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Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Jun 17
● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
484 head
101 vs last sale 585 484 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
319 head
79 vs last sale 240 319 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
34 vs last sale 62 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers over 500lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, with feeder steers and heifers under 500lbs were 3.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower with slaughter dairy cows selling steady. Replacement cattle sold steady with a higher trend. Bidding was moderately active with moderate demand, with instances of good demand for slaughter cows, there was moderate supplies on all cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.53/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 107.75 against this barn's trailing median of $408.28.
Average price
$300.53
30 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,730
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$410
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$70.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.58
vs UT average
33.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538326.271,7554thin
Medium and Large 1-2586299.931,75824
Medium and Large 2525256.251,3452thin
One grade step is worth $70.02/cwt here — about $410 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales
469425381336median 408.2812/1602/1704/0706/0208/11
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
300.53
UT average3 barns · 40 hd
295.95
+4.58
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−33.58
This barn, trailing median29 sales
408.28
−107.75
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,821177.803,23732
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,513150.992,28449
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,305148.311,936158
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,114134.511,49932
Dairy BullsAverage2,193177.743,8984thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,627139.832,2753thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,468$2,3545
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,095$3,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,453$3,25614
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,482$2,9513thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,282$2,6293thin

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 11000–10501,030198.81/cwt192.50–205.002,0482
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400395450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7781
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy1000–10501,028262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,69342
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400373431.46/cwt425.00–438.001,6092
SteersMedium and Large 11100–11501,105252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,79039
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,013227.79/cwt222.50–233.002,3082
SteersMedium and Large 11000–10501,034250.66/cwt248.00–252.002,5926
SteersMedium and Large 1200–2502121,087.67/head1,025.00–1,225.001,08813
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600575344.30/cwt325.00–365.001,9802
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900850295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,5082
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500484389.49/cwt377.50–393.001,8859
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750730297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,1721
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000970256.00/cwt256.00–256.002,4831
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600560366.46/cwt360.00–375.002,0527
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550530310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6431
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950902284.76/cwt272.00–285.002,56956
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550529328.36/cwt325.00–330.001,7373
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750723238.90/cwt230.00–262.501,7276
SteersMedium and Large 11400–14501,438205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,9484
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850828271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,2443
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800775242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,8792
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800786252.50/cwt250.00–257.501,9856
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400360400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4401
HeifersMedium and Large 11200–12501,235206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,5441
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500472305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4403
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300261555.26/cwt515.00–570.001,4494
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450438410.79/cwt405.00–422.501,7993
BullsMedium and Large 1950–1000970210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,0371
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500455370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6841
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy300–350303467.50/cwt467.50–467.501,4173
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800750240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8001
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350315420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3231
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600555330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8321
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450435240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0441
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550510250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2751
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy850–900874275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,4046
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy750–800780301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,3481
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950905185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,6741
CowsBoner 80-85%1,302148.74/cwt137.00–157.251,93786
CowsLean 85-90%955124.36/cwt117.00–128.001,1885
CowsLean 85-90%1,178139.78/cwt132.50–145.001,64714
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700673297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,0022
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300270450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2151
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650615230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4152
Bulls1,448148.07/cwt141.00–154.002,1442
Dairy Bulls2,193177.74/cwt176.25–179.253,8984
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,130187.30/cwt178.00–200.002,1162
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,627139.83/cwt135.00–144.252,2753
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,360147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,9992
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,598147.89/cwt143.50–154.502,3633
Bulls1,716174.32/cwt154.50–189.002,99117
CowsBoner 80-85%1,394153.71/cwt151.50–162.002,14347
CowsLean 85-90%1,107132.74/cwt125.00–140.001,46913
CowsBoner 80-85%1,150132.29/cwt119.00–137.501,52123
Bulls2,015186.93/cwt184.00–191.253,76713
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,514151.38/cwt137.00–157.002,29244
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650630241.62/cwt230.00–247.501,5223
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500465307.42/cwt305.00–310.001,4302
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700699275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,92227
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950917233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,1373
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300260420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,0922
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed500–550540262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4181
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500455160.00/cwt160.00–160.007281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300283475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,3442
HeifersMedium and Large 2900–950925195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,8041
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550525345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800762222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,6953
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600564360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0306
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0953,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4682,354.47/head2,200.00–2,600.002,3545
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,040175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,8201
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750725171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2402
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900897157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,4083
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 1-21300–13501,320180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,37610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000990187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,8561
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800763279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,12911
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2822,629.41/head2,450.00–3,050.002,6293
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3753,225.00/head3,225.00–3,225.003,2251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4822,950.62/head2,800.00–3,100.002,9513
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4233,170.29/head2,950.00–3,250.003,1706
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850827243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,0109
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700689273.78/cwt270.00–285.001,8864
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,404150.50/cwt150.50–150.502,1134
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,118205.22/cwt196.00–214.002,2942
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750739218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400375415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5562
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650605307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,8602
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350320436.59/cwt435.00–440.001,3973
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600586299.93/cwt295.00–304.001,75824
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4893,334.43/head3,250.00–3,375.003,3347
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000992235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,3313
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450440365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6061
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900883261.49/cwt258.00–264.002,30914
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950926259.69/cwt242.50–260.002,40555
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600565320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8081
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450440330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4521
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700660390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,5741
HeifersMedium and Large 11250–13001,253185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,3182
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700670330.45/cwt330.00–335.002,21411
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625335.24/cwt327.50–346.002,0955

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.