Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2022-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly firm. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.57/cwt on 146 head.

Average price

$156.57

146 head · 705 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,104

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$256

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

$12.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.11

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	513	168.53	865	11thin
Medium and Large 1	721	155.60	1,121	135

One grade step is worth $12.93/cwt here — about −$256 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 sale146 hd

156.57

—

UT average2 barns · 168 hd

156.68

−0.11

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	1,686	94.15	1,587	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,464	77.05	1,128	78
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,187	73.51	872	139
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	862	55.10	475	21

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	551	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	782	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	136.01/cwt	135.00–137.00	977	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	159.01/cwt	157.00–164.00	932	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	142.28/cwt	140.00–143.00	895	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	146.31/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,002	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,101	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	177.90/cwt	177.00–186.00	847	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	175.01/cwt	170.00–177.00	1,125	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	173.76/cwt	165.00–178.00	1,166	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	183.45/cwt	180.00–184.50	699	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	181.38/cwt	181.00–182.50	769	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	181.74/cwt	175.00–183.00	1,041	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	163.06/cwt	154.00–167.50	859	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,004	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	161.29/cwt	156.00–171.00	1,163	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	136.40/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,172	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	178.77/cwt	177.50–180.00	908	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	160.15/cwt	156.00–161.00	966	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	162.26/cwt	160.00–162.50	803	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	832	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	915	2
Bulls	—	—	1,643	84.80/cwt	74.00–90.75	1,393	9
Bulls	—	—	1,654	95.26/cwt	91.50–100.50	1,576	27
Bulls	—	—	1,894	103.17/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,954	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	77.11/cwt	75.50–79.75	926	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	63.30/cwt	60.00–66.00	853	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,447	77.31/cwt	75.50–79.75	1,119	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	969	66.26/cwt	65.00–67.50	642	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	851	54.84/cwt	50.00–59.00	467	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	709	37.64/cwt	32.50–45.00	267	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	72.74/cwt	68.25–75.50	855	102
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,399	81.82/cwt	80.75–82.75	1,145	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	73.83/cwt	69.50–75.00	1,150	15

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 May 10, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 394Last week 490Year ago 611

Slaughter CattleReceipts 318Last week 442Year ago 339

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly firm. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	551	142.00	142.00
5	—	629	140.00–143.00	142.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	718	135.00–137.00	136.01
32	—	586	157.00–164.00	159.01
25	—	685	145.00–155.00	146.31
3	—	395	168.00	168.00
12	—	527	154.00–167.50	163.06
6	—	603	156.00–161.00	160.15
10	—	495	160.00–162.50	162.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	759	145.00	145.00
10	—	476	177.00–186.00	177.90
16	—	643	170.00–177.00	175.01
13	—	671	165.00–178.00	173.76
4	—	424	181.00–182.50	181.38
7	—	573	175.00–183.00	181.74
8	—	721	156.00–171.00	161.29
41	—	859	136.00–140.00	136.40
2	—	508	177.50–180.00	178.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	381	180.00–184.50	183.45
3	—	697	144.00	144.00
2	—	478	174.00	174.00
2	—	538	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,643	74.00–90.75	84.80
27	—	1,654	91.50–100.50	95.26
6	—	1,894	102.00–107.00	103.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,201	75.50–79.75	77.11
4	—	1,348	60.00–66.00	63.30
102	—	1,176	68.25–75.50	72.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,447	75.50–79.75	77.31
7	—	1,399	80.75–82.75	81.82
15	—	1,558	69.50–75.00	73.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	969	65.00–67.50	66.26
8	—	851	50.00–59.00	54.84
5	—	709	32.50–45.00	37.64

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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