Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2021-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-16

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.90/cwt on 330 head.

Average price

$148.90

330 head · 611 lb average

Value per head Derived

$910

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$231

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

$12.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.86

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	614	149.28	917	320
Medium and Large 2	502	136.64	686	10thin

One grade step is worth $12.64/cwt here — about $231 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 sale330 hd

148.90

—

UT average3 barns · 464 hd

149.76

−0.86

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	1,526	84.00	1,282	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,543	60.56	934	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,218	60.44	736	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	899	51.03	459	4thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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 1-2	—	270	182.31/cwt	177.50–187.50	492	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	116.96/cwt	106.00–118.25	1,094	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	138.26/cwt	131.00–140.00	979	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	138.81/cwt	131.00–142.00	933	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	144.52/cwt	138.50–157.00	626	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	146.59/cwt	134.50–147.00	928	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	142.46/cwt	131.00–144.00	798	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	171.73/cwt	162.50–177.50	574	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	150.63/cwt	140.00–162.50	407	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	156.10/cwt	152.50–162.50	507	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	151.70/cwt	147.00–160.00	576	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	123.26/cwt	116.00–125.00	968	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	147.10/cwt	142.50–159.00	850	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	122.54/cwt	120.00–125.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	118.48/cwt	115.00–121.00	505	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	144.12/cwt	142.50–147.50	490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	142.62/cwt	132.50–151.00	749	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	129.94/cwt	128.50–132.00	825	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	145.48/cwt	138.00–157.50	671	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	171.75/cwt	157.50–180.00	826	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	133.44/cwt	125.00–138.00	763	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	127.40/cwt	123.75–131.00	930	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	119.19/cwt	110.00–126.00	689	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	55.54/cwt	54.75–56.00	845	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	124.59/cwt	122.00–125.00	674	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	899	51.03/cwt	49.25–52.50	459	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,546	61.28/cwt	57.25–65.75	947	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	740	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	133.23/cwt	130.00–137.50	841	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,040	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	130.78/cwt	127.00–132.00	874	22
Bulls	—	—	1,777	87.49/cwt	84.50–91.25	1,555	9
Bulls	—	—	1,060	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,113	2
Bulls	—	—	1,393	76.66/cwt	74.25–80.00	1,068	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	51.87/cwt	51.25–53.25	657	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	60.24/cwt	56.00–62.75	731	57
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	66.57/cwt	64.25–68.00	817	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	123.32/cwt	118.50–124.50	1,015	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	177.18/cwt	163.00–188.50	648	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	984	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	164.37/cwt	148.00–171.00	850	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	115.59/cwt	111.50–118.00	1,017	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	173.71/cwt	160.00–179.00	750	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	129.01/cwt	122.00–133.00	997	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	121.66/cwt	120.00–123.00	994	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	118.86/cwt	112.50–124.00	1,036	6

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 Mar 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 746Last week 886Year ago 214

Slaughter CattleReceipts 153Last week 195Year ago 138

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	270	177.50–187.50	182.31
19	—	935	106.00–118.25	116.96
28	—	708	131.00–140.00	138.26
29	—	672	131.00–142.00	138.81
83	—	633	134.50–147.00	146.59
7	—	334	162.50–177.50	171.73
28	—	578	142.50–159.00	147.10
34	—	481	157.50–180.00	171.75
6	—	823	118.50–124.50	123.32
17	—	366	163.00–188.50	177.18
3	—	955	103.00	103.00
33	—	517	148.00–171.00	164.37
12	—	432	160.00–179.00	173.71
13	—	773	122.00–133.00	129.01
6	—	872	112.50–124.00	118.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	340	142.50–147.50	144.12
7	—	572	125.00–138.00	133.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	433	138.50–157.00	144.52
49	—	560	131.00–144.00	142.46
2	—	270	140.00–162.50	150.63
10	—	325	152.50–162.50	156.10
17	—	380	147.00–160.00	151.70
21	—	785	116.00–125.00	123.26
26	—	525	132.50–151.00	142.62
9	—	635	128.50–132.00	129.94
40	—	461	138.00–157.50	145.48
29	—	730	123.75–131.00	127.40
22	—	668	127.00–132.00	130.78
8	—	880	111.50–118.00	115.59
12	—	817	120.00–123.00	121.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	125.00	125.00
2	—	463	120.00–125.00	122.54
5	—	426	115.00–121.00	118.48
6	—	578	110.00–126.00	119.19
7	—	541	122.00–125.00	124.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	157.50	157.50
3	—	631	130.00–137.50	133.23
3	—	878	118.50	118.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,521	54.75–56.00	55.54
35	—	1,546	57.25–65.75	61.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	899	49.25–52.50	51.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,267	51.25–53.25	51.87
57	—	1,214	56.00–62.75	60.24
6	—	1,228	64.25–68.00	66.57
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,777	84.50–91.25	87.49
2	—	1,060	105.00	105.00
10	—	1,393	74.25–80.00	76.66

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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