Sale reports / Utah / Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT / 2020-03-03

Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Mar 3
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
809 head
▲ 150 vs last sale 659▲ 809 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
203 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 189▲ 203 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale, feeder steers and heifers sold steady to firm for weight classes above 500 lbs. Lighter weight offerings sold 5.00-10.00 lower. Cow prices were steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.41/cwt on 331 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −82.59 against this barn's trailing median of $215.00.
Average price
$132.41
331 head · 650 lb average
Value per head Derived
$861
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$244
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$4.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.87
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2656132.56870320
Medium and Large 2489127.8562511thin
One grade step is worth $4.71/cwt here — about $244 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 sale331 hd
132.41
—
UT average3 barns · 464 hd
135.28
−2.87
This barn, trailing median1 sales
215.00
−82.59
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—Average1,63278.731,28538
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,66860.451,00953
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34058.9879065
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14755.5763738

Every lot

54 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423168.51/cwt162.50–180.007138
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475150.00/cwt145.00–160.007133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530155.72/cwt150.00–162.0082515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581153.72/cwt152.50–160.0089328
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625149.35/cwt141.00–155.5093313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2664136.93/cwt131.00–137.7590933
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2731130.29/cwt125.00–135.5095259
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2787120.03/cwt114.00–127.5094510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2807128.03/cwt122.50–128.501,03335
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2880125.96/cwt124.00–126.251,10816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2911124.77/cwt124.75–126.001,13760
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,030120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,078117.46/cwt115.00–120.001,2662
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2368171.66/cwt167.50–177.506328
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419129.58/cwt113.00–145.005435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421164.03/cwt150.00–182.006919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475153.15/cwt150.00–157.5072712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520122.27/cwt105.00–132.006363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2536148.08/cwt146.00–164.0079424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575130.56/cwt127.50–134.007513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583142.11/cwt135.00–152.0082933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628134.13/cwt126.00–142.0084243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675128.37/cwt123.00–136.50866104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2716122.61/cwt120.00–125.5087826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2774119.93/cwt112.50–125.5092836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2825115.84/cwt111.50–120.009569
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2864118.12/cwt116.00–119.251,0216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2908111.41/cwt100.00–118.001,01210
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2428176.77/cwt169.00–185.007572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2657132.50/cwt132.50–132.508713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2733121.01/cwt119.00–123.008872
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2778106.98/cwt106.00–108.008322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2805113.00/cwt113.00–113.009101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,08898.00/cwt98.00–98.001,0662
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 358574.00/cwt74.00–74.004335
Dairy Steers—Large 376374.50/cwt74.50–74.505682
Dairy Steers—Large 396569.75/cwt69.75–69.756732
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 380075.75/cwt75.75–75.7560631
Dairy Heifers—Large 387875.25/cwt75.25–75.2566122
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30568.28/cwt60.00–73.5089110
Bulls——1,65679.75/cwt75.50–83.501,32117
Bulls——1,89286.64/cwt85.25–88.251,63911
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87532.06/cwt30.00–34.002813
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09863.64/cwt62.75–64.756992
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17259.49/cwt58.00–62.0069724
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18351.14/cwt42.00–55.006059
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29166.86/cwt64.25–70.258635
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34360.21/cwt58.00–63.7580949
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34755.81/cwt52.00–57.757529
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35823.31/cwt14.50–31.003172
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58758.72/cwt56.50–60.0093213
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68562.37/cwt60.00–66.251,05133
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,72735.08/cwt31.00–38.506063
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,75169.29/cwt68.00–70.751,2134

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.