Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2021-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report: Feeder steers under 450 lbs and over 800 lbs traded firm while steers weighing 450 - 800 lbs sold weak, though light receipts of comparable trades should be noted. The light test of feeder heifers under 550 lbs sold weak and heifers over 550 lbs traded firm. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.97/cwt on 148 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −93.79 against this barn's trailing median of $225.76.

Average price

$131.97

148 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$694

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$336

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

$17.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.13

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	540	133.17	719	138
Medium and Large 2	332	115.30	382	10thin

One grade step is worth $17.87/cwt here — about $336 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 sale148 hd

131.97

—

UT average2 barns · 174 hd

129.84

+2.13

This barn, trailing median1 sales

225.76

−93.79

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	1,722	86.85	1,495	52
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,614	67.02	1,081	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,219	63.81	778	295
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	989	49.82	493	65

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	—	972	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,157	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	163.30/cwt	160.00–170.00	692	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,032	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	137.28/cwt	136.50–142.00	853	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	132.91/cwt	127.50–136.00	758	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	117.28/cwt	112.00–128.00	1,091	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	125.38/cwt	123.00–127.00	1,090	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	139.78/cwt	136.00–147.50	524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	134.70/cwt	131.00–136.00	645	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	126.35/cwt	114.00–130.00	795	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	687	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	794	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	936	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	135.46/cwt	132.50–136.00	569	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	291	154.69/cwt	145.00–158.00	450	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	116.40/cwt	107.50–122.50	428	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	115.67/cwt	115.50–118.00	910	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	123.11/cwt	107.50–132.50	538	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	119.55/cwt	115.00–124.00	429	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	123.75/cwt	117.00–127.00	827	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	117.68/cwt	115.50–122.00	965	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	980	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	211	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	332	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	620	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	607	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	129.04/cwt	121.00–134.50	672	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	141.13/cwt	134.00–148.00	755	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,584	67.93/cwt	66.50–68.50	1,076	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	316	114.83/cwt	108.00–132.50	363	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	53.83/cwt	45.00–58.00	557	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	42.31/cwt	40.50–43.75	383	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	818	34.67/cwt	33.00–39.00	284	10
Bulls	—	—	1,745	86.81/cwt	77.00–94.25	1,515	43
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,776	62.70/cwt	60.25–64.75	1,114	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,006	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	664	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	218	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	431	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	194.71/cwt	177.50–200.00	532	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	131.39/cwt	127.50–135.00	683	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,039	109.67/cwt	109.00–110.00	1,139	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	133.52/cwt	132.00–134.50	1,111	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	69.06/cwt	69.00–69.50	1,057	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	54.92/cwt	52.00–56.50	683	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,334	68.07/cwt	67.75–69.00	908	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	63.52/cwt	56.75–67.50	766	262
Bulls	—	—	1,189	73.88/cwt	72.50–75.00	878	4
Bulls	—	—	1,948	97.55/cwt	95.50–99.75	1,900	5

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 Jun 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 459Last week 460Year ago 624

Slaughter CattleReceipts 490Last week 294Year ago 300

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	972	119.00	119.00
12	—	424	160.00–170.00	163.30
2	—	770	134.00	134.00
39	—	621	136.50–142.00	137.28
3	—	930	112.00–128.00	117.28
5	—	869	123.00–127.00	125.38
2	—	458	150.00	150.00
7	—	569	139.50	139.50
2	—	688	136.00	136.00
29	—	535	134.00–148.00	141.13
11	—	337	197.00	197.00
2	—	218	197.50	197.50
5	—	273	177.50–200.00	194.71
3	—	1,039	109.00–110.00	109.67
3	—	832	132.00–134.50	133.52
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	437	107.50–132.50	123.11
6	—	359	115.00–124.00	119.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	570	127.50–136.00	132.91
3	—	375	136.00–147.50	139.78
7	—	479	131.00–136.00	134.70
10	—	629	114.00–130.00	126.35
8	—	420	132.50–136.00	135.46
13	—	291	145.00–158.00	154.69
14	—	787	115.50–118.00	115.67
4	—	668	117.00–127.00	123.75
6	—	820	115.50–122.00	117.68
8	—	211	157.50	157.50
16	—	521	121.00–134.50	129.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	107.50–122.50	116.40
7	—	316	108.00–132.50	114.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	860	114.00	114.00
4	—	443	140.00	140.00
5	—	355	171.00	171.00
3	—	958	105.00	105.00
2	—	520	127.50–135.00	131.39

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,584	66.50–68.50	67.93
7	—	1,776	60.25–64.75	62.70
9	—	1,530	69.00–69.50	69.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,034	45.00–58.00	53.83
6	—	905	40.50–43.75	42.31
10	—	818	33.00–39.00	34.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,244	52.00–56.50	54.92
28	—	1,334	67.75–69.00	68.07
262	—	1,206	56.75–67.50	63.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,745	77.00–94.25	86.81
4	—	1,189	72.50–75.00	73.88
5	—	1,948	95.50–99.75	97.55

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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