Sale reports / Utah / Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT / 2026-06-16

Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Jun 16
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
402 head
73 vs last sale 475 82 vs year ago 484 · 16.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
392 head
5 vs last sale 387 73 vs year ago 319 · +22.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
60 vs last sale 141 53 vs year ago 28 · +189.3%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle sold unevenly steady with few comparables, on calves and yearlings. With Boning and lean slaughter cows selling 1.00 to 3.00 higher, with breaker cows selling steady. While slaughter bulls sold steady on a light test. Trade was active with a good demand and a moderate supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $397.00/cwt on 10 head, up $19.10 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 29 comparable sales and sits 11.28 against this barn's trailing median of $408.28.
Average price
$397.00
19.10 vs prior sale
10 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,134
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$304
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$70.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.47
vs UT average
14.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530425.002,2536thin
Medium and Large 2549355.001,9494thin
One grade step is worth $70.00/cwt here — about $304 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale10 hd
397.00
UT average3 barns · 32 hd
390.53
+6.47
National average169 barns · 9,451 hd
411.50
−14.50
This barn, trailing median29 sales
408.28
−11.28
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
BullsHigh1,686217.663,67151
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,267186.742,367187
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,167181.112,11470
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,612179.742,89766
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,181142.401,68212
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,855141.002,6161thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,315238.533,1372thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,431$3,91845

Every lot, as filed

65 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
SteersMedium and Large 11000–10501,025230.05/cwt225.00–235.002,3582
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250237715.00/cwt715.00–715.001,6956
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350348615.00/cwt615.00–615.002,1405
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500484512.56/cwt490.00–520.002,4814
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550500435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,1753
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900883285.06/cwt277.50–292.502,5173
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed250–300282605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,7065
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550517473.63/cwt470.00–485.002,4494
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700675345.03/cwt340.00–355.002,3293
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500455480.25/cwt477.50–490.002,1859
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350310502.46/cwt500.00–505.001,5582
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850818349.30/cwt340.00–359.002,8576
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600563412.44/cwt400.00–425.002,3222
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750720326.84/cwt318.00–335.002,35382
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000961277.12/cwt262.50–283.002,6637
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy300–350308700.00/cwt700.00–700.002,1562
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650623366.14/cwt357.50–385.002,28124
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000958291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,7884
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700673355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3894
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450400490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,9602
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250248620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,5383
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450441529.73/cwt510.00–550.002,3366
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900853339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,8922
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650643335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1542
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550548400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1922
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy700–750720373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,6862
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,612179.74/cwt175.00–183.502,89766
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,111202.02/cwt195.00–223.002,24417
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,855141.00/cwt141.00–141.002,6161
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,222187.66/cwt186.00–190.002,29329
BullsHeavy Weight2,595216.00/cwt216.00–216.005,6051
CowsLean 85-90%960156.47/cwt151.00–161.001,5022
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400378557.45/cwt550.00–565.002,1072
SteersMedium and Large 11050–11001,073279.83/cwt279.00–280.003,0036
HeifersMedium and Large 11050–11001,050231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,4262
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650638396.93/cwt392.50–407.002,53211
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400379602.06/cwt595.00–605.002,2825
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450413559.70/cwt550.00–570.002,3122
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300275522.68/cwt520.00–525.001,4372
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300278734.74/cwt732.50–740.002,04310
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300270587.64/cwt575.00–600.001,5875
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650630353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,2245
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 21050–11001,091216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,35719
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650623345.32/cwt335.00–353.002,1515
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550505362.50/cwt355.00–370.001,8312
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600553384.98/cwt380.00–390.002,1292
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950930267.78/cwt265.00–285.002,4907
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600560415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,3243
SteersMedium and Large 21000–10501,033275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,8412
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800777285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2143
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250238412.58/cwt410.00–415.009822
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600593347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,0612
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750720337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,42633
Bulls1,903217.05/cwt213.50–220.004,13021
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4093,905.15/head3,100.00–4,300.003,90515
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4423,923.96/head3,600.00–4,350.003,92430
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2975259.85/cwt250.00–262.002,53430
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,276208.16/cwt204.00–215.002,6564
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300269702.50/cwt702.50–702.501,8904
SteersChoice1,315238.53/cwt235.00–242.003,1372
BullsReturn to Feed1,310224.88/cwt195.00–243.002,94616
CowsBoner 80-85%1,283185.21/cwt174.50–194.002,376170
CowsLean 85-90%1,137177.51/cwt164.50–187.002,01839
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,181142.40/cwt131.00–147.001,68212
Bulls1,730209.90/cwt197.00–213.503,63113

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.