Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2021-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 650 lbs and heifers under 600 lbs sold firm while steers over 650 lbs and heifers over 600 lbs sold weak. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.52/cwt on 305 head.

Average price

$159.52

305 head · 605 lb average

Value per head Derived

$965

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

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

$23.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	589	166.97	984	208
Medium and Large 1-2	639	143.55	917	97

One grade step is worth $23.42/cwt here — about $67 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 sale305 hd

159.52

—

UT average1 barns · 305 hd

159.52

+0.00

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	1,785	91.24	1,629	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,541	71.10	1,096	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,218	64.96	791	94
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,073	56.44	606	51

Every lot, as filed

46 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	134.67/cwt	129.50–140.00	922	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	145.38/cwt	143.00–147.00	826	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	154.43/cwt	152.50–156.50	724	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	817	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	161.66/cwt	158.00–165.00	821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	198.42/cwt	194.00–203.00	825	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	127.63/cwt	125.00–137.00	910	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	151.23/cwt	144.00–160.25	938	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	179.65/cwt	170.00–180.25	902	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	172.45/cwt	168.00–177.00	819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	197.15/cwt	192.50–200.00	726	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	171.69/cwt	167.00–177.00	719	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	110.33/cwt	107.00–112.50	974	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	185.30/cwt	180.00–187.50	873	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	129.98/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,011	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	173.39/cwt	172.50–176.00	744	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	159.65/cwt	153.00–167.00	993	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	136.00/cwt	132.50–138.00	918	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	134.50/cwt	134.00–135.00	753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	136.50/cwt	124.50–142.75	917	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	153.12/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,006	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	169.59/cwt	165.00–170.25	979	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	181.53/cwt	175.00–185.00	681	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	142.80/cwt	142.50–143.00	883	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	145.44/cwt	144.00–147.00	810	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	758	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	143.21/cwt	140.75–144.50	1,171	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	151.37/cwt	149.00–152.00	1,081	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	204.29/cwt	202.50–206.00	691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,488	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,786	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,221	122.79/cwt	121.50–124.75	1,499	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	952	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,057	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	159.11/cwt	158.50–160.00	670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	138.28/cwt	138.00–139.00	888	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,288	118.33/cwt	118.00–119.00	1,524	6
Bulls	—	—	1,854	94.57/cwt	86.50–98.75	1,753	15
Bulls	—	—	1,442	74.58/cwt	72.50–75.50	1,075	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	70.47/cwt	68.00–75.00	855	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,541	71.10/cwt	68.00–74.00	1,096	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	57.40/cwt	53.00–61.00	610	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	45.16/cwt	42.00–48.00	540	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,389	59.06/cwt	58.00–59.75	820	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	63.59/cwt	60.75–67.50	768	67

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 Dec 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 539Last week 1,020Year ago 498

Slaughter CattleReceipts 231Last week 305Year ago 125

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	685	129.50–140.00	134.67
3	—	568	143.00–147.00	145.38
2	—	413	157.50	157.50
2	—	533	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	469	152.50–156.50	154.43
4	—	548	149.00	149.00
9	—	419	167.00–177.00	171.69
6	—	675	132.50–138.00	136.00
23	—	618	142.50–143.00	142.80
9	—	557	144.00–147.00	145.44
4	—	1,488	120.00	120.00
5	—	1,221	121.50–124.75	122.79
6	—	1,288	118.00–119.00	118.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	883	107.00–112.50	110.33
2	—	560	134.00–135.00	134.50
7	—	523	145.00	145.00
3	—	952	111.00	111.00
5	—	421	158.50–160.00	159.11
7	—	642	138.00–139.00	138.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	508	158.00–165.00	161.66
28	—	713	125.00–137.00	127.63
35	—	620	144.00–160.25	151.23
2	—	475	168.00–177.00	172.45
2	—	778	125.00–135.00	129.98
4	—	429	172.50–176.00	173.39
20	—	672	124.50–142.75	136.50
3	—	375	175.00–185.00	181.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	416	194.00–203.00	198.42
51	—	502	170.00–180.25	179.65
2	—	933	135.00	135.00
3	—	368	192.50–200.00	197.15
7	—	471	180.00–187.50	185.30
45	—	622	153.00–167.00	159.65
27	—	657	145.00–155.00	153.12
45	—	577	165.00–170.25	169.59
9	—	818	140.75–144.50	143.21
13	—	714	149.00–152.00	151.37
2	—	338	202.50–206.00	204.29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,854	86.50–98.75	94.57
3	—	1,442	72.50–75.50	74.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,213	68.00–75.00	70.47
5	—	1,389	58.00–59.75	59.06
67	—	1,207	60.75–67.50	63.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,541	68.00–74.00	71.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,063	53.00–61.00	57.40
4	—	1,195	42.00–48.00	45.16

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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