Producers Livestock Auction Market Report

Salina, Utah · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 12, 2024

1,124 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $219.66/cwt -7.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,815/hd at 826 lb · 86 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $281.86/cwt -3.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,742/hd at 618 lb · 52 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $305.72/cwt +8.23 vs last sale · ≈ $1,711/hd at 560 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,124	724	1,076
Feeder cattle	913	568	828
Slaughter cattle	161	141	248
Replacement cattle	50	15	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers weighing 500-550 lbs sold 3.75 higher, while those weighing 550-750 lbs sold steady to 7.50 lower. Feeder heifers weighing 450-650 lbs sold 2.75 to 5.75 lower. Average dress slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. 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
345	345	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,225	—
363–371	369	7	357.00–362.50	$358.55	$1,323	—
400–427	414	6	335.00–345.00	$339.84	$1,407	-15.58
475	475	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,591	+15.00
506	506	5	320.00	$320.00	$1,619	+1.36
550–588	577	17	300.00–312.50	$305.34	$1,762	+0.90
633–646	642	9	275.00–277.50	$276.68	$1,776	-13.81
660–683	676	6	260.00–270.00	$266.69	$1,803	+1.69
713–740	722	7	240.00–249.00	$244.56	$1,766	-3.68
763–780	772	4	235.00–237.50	$236.24	$1,824	-1.71
820	820	24	204.00	$204.00	$1,673	-23.52
800–831	829	62	225.00–226.00	$225.72	$1,871	-1.80
850–870	858	40	212.50–224.25	$221.55	$1,901	+1.43
994	994	5	197.00	$197.00	$1,958	—
1023	1023	11	195.00	$195.00	$1,995	-10.00
1050	1050	1	191.00	$191.00	$2,006	-4.00
1268	1268	2	182.50	$182.50	$2,314	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
464–470	467	15	345.00–350.00	$347.35	$1,622	—
519–535	524	25	325.00–330.00	$328.70	$1,722	+3.70
555–575	563	18	320.00–326.00	$320.66	$1,805	-0.80
655	655	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,818	-7.50
702	702	7	260.00	$260.00	$1,825	-1.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	4	360.00	$360.00	$990	—
378–393	388	9	325.00–340.00	$329.87	$1,280	—
515	515	9	300.00–310.00	$308.89	$1,591	+13.89
575–595	588	3	270.00–295.00	$278.14	$1,635	-11.86
758	758	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,668	+20.00
836	836	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,839	—
854–890	866	6	202.50–210.00	$207.43	$1,796	—
932	932	12	193.00	$193.00	$1,799	—
1080–1085	1083	2	179.00–182.50	$180.75	$1,958	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,352	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–421	417	8	325.00–332.50	$326.81	$1,363	+4.31
468–474	472	10	307.50–310.00	$308.24	$1,455	-5.76
555–580	558	24	287.50–297.50	$294.54	$1,644	-2.95
562 fancy	562	16	322.50	$322.50	$1,812	—
609–622	618	52	280.00–287.50	$281.86	$1,742	-3.14
908	908	13	191.00	$191.00	$1,734	—
959–985	961	11	183.00–190.50	$189.80	$1,824	—
1050–1083	1070	6	167.50–180.00	$175.25	$1,875	—
1135–1143	1140	3	171.00–182.00	$178.35	$2,033	—
1220	1220	1	185.00	$185.00	$2,257	—
1315	1315	1	178.00	$178.00	$2,341	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–277	274	4	355.00–365.00	$357.42	$979	+22.42
342–348	345	6	330.00–340.00	$335.04	$1,156	+5.04
358–363	362	7	335.00–342.50	$337.12	$1,220	+9.56
520–543	541	23	280.00–290.00	$285.88	$1,547	-11.40
610–645	620	14	260.00–275.00	$266.93	$1,655	+2.95
714–734	726	12	232.50–235.00	$234.20	$1,700	+1.20
750–777	775	15	217.00–220.00	$217.19	$1,683	-0.31
808–847	844	31	210.00–212.50	$210.15	$1,774	-1.39
930	930	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,683	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,069	—
425–448	444	17	282.50–289.00	$284.94	$1,265	-10.06
457–495	472	5	255.00	$255.00	$1,204	-35.69
520	520	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,274	-20.00
590	590	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,504	—
669–680	677	16	220.00–235.00	$230.97	$1,564	—
705–738	736	16	222.50–223.00	$222.97	$1,641	+0.47
773	773	4	202.50	$202.50	$1,565	-14.50
805–820	809	10	177.50–197.50	$184.02	$1,489	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	2	345.00	$345.00	$1,235	—
488–495	490	4	310.00–320.00	$312.53	$1,531	—
870	870	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,653	—
950	950	2	176.00–177.00	$176.50	$1,677	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,581	—
865	865	5	205.00	$205.00	$1,773	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	2	245.00–247.50	$246.25	$1,601	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1600	1347	80-85%	22	110.00–120.00	$116.45	$1,569	-17.55
1280–1420	1357	80-85%	3	149.00–165.00	$159.42	$2,163	—
1228–1465	1367	80-85%	5	102.50–105.00	$103.40	$1,413	—
1222–1590	1409	80-85%	23	122.00–139.00	$127.09	$1,791	+57.09

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630–1153	898	85-90%	9	77.50–98.00	$94.15	$845	—
900–1030	965	85-90%	2	160.00–177.50	$169.34	$1,634	—
845–1195	1081	85-90%	20	102.00–117.00	$109.98	$1,189	-4.02
1070–1163	1138	85-90%	14	119.00–132.50	$124.51	$1,417	+8.03

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1633–1775	1702	75-80%	11	122.00–134.00	$127.18	$2,165	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1054	1054	4	179.00	$179.00	$1,887	—
1050–1385	1213	4	157.50–162.50	$159.67	$1,937	—
1185–1850	1566	6	112.50–130.00	$125.11	$1,959	—
1545–2440	1902	20	133.00–145.00	$142.27	$2,706	—
1515–2855	2008	18	147.00–155.00	$149.23	$2,997	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
953–1260	1117	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	1,500.00–1,850.00	$1,644.93
1215	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1385	1216	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	1,900.00–2,175.00	$1,996.66
1365	1365	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1160	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1430	1430	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	6	180.00	$180.00	$607	—
408	408	6	172.50	$172.50	$704	—
575	575	1	160.00	$160.00	$920	—
786	786	7	162.50	$162.50	$1,277	—
1780	1780	3	136.00	$136.00	$2,421	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
743	743	10	168.00	$168.00	$1,248	—
840	840	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,386	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	4	185.00	$185.00	$875	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479	479	4	112.50	$112.50	$539	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
668	668	2	135.00	$135.00	$902	—

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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.