Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2026-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold 1.00 to 13.00 lower. While feeder heifers sold sharply higher on 300lbs to 500lbs heifer calves with 500lbs and heavier selling unevenly steady, breaker and boning slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 7.00 lower while lean slaughter cows sold 18.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower on a light test. Trade was active with a good demand and a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $427.23/cwt on 76 head, down $31.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 28 comparable sales and sits −23.48 against this barn's trailing median of $450.71.

Average price

$427.23

▼ 31.19 vs prior sale

76 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,442

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$480

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

$69.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.31

vs UT average

−56.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	438.61	2,530	61
Medium and Large 1-2	533	427.50	2,279	3thin
Medium and Large 2	555	369.29	2,050	12thin

One grade step is worth $69.32/cwt here — about $480 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

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 sale76 hd

427.23

—

UT average3 barns · 205 hd

435.54

−8.31

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

−56.87

This barn, trailing median28 sales

450.71

−23.48

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	1,712	173.24	2,966	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,194	162.97	1,946	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,165	154.18	1,797	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,601	153.69	2,461	16
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,618	145.14	2,348	17
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,127	230.00	2,592	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,226	239.00	2,930	7thin

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,309	$3,252	21
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,370	$3,250	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,308	$3,080	41
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,385	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,210	$2,769	21
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,255	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,149	$2,405	5
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,205	$2,300	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,270	$3,450	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,310	$3,363	5

Every lot, as filed

92 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	800–850	836	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,027	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	2,768.53/head	2,450.00–2,800.00	2,769	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	297.97/cwt	295.00–302.50	2,434	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,279	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,308	3,080.23/head	2,575.00–3,600.00	3,080	41
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,460	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	560	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,352	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	628	419.12/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,632	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,309	3,252.34/head	2,750.00–3,600.00	3,252	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,149	2,404.84/head	1,850.00–2,700.00	2,405	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	408.72/cwt	397.50–415.00	2,129	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,223	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	376.95/cwt	367.50–387.25	2,363	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	438	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,376	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,892	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	3,307.26/head	3,000.00–3,525.00	3,307	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	257.39/cwt	237.50–275.00	2,517	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	498.24/cwt	490.00–501.00	2,118	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	389.06/cwt	382.50–390.00	2,167	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	344.84/cwt	335.00–354.00	2,317	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	323.30/cwt	305.00–347.50	2,305	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,370	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	236.31/cwt	219.00–257.00	2,736	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	993	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,423	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	458.18/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,691	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	353.32/cwt	340.00–372.50	2,046	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	269	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,385	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,186	206.02/cwt	190.00–218.00	2,443	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	988	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,808	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,411	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	332.58/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,062	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	265.06/cwt	255.00–275.00	2,054	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,175	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,075	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,473	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	380.70/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,048	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	284.67/cwt	282.50–295.00	2,044	12
Bulls	—	—	1,708	162.09/cwt	158.00–166.00	2,768	2
Bulls	—	—	1,709	179.92/cwt	175.00–185.00	3,075	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,052	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,967	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,188	146.66/cwt	122.50–156.50	1,742	18
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,226	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,930	7
Bulls	—	—	1,716	172.35/cwt	169.00–174.00	2,958	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,128	166.48/cwt	166.00–167.50	1,878	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,601	153.69/cwt	146.00–170.00	2,461	16
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,699	137.64/cwt	135.00–140.00	2,339	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	157.63/cwt	137.50–167.50	1,933	45
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,127	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,592	3
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,354	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	2,295	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	336.63/cwt	305.00–352.50	2,131	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	344.49/cwt	327.50–360.00	1,922	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	501.75/cwt	495.00–510.00	1,912	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	422.93/cwt	412.50–445.00	2,009	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	334.25/cwt	332.00–337.50	2,283	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	893	288.12/cwt	287.50–290.00	2,573	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	438	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,300	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	504	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,432	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,081	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	374.01/cwt	360.00–378.00	2,756	66
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	305.11/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,032	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	394.36/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	541.15/cwt	535.00–550.00	2,002	11
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	717	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,168	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	366.62/cwt	361.00–369.50	2,808	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	461	531.62/cwt	527.50–540.00	2,451	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	365	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,117	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	495.82/cwt	482.50–502.50	2,563	6
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,236	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	462.41/cwt	455.00–470.00	1,979	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	561.68/cwt	545.00–565.00	2,146	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	337.83/cwt	320.00–341.00	2,834	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	402.92/cwt	395.00–411.00	2,659	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	604.22/cwt	600.00–605.00	2,054	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	503.52/cwt	495.00–515.00	1,873	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	343.29/cwt	337.50–349.00	2,475	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,711	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	427.17/cwt	423.00–435.00	2,512	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	502	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,623	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,078	247.41/cwt	234.00–261.00	2,667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	542.49/cwt	540.00–565.00	1,844	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	582.96/cwt	570.00–600.00	1,562	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	490.04/cwt	485.00–491.00	2,337	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	372.40/cwt	352.50–387.50	2,342	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	306.34/cwt	302.50–319.00	2,319	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	512.59/cwt	495.00–515.00	2,337	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	329.76/cwt	326.00–331.00	2,899	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,502	2

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 928Last week 1,948Year ago 736

Slaughter CattleReceipts 206Last week 285Year ago 205

Replacement CattleReceipts 133Last week 39Year ago 45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	381	495.00–510.00	501.75
7	450–500	475	412.50–445.00	422.93
7	500–550	538	370.00–400.00	380.70
5	550–600	579	340.00–372.50	353.32
2	600–650	620	330.00–335.00	332.58
5	650–700	683	332.00–337.50	334.25
4	700–750	713	305.00–347.50	323.30
7	800–850	836	242.50	242.50
4	850–900	893	287.50–290.00	288.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	440.00	440.00
5	450–500	478	465.00	465.00
3	500–550	533	427.50	427.50
11	800–850	817	295.00–302.50	297.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	438	542.50	542.50
3	500–550	502	522.50	522.50
11	600–650	628	415.00–420.00	419.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	365	580.00	580.00
6	400–450	438	525.00	525.00
23	450–500	461	527.50–540.00	531.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	268	570.00–600.00	582.96
6	300–350	340	600.00–605.00	604.22
11	350–400	370	535.00–550.00	541.15
3	400–450	428	455.00–470.00	462.41
26	450–500	477	485.00–491.00	490.04
6	500–550	517	482.50–502.50	495.82
52	550–600	588	423.00–435.00	427.17
8	600–650	629	352.50–387.50	372.40
6	650–700	660	395.00–411.00	402.92
66	700–750	737	360.00–378.00	374.01
57	750–800	766	361.00–369.50	366.62
21	800–850	839	320.00–341.00	337.83
12	850–900	879	326.00–331.00	329.76
2	900–950	943	287.50	287.50
2	1050–1100	1,078	234.00–261.00	247.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	560	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	340	540.00–565.00	542.49
24	350–400	372	495.00–515.00	503.52
32	400–450	425	490.00–501.00	498.24
25	450–500	456	495.00–515.00	512.59
8	500–550	521	397.50–415.00	408.72
8	550–600	557	382.50–390.00	389.06
48	600–650	627	367.50–387.25	376.95
17	650–700	672	335.00–354.00	344.84
22	700–750	721	337.50–349.00	343.29
14	750–800	757	302.50–319.00	306.34
2	900–950	918	272.50	272.50
3	950–1000	978	237.50–275.00	257.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	269	515.00	515.00
8	350–400	369	445.00–475.00	458.18
2	450–500	478	455.00	455.00
9	550–600	558	327.50–360.00	344.49
26	600–650	633	305.00–352.50	336.63
12	700–750	718	282.50–295.00	284.67
2	750–800	775	255.00–275.00	265.06
2	950–1000	993	244.00	244.00
2	1050–1100	1,075	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	504	482.50	482.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	950–1000	988	183.00	183.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	365.00	365.00
2	1000–1050	1,028	217.50	217.50
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	733	192.50	192.50
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	160.00	160.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	730	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	382	545.00–565.00	561.68
2	450–500	470	375.00–415.00	394.36
3	550–600	582	372.50	372.50
4	650–700	666	300.00–315.00	305.11

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,270	3,450.00	3,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,460	3,400.00	3,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,085	3,000.00–3,525.00	3,307.26
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	—	1,210	2,450.00–2,800.00	2,768.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	41	—	1,308	2,575.00–3,600.00	3,080.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,385	2,800.00	2,800.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,255	2,750.00	2,750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	1,309	2,750.00–3,600.00	3,252.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,149	1,850.00–2,700.00	2,404.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,370	3,250.00	3,250.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	1,205	2,300.00	2,300.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,158	219.00–257.00	236.31
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,186	190.00–218.00	206.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,708	158.00–166.00	162.09
4	—	1,709	175.00–185.00	179.92
5	—	1,716	169.00–174.00	172.35
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,052	187.00	187.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,188	122.50–156.50	146.66
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,128	166.00–167.50	166.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,601	146.00–170.00	153.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,226	137.50–167.50	157.63
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,226	239.00	239.00
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,699	135.00–140.00	137.64
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,354	169.50	169.50
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,127	230.00	230.00

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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Producers Livestock Auction - Salina, UT

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle