Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2022-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold with firm undertone, while heifers sold mostly weak. Average dressing slaughter cows sold unevenly steady and average dressing slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $181.94/cwt on 153 head.

Average price

$181.94

153 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,005

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$8

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

$27.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.79

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	191.53	996	99
Medium and Large 1-2	611	164.36	1,004	54

One grade step is worth $27.17/cwt here — about −$8 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 sale153 hd

181.94

—

UT average3 barns · 214 hd

183.73

−1.79

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	1,792	109.85	1,968	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,539	97.64	1,503	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,291	89.68	1,157	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,068	79.00	843	38

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	235.53/cwt	233.00–238.00	751	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	187.38/cwt	182.50–189.00	1,182	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	168.48/cwt	167.00–170.00	1,230	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	881	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	222.59/cwt	212.50–232.50	619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	126.55/cwt	124.00–138.00	797	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	697	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,129	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	187.47/cwt	175.00–188.50	821	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,653	100.49/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	232.91/cwt	230.00–240.00	647	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,062	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,064	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	158.95/cwt	157.50–162.50	598	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	133.62/cwt	130.00–147.50	743	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	145.49/cwt	145.00–146.00	1,343	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	152.39/cwt	149.00–165.00	962	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	187.38/cwt	180.00–199.00	911	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,474	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,412	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,603	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	147.07/cwt	147.00–147.50	1,138	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	188.97/cwt	188.00–191.00	1,090	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	94.83/cwt	93.00–97.00	1,259	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	862	59.35/cwt	51.00–66.00	512	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	75.74/cwt	69.50–77.50	861	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	82.15/cwt	78.00–86.00	879	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,522	97.20/cwt	94.00–99.00	1,479	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	89.88/cwt	88.00–92.50	1,128	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,372	85.64/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,175	9
Bulls	—	—	1,875	109.85/cwt	104.00–113.00	2,060	30
Bulls	—	—	1,472	93.77/cwt	85.50–101.00	1,380	3
Bulls	—	—	1,534	117.88/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,808	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	848	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	1,295	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	862	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	148.25/cwt	147.50–149.00	1,290	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	713	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	175.67/cwt	173.00–179.00	852	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	192.91/cwt	180.00–196.00	1,005	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,062	143.02/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,519	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	220.22/cwt	200.00–228.00	808	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	181.48/cwt	181.00–184.00	688	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,237	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 23, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 510Last week 417Year ago 570

Slaughter CattleReceipts 151Last week 178Year ago 465

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	319	233.00–238.00	235.53
7	—	631	182.50–189.00	187.38
2	—	730	167.00–170.00	168.48
2	—	278	212.50–232.50	222.59
45	—	486	180.00–199.00	187.38
2	—	933	158.00	158.00
5	—	856	165.00	165.00
3	—	577	188.00–191.00	188.97
22	—	521	180.00–196.00	192.91
7	—	367	200.00–228.00	220.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,188	130.00	130.00
14	—	554	159.00	159.00
19	—	438	175.00–188.50	187.47
2	—	923	145.00–146.00	145.49
8	—	631	149.00–165.00	152.39
2	—	1,113	144.00	144.00
7	—	774	147.00–147.50	147.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	630	124.00–138.00	126.55
3	—	467	155.00	155.00
17	—	843	126.00	126.00
5	—	739	144.00	144.00
8	—	376	157.50–162.50	158.95
5	—	556	130.00–147.50	133.62
2	—	443	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	697	162.00	162.00
14	—	848	152.75	152.75
2	—	513	168.00	168.00
2	—	870	147.50–149.00	148.25
12	—	405	176.00	176.00
25	—	485	173.00–179.00	175.67
4	—	1,062	140.00–146.00	143.02
2	—	348	184.00	184.00
6	—	379	181.00–184.00	181.48
3	—	788	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	278	230.00–240.00	232.91

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,653	100.00–101.00	100.49
13	—	1,522	94.00–99.00	97.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,328	93.00–97.00	94.83
27	—	1,255	88.00–92.50	89.88
9	—	1,372	84.00–87.00	85.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	862	51.00–66.00	59.35
8	—	1,137	69.50–77.50	75.74
27	—	1,070	78.00–86.00	82.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,875	104.00–113.00	109.85
3	—	1,472	85.50–101.00	93.77
6	—	1,534	115.00–120.00	117.88

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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