Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2025-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle sold sharply higher on good quality calves and yearlings. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Trade was very active with good demand across all classes of livestock with active buyer participation ringside and on the internet, with a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $450.46/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 15 of 28 comparable sales and sits −0.25 against this barn's trailing median of $450.71.

Average price

$450.46

71 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,422

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$588

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

$110.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+29.26

vs UT average

+33.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	489.40	2,629	43
Medium and Large 1-2	539	411.75	2,217	10thin
Medium and Large 2	539	378.94	2,041	18thin

One grade step is worth $110.46/cwt here — about $588 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 sale71 hd

450.46

—

UT average3 barns · 124 hd

421.20

+29.26

National average140 barns · 6,808 hd

416.53

+33.93

This barn, trailing median28 sales

450.71

−0.25

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	—	Low	1,725	186.67	3,220	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,402	173.48	2,432	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,290	171.91	2,217	84
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,109	159.68	1,771	18
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,431	150.14	2,149	21
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,565	131.00	2,050	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,301	250.69	3,261	4thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,010	$3,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,485	$2,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

115 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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,781	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,043	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,201	232.48/cwt	220.00–248.00	2,792	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	400–450	448	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	320	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	418	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,902	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	380.52/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,446	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	215.49/cwt	192.50–232.50	2,597	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,018	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,485	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,575	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	378	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,777	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	416.00/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,138	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,011	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,294	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	305.09/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,873	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,065	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	511.66/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,648	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	466.64/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,829	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	338.46/cwt	322.50–345.00	2,112	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	435	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,240	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	330	571.43/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,886	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	466.22/cwt	445.00–475.00	2,019	9
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	900	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,598	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,149	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,059	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,922	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	596	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,907	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	372.89/cwt	362.50–380.00	2,122	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,893	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	789	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,400	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	400–450	415	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	468.18/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,243	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	263.07/cwt	250.00–290.00	887	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,020	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,326	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,304	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,077	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,404	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,279	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	422.31/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,795	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,699	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,079	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	254	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,232	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,976	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	381.26/cwt	360.00–387.50	2,009	13
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	178.38/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,891	2
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,147	136.79/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,569	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,048	182.25/cwt	175.00–187.50	1,910	2
Bulls	—	—	1,493	164.10/cwt	161.00–167.00	2,450	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,301	250.69/cwt	250.00–253.00	3,261	4
Bulls	—	—	1,933	186.99/cwt	180.25–189.25	3,615	9
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,565	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	2,050	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,581	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	167.00/cwt	164.00–170.00	2,061	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	173.66/cwt	166.00–177.50	2,268	64
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,131	173.20/cwt	172.00–175.00	1,959	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,402	173.48/cwt	164.00–179.00	2,432	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,219	166.77/cwt	162.00–171.00	2,033	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	129.51/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,265	4
Bulls	—	—	1,658	178.16/cwt	173.25–183.00	2,954	4
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,440	205.75/cwt	205.00–208.00	2,963	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,458	145.00/cwt	139.00–152.50	2,114	2
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,531	149.11/cwt	145.00–160.00	2,283	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	408.60/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,998	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	400.22/cwt	370.00–430.00	1,353	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	483.51/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,813	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,652	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	432	522.31/cwt	520.00–527.50	2,256	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	552	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,760	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	268	639.44/cwt	620.00–660.00	1,714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	363	505.17/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,834	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	466.89/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,489	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	350	586.88/cwt	582.50–600.00	2,054	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,245	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,988	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	533	499.10/cwt	495.00–505.00	2,660	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	483	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,536	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	474.92/cwt	465.00–480.00	1,990	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,030	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,189	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	3,012	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,381	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	315.71/cwt	311.00–325.00	2,636	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	497.50/cwt	490.00–505.00	2,040	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	497.35/cwt	480.00–502.50	2,104	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,760	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	799	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,557	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	325.62/cwt	317.00–330.00	2,175	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	578.27/cwt	565.00–580.00	1,602	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	458.31/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,108	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	549.52/cwt	525.00–565.00	2,127	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	264	594.96/cwt	590.00–605.00	1,571	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	540.53/cwt	525.00–550.00	1,724	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,680	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	283.47/cwt	283.00–290.00	2,710	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	500.53/cwt	490.00–512.50	2,438	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,901	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,053	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	350.44/cwt	348.00–360.00	2,341	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	445.23/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,173	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,793	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	319	609.19/cwt	600.00–615.00	1,943	7

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

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Feeder CattleReceipts 672Last week 587Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 240Last week 320Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 41Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	250.00–290.00	263.07
1	450–500	475	375.00	375.00
3	1000–1050	1,020	228.00	228.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	157.50	157.50
4	750–800	789	177.50	177.50
1	850–900	860	237.50	237.50
1	900–950	900	177.50	177.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	322	500.00–525.00	511.66
6	350–400	388	520.00	520.00
13	450–500	452	445.00	445.00
5	500–550	514	415.00–420.00	416.00
5	550–600	563	407.50	407.50
4	600–650	614	300.00–320.00	305.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	330	570.00–580.00	571.43
2	400–450	435	515.00	515.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	480.00–490.00	483.51
3	400–450	425	415.00–430.00	422.31
5	450–500	479	450.00–480.00	468.18
13	500–550	527	360.00–387.50	381.26
5	550–600	569	362.50–380.00	372.89
1	650–700	670	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	720	320.00	320.00
1	850–900	885	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	620.00–660.00	639.44
7	300–350	319	600.00–615.00	609.19
12	350–400	350	582.50–600.00	586.88
3	400–450	432	520.00–527.50	522.31
16	450–500	483	525.00	525.00
24	500–550	533	495.00–505.00	499.10
7	550–600	552	500.00	500.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	570.00	570.00
5	250–300	264	590.00–605.00	594.96
5	300–350	319	525.00–550.00	540.53
32	350–400	387	525.00–565.00	549.52
11	400–450	419	465.00–480.00	474.92
83	450–500	487	490.00–512.50	500.53
11	500–550	533	445.00–485.00	466.89
1	550–600	580	430.00	430.00
1	600–650	610	375.00	375.00
5	650–700	668	348.00–360.00	350.44
25	750–800	799	320.00	320.00
9	800–850	835	311.00–325.00	315.71
1	900–950	925	330.00	330.00
15	950–1000	956	283.00–290.00	283.47
1	1050–1100	1,055	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	485.00	485.00
12	350–400	378	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	418	455.00	455.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	254	485.00	485.00
2	300–350	338	370.00–430.00	400.22
5	350–400	380	375.00–405.00	380.52
8	400–450	408	405.00	405.00
6	450–500	489	395.00–415.00	408.60
1	600–650	605	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	725	241.00	241.00
1	750–800	775	220.00	220.00
1	850–900	895	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	440.00	440.00
9	400–450	433	445.00–475.00	466.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	277	565.00–580.00	578.27
2	300–350	320	550.00	550.00
3	350–400	392	465.00–470.00	466.64
28	400–450	423	480.00–502.50	497.35
54	450–500	460	450.00–480.00	458.31
1	550–600	590	350.00	350.00
5	600–650	624	322.50–345.00	338.46
3	650–700	668	317.00–330.00	325.62
1	850–900	875	272.50	272.50
18	900–950	924	290.00	290.00
5	1000–1050	1,028	293.00	293.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	363	500.00–510.00	505.17
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	335.00	335.00
3	400–450	430	297.50	297.50
1	500–550	520	270.00	270.00
6	550–600	596	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	735	257.50	257.50
1	800–850	800	290.00	290.00
1	850–900	890	222.50	222.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	560.00	560.00
1	350–400	355	500.00	500.00
2	400–450	410	490.00–505.00	497.50
2	450–500	488	430.00–460.00	445.23
1	500–550	535	445.00	445.00
1	600–650	600	350.00	350.00
1	700–750	700	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	775	282.50	282.50
1	950–1000	980	285.00	285.00
1	1200–1250	1,245	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	380.00	380.00
1	600–650	630	305.00	305.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,201	220.00–248.00	232.48
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,205	192.50–232.50	215.49
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	231.00	231.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,485	2,900.00	2,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	3,200.00	3,200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,060	170.00–185.00	178.38
3	—	1,147	135.00–140.00	136.79
16	—	1,531	145.00–160.00	149.11
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	131.00	131.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,048	175.00–187.50	182.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,020	155.00	155.00
5	—	1,219	162.00–171.00	166.77
4	—	977	125.00–135.00	129.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,234	164.00–170.00	167.00
64	—	1,306	166.00–177.50	173.66
2	—	1,458	139.00–152.50	145.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,131	172.00–175.00	173.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,402	164.00–179.00	173.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,493	161.00–167.00	164.10
9	—	1,933	180.25–189.25	186.99
4	—	1,658	173.25–183.00	178.16
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,440	205.00–208.00	205.75
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,301	250.00–253.00	250.69

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