Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2022-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Comparable feeder cattle trades sold with firm undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold firm, mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.88/cwt on 122 head.

Average price

$158.88

122 head · 682 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,084

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$25.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.55

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	169.83	1,116	69
Medium and Large 1-2	715	144.62	1,034	53

One grade step is worth $25.21/cwt here — about $81 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 sale122 hd

158.88

—

UT average2 barns · 144 hd

160.43

−1.55

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	1,640	103.13	1,691	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,518	87.40	1,326	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,270	82.28	1,045	139
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	963	71.66	690	23

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	363	163.74/cwt	160.00–165.00	594	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	152.01/cwt	147.50–155.00	1,012	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	179.04/cwt	177.50–182.50	582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	944	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,274	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	147.94/cwt	145.00–148.50	772	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	638	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	173.68/cwt	170.00–177.50	657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	180.43/cwt	175.00–181.00	954	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,014	137.88/cwt	137.50–138.00	1,398	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	269	201.53/cwt	195.00–205.00	542	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,187	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	163.60/cwt	160.00–167.50	951	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	594	172.33/cwt	170.00–173.00	1,024	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	183.75/cwt	183.00–184.00	809	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	164.22/cwt	162.00–165.00	1,018	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	142.88/cwt	130.00–144.00	1,084	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	138.22/cwt	136.00–138.50	1,126	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	138.32/cwt	133.00–148.00	997	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,101	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	173.10/cwt	167.50–183.00	1,077	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	759	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	272	178.19/cwt	175.00–185.00	485	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	353	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	145.00/cwt	141.50–152.00	1,175	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	140.33/cwt	140.00–141.00	957	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	171.40/cwt	171.00–172.00	1,138	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	137.48/cwt	136.00–138.00	854	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	136.88/cwt	135.00–137.50	984	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	142.59/cwt	141.00–143.00	1,010	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	146.95/cwt	145.50–147.25	902	25
Bulls	—	—	1,606	102.83/cwt	96.00–109.50	1,651	15
Bulls	—	—	2,045	114.96/cwt	113.00–119.00	2,351	3
Bulls	—	—	1,405	92.78/cwt	92.00–93.50	1,304	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,487	74.49/cwt	67.00–77.75	1,108	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	672	48.33/cwt	48.25–48.50	325	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	82.21/cwt	78.50–85.50	1,015	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	75.98/cwt	73.00–79.00	771	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	87.60/cwt	85.75–89.75	1,086	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	90.89/cwt	90.25–93.25	1,374	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	81.62/cwt	78.75–83.00	1,310	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,507	87.33/cwt	84.00–89.50	1,316	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	67.81/cwt	67.00–68.50	631	2

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 31, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 328Last week 609Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 356Last week 244Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Comparable feeder cattle trades sold with firm undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold firm, mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	363	160.00–165.00	163.74
10	—	522	145.00–148.50	147.94
6	—	682	140.00–141.00	140.33
8	—	621	136.00–138.00	137.48
4	—	719	135.00–137.50	136.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	666	147.50–155.00	152.01
3	—	325	177.50–182.50	179.04
4	—	944	135.00	135.00
2	—	520	155.00	155.00
15	—	823	133.75	133.75
9	—	457	166.00	166.00
3	—	272	175.00–185.00	178.19
10	—	708	141.00–143.00	142.59
25	—	614	145.50–147.25	146.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	202.50	202.50
10	—	529	175.00–181.00	180.43
13	—	1,014	137.50–138.00	137.88
3	—	269	195.00–205.00	201.53
3	—	715	166.00	166.00
9	—	594	170.00–173.00	172.33
4	—	440	183.00–184.00	183.75
6	—	622	167.50–183.00	173.10
3	—	810	141.50–152.00	145.00
14	—	664	171.00–172.00	171.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	170.00–177.50	173.68
4	—	581	160.00–167.50	163.60
4	—	620	162.00–165.00	164.22
13	—	759	130.00–144.00	142.88
9	—	815	136.00–138.50	138.22
21	—	721	133.00–148.00	138.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	353	227.50	227.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,606	96.00–109.50	102.83
3	—	2,045	113.00–119.00	114.96
3	—	1,405	92.00–93.50	92.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,487	67.00–77.75	74.49
91	—	1,235	78.50–85.50	82.21
29	—	1,240	85.75–89.75	87.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	672	48.25–48.50	48.33
18	—	1,015	73.00–79.00	75.98
2	—	930	67.00–68.50	67.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,512	90.25–93.25	90.89
5	—	1,605	78.75–83.00	81.62
36	—	1,507	84.00–89.50	87.33

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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