Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2023-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs traded mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Steers over 600 lbs traded steady to 7.75 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs traded 5.00 to 8.00 lower, while those between 500-550 lbs traded 9.00 higher and those over 550 lbs traded mostly steady to 6.oo lower. Average dress slaughter cows traded 1.00 lower to 7.00 higher and slaughter bulls traded 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $185.63/cwt on 302 head.

Average price

$185.63

302 head · 684 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,270

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

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

$32.64/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	548	190.24	1,043	31
Medium and Large 1	705	187.90	1,325	246
Medium and Large 2	644	157.60	1,014	25

One grade step is worth $32.64/cwt here — about $28 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 sale302 hd

185.63

—

UT average1 barns · 302 hd

185.63

+0.00

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	1,649	118.31	1,951	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,366	100.99	1,379	100
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,701	100.78	1,714	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,092	94.75	1,034	75

Every lot, as filed

106 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 2	—	873	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,113	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	783	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,259	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	885	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	649	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,175	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,143	144.79/cwt	136.00–146.00	1,655	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	759	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,012	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	217.49/cwt	215.00–222.50	787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,075	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	162.94/cwt	161.00–167.00	1,352	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,370	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	905	120.00/cwt	112.50–127.50	1,086	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	827	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	973	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	178.25/cwt	177.50–178.50	1,046	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,348	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	175.20/cwt	171.50–181.00	1,102	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,511	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,208	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,691	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,076	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,641	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,161	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	726	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	166.33/cwt	164.50–169.50	1,470	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	229.70/cwt	222.50–232.50	967	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	174.37/cwt	173.00–176.00	1,416	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,302	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	195.50/cwt	187.50–197.50	927	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	207.94/cwt	206.00–213.00	1,115	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	176.40/cwt	171.50–182.50	1,353	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	219.40/cwt	210.00–223.00	1,058	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	789	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,105	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	201.25/cwt	190.00–206.00	1,256	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	180.34/cwt	177.00–183.00	1,313	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	185.93/cwt	178.00–192.50	1,251	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	240.43/cwt	237.50–243.00	914	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	206.02/cwt	197.50–210.00	1,213	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,105	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,552	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,038	158.49/cwt	154.00–160.00	1,645	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,053	145.11/cwt	142.50–158.00	1,528	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	166.28/cwt	165.00–167.50	1,039	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	893	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,122	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,212	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,704	108.80/cwt	107.00–111.75	1,854	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,396	105.82/cwt	103.00–109.50	1,477	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,738	89.16/cwt	87.50–91.25	1,550	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	61.88/cwt	58.00–69.50	712	3
Bulls	—	—	1,932	124.39/cwt	121.00–126.50	2,403	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	62.61/cwt	50.00–68.00	826	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,689	100.43/cwt	94.00–105.50	1,696	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	97.16/cwt	91.00–101.00	1,261	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,418	82.97/cwt	78.00–88.00	1,177	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	77.70/cwt	72.50–80.00	775	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	99.31/cwt	95.00–103.75	1,095	39
Bulls	—	—	1,430	103.88/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,485	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	90.91/cwt	86.00–94.75	990	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,120	107.54/cwt	104.00–115.00	1,204	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,322	102.11/cwt	101.00–102.50	1,350	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,443	112.98/cwt	111.50–114.00	1,630	10
Bulls	—	—	1,721	113.32/cwt	110.50–116.50	1,950	8
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,233	121.03/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,492	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,037	134.33/cwt	134.00–135.00	1,393	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	382	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	478	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	475	208.94/cwt	207.50–210.00	992	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	383	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	820	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	820	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	984	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	538	196.24/cwt	195.00–197.50	1,056	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	131.00/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	115.50/cwt	115.00–116.00	1,484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,490	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,863	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	189.66/cwt	185.00–199.00	901	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	167.50/cwt	165.00–168.00	1,337	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	171.09/cwt	160.00–177.50	980	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	162.10/cwt	155.00–170.00	686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,138	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	879	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	168.58/cwt	161.00–172.50	1,227	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	190.80/cwt	185.00–197.50	607	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	650	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	197.70/cwt	192.50–200.00	1,056	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	175.66/cwt	165.00–178.00	1,212	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	164.57/cwt	160.00–167.50	861	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	652	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	557	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,100	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	407	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	847	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	130.25/cwt	130.00–130.50	1,261	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	120.20/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,298	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	188.23/cwt	185.00–189.00	744	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,288	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,662	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	139.53/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,165	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,013	152.46/cwt	147.00–158.00	1,544	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	193.00/cwt	190.00–194.00	849	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	177.58/cwt	175.00–182.50	586	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 Feb 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 678Last week 619Year ago 473

Slaughter CattleReceipts 236Last week 143Year ago 102

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	873	127.50	127.50
2	—	423	185.00	185.00
1	—	680	157.50	157.50
2	—	595	170.00	170.00
2	—	905	112.50–127.50	120.00
6	—	453	182.50	182.50
2	—	628	155.00	155.00
7	—	789	140.00	140.00
1	—	320	192.50	192.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	162.50	162.50
3	—	448	197.50	197.50
1	—	665	180.00	180.00
4	—	649	181.00	181.00
3	—	288	220.00	220.00
3	—	362	215.00–222.50	217.49
1	—	1,025	127.00	127.00
1	—	920	147.50	147.50
5	—	474	187.50–197.50	195.50
9	—	594	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	884	164.50–169.50	166.33
10	—	421	222.50–232.50	229.70
13	—	812	173.00–176.00	174.37
8	—	536	206.00–213.00	207.94
46	—	767	171.50–182.50	176.40
14	—	482	210.00–223.00	219.40
17	—	624	190.00–206.00	201.25
50	—	728	177.00–183.00	180.34
9	—	673	178.00–192.50	185.93
9	—	380	237.50–243.00	240.43
25	—	589	197.50–210.00	206.02
5	—	952	163.00	163.00
4	—	1,038	154.00–160.00	158.49
1	—	315	240.00	240.00
6	—	1,053	142.50–158.00	145.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,143	136.00–146.00	144.79
6	—	370	205.00	205.00
1	—	1,075	139.00	139.00
3	—	830	161.00–167.00	162.94
1	—	1,370	128.00	128.00
16	—	587	177.50–178.50	178.25
17	—	629	171.50–181.00	175.20
5	—	933	162.00	162.00
2	—	1,208	140.00	140.00
2	—	1,490	125.00	125.00
21	—	475	185.00–199.00	189.66
6	—	798	165.00–168.00	167.50
39	—	728	161.00–172.50	168.58
3	—	317	205.00	205.00
11	—	534	192.50–200.00	197.70
1	—	1,150	130.00	130.00
22	—	690	165.00–178.00	175.66
2	—	1,288	129.00	129.00
4	—	1,013	147.00–158.00	152.46
4	—	440	190.00–194.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	149.00	149.00
1	—	735	158.00	158.00
2	—	415	175.00	175.00
2	—	1,035	130.00–132.00	131.00
2	—	1,285	115.00–116.00	115.50
9	—	573	160.00–177.50	171.09
2	—	698	163.00	163.00
1	—	495	177.50	177.50
3	—	318	185.00–197.50	190.80
6	—	523	160.00–167.50	164.57
2	—	968	130.00–130.50	130.25
4	—	1,080	118.00–125.00	120.20
5	—	395	185.00–189.00	188.23
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,076	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	475	207.50–210.00	208.94
3	—	383	214.00	214.00
12	—	557	197.50	197.50
18	—	407	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	155.00–170.00	162.10
1	—	475	150.00	150.00
1	—	395	165.00	165.00
4	—	835	135.00–141.00	139.53
3	—	330	175.00–182.50	177.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	132.50	132.50
1	—	820	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	165.00–167.50	166.28
2	—	470	190.00	190.00
1	—	980	127.50	127.50
3	—	925	131.00	131.00
1	—	345	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	182.50	182.50
2	—	538	195.00–197.50	196.24

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,704	107.00–111.75	108.80
5	—	1,738	87.50–91.25	89.16
17	—	1,689	94.00–105.50	100.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,396	103.00–109.50	105.82
4	—	1,319	50.00–68.00	62.61
21	—	1,298	91.00–101.00	97.16
6	—	1,418	78.00–88.00	82.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,150	58.00–69.50	61.88
9	—	997	72.50–80.00	77.70
39	—	1,103	95.00–103.75	99.31
14	—	1,089	86.00–94.75	90.91
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,120	104.00–115.00	107.54
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,322	101.00–102.50	102.11
10	—	1,443	111.50–114.00	112.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,932	121.00–126.50	124.39
6	—	1,430	100.00–105.00	103.88
8	—	1,721	110.50–116.50	113.32
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,233	120.00–122.00	121.03
3	—	1,037	134.00–135.00	134.33

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