Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2022-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold mostly with weak undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $178.52/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$178.52

72 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,046

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

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

$13.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.03

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	181.01	1,053	59
Medium and Large 1-2	605	167.20	1,011	13thin

One grade step is worth $13.81/cwt here — about $42 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 sale72 hd

178.52

—

UT average3 barns · 127 hd

181.54

−3.03

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	1,694	111.75	1,893	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,617	94.62	1,530	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,249	91.92	1,148	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	760	63.78	485	13

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	91.56/cwt	88.00–93.50	1,106	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	652	32.20/cwt	27.50–37.00	210	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	548	47.45/cwt	45.00–49.50	260	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	854	79.71/cwt	77.50–84.00	681	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,617	94.62/cwt	90.25–98.75	1,530	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,341	95.36/cwt	94.50–98.50	1,279	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	86.35/cwt	85.00–87.50	1,048	7
Bulls	—	—	1,694	111.75/cwt	108.00–115.50	1,893	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,170	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	146.76/cwt	145.00–148.50	1,133	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	148.99/cwt	148.00–150.00	1,246	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	149.67/cwt	141.00–154.00	1,025	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	151.21/cwt	148.00–153.00	1,077	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	120.57/cwt	116.00–125.00	1,471	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	175.92/cwt	174.50–178.50	1,108	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	189.66/cwt	189.00–190.00	865	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	214.19/cwt	212.50–217.50	769	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	160.14/cwt	157.50–161.00	834	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	151.93/cwt	141.00–158.50	933	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,298	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,545	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	165.24/cwt	162.50–168.00	1,038	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	932	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	186.88/cwt	185.75–188.00	1,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	166.72/cwt	164.00–175.00	802	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	154.94/cwt	147.50–160.00	1,023	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	171.52/cwt	162.50–176.50	1,130	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	191.94/cwt	190.00–196.00	820	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,189	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	177.11/cwt	160.00–183.00	1,004	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	157.09/cwt	150.00–161.00	884	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,057	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	162.30/cwt	162.00–162.50	1,005	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	131.20/cwt	122.50–140.00	892	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	174.78/cwt	172.50–177.00	940	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	887	3

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 Aug 2, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 351Last week 222Year ago 465

Slaughter CattleReceipts 111Last week 137Year ago 483

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold mostly with weak undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold firm.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,208	88.00–93.50	91.56
14	—	1,341	94.50–98.50	95.36
7	—	1,214	85.00–87.50	86.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	652	27.50–37.00	32.20
2	—	548	45.00–49.50	47.45
8	—	854	77.50–84.00	79.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,617	90.25–98.75	94.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,694	108.00–115.50	111.75

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	745	157.00	157.00
5	—	673	157.00	157.00
5	—	619	162.00–162.50	162.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	772	145.00–148.50	146.76
12	—	836	148.00–150.00	148.99
3	—	685	141.00–154.00	149.67
12	—	712	148.00–153.00	151.21
2	—	1,220	116.00–125.00	120.57
4	—	521	157.50–161.00	160.14
11	—	614	141.00–158.50	151.93
2	—	1,298	119.00	119.00
4	—	481	164.00–175.00	166.72
3	—	563	150.00–161.00	157.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	630	174.50–178.50	175.92
6	—	456	189.00–190.00	189.66
6	—	359	212.50–217.50	214.19
2	—	550	185.75–188.00	186.88
15	—	659	162.50–176.50	171.52
3	—	427	190.00–196.00	191.94
2	—	708	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	162.50–168.00	165.24
2	—	518	180.00	180.00
5	—	660	147.50–160.00	154.94
4	—	567	160.00–183.00	177.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	680	122.50–140.00	131.20
2	—	538	172.50–177.00	174.78
3	—	643	138.00	138.00

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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