Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2022-06-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were lightly tested and sold unevenly. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.22/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −80.54 against this barn's trailing median of $225.76.

Average price

$145.22

77 head · 621 lb average

Value per head Derived

$902

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$291

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

$3.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.01

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	529	146.60	776	44
Medium and Large 1	744	143.37	1,067	33

One grade step is worth $3.24/cwt here — about −$291 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 sale77 hd

145.22

—

UT average3 barns · 156 hd

142.21

+3.01

This barn, trailing median1 sales

225.76

−80.54

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	1,732	108.08	1,872	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,529	89.95	1,375	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,261	85.27	1,075	81
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	996	71.57	712	22

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	760	140.98/cwt	138.00–142.00	1,071	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	148.48/cwt	147.00–150.00	950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	142.50/cwt	142.00–143.00	969	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	141.61/cwt	141.00–148.00	668	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	890	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	148.87/cwt	147.50–149.50	810	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	165.97/cwt	162.00–170.00	758	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	129.35/cwt	125.00–131.50	1,237	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,171	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	128.30/cwt	127.50–134.00	1,202	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	136.31/cwt	136.00–136.50	1,250	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	174.16/cwt	173.00–175.00	742	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	262	174.55/cwt	173.00–176.00	457	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	148.69/cwt	145.00–160.00	651	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	282	175.38/cwt	171.00–180.00	495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	887	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	180.01/cwt	179.00–183.00	1,022	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	172.56/cwt	171.00–176.00	1,058	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	179.37/cwt	175.00–182.50	929	22
Bulls	—	—	1,732	108.08/cwt	97.50–112.00	1,872	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	89.23/cwt	88.25–90.25	1,115	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	78.88/cwt	76.00–80.75	1,011	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	85.47/cwt	81.50–87.75	1,076	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,541	88.82/cwt	85.75–90.75	1,369	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,501	92.64/cwt	91.00–94.00	1,391	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	71.98/cwt	69.50–74.00	745	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	623	45.68/cwt	45.50–45.75	285	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	78.39/cwt	76.00–79.75	852	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 Jun 21, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 283Last week 302Year ago 385

Slaughter CattleReceipts 164Last week 309Year ago 391

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were lightly tested and sold unevenly. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	760	138.00–142.00	140.98
2	—	640	147.00–150.00	148.48
6	—	553	161.00	161.00
5	—	956	125.00–131.50	129.35
8	—	937	127.50–134.00	128.30
3	—	282	171.00–180.00	175.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	142.00–143.00	142.50
12	—	472	141.00–148.00	141.61
19	—	544	147.50–149.50	148.87
4	—	438	145.00–160.00	148.69
7	—	595	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	457	162.00–170.00	165.97
8	—	917	136.00–136.50	136.31
5	—	426	173.00–175.00	174.16
4	—	262	173.00–176.00	174.55
2	—	695	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	669	175.00	175.00
8	—	568	179.00–183.00	180.01
10	—	613	171.00–176.00	172.56
22	—	518	175.00–182.50	179.37

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,732	97.50–112.00	108.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,250	88.25–90.25	89.23
15	—	1,282	76.00–80.75	78.88
44	—	1,259	81.50–87.75	85.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,541	85.75–90.75	88.82
8	—	1,501	91.00–94.00	92.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,035	69.50–74.00	71.98
4	—	623	45.50–45.75	45.68
15	—	1,087	76.00–79.75	78.39

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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