/cwt	134.50–192.50	1,507	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	295.71/cwt	287.50–302.50	1,419	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	258.42/cwt	255.00–260.00	954	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	899	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,165	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	2,068	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	198	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	1,485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	236.45/cwt	227.50–260.00	1,111	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	276	306.54/cwt	255.00–370.00	846	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	160.45/cwt	140.00–177.50	1,072	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	213.22/cwt	191.00–247.50	1,736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,197	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	145.75/cwt	143.00–149.00	1,382	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,643	130.12/cwt	127.75–134.50	2,138	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	112.49/cwt	112.00–113.00	1,558	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,035	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,377	132.77/cwt	120.00–139.00	1,828	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,085	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	127.65/cwt	115.00–139.00	1,321	36
Bulls	—	—	1,057	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,897	3
Bulls	—	—	1,901	144.55/cwt	128.50–149.00	2,748	7
Bulls	—	—	1,661	150.63/cwt	136.00–160.00	2,502	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	819	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	249.84/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,529	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	232.01/cwt	231.00–233.00	1,529	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,125	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,913	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	175	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	831	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,018	185.21/cwt	175.00–209.00	1,885	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	213.19/cwt	170.00–225.00	1,567	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,218	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	218	379.26/cwt	365.00–390.00	827	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	356.24/cwt	345.00–430.00	1,140	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	913	171.94/cwt	147.50–180.00	1,570	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,130	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,808	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	249.91/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,412	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	211.89/cwt	172.50–217.50	1,651	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1350–1400	1,360	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,448	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,313	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	346.52/cwt	265.00–480.00	936	14

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.

Utah feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Producers Livestock Auction - Salina, UT

Tue Aug 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 258Last week 340Year ago 703

Slaughter CattleReceipts 180Last week 222Year ago 148

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	235.00	235.00
3	350–400	369	255.00–260.00	258.42
4	450–500	469	287.00	287.00
1	550–600	580	155.00	155.00
10	600–650	635	170.00–205.00	197.68
2	650–700	665	197.50	197.50
1	700–750	725	176.00	176.00
1	750–800	770	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	270	265.00–480.00	346.52
22	300–350	320	345.00–400.00	387.84
16	350–400	384	349.00–397.50	365.80
24	400–450	429	340.00–345.00	341.99
3	450–500	480	287.50–302.50	295.71
1	500–550	535	260.00	260.00
6	600–650	616	232.50–262.00	257.21
3	650–700	672	217.50–227.50	220.90
5	700–750	715	218.00–259.00	244.23
2	750–800	765	181.00–226.00	203.79
16	800–850	806	143.00–205.00	167.09
11	850–900	865	150.00–243.00	212.60
4	900–950	918	147.00–171.00	155.28
5	950–1000	973	134.50–192.50	154.85
3	1050–1100	1,067	122.50–216.00	153.32
1	1100–1150	1,130	160.00	160.00
1	1150–1200	1,165	177.50	177.50
1	1350–1400	1,360	180.00	180.00
1	1600–1650	1,645	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	130	425.00	425.00
1	150–200	175	475.00	475.00
9	200–250	218	365.00–390.00	379.26
14	250–300	276	255.00–370.00	306.54
8	300–350	320	345.00–430.00	356.24
1	450–500	485	305.00	305.00
11	500–550	526	237.50–290.00	257.68
2	550–600	565	245.00–255.00	249.91
24	600–650	612	240.00–257.00	249.84
6	650–700	659	231.00–233.00	232.01
21	700–750	735	170.00–225.00	213.19
19	750–800	779	172.50–217.50	211.89
5	800–850	814	191.00–247.50	213.22
1	850–900	855	192.50	192.50
4	900–950	913	147.50–180.00	171.94
4	1000–1050	1,018	175.00–209.00	185.21
1	1100–1150	1,125	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	198	750.00	750.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	356	230.00	230.00
1	400–450	435	280.00	280.00
13	450–500	470	227.50–260.00	236.45
1	600–650	610	160.00	160.00
3	650–700	668	140.00–177.50	160.45
1	750–800	785	152.50	152.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	948	143.00–149.00	145.75
1	—	1,005	108.00	108.00
36	—	1,035	115.00–139.00	127.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,643	127.75–134.50	130.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,385	112.00–113.00	112.49
1	—	1,375	148.00	148.00
68	—	1,377	120.00–139.00	132.77
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,057	179.50	179.50
7	—	1,901	128.50–149.00	144.55
41	—	1,661	136.00–160.00	150.63

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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