Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2020-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 2.00-5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.29/cwt on 523 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −92.47 against this barn's trailing median of $225.76.

Average price

$133.29

523 head · 659 lb average

Value per head Derived

$879

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$0.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	712	133.65	952	291
Medium and Large 1-2	593	132.84	787	232

One grade step is worth $0.81/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale523 hd

133.29

—

UT average1 barns · 523 hd

133.29

+0.00

This barn, trailing median1 sales

225.76

−92.47

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,779	84.76	1,508	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,590	62.94	1,001	97
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,305	61.06	797	79
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,029	49.55	510	97

Every lot, as filed

62 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	124.50/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,013	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	138.48/cwt	134.00–143.50	921	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	127.22/cwt	124.50–129.00	870	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	158.06/cwt	152.50–169.00	673	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	162.75/cwt	162.00–163.00	841	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	147.51/cwt	145.00–148.00	940	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,103	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,191	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	127.69/cwt	121.00–130.50	996	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	126.98/cwt	120.50–127.75	1,120	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	117.88/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,084	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	133.67/cwt	130.50–134.25	944	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	155.53/cwt	155.00–156.00	583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	149.99/cwt	139.00–154.00	922	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	774	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,087	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	105.03/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,019	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,048	115.25/cwt	114.00–116.50	1,208	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	153.64/cwt	149.00–159.00	873	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	129.14/cwt	125.00–142.50	727	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	155.89/cwt	150.00–167.50	756	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	928	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	114.99/cwt	113.00–117.00	895	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	132.48/cwt	124.00–137.00	825	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	153.86/cwt	141.00–157.00	809	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	39.62/cwt	25.00–54.50	359	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	58.39/cwt	55.00–61.00	671	39
Bulls	—	—	1,760	85.45/cwt	83.50–86.75	1,504	13
Bulls	—	—	1,888	88.52/cwt	87.75–89.75	1,671	10
Bulls	—	—	1,610	75.46/cwt	72.50–79.50	1,215	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	143.00/cwt	139.00–147.50	822	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,157	62.74/cwt	61.25–65.00	726	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,593	62.87/cwt	59.00–65.50	1,002	65
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,627	66.87/cwt	65.75–69.25	1,088	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	57.53/cwt	55.50–58.75	875	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	61.77/cwt	59.00–64.75	812	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	55.77/cwt	46.50–58.75	732	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	154.23/cwt	145.00–164.00	564	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	112.99/cwt	110.00–118.00	862	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	122.94/cwt	119.50–128.00	832	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	135.03/cwt	126.00–139.00	794	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	110.60/cwt	109.00–111.00	917	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	67.54/cwt	66.25–69.00	835	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	120.54/cwt	115.00–130.50	937	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	154.70/cwt	140.00–169.00	656	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	129.92/cwt	120.00–136.50	812	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	159.07/cwt	157.00–161.50	748	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	139.53/cwt	126.00–147.00	735	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	160.38/cwt	145.00–167.50	529	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	142.79/cwt	132.00–146.00	938	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	134.16/cwt	128.00–142.50	639	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	956	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	149.46/cwt	146.75–158.00	882	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	117.49/cwt	117.00–118.00	848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	504	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	121.81/cwt	113.50–126.50	1,065	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	123.50/cwt	119.25–133.00	892	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	161.11/cwt	150.50–169.50	828	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	122.44/cwt	118.00–129.75	994	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	893	2

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.

Utah feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Producers Livestock Auction - Salina, UT

Tue Feb 11, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Salt Lake City, UT (AG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 912Last week 545Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 318Last week 146Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 2.00-5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	814	121.00–127.00	124.50
38	—	665	134.00–143.50	138.48
8	—	517	162.00–163.00	162.75
6	—	637	145.00–148.00	147.51
2	—	1,103	108.00	108.00
35	—	780	121.00–130.50	127.69
25	—	882	120.50–127.75	126.98
14	—	920	115.00–124.00	117.88
13	—	706	130.50–134.25	133.67
4	—	1,048	114.00–116.50	115.25
22	—	568	149.00–159.00	153.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	160.00	160.00
7	—	684	124.50–129.00	127.22
16	—	426	152.50–169.00	158.06
2	—	375	155.00–156.00	155.53
7	—	563	125.00–142.50	129.14
4	—	485	150.00–167.50	155.89
2	—	825	112.50	112.50
2	—	778	113.00–117.00	114.99
13	—	623	124.00–137.00	132.48
13	—	526	141.00–157.00	153.86
2	—	738	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	615	139.00–154.00	149.99
7	—	373	207.50	207.50
1	—	1,055	103.00	103.00
2	—	970	100.00–110.00	105.03
93	—	777	115.00–130.50	120.54
30	—	470	157.00–161.50	159.07
13	—	657	132.00–146.00	142.79
6	—	590	146.75–158.00	149.46
2	—	405	200.00	200.00
1	—	1,105	112.00	112.00
50	—	874	113.50–126.50	121.81
32	—	722	119.25–133.00	123.50
26	—	514	150.50–169.50	161.11
20	—	812	118.00–129.75	122.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	366	145.00–164.00	154.23
4	—	763	110.00–118.00	112.99
79	—	677	119.50–128.00	122.94
29	—	588	126.00–139.00	135.03
15	—	829	109.00–111.00	110.60
20	—	424	140.00–169.00	154.70
19	—	625	120.00–136.50	129.92
15	—	527	126.00–147.00	139.53
15	—	330	145.00–167.50	160.38
11	—	476	128.00–142.50	134.16
6	—	869	110.00	110.00
3	—	722	117.00–118.00	117.49
3	—	288	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	575	139.00–147.50	143.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	905	25.00–54.50	39.62
39	—	1,150	55.00–61.00	58.39
10	—	1,157	61.25–65.00	62.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,593	59.00–65.50	62.87
19	—	1,627	65.75–69.25	66.87
13	—	1,521	55.50–58.75	57.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,315	59.00–64.75	61.77
19	—	1,313	46.50–58.75	55.77
10	—	1,237	66.25–69.00	67.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,760	83.50–86.75	85.45
10	—	1,888	87.75–89.75	88.52
5	—	1,610	72.50–79.50	75.46

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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