Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2022-06-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The light test of comparable feeder cattle trades sold with firm undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.49/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −80.27 against this barn's trailing median of $225.76.

Average price

$145.49

30 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$907

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$176

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

$6.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

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	569	147.70	841	19thin
Medium and Large 1	718	141.66	1,017	11thin

One grade step is worth $6.04/cwt here — about −$176 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 sale30 hd

145.49

—

UT average1 barns · 30 hd

145.49

+0.00

This barn, trailing median1 sales

225.76

−80.27

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	1,873	111.81	2,095	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,475	94.16	1,389	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,252	90.06	1,128	108
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,062	76.94	817	28

Every lot, as filed

26 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	—	502	155.67/cwt	155.50–156.00	781	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	150.48/cwt	149.00–153.00	879	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,224	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	180.27/cwt	177.50–183.00	1,010	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	132.79/cwt	132.00–134.00	884	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,091	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	874	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,280	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	159.54/cwt	155.00–166.00	997	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	143.97/cwt	140.00–147.00	986	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	151.24/cwt	150.00–152.50	1,071	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	153.26/cwt	152.50–154.00	1,172	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	155.09/cwt	150.00–158.00	730	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	148.91/cwt	140.00–156.50	1,234	7
Bulls	—	—	2,176	119.51/cwt	116.50–121.75	2,601	4
Bulls	—	—	1,375	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,348	1
Bulls	—	—	1,847	111.18/cwt	105.00–115.75	2,053	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	89.18/cwt	84.50–92.75	1,081	72
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	94.35/cwt	88.75–97.00	1,359	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	76.80/cwt	76.50–77.50	781	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	100.17/cwt	99.25–101.00	1,493	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,985	85.28/cwt	84.75–85.75	1,693	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	81.81/cwt	78.00–84.25	902	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	51.45/cwt	46.00–55.50	452	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	93.57/cwt	93.00–95.25	1,228	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,438	83.00/cwt	80.50–84.00	1,194	6

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 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 174Last week 283Year ago 292

Slaughter CattleReceipts 237Last week 164Year ago 420

Compared to last week: The light test of comparable feeder cattle trades sold with firm undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	502	155.50–156.00	155.67
4	—	584	149.00–153.00	150.48
5	—	666	132.00–134.00	132.79
2	—	643	149.00	149.00
5	—	471	150.00–158.00	155.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	805	135.50	135.50
8	—	685	140.00–147.00	143.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	720	170.00	170.00
2	—	560	177.50–183.00	180.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	874	146.50	146.50
3	—	625	155.00–166.00	159.54
2	—	708	150.00–152.50	151.24
2	—	765	152.50–154.00	153.26
7	—	829	140.00–156.50	148.91

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,176	116.50–121.75	119.51
1	—	1,375	98.00	98.00
27	—	1,847	105.00–115.75	111.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,212	84.50–92.75	89.18
30	—	1,312	93.00–95.25	93.57
6	—	1,438	80.50–84.00	83.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,440	88.75–97.00	94.35
2	—	1,490	99.25–101.00	100.17
2	—	1,985	84.75–85.75	85.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,017	76.50–77.50	76.80
21	—	1,103	78.00–84.25	81.81
4	—	878	46.00–55.50	51.45

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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