Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2020-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Cattle sold mostly steady to 6.00 lower. Slaughter Cattle sold steady to mostly 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.32/cwt on 350 head.

Average price

$143.32

350 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$321

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

$6.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.71

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	569	143.83	819	321
Medium and Large 2	362	137.65	498	29

One grade step is worth $6.18/cwt here — about $321 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 sale350 hd

143.32

—

UT average3 barns · 454 hd

141.61

+1.71

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	1,772	76.47	1,355	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,221	56.81	694	67
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,549	56.23	871	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,059	53.93	571	43

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	138.30/cwt	123.00–148.50	577	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	161.05/cwt	142.50–174.00	424	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	137.83/cwt	133.00–139.25	638	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	129.83/cwt	128.50–130.50	783	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	58.76/cwt	57.25–60.50	680	31
Bulls	—	—	1,959	79.71/cwt	78.00–81.75	1,562	6
Bulls	—	—	1,585	73.23/cwt	71.00–74.50	1,161	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	48.64/cwt	42.50–49.50	476	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,561	56.69/cwt	54.00–58.50	885	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,474	53.22/cwt	51.50–53.75	784	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	55.52/cwt	52.50–57.75	705	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	55.82/cwt	55.25–57.00	609	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	48.39/cwt	46.50–50.25	664	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	53.84/cwt	52.25–54.75	566	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	186.52/cwt	171.00–190.00	621	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	147.57/cwt	132.50–156.00	708	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	127.78/cwt	126.50–131.00	974	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	138.42/cwt	123.00–141.50	997	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	924	118.23/cwt	112.00–119.50	1,092	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	127.93/cwt	121.00–130.75	1,052	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	125.33/cwt	119.00–137.50	478	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	128.30/cwt	124.00–132.00	852	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	137.74/cwt	127.00–144.00	788	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	155.11/cwt	145.00–156.00	518	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	118.33/cwt	118.00–118.50	1,021	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	135.16/cwt	129.00–139.50	846	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	151.94/cwt	137.50–169.00	646	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	173.82/cwt	162.50–180.00	645	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	139.58/cwt	126.00–147.50	737	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	136.27/cwt	125.00–150.00	506	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	119.04/cwt	116.00–122.00	700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	122.55/cwt	121.50–127.00	904	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	114.65/cwt	100.00–127.50	307	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	129.66/cwt	117.00–135.00	677	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	127.46/cwt	124.50–131.50	729	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	118.10/cwt	112.50–124.00	915	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	143.01/cwt	136.00–152.00	473	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	961	87.44/cwt	80.00–92.00	840	7

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 Sep 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 591Last week 699Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 219Last week 261Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Feeder Cattle sold mostly steady to 6.00 lower. Slaughter Cattle sold steady to mostly 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	417	123.00–148.50	138.30
5	—	263	142.50–174.00	161.05
35	—	463	133.00–139.25	137.83
3	—	603	128.50–130.50	129.83
18	—	371	125.00–150.00	136.27
5	—	738	121.50–127.00	122.55
5	—	522	117.00–135.00	129.66
21	—	572	124.50–131.50	127.46
2	—	775	112.50–124.00	118.10
19	—	331	136.00–152.00	143.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	116.00–122.00	119.04
2	—	268	100.00–127.50	114.65
7	—	961	80.00–92.00	87.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	333	171.00–190.00	186.52
47	—	480	132.50–156.00	147.57
7	—	762	126.50–131.00	127.78
43	—	720	123.00–141.50	138.42
6	—	924	112.00–119.50	118.23
33	—	822	121.00–130.75	127.93
4	—	664	124.00–132.00	128.30
24	—	572	127.00–144.00	137.74
3	—	863	118.00–118.50	118.33
19	—	626	129.00–139.50	135.16
57	—	425	137.50–169.00	151.94
19	—	371	162.50–180.00	173.82
48	—	528	126.00–147.50	139.58
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	381	119.00–137.50	125.33
12	—	334	145.00–156.00	155.11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,158	57.25–60.50	58.76
34	—	1,270	52.50–57.75	55.52
2	—	1,373	46.50–50.25	48.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	978	42.50–49.50	48.64
23	—	1,091	55.25–57.00	55.82
12	—	1,052	52.25–54.75	53.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,561	54.00–58.50	56.69
6	—	1,474	51.50–53.75	53.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,959	78.00–81.75	79.71
6	—	1,585	71.00–74.50	73.23

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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