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Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Oct 20
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,081 head
▲ 505 vs last sale 1,576▼ 947 vs year ago 3,028 · −31.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
277 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 315▼ 236 vs year ago 513 · −46.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 29▼ 10 vs year ago 47 · −21.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last report, feeder steers sold unevenly steady, with heifers selling 16.00 to 23.00 higher, while 400lbs to 500lbs heifer sold sharply higher. With slaughter cows selling steady to 4.00 lower, and slaughter bulls selling steady to 3.00 lower on a light test. Trade was active, with a good demand, and a heavy supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $424.06/cwt on 385 head, up $3.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 30 comparable sales and sits −1.67 against this barn's trailing median of $425.73.
Average price
$424.06
▲ 3.67 vs prior sale
385 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,350
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$398
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$70.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.99
vs UT average
−15.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552430.162,375297
Medium and Large 1-2564410.812,31632
Medium and Large 2561403.972,26550
Medium 1549360.001,9766thin
One grade step is worth $70.16/cwt here — about $398 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale385 hd
424.06
—
UT average3 barns · 477 hd
425.05
−0.99
National average183 barns · 33,329 hd
439.27
−15.21
This barn, trailing median30 sales
425.73
−1.67
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
523469416363median 425.7302/2404/1406/3009/0810/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $508.64, low $376.63, median $425.73 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Bulls—High1,822165.333,01227
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,345151.542,039107
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,596144.142,30020
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,222133.491,63147
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,454178.652,5977thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,314217.182,8545thin

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 Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,050$3,0501thin

Every lot, as filed

104 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1248590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,4633
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2260450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1702
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2278560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,5576
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285602.24/cwt595.00–610.001,7162
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1334556.89/cwt550.00–570.001,8603
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340542.50/cwt530.00–555.001,8452
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed367565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,0746
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375469.31/cwt465.00–500.001,76012
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385539.45/cwt520.00–550.002,0779
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed423535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,2636
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425486.93/cwt475.00–502.502,06936
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy433522.11/cwt520.00–530.002,26119
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435442.29/cwt435.00–465.001,92410
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy459507.09/cwt505.00–507.502,3286
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed460510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,3468
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471481.98/cwt470.00–495.002,27028
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475450.61/cwt450.00–452.502,14012
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480420.89/cwt385.00–445.002,02035
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed509460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,3417
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527421.90/cwt415.00–427.502,22321
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530438.18/cwt430.00–455.002,322104
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2549428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,3507
Steers500–550Medium 1549360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9766
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566424.56/cwt410.00–435.002,403186
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,30625
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585390.99/cwt360.00–405.002,28729
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616398.96/cwt384.00–409.002,458172
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2621345.83/cwt327.50–376.002,14819
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2653385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,5144
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669366.67/cwt315.00–370.002,45378
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2673295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9852
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720344.07/cwt327.50–351.502,47748
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763344.91/cwt342.50–348.002,63229
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2828210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7392
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875329.91/cwt325.00–335.002,8872
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905314.50/cwt312.50–315.002,8465
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,069268.86/cwt268.00–270.002,8747
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed255600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,5302
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270538.55/cwt530.00–560.001,4545
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2293492.44/cwt485.00–500.001,4432
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed318555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,7654
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330487.92/cwt460.00–515.001,6106
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340510.07/cwt505.00–515.001,7342
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368441.79/cwt390.00–470.001,6267
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed370575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,1287
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370536.93/cwt525.00–540.001,98740
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376495.22/cwt485.00–505.001,86222
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421486.30/cwt475.00–492.502,04732
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2434421.84/cwt390.00–450.001,83126
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,01010
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473436.03/cwt422.50–445.002,06258
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482393.86/cwt385.00–405.001,89815
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed484462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,2394
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0218
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed517442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,28837
Heifers500–550Medium 1527330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7393
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528405.16/cwt392.50–422.002,13981
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532373.75/cwt363.00–390.001,98841
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544355.50/cwt350.00–357.501,9345
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy558400.95/cwt400.00–407.502,23717
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572383.04/cwt370.00–395.002,191100
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578359.42/cwt350.00–367.502,07712
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616358.53/cwt337.50–367.502,20953
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1677324.98/cwt315.00–330.002,2006
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2683300.84/cwt300.00–302.502,0553
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1706322.00/cwt305.00–331.002,2735
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1814315.45/cwt314.00–320.002,56825
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1892295.05/cwt280.00–305.002,6325
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,079245.81/cwt239.00–252.502,65214
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,135225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,5544
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265595.00/cwt595.00–595.001,5772
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1381560.92/cwt560.00–565.002,1375
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480412.58/cwt405.00–420.001,9802
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1501460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,3054
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568325.40/cwt295.00–355.001,8482
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725312.53/cwt296.00–330.002,2662
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 11,068232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,4782
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers350–400Medium and Large 2387370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4323
Beef/Dairy Steers400–450Medium and Large 2404310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2524
Beef/Dairy Steers650–700Medium and Large 2654165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0795
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers1200–1250Medium and Large 21,210189.50/cwt189.50–189.502,2935
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,314217.18/cwt207.50–223.502,8545
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,351191.95/cwt174.00–237.502,5934
Bulls——1,778146.34/cwt137.50–154.002,6026
Bulls——1,889165.88/cwt155.00–174.503,13315
Bulls——2,275185.00/cwt185.00–185.004,2091
Bulls——Heavy Weight2,505145.00/cwt145.00–145.003,6321
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,114162.78/cwt159.00–172.501,8137
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,219130.40/cwt129.00–131.001,5904
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,234187.30/cwt173.00–195.002,3115
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,237145.35/cwt130.00–159.001,79822
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,245107.61/cwt95.00–117.501,34018
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,356150.58/cwt139.00–167.002,04298
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,569145.33/cwt138.50–152.502,28019
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Heavy Weight2,100121.50/cwt121.50–121.502,5521
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,328186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,4702
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,504175.71/cwt157.50–180.002,6435
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,152202.89/cwt180.00–230.002,33710
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,256245.00/cwt245.00–245.003,0775
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,500151.00/cwt151.00–151.002,2651
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,520155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,3561
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,590145.25/cwt145.25–145.252,3096
Replacement Cattle · Open Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Open Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,154238.20/cwt195.00–250.002,7494
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0503,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501

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.