Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2021-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows traded unevenly steady and average dressing slaughter bulls traded weak.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.16/cwt on 346 head.

Average price

$168.16

346 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$814

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$18.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.14

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	489	169.98	832	312
Medium and Large 1-2	438	151.51	664	34

One grade step is worth $18.47/cwt here — about $168 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 sale346 hd

168.16

—

UT average3 barns · 491 hd

167.03

+1.14

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	1,684	77.36	1,303	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,814	60.49	1,097	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,370	57.21	784	200
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	50.29	558	78

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	135.48/cwt	127.50–145.00	489	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	142.29/cwt	142.00–144.00	1,090	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	442	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	125.70/cwt	122.50–132.00	857	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	132.80/cwt	125.00–137.50	760	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	442	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	169.33/cwt	162.50–176.50	718	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	184.37/cwt	183.00–184.50	614	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	149.50/cwt	147.00–160.00	617	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	160.91/cwt	157.50–165.00	439	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	157.70/cwt	151.00–164.00	579	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	176.75/cwt	170.00–186.00	668	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	149.69/cwt	142.50–151.50	1,144	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	146.79/cwt	139.00–147.25	1,239	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	149.12/cwt	136.00–152.50	772	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	147.87/cwt	130.00–157.50	683	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	151.10/cwt	142.50–158.00	860	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	169.16/cwt	162.50–174.00	961	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	156.22/cwt	151.00–159.00	989	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	145.35/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,007	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	141.97/cwt	138.00–153.00	825	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	227	177.18/cwt	177.00–180.00	402	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	172.93/cwt	162.00–180.00	811	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	170.91/cwt	160.00–177.50	884	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	154.74/cwt	145.00–160.00	1,044	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	220	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	385	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	162.05/cwt	153.00–165.25	582	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	140.51/cwt	140.00–141.00	901	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	157.24/cwt	154.00–162.50	741	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	157.23/cwt	150.00–162.00	668	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	142.21/cwt	138.00–144.00	1,152	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	144.98/cwt	132.50–149.00	457	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	922	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	987	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	156.43/cwt	149.00–160.00	812	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	135.69/cwt	134.00–139.00	980	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	160.82/cwt	153.00–165.00	544	19
Bulls	—	—	1,772	80.20/cwt	74.75–85.00	1,421	16
Bulls	—	—	1,401	68.29/cwt	67.75–69.00	957	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	51.19/cwt	47.00–54.50	568	67
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	44.83/cwt	42.00–46.50	500	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,361	57.94/cwt	54.75–62.00	789	178
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,446	51.26/cwt	43.50–54.50	741	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,814	60.49/cwt	57.00–63.75	1,097	24

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 Aug 31, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 717Last week 570Year ago 699

Slaughter CattleReceipts 366Last week 465Year ago 261

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows traded unevenly steady and average dressing slaughter bulls traded weak.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	361	127.50–145.00	135.48
3	—	682	122.50–132.00	125.70
5	—	572	125.00–137.50	132.80
4	—	285	155.00	155.00
8	—	315	132.50–149.00	144.98
3	—	922	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	766	142.00–144.00	142.29
3	—	268	165.00	165.00
12	—	693	142.00–146.00	145.35
27	—	581	138.00–153.00	141.97
2	—	220	175.00	175.00
30	—	359	153.00–165.25	162.05
4	—	641	140.00–141.00	140.51
31	—	471	154.00–162.50	157.24
56	—	425	150.00–162.00	157.23
4	—	810	138.00–144.00	142.21
38	—	519	149.00–160.00	156.43
10	—	722	134.00–139.00	135.69
19	—	338	153.00–165.00	160.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	424	162.50–176.50	169.33
15	—	333	183.00–184.50	184.37
56	—	378	170.00–186.00	176.75
7	—	764	142.50–151.50	149.69
17	—	844	139.00–147.25	146.79
33	—	568	162.50–174.00	169.16
9	—	633	151.00–159.00	156.22
18	—	227	177.00–180.00	177.18
39	—	469	162.00–180.00	172.93
72	—	517	160.00–177.50	170.91
13	—	675	145.00–160.00	154.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	413	147.00–160.00	149.50
3	—	273	157.50–165.00	160.91
4	—	367	151.00–164.00	157.70
5	—	518	136.00–152.50	149.12
3	—	462	130.00–157.50	147.87
5	—	569	142.50–158.00	151.10

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,772	74.75–85.00	80.20
5	—	1,401	67.75–69.00	68.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,109	47.00–54.50	51.19
11	—	1,116	42.00–46.50	44.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	1,361	54.75–62.00	57.94
22	—	1,446	43.50–54.50	51.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,814	57.00–63.75	60.49

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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