Producers Livestock Auction Market Report

Salina, Utah · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 13, 2022

1,526 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $193.21/cwt +3.72 vs last sale · ≈ $1,099/hd at 569 lb · 87 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $183.65/cwt +2.87 vs last sale · ≈ $1,164/hd at 634 lb · 85 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $173.23/cwt -0.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,247/hd at 720 lb · 67 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,526	1,428	1,325
Feeder cattle	1,110	1,098	1,020
Slaughter cattle	274	330	305
Replacement cattle	142	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs traded steady to 11.00 higher, while those over 600 lbs traded steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs traded 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers between 550 to 700 lbs traded 1.00 to 4.00 lower and those weighing over 700 lbs traded mostly 2.00 to 10.75 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 6.75 higher and slaughter bulls traded 5.25 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	386	8	225.00–250.00	$231.03	$892	+11.34
400–435	407	16	207.50–225.00	$220.37	$897	+10.32
450–473	461	18	195.00–210.00	$200.55	$925	-1.95
500–549	511	47	187.00–202.00	$196.66	$1,005	+4.70
557–583	569	87	186.00–198.00	$193.21	$1,099	+3.72
602–648	634	85	181.00–189.00	$183.65	$1,164	+2.87
650–670	662	54	175.00–182.00	$179.90	$1,191	+4.36
705–734	720	67	168.00–180.00	$173.23	$1,247	-0.08
750–790	761	65	164.50–174.75	$168.94	$1,286	-0.14
800–823	810	18	161.50–172.50	$166.26	$1,347	+0.11
853–880	859	6	153.00–155.00	$154.25	$1,325	—
931–933	931	9	146.00–147.50	$146.33	$1,362	—
1025 fancy	1025	12	155.50	$155.50	$1,594	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–280	270	2	230.00	$230.00	$621	+9.91
305	305	1	210.00	$210.00	$640	-7.64
350–385	367	6	202.50–215.00	$210.82	$774	+3.25
400–447	440	12	190.00–198.00	$196.09	$863	+2.00
460–490	480	5	185.00–192.50	$186.98	$898	-8.55
509–540	521	15	180.00–189.00	$184.19	$960	+2.26
551–580	555	18	181.00–185.00	$183.96	$1,021	+9.36
615–645	630	2	175.00–176.00	$175.51	$1,106	+10.51
669–695	676	11	169.00–175.00	$171.53	$1,160	+5.52
700–748	736	13	157.00–167.00	$159.90	$1,177	+43.90
760–784	775	8	152.50–162.00	$155.99	$1,209	+0.99
920	920	1	134.50	$134.50	$1,237	-8.50
950	950	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,235	—
1000	1000	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,220	—
1070	1070	2	112.50	$112.50	$1,204	-7.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–393	373	5	180.00–185.00	$183.07	$683	—
525–545	539	4	165.00–172.50	$168.09	$906	+2.69
553–580	566	6	160.00–170.00	$164.63	$932	+0.62
615	615	1	152.50	$152.50	$938	—
735	735	3	130.00	$130.00	$956	—
820	820	3	146.00	$146.00	$1,197	—
879	879	4	131.00	$131.00	$1,151	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	190.00	$190.00	$522	-2.01
345	345	1	190.00	$190.00	$656	+5.11
363	363	4	142.50	$142.50	$517	-30.98
360–397	378	8	180.00–187.50	$182.85	$691	+9.37
417–448	426	27	174.00–182.50	$177.85	$758	+9.02
455–499	492	6	170.00–175.00	$174.23	$857	+7.17
500–543	515	41	165.00–172.50	$170.13	$876	+5.13
555–590	575	51	162.50–169.00	$168.27	$968	+3.76
610–648	620	16	159.00–168.00	$164.33	$1,019	+5.54
660–681	671	21	155.00–159.00	$157.41	$1,056	+0.70
703	703	28	150.00	$150.00	$1,054	-1.74
775–780	778	2	156.00–159.00	$157.50	$1,225	+8.50
805	805	1	147.50	$147.50	$1,187	—
860	860	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,127	—
1000–1033	1015	5	122.00–126.50	$123.83	$1,257	—
1150	1150	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,265	+3.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–373	368	6	194.00–208.00	$201.10	$740	+9.86
410–440	422	20	182.00–189.00	$184.73	$780	+9.73
450	450	2	180.00–185.00	$182.50	$821	—
500–509	501	33	178.00–180.00	$179.69	$900	+4.00
565–589	576	15	170.50–173.00	$171.68	$989	-4.32
600–638	622	46	165.00–172.00	$167.93	$1,045	-1.12
656–694	680	16	162.50–169.00	$164.85	$1,121	-4.40
703–723	714	7	160.00–167.00	$161.01	$1,150	+2.62
808–830	815	3	158.00–160.25	$158.76	$1,294	+10.76
853	853	2	149.00	$149.00	$1,271	—
914	914	9	136.50	$136.50	$1,248	—
985	985	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,404	-10.00
1042	1042	3	135.50	$135.50	$1,412	—
1095	1095	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,451	+6.49
1145	1145	2	130.00–138.00	$134.00	$1,534	+2.50
1153	1153	6	143.00	$143.00	$1,649	+13.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	175.00	$175.00	$429	—
330	330	2	182.50	$182.50	$602	+16.30
360–390	382	8	160.00–175.00	$168.04	$642	+8.25
490	490	1	165.00	$165.00	$808	+12.82
504–545	518	16	142.00–162.50	$152.45	$790	+6.00
575–585	578	3	140.00–157.50	$151.60	$876	+9.61
624	624	4	152.50	$152.50	$952	—
680–685	682	3	147.50–152.00	$150.49	$1,026	+14.88
743	743	4	135.00	$135.00	$1,003	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	5	164.00	$164.00	$968	+1.00
600–625	604	6	152.50–155.00	$154.57	$934	-10.43
680	680	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,037	-12.50
865	865	1	122.50	$122.50	$1,060	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278–280	279	3	235.00	$235.00	$656	—
350	350	1	220.00	$220.00	$770	—
415	415	1	215.00	$215.00	$892	—
880–885	883	2	131.50–138.50	$135.01	$1,192	—
915–935	925	2	122.00–127.50	$124.72	$1,154	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1530	1318	80-85%	9	57.00–69.50	$66.14	$872	+1.42
1200–1575	1336	80-85%	75	70.00–79.50	$75.81	$1,013	+11.09
1363–1505	1421	80-85%	26	81.50–86.25	$83.36	$1,185	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–960	894	85-90%	4	54.00–55.00	$54.79	$490	+32.79
850–1195	1067	85-90%	30	70.50–82.50	$74.68	$797	+0.67
850–1175	1081	85-90%	15	62.50–69.50	$66.69	$721	-7.32

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1585–1700	1646	75-80%	5	83.00–87.75	$86.15	$1,418	—
1675–1820	1731	75-80%	4	68.75–74.25	$71.31	$1,234	-8.03

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1530	1530	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,515	+23.22
1135–1885	1579	4	78.00–87.50	$85.07	$1,343	—
1230–2285	1890	15	88.00–95.00	$91.49	$1,729	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1169–1278	1213	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	1,550.00–1,725.00	$1,651.22
1211–1298	1240	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,375.00–1,450.00	$1,423.84
985–1403	1256	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	23	1,325.00–1,450.00	$1,368.58
1175–1430	1262	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	19	1,150.00–1,325.00	$1,257.10
1201–1301	1265	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	935.00–1,025.00	$988.11
1293	1293	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,125.00	$1,125.00
1225–1560	1336	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,225.00–1,435.00	$1,384.93

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–1358	1199	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	13	825.00–1,050.00	$947.86

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	72.50	$72.50	$758
870–1325	1198	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	62.50–76.00	$73.77	$884

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1452–1565	1495	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	84.00–86.25	$85.02	$1,271

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.