Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2022-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold with weak undertone and feeder heifers sold unevenly. Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher and average dressing slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.40/cwt on 229 head.

Average price

$150.40

229 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$998

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$17.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.23

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	641	151.91	973	178
Medium and Large 1	759	150.95	1,146	33
Medium and Large 2	717	134.53	965	18thin

One grade step is worth $17.38/cwt here — about $8 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 sale229 hd

150.40

—

UT average3 barns · 262 hd

150.17

+0.23

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	1,632	106.73	1,742	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,495	87.16	1,303	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,250	84.79	1,060	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,045	73.05	763	15

Every lot, as filed

45 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	—	455	150.00/cwt	140.00–155.00	683	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	134.36/cwt	130.00–137.00	829	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,083	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	139.69/cwt	139.50–139.75	802	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	143.62/cwt	142.50–144.00	895	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	116.69/cwt	113.00–118.50	1,208	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	1,136	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	841	81.75/cwt	81.75–81.75	688	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	925	79.25/cwt	79.25–79.25	733	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	151.50/cwt	150.00–153.00	944	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	150.74/cwt	147.25–151.25	1,033	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	139.03/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,082	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	167.02/cwt	158.00–171.00	879	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	165.20/cwt	162.00–172.00	773	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	887	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	166.10/cwt	162.50–172.50	953	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	153.02/cwt	151.00–155.00	808	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	771	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	997	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	142.57/cwt	137.00–147.25	1,035	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	169.60/cwt	162.50–171.00	731	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	125.59/cwt	123.00–132.50	1,159	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	138.40/cwt	135.00–146.00	947	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	997	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	863	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,228	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	1,123	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,326	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	122.33/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,070	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	153.58/cwt	147.00–157.00	874	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,062	114.26/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,213	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	147.15/cwt	147.00–148.00	905	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,150	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	155.27/cwt	152.50–157.50	803	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	973	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	156.25/cwt	155.00–156.50	639	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	155.79/cwt	154.00–157.50	737	13
Bulls	—	—	1,644	104.08/cwt	97.00–108.00	1,711	9
Bulls	—	—	1,597	114.68/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,831	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	89.52/cwt	87.75–93.00	1,056	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	82.38/cwt	80.50–83.50	997	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	78.36/cwt	77.00–81.50	825	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	85.39/cwt	84.00–87.50	1,096	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	87.16/cwt	85.00–93.75	1,303	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	72.46/cwt	70.00–75.00	848	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	55.73/cwt	55.00–56.00	520	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 Apr 12, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 605Last week 1,039Year ago 999

Slaughter CattleReceipts 122Last week 198Year ago 231

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	140.00–155.00	150.00
5	—	617	130.00–137.00	134.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	785	138.00	138.00
8	—	701	142.25	142.25
12	—	531	162.50	162.50
7	—	615	147.00–148.00	147.15
34	—	920	125.00	125.00
16	—	654	148.75	148.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	574	139.50–139.75	139.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	623	142.50–144.00	143.62
3	—	1,035	113.00–118.50	116.69
23	—	684	135.00–146.00	138.40
3	—	875	121.00–125.00	122.33
18	—	569	147.00–157.00	153.58
4	—	1,062	112.00–115.00	114.26
19	—	517	152.50–157.50	155.27
6	—	409	155.00–156.50	156.25
13	—	473	154.00–157.50	155.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	761	149.25	149.25
5	—	574	162.50–172.50	166.10
8	—	853	144.00	144.00
11	—	735	152.75	152.75
2	—	968	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	623	150.00–153.00	151.50
24	—	685	147.25–151.25	150.74
26	—	778	133.00–140.00	139.03
32	—	526	158.00–171.00	167.02
17	—	468	162.00–172.00	165.20
18	—	578	153.50	153.50
34	—	726	137.00–147.25	142.57
6	—	431	162.50–171.00	169.60
6	—	923	123.00–132.50	125.59
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	528	151.00–155.00	153.02
14	—	771	129.25	129.25
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	841	81.75	81.75
16	—	925	79.25	79.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,644	97.00–108.00	104.08
3	—	1,597	112.00–119.00	114.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,180	87.75–93.00	89.52
14	—	1,210	80.50–83.50	82.38
25	—	1,283	84.00–87.50	85.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,053	77.00–81.50	78.36
2	—	1,170	70.00–75.00	72.46
3	—	933	55.00–56.00	55.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,495	85.00–93.75	87.16

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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