Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2021-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold weak, mostly 5.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.25/cwt on 1,000 head.

Average price

$147.25

1,000 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$843

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$4.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.53

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	599	149.02	893	583
Medium and Large 1-2	536	144.78	775	417

One grade step is worth $4.25/cwt here — about $118 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 sale1,000 hd

147.25

—

UT average3 barns · 1,606 hd

146.72

+0.53

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	1,642	71.10	1,167	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,560	48.97	764	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,245	44.14	549	285
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,078	35.10	378	82

Every lot, as filed

70 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	—	280	172.41/cwt	167.50–177.50	483	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	152.57/cwt	150.00–160.00	560	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	984	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	125.05/cwt	121.00–126.50	894	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	178.71/cwt	175.00–182.50	693	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	157.23/cwt	150.00–160.75	811	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	234	181.28/cwt	172.50–185.00	424	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	144.40/cwt	141.50–153.50	832	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	133.28/cwt	133.00–133.50	884	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	138.39/cwt	129.00–144.25	801	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	134.79/cwt	130.50–135.75	1,298	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	151.25/cwt	137.50–157.00	729	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	186.41/cwt	182.50–202.50	528	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	132.69/cwt	128.00–134.00	828	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	161.54/cwt	154.00–169.00	683	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	133.78/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,104	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	192.66/cwt	180.00–198.50	626	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	161.22/cwt	157.00–178.00	540	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	145.20/cwt	136.00–149.50	764	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	163.99/cwt	155.00–174.00	599	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	126.48/cwt	120.00–134.00	842	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	132.28/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,171	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	172.98/cwt	170.00–175.00	730	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,192	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,216	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	134.99/cwt	129.00–139.00	1,239	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	137.29/cwt	131.50–138.25	1,039	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	139.78/cwt	130.50–143.00	941	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	140.55/cwt	135.00–142.50	887	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	157.41/cwt	155.00–169.00	751	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	149.10/cwt	147.50–152.00	634	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	156.14/cwt	155.00–170.00	582	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	477	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	109.38/cwt	109.00–110.50	695	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	151.98/cwt	135.00–172.50	637	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	134.45/cwt	127.50–142.50	643	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	26.82/cwt	19.50–29.00	264	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	31.51/cwt	30.00–34.50	309	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	47.96/cwt	47.25–49.50	647	27
Bulls	—	—	1,679	72.42/cwt	68.00–81.00	1,216	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	43.95/cwt	40.75–47.00	543	244
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,129	37.21/cwt	35.00–39.00	420	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	39.85/cwt	39.50–40.50	448	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,718	46.97/cwt	46.75–47.25	807	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	49.49/cwt	48.00–52.00	751	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	40.08/cwt	38.75–40.50	479	14
Bulls	—	—	1,444	64.05/cwt	58.00–67.50	925	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	132.49/cwt	129.00–136.50	763	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	123.38/cwt	119.00–126.50	765	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	126.74/cwt	116.00–129.50	725	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	129.88/cwt	122.75–132.50	683	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	125.40/cwt	118.00–128.00	848	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	122.00/cwt	121.00–122.50	1,177	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,028	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,264	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	134.98/cwt	127.50–142.00	653	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	144.86/cwt	141.00–149.50	479	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	148.62/cwt	145.50–155.50	681	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	227	139.39/cwt	130.00–147.50	316	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	142.07/cwt	130.00–145.00	604	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	160.01/cwt	150.00–163.00	518	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	145.10/cwt	140.00–147.50	541	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	143.97/cwt	140.00–145.00	371	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	128.98/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,046	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	134.30/cwt	131.00–136.50	849	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	130.97/cwt	128.00–132.50	950	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	136.28/cwt	133.25–140.50	959	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	107.49/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,100	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	125.00/cwt	124.50–125.50	889	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	134.85/cwt	132.00–137.75	707	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	282	157.86/cwt	155.00–167.50	445	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	242	155.95/cwt	155.00–158.00	377	3

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 Nov 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,017Last week 2,384Year ago 1,655

Slaughter CattleReceipts 473Last week 421Year ago 554

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold weak, mostly 5.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	167.50–177.50	172.41
7	—	715	121.00–126.50	125.05
7	—	234	172.50–185.00	181.28
108	—	579	129.00–144.25	138.39
65	—	482	137.50–157.00	151.25
14	—	624	128.00–134.00	132.69
16	—	423	154.00–169.00	161.54
18	—	335	157.00–178.00	161.22
157	—	526	136.00–149.50	145.20
8	—	365	155.00–174.00	163.99
5	—	666	120.00–134.00	126.48
10	—	1,192	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	388	175.00–182.50	178.71
43	—	516	150.00–160.75	157.23
100	—	576	141.50–153.50	144.40
17	—	963	130.50–135.75	134.79
12	—	283	182.50–202.50	186.41
9	—	825	130.00–136.00	133.78
9	—	325	180.00–198.50	192.66
13	—	885	128.00–134.00	132.28
22	—	422	170.00–175.00	172.98
4	—	918	129.00–139.00	134.99
18	—	757	131.50–138.25	137.29
140	—	673	130.50–143.00	139.78
61	—	631	135.00–142.50	140.55
42	—	477	155.00–169.00	157.41
40	—	704	133.25–140.50	136.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	367	150.00–160.00	152.57
6	—	770	127.75	127.75
58	—	663	133.00–133.50	133.28
65	—	425	147.50–152.00	149.10
59	—	576	129.00–136.50	132.49
3	—	965	121.00–122.50	122.00
2	—	1,028	123.00	123.00
44	—	458	145.50–155.50	148.62
52	—	324	150.00–163.00	160.01
5	—	811	125.00–135.00	128.98
70	—	632	131.00–136.50	134.30
16	—	725	128.00–132.50	130.97
99	—	524	132.00–137.75	134.85
20	—	282	155.00–167.50	157.86
3	—	242	155.00–158.00	155.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	620	119.00–126.50	123.38
65	—	572	116.00–129.50	126.74
56	—	526	122.75–132.50	129.88
6	—	676	118.00–128.00	125.40
50	—	484	127.50–142.00	134.98
11	—	331	141.00–149.50	144.86
4	—	227	130.00–147.50	139.39
18	—	425	130.00–145.00	142.07
7	—	373	140.00–147.50	145.10
5	—	258	140.00–145.00	143.97
2	—	1,023	106.00–109.00	107.49
9	—	711	124.50–125.50	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	373	155.00–170.00	156.14
2	—	265	180.00	180.00
4	—	635	109.00–110.50	109.38
5	—	419	135.00–172.50	151.98
4	—	478	127.50–142.50	134.45

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	984	19.50–29.00	26.82
15	—	982	30.00–34.50	31.51
36	—	1,129	35.00–39.00	37.21
18	—	1,123	39.50–40.50	39.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,348	47.25–49.50	47.96
244	—	1,236	40.75–47.00	43.95
14	—	1,194	38.75–40.50	40.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,718	46.75–47.25	46.97
19	—	1,518	48.00–52.00	49.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,679	68.00–81.00	72.42
6	—	1,444	58.00–67.50	64.05

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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