Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2025-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Since last weeks report, feeder steers are down an average of 2.00-8.00, feeder heifers are down an average of 5.00-6.00, feeder bulls are down an average of 7.00. With slaughter cattle, breaker cows are down an average of 1.00, boner cows are down an average of 1.00, lean cows are up an average of 8.00, slaughter bulls are up an average of 15.00. Replacement bred cows are up an average of 587.00 per unit, replacement bred heifers are down an average of 82.00 per unit. The next available report will occur as receipts warrant.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.86/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −107.42 against this barn's trailing median of $408.28.

Average price

$300.86

30 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,663

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$38.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs UT average

−6.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	308.79	1,677	20
Medium and Large 1	572	295.00	1,687	6thin
Medium and Large 2	571	270.00	1,540	4thin

One grade step is worth $38.79/cwt here — about $137 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

29 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $455.49, low $350.37, median $408.28 across 29 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 sale30 hd

300.86

—

UT average1 barns · 30 hd

300.86

+0.00

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−6.15

This barn, trailing median29 sales

408.28

−107.42

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	1,737	157.14	2,729	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,743	137.53	2,398	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,446	136.83	1,979	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,092	133.95	1,463	28

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,160	$2,403	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,167	$2,278	30
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,250	$2,123	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	980	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

88 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	650–700	654	241.60/cwt	240.00–262.50	1,580	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	252.46/cwt	245.00–255.00	2,065	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	229.49/cwt	225.00–236.00	2,100	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,573	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	900	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,989	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	368.05/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,704	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,849	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	261.99/cwt	242.50–268.00	2,036	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	305.00/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	265.60/cwt	230.00–272.50	1,894	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	771	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,727	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	940	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,126	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	963	213.86/cwt	200.00–227.50	2,059	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,122	213.76/cwt	207.50–219.00	2,398	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,074	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,288	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	230.94/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,753	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,395	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	993	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,946	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	371.67/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,431	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,782	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,687	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	367.80/cwt	367.50–370.00	1,607	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	990	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,203	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	421.45/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,505	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	300.08/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,404	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,996	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,035	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,329	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,155	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,483	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,315	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1300–1350	1,310	140.47/cwt	133.50–147.50	1,840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,444	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	353.35/cwt	300.00–385.00	1,495	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	386.16/cwt	380.00–392.50	1,409	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	360.66/cwt	335.00–385.00	1,710	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	340.50/cwt	295.00–356.00	1,971	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	305.07/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,943	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,901	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	255.62/cwt	195.00–287.50	1,718	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	255.33/cwt	255.00–256.00	2,216	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	251.34/cwt	250.00–252.00	2,330	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	403.13/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,508	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	375.14/cwt	352.50–382.50	1,973	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1350–1400	1,361	151.90/cwt	147.50–160.00	2,067	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	355.05/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,321	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	327.69/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,376	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	422.56/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,428	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	259.98/cwt	258.00–261.00	2,150	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	289.04/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,674	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	247.75/cwt	246.00–248.00	2,007	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	917	229.48/cwt	210.00–236.00	2,104	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	319.42/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,674	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,015	210.09/cwt	205.00–228.00	2,132	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	339.58/cwt	325.00–385.00	1,100	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	262.67/cwt	232.50–275.00	1,744	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	239.13/cwt	232.50–240.50	2,107	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1250–1300	1,283	167.48/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,149	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	344.11/cwt	337.50–345.00	1,569	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	285.97/cwt	275.00–293.00	1,747	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	253.54/cwt	229.00–278.50	1,861	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	379.89/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,269	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,571	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	2,403.01/head	1,700.00–2,800.00	2,403	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,167	2,278.03/head	1,000.00–2,650.00	2,278	30
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,580	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,122.93/head	2,000.00–2,300.00	2,123	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bulls	—	—	1,885	153.25/cwt	149.50–159.00	2,889	13
Bulls	—	—	1,544	170.31/cwt	160.00–210.00	2,630	7
Bulls	—	—	1,448	136.30/cwt	135.00–137.50	1,974	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	903	160.80/cwt	152.50–165.00	1,452	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,451	136.24/cwt	122.00–142.25	1,977	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,698	140.23/cwt	132.00–143.50	2,381	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,970	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	2,443	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	134.10/cwt	123.00–145.50	1,503	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	105.97/cwt	99.00–114.00	1,131	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,997	1

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 605Last week 749Year ago 692

Slaughter CattleReceipts 103Last week 148Year ago 104

Replacement CattleReceipts 46Last week 11Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	240.00	240.00
1	350–400	350	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	510	300.00–310.00	305.00
7	550–600	567	277.50	277.50
1	600–650	615	245.00	245.00
14	650–700	654	240.00–262.50	241.60
12	750–800	771	224.00	224.00
1	900–950	900	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	380.00–392.50	386.16
9	400–450	423	300.00–385.00	353.35
18	450–500	474	335.00–385.00	360.66
7	500–550	526	352.50–382.50	375.14
19	550–600	579	295.00–356.00	340.50
19	600–650	637	280.00–320.00	305.07
10	650–700	672	195.00–287.50	255.62
10	700–750	713	230.00–272.50	265.60
19	750–800	777	242.50–268.00	261.99
4	800–850	818	245.00–255.00	252.46
4	850–900	864	231.00	231.00
3	900–950	915	225.00–236.00	229.49
1	950–1000	985	235.00	235.00
1	1000–1050	1,035	225.00	225.00
1	1150–1200	1,155	215.00	215.00
2	1300–1350	1,310	133.50–147.50	140.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	338	410.00–425.00	422.56
5	350–400	374	400.00–415.00	403.13
2	400–450	400	425.00	425.00
2	450–500	458	415.00	415.00
3	800–850	827	258.00–261.00	259.98
3	850–900	868	255.00–256.00	255.33
3	900–950	927	250.00–252.00	251.34
9	950–1000	968	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	463	355.00–370.00	368.05
1	500–550	520	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	565	317.50	317.50
1	600–650	615	260.00	260.00
2	700–750	718	257.50	257.50
1	800–850	820	242.50	242.50
1	950–1000	990	222.50	222.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	865	200.00	200.00
1	900–950	940	199.00	199.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	410.00–435.00	421.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	395.00	395.00
4	300–350	324	325.00–385.00	339.58
5	350–400	372	350.00–360.00	355.05
6	400–450	420	300.00–350.00	327.69
20	450–500	456	337.50–345.00	344.11
13	500–550	524	310.00–335.00	319.42
7	550–600	579	280.00–310.00	289.04
25	600–650	611	275.00–293.00	285.97
14	650–700	664	232.50–275.00	262.67
46	700–750	734	229.00–278.50	253.54
19	750–800	759	225.00–245.00	230.94
8	800–850	810	246.00–248.00	247.75
14	850–900	881	232.50–240.50	239.13
11	900–950	917	210.00–236.00	229.48
2	950–1000	963	200.00–227.50	213.86
13	1000–1050	1,015	205.00–228.00	210.09
9	1050–1100	1,074	213.00	213.00
3	1100–1150	1,122	207.50–219.00	213.76
4	1250–1300	1,283	165.00–175.00	167.48
4	1350–1400	1,361	147.50–160.00	151.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	285.00	285.00
2	450–500	468	295.00–305.00	300.08
2	500–550	548	275.00	275.00
2	550–600	593	265.00	265.00
19	600–650	613	227.50	227.50
7	950–1000	993	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	365.00–395.00	379.89
6	350–400	385	365.00–385.00	371.67
8	400–450	437	367.50–370.00	367.80
6	550–600	572	295.00	295.00
8	600–650	604	295.00	295.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,160	1,700.00–2,800.00	2,403.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	—	1,167	1,000.00–2,650.00	2,278.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	147.00	147.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,250	2,000.00–2,300.00	2,122.93
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	2,000.00	2,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,885	149.50–159.00	153.25
7	—	1,544	160.00–210.00	170.31
2	—	1,448	135.00–137.50	136.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	903	152.50–165.00	160.80
22	—	1,121	123.00–145.50	134.10
3	—	1,067	99.00–114.00	105.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,451	122.00–142.25	136.24
1	—	1,225	163.00	163.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,698	132.00–143.50	140.23
1	—	1,970	124.00	124.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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