Sale reports / Utah / Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT / 2020-02-18

Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Feb 18
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
787 head
▼ 125 vs last sale 912▲ 787 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
199 head
▼ 119 vs last sale 318▲ 199 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Compared to last week's sale, feeder steers sold 10.00-15.00 higher. Feeder heifers 5.00-10.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.60/cwt on 317 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −75.40 against this barn's trailing median of $215.00.
Average price
$139.60
317 head · 617 lb average
Value per head Derived
$861
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$47
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$32.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.38
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1493169.8883821
Medium and Large 2445138.0361427
Medium and Large 1-2644137.40885269
One grade step is worth $32.48/cwt here — about −$47 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 sale317 hd
139.60
—
UT average3 barns · 520 hd
138.23
+1.38
This barn, trailing median1 sales
215.00
−75.40
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
Bulls—High1,71978.261,34530
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61365.461,05643
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33660.0980337
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,08956.6361636

Every lot

60 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330216.74/cwt200.00–221.007155
Steers—Medium and Large 1410203.00/cwt193.00–205.5083213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2417174.74/cwt165.00–180.007297
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495176.96/cwt165.00–182.0087628
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2507175.41/cwt162.50–179.0088927
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568155.95/cwt146.00–159.0088625
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623153.24/cwt144.00–157.7595547
Steers—Medium and Large 2630135.60/cwt129.00–138.5085414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683138.56/cwt130.50–142.5094621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2731132.00/cwt120.00–138.0096520
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2763130.95/cwt123.00–133.7599916
Steers—Medium and Large 2768114.21/cwt112.50–116.008774
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2832128.29/cwt119.00–130.001,06716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2861129.87/cwt120.50–131.751,11825
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2933121.12/cwt120.50–123.001,1304
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2974120.79/cwt117.50–122.501,17610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,019121.73/cwt121.50–124.001,24011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,086120.75/cwt120.75–120.751,3117
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2262160.24/cwt147.50–167.504203
Heifers—Medium and Large 2283133.28/cwt132.50–135.003773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2321181.73/cwt181.00–185.0058311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2338150.58/cwt145.00–155.005094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360179.48/cwt174.00–190.006467
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373159.97/cwt155.00–162.505975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427180.74/cwt172.50–186.007725
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430132.33/cwt127.50–137.505692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436158.33/cwt155.00–162.506905
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465123.06/cwt121.00–125.005722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489144.10/cwt130.00–151.0070515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514166.48/cwt162.50–168.5085616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2537151.93/cwt137.50–155.0081637
Heifers—Medium and Large 2542127.14/cwt112.50–137.006895
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575129.74/cwt119.00–136.007466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578144.45/cwt140.00–152.0083524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629135.58/cwt129.00–139.0085337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670130.15/cwt122.00–134.5087247
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2713122.23/cwt118.00–126.0087110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2785122.26/cwt120.00–123.7596038
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2831120.36/cwt115.00–124.251,00012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2859118.83/cwt115.00–119.751,0216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2907119.40/cwt119.00–120.001,08310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2996118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,060119.13/cwt115.50–124.001,2633
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2358194.95/cwt192.50–197.506982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425185.00/cwt185.00–185.007862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2467174.50/cwt174.50–174.508155
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 363580.50/cwt80.50–80.5051110
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45371.09/cwt58.50–76.501,03310
Bulls——1,80480.80/cwt77.50–83.751,45815
Bulls——1,99784.95/cwt84.00–86.001,6965
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01051.00/cwt48.50–52.505152
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06062.92/cwt62.50–63.256672
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09458.22/cwt55.00–60.2563730
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11532.04/cwt27.50–38.003572
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31165.45/cwt63.25–68.758586
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33760.08/cwt57.50–62.7580328
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37349.48/cwt41.00–55.256793
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57359.57/cwt58.25–60.759374
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61265.03/cwt62.00–67.001,04831
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63570.05/cwt68.25–71.001,1458

This sale against other markets

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.