Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2022-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold with weak undertone, while steers over 600 lbs sold firm. Feeder heifers sold with weak undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and average dressing slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.28/cwt on 334 head.

Average price

$164.28

334 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,052

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$3.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.24

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	659	165.12	1,088	253
Medium and Large 1-2	583	161.66	942	81

One grade step is worth $3.47/cwt here — about $146 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 sale334 hd

164.28

—

UT average2 barns · 510 hd

161.04

+3.24

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	—	Low	1,878	100.63	1,890	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,613	85.60	1,381	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,283	82.01	1,052	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,064	74.49	792	15

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	693	133.51/cwt	132.00–135.00	925	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	166.45/cwt	155.00–174.00	687	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	419	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	155.76/cwt	155.00–158.00	687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	158.91/cwt	157.50–161.00	575	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	152.78/cwt	146.50–157.00	900	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	162.13/cwt	157.00–166.50	1,080	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,043	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,105	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,412	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	147.40/cwt	146.00–149.00	1,156	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	168.17/cwt	165.00–173.00	807	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,106	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	170.39/cwt	170.00–172.00	659	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	166.20/cwt	165.00–170.00	713	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	154.56/cwt	149.75–157.50	1,111	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	143.01/cwt	135.00–144.50	961	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	148.63/cwt	147.00–160.00	939	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	176.97/cwt	172.50–180.00	1,018	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	177.51/cwt	175.00–180.00	845	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	162.46/cwt	160.00–165.00	923	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	167.80/cwt	160.00–176.00	873	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,108	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	137.51/cwt	136.00–138.00	1,067	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	139.23/cwt	139.00–142.00	1,115	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	142.91/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,016	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	823	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	158.74/cwt	154.50–164.50	992	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	163.60/cwt	163.00–166.00	802	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	126.20/cwt	122.50–130.00	1,022	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,091	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	162.07/cwt	161.00–167.50	867	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	141.80/cwt	139.00–142.50	1,302	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	147.13/cwt	144.00–148.00	1,204	31
Bulls	—	—	1,363	85.70/cwt	82.00–92.00	1,168	3
Bulls	—	—	1,896	100.63/cwt	94.50–104.25	1,908	25
Bulls	—	—	2,060	108.09/cwt	106.50–112.00	2,227	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	87.15/cwt	85.00–91.50	1,377	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,341	76.56/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,027	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	81.92/cwt	78.50–84.50	1,038	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,756	78.90/cwt	77.00–80.00	1,385	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	77.28/cwt	73.00–79.50	833	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	63.33/cwt	59.50–67.50	638	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	87.22/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,101	13

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 Mar 15, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 597Last week 971Year ago 746

Slaughter CattleReceipts 155Last week 274Year ago 153

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	693	132.00–135.00	133.51
3	—	413	155.00–174.00	166.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	250	167.50	167.50
4	—	441	155.00–158.00	155.76
5	—	362	157.50–161.00	158.91
6	—	589	146.50–157.00	152.78
40	—	672	135.00–144.50	143.01
2	—	985	112.50	112.50
4	—	776	136.00–138.00	137.51
2	—	810	122.50–130.00	126.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	632	147.00–160.00	148.63
13	—	801	139.00–142.00	139.23
18	—	711	142.00–146.00	142.91
5	—	490	163.00–166.00	163.60
6	—	768	142.00	142.00
42	—	535	161.00–167.50	162.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	666	157.00–166.50	162.13
20	—	603	173.00	173.00
34	—	784	146.00–149.00	147.40
27	—	719	149.75–157.50	154.56
110	—	575	172.50–180.00	176.97
8	—	476	175.00–180.00	177.51
2	—	433	190.00	190.00
5	—	918	139.00–142.50	141.80
31	—	818	144.00–148.00	147.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	734	150.50	150.50
3	—	1,050	134.50	134.50
5	—	480	165.00–173.00	168.17
3	—	768	144.00	144.00
5	—	387	170.00–172.00	170.39
4	—	429	165.00–170.00	166.20
3	—	568	160.00–165.00	162.46
31	—	520	160.00–176.00	167.80
18	—	625	154.50–164.50	158.74

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,363	82.00–92.00	85.70
25	—	1,896	94.50–104.25	100.63
6	—	2,060	106.50–112.00	108.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,580	85.00–91.50	87.15
6	—	1,756	77.00–80.00	78.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,341	72.00–78.00	76.56
28	—	1,267	78.50–84.50	81.92
13	—	1,262	85.00–89.00	87.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,078	73.00–79.50	77.28
3	—	1,007	59.50–67.50	63.33

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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