Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2022-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold with firm 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 $184.33/cwt on 136 head.

Average price

$184.33

136 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,067

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$55

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

$41.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.50

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	190.39	1,049	116
Medium and Large 1-2	740	149.19	1,104	20

One grade step is worth $41.20/cwt here — about −$55 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 sale136 hd

184.33

—

UT average2 barns · 160 hd

181.83

+2.50

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	1,756	112.86	1,981	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,637	98.90	1,619	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,251	93.01	1,164	90
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,037	80.21	832	21

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	923	137.43/cwt	132.00–143.00	1,268	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	943	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	150.03/cwt	146.50–155.00	1,163	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	896	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,357	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	156.22/cwt	155.00–157.50	986	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	500	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,235	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	145.50/cwt	138.00–160.00	1,037	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	160.54/cwt	158.00–163.00	1,305	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,452	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,457	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	182.46/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,058	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	185.97/cwt	185.00–186.00	999	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	180.13/cwt	172.50–181.00	1,111	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	176.23/cwt	173.00–179.00	1,195	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	161.27/cwt	158.00–173.00	1,026	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	131.89/cwt	117.50–147.00	1,081	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	135.24/cwt	132.50–138.00	1,221	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	143.88/cwt	120.00–155.00	981	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	186.50/cwt	180.00–189.00	731	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	497	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	855	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	207.75/cwt	195.00–210.00	889	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	705	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,293	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	219.63/cwt	217.50–220.00	780	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	163.58/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,189	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	154.02/cwt	149.00–156.00	1,098	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	774	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	162.36/cwt	159.00–164.50	781	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,237	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	160.32/cwt	160.00–162.50	992	8
Bulls	—	—	1,816	113.83/cwt	109.00–116.50	2,067	11
Bulls	—	—	2,028	122.71/cwt	121.00–124.50	2,489	2
Bulls	—	—	545	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	450	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	86.16/cwt	82.50–88.00	1,130	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	92.09/cwt	89.00–98.00	1,166	52
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	104.26/cwt	99.00–111.00	1,180	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,631	99.85/cwt	95.00–106.00	1,629	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,689	91.29/cwt	89.00–93.50	1,542	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	84.94/cwt	80.00–88.75	873	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	70.94/cwt	65.00–74.00	741	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	56.32/cwt	52.50–60.00	620	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 Aug 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 403Last week 351Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 173Last week 111Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	923	132.00–143.00	137.43
6	—	597	158.00	158.00
7	—	775	146.50–155.00	150.03
7	—	896	151.50	151.50
12	—	631	155.00–157.50	156.22
2	—	290	172.50	172.50
4	—	713	149.00–156.00	154.02
7	—	481	159.00–164.50	162.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	392	180.00–189.00	186.50
35	—	497	172.00	172.00
5	—	727	160.00–165.00	163.58
3	—	430	180.00	180.00
5	—	773	160.00	160.00
8	—	619	160.00–162.50	160.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	797	155.00	155.00
3	—	713	138.00–160.00	145.50
5	—	636	158.00–173.00	161.27
2	—	820	117.50–147.00	131.89
2	—	903	132.50–138.00	135.24
3	—	682	120.00–155.00	143.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	813	158.00–163.00	160.54
2	—	968	150.00	150.00
3	—	940	155.00	155.00
4	—	580	180.00–185.00	182.46
29	—	537	185.00–186.00	185.97
10	—	617	172.50–181.00	180.13
17	—	678	173.00–179.00	176.23
31	—	428	195.00–210.00	207.75
5	—	328	215.00	215.00
6	—	756	171.00	171.00
7	—	355	217.50–220.00	219.63

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,816	109.00–116.50	113.83
2	—	2,028	121.00–124.50	122.71
1	—	545	82.50	82.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,312	82.50–88.00	86.16
52	—	1,266	89.00–98.00	92.09
17	—	1,132	99.00–111.00	104.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,631	95.00–106.00	99.85
4	—	1,689	89.00–93.50	91.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,028	80.00–88.75	84.94
3	—	1,045	65.00–74.00	70.94
2	—	1,100	52.50–60.00	56.32

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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