Name: Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT livestock auction prices — 2023-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers under 650 lbs traded sharply lower. Steers over 650 lbs traded steady. Feeder heifers traded uneven in all weight ranges on a lighter test. Slaughter cows traded steady to 1.00 lower and slaughter bulls traded 4.00 lower on a thin test. The next available report will occur as receipts warrant.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $188.15/cwt on 137 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −37.61 against this barn's trailing median of $225.76.

Average price

$188.15

137 head · 698 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,313

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$31.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.45

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	693	203.54	1,411	68
Medium and Large 2	518	174.78	905	20
Medium and Large 1-2	779	172.24	1,341	49

One grade step is worth $31.30/cwt here — about $70 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 sale137 hd

188.15

—

UT average2 barns · 182 hd

189.60

−1.45

This barn, trailing median1 sales

225.76

−37.61

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	1,802	122.77	2,212	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,714	99.62	1,708	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,139	98.04	1,117	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,387	97.89	1,358	104

Every lot, as filed

78 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	—	488	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	964	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	201.66/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,365	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	178.76/cwt	175.00–184.50	1,548	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,579	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	233.28/cwt	225.00–237.50	1,127	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,088	155.53/cwt	151.00–160.00	1,692	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	206.47/cwt	203.00–218.00	1,307	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,114	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	242.98/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,283	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	179.04/cwt	175.00–181.00	1,826	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	230.25/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,411	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	225.82/cwt	210.00–239.00	1,289	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	148.25/cwt	147.50–149.00	1,735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,453	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,317	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	158.29/cwt	152.50–172.50	1,224	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,163	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,616	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,307	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	224.09/cwt	220.00–232.50	1,154	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	170.08/cwt	162.50–177.50	1,667	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,083	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	217.13/cwt	212.50–222.50	1,455	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	780	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	186.08/cwt	186.00–187.00	1,758	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	195.11/cwt	187.50–199.00	1,491	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	204.75/cwt	201.00–207.00	1,546	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,321	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,464	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,339	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	980	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,529	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	89.80/cwt	88.50–92.00	1,008	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	109.43/cwt	105.50–118.00	1,229	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	96.15/cwt	93.00–101.00	1,111	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,740	96.51/cwt	93.25–98.25	1,679	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,663	105.83/cwt	104.25–107.00	1,760	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,396	99.52/cwt	95.00–106.00	1,389	88
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	88.90/cwt	84.00–94.75	1,191	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	980	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,446	1
Bulls	—	—	1,902	130.42/cwt	126.25–139.00	2,481	8
Bulls	—	—	1,778	120.91/cwt	113.50–124.50	2,150	33
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,020	91.26/cwt	91.00–91.50	931	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	121.73/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,489	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	151.44/cwt	151.00–152.00	1,825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,011	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,235	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,883	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,150	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	667	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,184	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	166.22/cwt	165.00–170.00	808	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	238	190.05/cwt	185.00–195.00	452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	870	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	892	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	192.54/cwt	185.00–197.50	1,203	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,084	127.16/cwt	120.00–129.50	1,378	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	179.96/cwt	179.50–183.00	1,289	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	191.71/cwt	185.00–196.75	1,317	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	188.55/cwt	175.00–195.00	779	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	205.93/cwt	195.00–212.50	1,157	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	223.99/cwt	223.00–229.00	1,248	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	219.57/cwt	215.00–230.00	599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	848	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,556	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,496	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,423	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,158	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,048	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,808	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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 359Last week 522Year ago 328

Slaughter CattleReceipts 197Last week 209Year ago 356

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 35Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	197.50	197.50
1	—	1,210	130.50	130.50
1	—	300	225.00	225.00
2	—	1,325	118.00	118.00
7	—	625	185.00–197.50	192.54
12	—	1,084	120.00–129.50	127.16
8	—	716	179.50–183.00	179.96
6	—	687	185.00–196.75	191.71
3	—	562	195.00–212.50	205.93
3	—	273	215.00–230.00	219.57
2	—	843	177.50	177.50
2	—	795	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	677	200.00–210.00	201.66
5	—	866	175.00–184.50	178.76
1	—	380	250.00	250.00
3	—	927	180.00	180.00
3	—	483	225.00–237.50	233.28
2	—	1,088	151.00–160.00	155.53
10	—	633	203.00–218.00	206.47
3	—	417	242.50	242.50
1	—	1,235	152.50	152.50
1	—	755	190.00	190.00
13	—	557	223.00–229.00	223.99
11	—	848	183.50	183.50
7	—	531	218.00	218.00
2	—	1,048	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	180.00	180.00
7	—	667	177.50	177.50
4	—	486	165.00–170.00	166.22
2	—	238	185.00–195.00	190.05
1	—	870	102.50	102.50
1	—	570	167.50	167.50
1	—	330	192.50	192.50
3	—	413	175.00–195.00	188.55
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	167.50	167.50
1	—	460	225.00	225.00
1	—	325	245.00	245.00
1	—	430	225.00	225.00
6	—	773	152.50–172.50	158.29
2	—	570	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	528	241.00–250.00	242.98
3	—	1,020	175.00–181.00	179.04
22	—	613	220.00–245.00	230.25
5	—	816	198.00	198.00
6	—	670	212.50–222.50	217.13
12	—	945	186.00–187.00	186.08
8	—	755	201.00–207.00	204.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	571	210.00–239.00	225.82
2	—	1,170	147.50–149.00	148.25
1	—	745	195.00	195.00
1	—	655	201.00	201.00
1	—	495	235.00	235.00
4	—	608	215.00	215.00
19	—	515	220.00–232.50	224.09
2	—	980	162.50–177.50	170.08
3	—	300	260.00	260.00
3	—	764	187.50–199.00	195.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	136.00	136.00
1	—	840	157.50	157.50
1	—	695	190.00	190.00
1	—	595	225.00	225.00
3	—	438	262.50	262.50
1	—	915	147.50	147.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	240.00	240.00
1	—	980	156.00	156.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,123	88.50–92.00	89.80
6	—	1,123	105.50–118.00	109.43
23	—	1,156	93.00–101.00	96.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,740	93.25–98.25	96.51
4	—	1,663	104.25–107.00	105.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,396	95.00–106.00	99.52
16	—	1,340	84.00–94.75	88.90
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	147.50	147.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,902	126.25–139.00	130.42
33	—	1,778	113.50–124.50	120.91

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,020	91.00–91.50	91.26
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,223	120.00–124.00	121.73
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,205	151.00–152.00	151.44

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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