Producers Livestock Auction Market Report

Salina, Utah · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 14, 2023

3,042 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $229.35/cwt +1.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,209/hd at 527 lb · 138 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $227.18/cwt -7.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,313/hd at 578 lb · 133 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $236.16/cwt -6.59 vs last sale · ≈ $1,448/hd at 613 lb · 131 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,042	3,147	2,764
Feeder cattle	2,625	2,721	2,156
Slaughter cattle	394	413	608
Replacement cattle	23	13	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold mostly 3.00 to 7.00 lower and steers over 600 lbs sold 2.50 lower and limited comparisons. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 7.50 to sharply lower and heifers over 600 lbs sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 8.00 lower. The next available report will occur as receipts warrant.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	335	3	325.00–355.00	$343.76	$1,152	-37.79
361	361	27	270.00	$270.00	$975	-57.07
355–398	370	23	315.00–325.00	$318.27	$1,178	-8.80
453–490	467	24	282.50–295.00	$290.46	$1,356	—
469	469	37	245.00	$245.00	$1,149	—
509–543	521	101	275.00–288.00	$284.94	$1,485	+62.96
541	541	17	230.00	$230.00	$1,244	-44.85
555–592	578	74	243.00–253.00	$246.46	$1,425	-5.97
600–649	613	131	232.00–240.00	$236.16	$1,448	+25.53
652–690	675	84	231.00–239.00	$236.19	$1,594	-0.81
704–734	721	27	223.00–230.00	$225.96	$1,629	-0.98
807–833	818	59	217.00–222.00	$220.04	$1,800	+3.95
868–891	878	11	215.00–220.00	$217.31	$1,908	+3.91
1045	1045	10	203.50	$203.50	$2,127	—
1050	1050	2	199.00	$199.00	$2,090	—
1310	1310	1	172.50	$172.50	$2,260	—
1405	1405	1	167.50	$167.50	$2,353	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311	311	7	360.00	$360.00	$1,120	-43.36
315 fancy	315	2	395.00	$395.00	$1,244	-33.10
379–385	380	5	370.00–375.00	$371.01	$1,410	-5.07
400–440	431	9	330.00–340.00	$332.06	$1,431	-7.24
455	455	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,410	+2.51
459–485	461	16	322.50–340.00	$338.85	$1,562	+31.36
500–524	512	34	290.00–302.50	$291.54	$1,493	-3.44
550–588	569	26	268.00–283.00	$270.59	$1,540	-8.83
601–615	610	39	250.00	$250.00	$1,525	-2.50
611–645 unweaned	625	72	241.00–243.00	$241.60	$1,510	—
652–661 unweaned	659	34	240.00	$240.00	$1,582	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268	268	6	340.00	$340.00	$911	-11.98
351–383	372	24	290.00–315.00	$298.55	$1,111	-0.62
400–440	429	14	285.00–305.00	$295.49	$1,268	+18.84
490	490	2	255.00–260.00	$257.50	$1,262	+0.61
500–545	521	24	247.50–267.50	$262.86	$1,370	+10.86
555–590	570	51	230.00–240.00	$237.08	$1,351	+3.10
650–697	691	36	225.00–229.50	$227.62	$1,573	+7.31
710–715	711	32	216.00–219.00	$218.28	$1,552	+1.18
759–790	767	19	211.00–216.00	$212.35	$1,629	+6.14

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	2	300.00	$300.00	$879	-21.41
300–323	313	22	285.00–295.00	$289.99	$908	-42.26
314	314	18	255.00	$255.00	$801	-77.25
365–383	381	14	285.00–295.00	$292.17	$1,113	-28.87
400–435	416	17	255.00–275.00	$271.69	$1,130	-16.86
428	428	10	210.00	$210.00	$899	-78.55
452–497	489	52	235.00–245.00	$239.61	$1,172	-30.23
503–549	527	138	219.00–237.50	$229.35	$1,209	-5.32
557–597	578	133	220.00–229.00	$227.18	$1,313	-7.00
664–693	680	16	209.00–210.00	$209.49	$1,425	-10.12
716–742	722	26	202.00–214.00	$211.11	$1,524	-1.89
743	743	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,375	-28.00
780–788	786	4	200.00–202.50	$200.62	$1,577	-11.88
800	800	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,680	+49.50
913–930	915	11	200.00–203.00	$202.72	$1,855	+20.22
955–990	973	2	185.00–198.00	$191.38	$1,862	+1.38
1125	1125	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,912	+2.50
1214–1245	1220	5	135.00–146.00	$143.76	$1,754	-14.49

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–345	333	9	305.00–310.00	$307.30	$1,023	-77.70
358	358	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,074	-65.00
405–447	428	56	280.00–300.00	$292.87	$1,253	-7.74
453–480	472	59	255.00–281.00	$266.81	$1,259	-18.95
513	513	3	255.00	$255.00	$1,308	-22.50
555–593	565	48	230.00–238.00	$237.47	$1,342	—
600–645	626	23	225.00–235.00	$229.77	$1,438	—
655–671	664	40	215.00–223.00	$219.37	$1,457	-22.63
800	800	1	214.00	$214.00	$1,712	-1.00
920	920	5	209.00–210.00	$209.80	$1,930	+4.80
1040	1040	1	197.50	$197.50	$2,054	—
1050	1050	1	207.50	$207.50	$2,179	+17.50
1275	1275	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,912	—
1450	1450	1	150.00	$150.00	$2,175	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	338	3	265.00–270.00	$268.40	$907	-30.72
365–398	385	5	265.00–275.00	$268.79	$1,035	-18.54
429–443	431	18	225.00–240.00	$227.27	$980	-45.20
440–442	442	50	135.00–140.00	$135.10	$597	-137.37
493	493	4	225.00	$225.00	$1,109	-7.19
525–535	532	8	215.00–220.00	$219.37	$1,167	-7.56
563–595	574	14	200.00–219.00	$205.95	$1,182	-18.91
607	607	3	202.50	$202.50	$1,229	-11.53
675–695	680	4	197.50–202.50	$200.60	$1,364	-6.13
775	775	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,531	+0.77
820	820	1	197.00	$197.00	$1,615	—
875	875	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,575	—
1055–1095	1066	4	135.00–152.00	$140.61	$1,499	-13.39
1120	1120	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,568	-10.25
1150	1150	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,438	-22.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	335.00	$335.00	$938	—
395	395	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,244	-55.00
428–430	429	3	265.00–280.00	$274.98	$1,180	-45.02
453–478	466	7	220.00–250.00	$233.21	$1,087	—
530	530	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,166	—
600–630	620	3	192.50–195.00	$194.19	$1,204	—
660–678	672	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,277	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	3	375.00	$375.00	$1,369	-35.00
420	420	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,365	—
450–480	460	9	260.00–280.00	$262.22	$1,206	—
578	578	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,272	—
685	685	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,507	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	290.00	$290.00	$914	-30.00
410	410	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,046	-44.00
544	544	5	190.00	$190.00	$1,034	—
568	568	2	165.00	$165.00	$937	—
690	690	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,173	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235	1235	80-85%	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,482	—
1230–1325	1265	80-85%	6	65.00–72.00	$69.71	$882	—
1218–1535	1316	80-85%	6	101.00–107.00	$104.89	$1,380	-15.29
1220–1700	1330	80-85%	50	76.00–86.75	$83.10	$1,105	-37.08
1222–1690	1367	80-85%	141	87.00–97.50	$89.79	$1,227	-0.95

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665–1200	915	85-90%	8	40.00–67.00	$50.60	$463	—
950–1005	978	85-90%	5	110.00–135.00	$129.02	$1,262	+71.02
530–1215	995	85-90%	36	70.00–82.50	$75.90	$755	+17.90
945–1190	1121	85-90%	4	95.00–100.00	$96.71	$1,084	+8.49
980–1205	1123	85-90%	80	83.00–94.00	$87.59	$984	-0.63

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1810	1810	75-80%	1	125.00	$125.00	$2,262	—
1780–1958	1868	75-80%	5	82.75–93.00	$88.39	$1,651	—
1905	1905	75-80%	1	75.50	$75.50	$1,438	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065	1065	1	190.00	$190.00	$2,024	—
1000–1650	1314	5	127.00–140.00	$133.26	$1,751	-5.62
1073–2060	1710	22	87.50–106.00	$101.38	$1,734	—
1320–2275	1759	20	107.50–120.00	$112.60	$1,981	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1115–1235	1171	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	125.00–139.00	$131.00	$1,534
1185–1215	1200	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	158.00–177.00	$167.38	$2,009

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1113–1145	1124	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	199.50–200.00	$199.67	$2,244
1025–1680	1388	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	140.00–150.00	$146.53	$2,034

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
960–1305	1108	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	110.00–120.00	$115.39	$1,279

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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.