Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2022-06-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly. Average dressing slaughter cows sold unevenly steady and average dressing slaughter bulls sold slightly firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.03/cwt on 114 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −77.73 against this barn's trailing median of $225.76.

Average price

$148.03

114 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$917

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$18.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.71

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	613	153.68	942	79
Medium and Large 1-2	634	135.25	857	35

One grade step is worth $18.43/cwt here — about $85 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 sale114 hd

148.03

—

UT average2 barns · 169 hd

147.32

+0.71

This barn, trailing median1 sales

225.76

−77.73

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	—	High	1,670	110.37	1,843	43
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,539	92.29	1,420	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,239	88.79	1,100	141
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	885	69.83	618	23

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	628	154.25/cwt	151.00–160.00	969	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	159.34/cwt	159.00–160.00	924	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	993	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	780	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	148.00/cwt	147.50–149.00	836	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	143.93/cwt	143.00–147.50	744	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,018	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,405	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	117.29/cwt	116.00–121.00	1,019	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	172.31/cwt	172.00–172.50	831	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	171.26/cwt	170.00–172.50	647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	536	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	159.11/cwt	154.50–164.00	1,230	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	184.74/cwt	175.00–188.00	846	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,197	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	175.30/cwt	174.50–180.00	1,010	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	150.36/cwt	147.00–152.50	1,030	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,018	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	157.64/cwt	151.50–161.50	872	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	152.02/cwt	147.50–155.00	947	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,306	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	180.32/cwt	179.50–182.00	1,149	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	132.80/cwt	125.00–137.50	1,208	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	569	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	164.58/cwt	162.50–165.00	632	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	117.11/cwt	114.00–123.00	835	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	747	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	107.27/cwt	103.00–116.00	927	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	160.42/cwt	157.50–169.00	823	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	167.96/cwt	165.50–175.00	732	11
Bulls	—	—	1,923	117.69/cwt	115.00–125.00	2,263	8
Bulls	—	—	1,359	102.62/cwt	99.00–104.00	1,395	6
Bulls	—	—	1,664	109.95/cwt	105.00–113.50	1,830	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	94.07/cwt	93.00–97.50	1,156	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,539	92.29/cwt	85.75–98.50	1,420	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	80.40/cwt	76.00–83.00	810	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	745	68.74/cwt	63.00–73.00	512	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	604	38.78/cwt	35.00–45.00	234	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,548	82.25/cwt	77.75–83.75	1,273	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	88.55/cwt	84.00–92.75	1,063	105

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 Jun 14, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 302Last week 598Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 309Last week 273Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly. Average dressing slaughter cows sold unevenly steady and average dressing slaughter bulls sold slightly firm.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	628	151.00–160.00	154.25
3	—	580	159.00–160.00	159.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	955	104.00	104.00
3	—	565	147.50–149.00	148.00
5	—	517	143.00–147.50	143.93
6	—	384	162.50–165.00	164.58
3	—	713	114.00–123.00	117.11
6	—	470	159.00	159.00
9	—	864	103.00–116.00	107.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	162.50	162.50
5	—	685	147.00–152.50	150.36
7	—	702	145.00	145.00
12	—	553	151.50–161.50	157.64
12	—	623	147.50–155.00	152.02
15	—	910	125.00–137.50	132.80
6	—	325	175.00	175.00
9	—	513	157.50–169.00	160.42
11	—	436	165.50–175.00	167.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,018	138.00	138.00
2	—	268	200.00	200.00
2	—	773	154.50–164.00	159.11
7	—	458	175.00–188.00	184.74
5	—	665	180.00	180.00
7	—	576	174.50–180.00	175.30
2	—	865	151.00	151.00
3	—	637	179.50–182.00	180.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	869	116.00–121.00	117.29
5	—	482	172.00–172.50	172.31
2	—	378	170.00–172.50	171.26
2	—	313	177.50	177.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,923	115.00–125.00	117.69
6	—	1,359	99.00–104.00	102.62
29	—	1,664	105.00–113.50	109.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,229	93.00–97.50	94.07
14	—	1,548	77.75–83.75	82.25
105	—	1,200	84.00–92.75	88.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,539	85.75–98.50	92.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,007	76.00–83.00	80.40
3	—	745	63.00–73.00	68.74
5	—	604	35.00–45.00	38.78

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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