Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2022-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers traded mostly weak. Average dressing slaughter cows sold with weak undertone, while average dressing slaughter bulls sold firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.40/cwt on 182 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −72.36 against this barn's trailing median of $225.76.

Average price

$153.40

182 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$910

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$272

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

$1.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.78

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	657	153.89	1,012	114
Medium and Large 1-2	485	152.59	740	68

One grade step is worth $1.30/cwt here — about $272 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 sale182 hd

153.40

—

UT average3 barns · 313 hd

156.18

−2.78

This barn, trailing median1 sales

225.76

−72.36

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	1,853	97.75	1,811	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,563	75.56	1,181	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,395	70.46	983	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	995	64.22	639	2thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	618	155.48/cwt	147.50–159.50	961	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	918	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	980	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	148.65/cwt	148.00–149.00	1,156	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	145.60/cwt	145.00–146.00	1,204	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	154.31/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,045	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	152.55/cwt	147.00–154.00	1,094	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	151.11/cwt	151.00–154.00	957	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	157.78/cwt	155.50–158.50	1,046	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	142.50/cwt	141.00–144.00	1,297	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	185.61/cwt	185.00–187.50	796	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	166.96/cwt	165.00–171.00	818	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	189.74/cwt	189.00–190.50	966	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	178.96/cwt	178.00–179.50	999	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	152.23/cwt	145.00–154.00	1,117	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	153.71/cwt	153.50–154.00	1,019	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	187.80/cwt	185.00–190.00	719	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	144.90/cwt	142.00–151.00	820	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	160.39/cwt	155.00–166.00	675	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	148.61/cwt	144.00–153.00	792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	158.12/cwt	158.00–159.00	938	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	689	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	155.31/cwt	155.00–155.50	1,131	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	156.95/cwt	155.00–161.00	742	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	147.21/cwt	142.00–152.50	891	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	158.92/cwt	152.50–166.00	526	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	135.34/cwt	134.00–136.00	1,191	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	154.44/cwt	154.00–158.00	1,226	27
Bulls	—	—	1,850	105.95/cwt	103.00–109.50	1,960	3
Bulls	—	—	1,448	84.04/cwt	80.00–86.50	1,217	2
Bulls	—	—	1,970	98.16/cwt	92.00–99.50	1,934	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	64.15/cwt	59.00–66.00	898	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,567	76.17/cwt	73.75–78.00	1,194	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	71.58/cwt	66.50–73.50	1,102	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	64.22/cwt	64.00–64.50	639	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,396	71.20/cwt	68.00–74.00	994	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,376	77.10/cwt	75.50–79.00	1,061	4

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 Feb 22, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 473Last week 819Year ago 1,256

Slaughter CattleReceipts 102Last week 112Year ago 257

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers traded mostly weak. Average dressing slaughter cows sold with weak undertone, while average dressing slaughter bulls sold firm.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	618	147.50–159.50	155.48
2	—	585	157.00	157.00
3	—	490	165.00–171.00	166.96
10	—	734	145.00–154.00	152.23
10	—	663	153.50–154.00	153.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	607	161.50	161.50
34	—	663	155.50–158.50	157.78
6	—	910	141.00–144.00	142.50
4	—	429	185.00–187.50	185.61
10	—	509	189.00–190.50	189.74
17	—	558	178.00–179.50	178.96
4	—	383	185.00–190.00	187.80
6	—	347	198.50	198.50
11	—	728	155.00–155.50	155.31
27	—	794	154.00–158.00	154.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	778	148.00–149.00	148.65
3	—	443	175.00	175.00
5	—	827	145.00–146.00	145.60
6	—	677	150.00–156.00	154.31
6	—	717	147.00–154.00	152.55
28	—	633	151.00–154.00	151.11
43	—	593	158.00–159.00	158.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	566	142.00–151.00	144.90
11	—	421	155.00–166.00	160.39
2	—	533	144.00–153.00	148.61
12	—	473	155.00–161.00	156.95
2	—	605	142.00–152.50	147.21
16	—	331	152.50–166.00	158.92
3	—	880	134.00–136.00	135.34

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,850	103.00–109.50	105.95
2	—	1,448	80.00–86.50	84.04
7	—	1,970	92.00–99.50	98.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,400	59.00–66.00	64.15
24	—	1,396	68.00–74.00	71.20
4	—	1,376	75.50–79.00	77.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,567	73.75–78.00	76.17
4	—	1,540	66.50–73.50	71.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	995	64.00–64.50	64.22

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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