Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2021-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders steers and heifers traded unevenly steady to weak. Average dressing slaughter bulls traded weak, while average dressing slaughter cows remained mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.17/cwt on 255 head.

Average price

$170.17

255 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$828

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

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

$13.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.49

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	494	170.95	845	240
Medium and Large 2	357	157.69	563	15thin

One grade step is worth $13.26/cwt here — about $283 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 sale255 hd

170.17

—

UT average3 barns · 343 hd

166.68

+3.49

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	—	High	1,662	86.80	1,442	75
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,678	74.61	1,252	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,339	70.31	941	210
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,128	60.02	677	154

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Bulls	—	—	2,123	99.72/cwt	98.00–104.00	2,117	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,847	64.58/cwt	64.50–64.75	1,193	3
Bulls	—	—	1,341	73.62/cwt	54.50–79.00	987	20
Bulls	—	—	1,751	90.96/cwt	80.25–96.25	1,593	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	892	47.03/cwt	45.00–48.00	420	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,149	62.76/cwt	58.50–65.75	721	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	180.60/cwt	165.00–188.50	764	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	129.98/cwt	127.50–132.50	1,211	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	146.01/cwt	143.00–150.00	880	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	899	136.41/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,226	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	125.49/cwt	123.00–133.00	1,117	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	148.89/cwt	139.00–155.00	713	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	161.14/cwt	145.00–169.00	857	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	128.44/cwt	120.00–132.50	429	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	134.75/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,047	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	161.65/cwt	158.00–167.50	671	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	135.20/cwt	127.00–142.75	979	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	137.92/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,135	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	158.83/cwt	142.00–168.00	502	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	654	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	155.45/cwt	140.00–161.00	911	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	255	146.28/cwt	145.00–150.00	373	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	126.82/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,035	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	214	168.05/cwt	160.00–170.00	360	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	143.37/cwt	121.00–147.00	952	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	783	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	271	196.15/cwt	187.50–209.00	532	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	163.46/cwt	159.00–166.00	631	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	196.26/cwt	190.00–205.00	654	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	151.98/cwt	138.00–154.75	1,005	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	164.66/cwt	152.00–168.00	624	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	148.72/cwt	140.00–153.00	860	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	167.13/cwt	150.00–175.00	456	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	338	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	578	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	187.42/cwt	173.00–201.00	705	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	129.25/cwt	129.00–129.50	1,008	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	141.69/cwt	134.00–154.00	728	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	168.87/cwt	152.50–177.00	794	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	735	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	55.81/cwt	51.00–57.50	616	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	70.50/cwt	65.75–77.00	942	205
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,467	62.39/cwt	57.00–65.50	915	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,663	75.52/cwt	71.50–78.75	1,256	33

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 Jul 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 601Last week 655Year ago 258

Slaughter CattleReceipts 551Last week 294Year ago 107

Compared to last week: Feeders steers and heifers traded unevenly steady to weak. Average dressing slaughter bulls traded weak, while average dressing slaughter cows remained mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,123	98.00–104.00	99.72
20	—	1,341	54.50–79.00	73.62
51	—	1,751	80.25–96.25	90.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,847	64.50–64.75	64.58
33	—	1,663	71.50–78.75	75.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	892	45.00–48.00	47.03
97	—	1,149	58.50–65.75	62.76
54	—	1,103	51.00–57.50	55.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
205	—	1,336	65.75–77.00	70.50
5	—	1,467	57.00–65.50	62.39

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	423	165.00–188.50	180.60
3	—	603	143.00–150.00	146.01
17	—	899	135.00–138.00	136.41
49	—	532	145.00–169.00	161.14
3	—	777	130.00–137.00	134.75
3	—	823	130.00–142.00	137.92
18	—	586	140.00–161.00	155.45
27	—	271	187.50–209.00	196.15
13	—	333	190.00–205.00	196.26
19	—	661	138.00–154.75	151.98
38	—	376	173.00–201.00	187.42
11	—	470	152.50–177.00	168.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	157.50	157.50
4	—	255	145.00–150.00	146.28
8	—	386	159.00–166.00	163.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	932	127.50–132.50	129.98
4	—	890	123.00–133.00	125.49
5	—	479	139.00–155.00	148.89
22	—	415	158.00–167.50	161.65
14	—	724	127.00–142.75	135.20
17	—	316	142.00–168.00	158.83
5	—	816	121.00–129.00	126.82
7	—	214	160.00–170.00	168.05
33	—	664	121.00–147.00	143.37
48	—	379	152.00–168.00	164.66
40	—	578	140.00–153.00	148.72
15	—	273	150.00–175.00	167.13
2	—	780	129.00–129.50	129.25
17	—	514	134.00–154.00	141.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	334	120.00–132.50	128.44
2	—	658	119.00	119.00
3	—	618	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	338	171.00	171.00

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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