Sale reports / Utah / Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT / 2023-02-14

Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Feb 14
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
619 head
96 vs last sale 715 200 vs year ago 819 · 24.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
143 head
69 vs last sale 212 31 vs year ago 112 · +27.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
24 vs last sale 42 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers under 700 lbs traded steady to 9.50 higher while those over 700 lbs traded unevenly steady. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs traded steady to 1.50 lower, while those between 500-750 lbs traded unevenly steady and those over 750 lbs traded 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded 4.00 to 17.00 higher and slaughter bulls traded 4.75 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $178.28/cwt on 283 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 47.48 against this barn's trailing median of $225.76.
Average price
$178.28
283 head · 634 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,130
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$15
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$51.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.16
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1645182.881,179206
Medium and Large 2392178.1369812thin
Medium and Large 1-2627165.581,03859
Large 1803154.001,2372thin
Large 1-2792143.991,1403thin
Medium 1-2885131.501,1641thin
One grade step is worth $51.38/cwt here — about $15 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 sale283 hd
178.28
UT average2 barns · 374 hd
178.11
+0.16
This barn, trailing median1 sales
225.76
−47.48
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,668116.871,94933
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66599.061,65035
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32098.161,29682
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07889.9196965

Every lot, as filed

76 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1658175.00/cwt173.00–176.001,1524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375200.00/cwt200.00–200.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 1620184.75/cwt176.00–187.001,14572
SteersMedium and Large 1-2785155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2171
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,018141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,4352
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415209.00/cwt209.00–209.008675
SteersMedium and Large 2553162.44/cwt150.00–175.008982
HeifersMedium and Large 1407198.36/cwt195.00–205.008076
SteersMedium and Large 2835125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0441
SteersMedium and Large 2535165.00/cwt165.00–165.008831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680168.49/cwt167.00–170.001,1462
SteersMedium and Large 1-2965147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,4191
HeifersMedium and Large 11,030131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,3491
HeifersMedium and Large 1480198.14/cwt197.00–199.009517
SteersLarge 1313221.30/cwt220.00–222.506932
SteersMedium and Large 1573201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,15211
SteersMedium 1-2611161.22/cwt155.00–167.509854
SteersMedium and Large 1735176.21/cwt172.00–182.001,2957
SteersMedium and Large 2460174.89/cwt165.00–185.008042
SteersMedium and Large 1388238.14/cwt237.50–240.009244
SteersMedium and Large 1520202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,0531
SteersMedium and Large 1474221.73/cwt210.00–227.001,0519
SteersMedium and Large 1629199.73/cwt198.00–200.001,25614
SteersMedium and Large 1840166.56/cwt165.00–168.501,3999
SteersMedium and Large 1-2825145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1961
SteersMedium and Large 2420177.50/cwt177.50–177.507462
SteersMedium and Large 1682183.61/cwt180.00–186.001,2529
SteersMedium and Large 1784176.19/cwt173.50–177.251,38132
Dairy HeifersLarge 398490.50/cwt90.50–90.508917
SteersMedium and Large 11,063148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,5733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2476199.93/cwt195.00–207.509529
SteersMedium and Large 1-2720169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,2176
HeifersMedium and Large 2575152.50/cwt152.50–152.508771
HeifersMedium and Large 2346185.00/cwt185.00–185.006409
HeifersMedium and Large 1865165.25/cwt165.00–168.001,42912
HeifersLarge 1803154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,2372
HeifersMedium and Large 1576192.69/cwt190.00–196.001,11040
HeifersMedium and Large 1533188.40/cwt185.00–195.001,00428
CowsBoner 80-85%1,333102.28/cwt100.00–109.001,36340
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30898.46/cwt96.00–99.501,28830
CowsLean 85-90%1,05583.87/cwt76.00–89.5088532
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,671102.33/cwt93.50–107.001,71031
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62073.74/cwt69.00–78.501,1954
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33582.68/cwt80.00–86.501,1047
CowsLean 85-90%99760.96/cwt60.00–62.506083
CowsLean 85-90%1,13298.06/cwt91.00–103.501,11028
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23357.51/cwt47.50–62.507093
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed815116.00/cwt116.00–116.009452
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,325126.52/cwt126.00–127.001,6762
Bulls1,821115.54/cwt107.50–119.502,10425
BullsReturn to Feed1,320114.90/cwt111.00–117.001,5173
BullsReturn to Feed1,112124.71/cwt122.00–130.001,3875
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,245132.58/cwt125.00–140.001,65113
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,035129.56/cwt122.00–135.001,3414
HeifersMedium and Large 11,120129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,4451
HeifersLarge 1-2738148.99/cwt145.00–153.001,1002
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580172.85/cwt167.50–177.501,00313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0292
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2265215.00/cwt215.00–215.005701
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2977128.89/cwt125.00–131.001,2598
HeifersMedium and Large 11,280130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,6641
HeifersMedium 1-2885131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,1641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2422185.62/cwt180.00–193.0078320
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,0141
HeifersMedium and Large 2508160.00/cwt160.00–160.008132
HeifersMedium and Large 1813169.29/cwt169.00–171.001,37621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500177.00/cwt177.00–177.008853
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,335100.50/cwt100.50–100.501,3422
HeifersMedium and Large 11,330141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,8751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2932133.62/cwt127.50–155.001,2456
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465168.79/cwt165.00–172.507852
HeifersLarge 1-2900134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,2061
HeifersMedium and Large 1783171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,3436
HeifersMedium and Large 1745167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,2481
HeifersMedium and Large 11,158139.67/cwt136.00–144.001,6173
HeifersMedium and Large 1315213.52/cwt212.00–215.006732

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.