Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2022-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold with firm undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.27/cwt on 109 head.

Average price

$170.27

109 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,095

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$466

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

$10.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.19

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	681	171.98	1,171	92
Medium and Large 1-2	438	161.03	705	17thin

One grade step is worth $10.95/cwt here — about $466 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 sale109 hd

170.27

—

UT average3 barns · 145 hd

170.08

+0.19

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	1,789	94.34	1,688	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,513	78.15	1,182	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,304	75.40	983	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,014	61.85	627	56

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	509	156.35/cwt	150.00–158.00	796	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	123.65/cwt	121.00–129.00	884	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	153.50/cwt	152.00–155.00	969	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	982	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	140.26/cwt	140.00–144.00	952	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	924	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,220	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	163.34/cwt	162.50–165.00	825	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	174.56/cwt	171.00–178.00	1,194	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	919	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	142.75/cwt	141.00–143.00	1,288	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,286	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	177.96/cwt	167.50–181.00	1,296	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	164.01/cwt	162.00–167.50	750	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	159.59/cwt	158.00–162.50	661	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	184.13/cwt	170.00–189.00	1,132	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	130.68/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,392	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	138.28/cwt	137.50–141.50	990	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	710	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	741	184.78/cwt	184.00–192.50	1,369	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	178.98/cwt	173.00–181.00	1,022	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	179.28/cwt	179.00–181.00	710	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	165.06/cwt	162.50–167.50	462	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	176.07/cwt	172.50–180.00	463	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	165.04/cwt	157.50–166.00	956	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,228	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	151.51/cwt	150.00–152.50	712	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	1,100	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	132.93/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,079	12
Bulls	—	—	1,599	87.04/cwt	85.00–88.50	1,392	7
Bulls	—	—	1,833	95.47/cwt	90.50–101.00	1,750	28
Bulls	—	—	1,845	104.03/cwt	103.50–104.25	1,919	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	75.92/cwt	73.25–78.50	977	68
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	79.32/cwt	79.25–79.50	1,055	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,433	69.02/cwt	63.00–72.50	989	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,674	81.77/cwt	81.25–82.25	1,369	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	68.37/cwt	65.00–73.00	675	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	51.59/cwt	47.50–58.00	537	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	40.15/cwt	36.00–42.50	452	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	77.37/cwt	76.00–80.75	1,144	42

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 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 512Last week 394Year ago 560

Slaughter CattleReceipts 294Last week 318Year ago 551

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold with firm undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	509	150.00–158.00	156.35
3	—	715	121.00–129.00	123.65
15	—	679	140.00–144.00	140.26
3	—	620	149.00	149.00
4	—	280	162.50–167.50	165.06
5	—	470	150.00–152.50	151.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	631	152.00–155.00	153.50
5	—	650	151.00	151.00
3	—	1,065	128.00–132.00	130.68
9	—	716	137.50–141.50	138.28
3	—	425	167.00	167.00
2	—	263	172.50–180.00	176.07
16	—	579	157.50–166.00	165.04
2	—	1,228	132.50	132.50
3	—	790	139.25	139.25
12	—	812	132.00–140.00	132.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	408	175.00	175.00
4	—	827	147.50	147.50
4	—	684	171.00–178.00	174.56
2	—	533	172.50	172.50
8	—	902	141.00–143.00	142.75
10	—	875	147.00	147.00
13	—	728	167.50–181.00	177.96
15	—	615	170.00–189.00	184.13
16	—	571	173.00–181.00	178.98
7	—	396	179.00–181.00	179.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	162.50–165.00	163.34
3	—	457	162.00–167.50	164.01
11	—	414	158.00–162.50	159.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	741	184.00–192.50	184.78

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,599	85.00–88.50	87.04
28	—	1,833	90.50–101.00	95.47
2	—	1,845	103.50–104.25	104.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,287	73.25–78.50	75.92
4	—	1,330	79.25–79.50	79.32
8	—	1,433	63.00–72.50	69.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,674	81.25–82.25	81.77
42	—	1,478	76.00–80.75	77.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	987	65.00–73.00	68.37
10	—	1,040	47.50–58.00	51.59
7	—	1,125	36.00–42.50	40.15

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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