Sale reports / Utah / Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT / 2021-08-24

Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Aug 24
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
570 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 632▼ 157 vs year ago 727 · −21.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
465 head
▲ 170 vs last sale 295▲ 217 vs year ago 248 · +87.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 550 lbs traded mostly 5.00 higher and steers over 550 lbs traded weak. Comparable trades of feeder heifers traded unevenly steady. Average dressing slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 10.00 lower, and average dressing slaughter bulls traded steady to weak.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $158.01/cwt on 224 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −56.99 against this barn's trailing median of $215.00.
Average price
$158.01
224 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$712
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.10
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1462159.80739183
Medium and Large 1-2397150.0059641
One grade step is worth $9.80/cwt here — about $143 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 sale224 hd
158.01
—
UT average2 barns · 280 hd
157.91
+0.10
This barn, trailing median1 sales
215.00
−56.99
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—Average1,58478.871,24914
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55261.7495846
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22757.06700247
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07245.62489110

Every lot

47 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1271193.60/cwt187.50–207.505256
Steers—Medium and Large 1338187.56/cwt184.00–192.506344
Steers—Medium and Large 1363180.71/cwt172.50–185.0065617
Steers—Medium and Large 1418180.08/cwt175.00–185.0075342
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433147.23/cwt127.50–157.506383
Steers—Medium and Large 1477181.15/cwt167.50–188.5086453
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482148.55/cwt137.50–163.007163
Steers—Medium and Large 1519178.99/cwt170.00–182.5092930
Steers—Medium and Large 1568173.79/cwt161.00–178.009877
Steers—Medium and Large 1621165.14/cwt162.50–167.001,0265
Steers—Medium and Large 1668158.49/cwt152.50–162.001,0597
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0284
Steers—Medium and Large 1812148.09/cwt148.00–148.501,2026
Steers—Medium and Large 1865143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,2372
Steers—Medium and Large 1917139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,2753
Steers—Medium and Large 11,062129.60/cwt127.00–130.501,3764
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1266171.00/cwt163.00–175.0045515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2278150.13/cwt145.00–152.504175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333170.55/cwt165.00–175.0056836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2336153.60/cwt142.00–158.005167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366167.29/cwt160.00–172.0061214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373152.27/cwt150.00–153.5056817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2401148.50/cwt140.00–152.005956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424159.50/cwt154.00–165.0067641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471156.72/cwt150.00–162.0073837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517151.88/cwt146.00–154.0078510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627151.42/cwt149.00–154.009496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632140.74/cwt132.50–143.008896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679148.99/cwt148.00–151.001,0123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0407
Heifers—Medium and Large 1860145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,2518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1962135.33/cwt130.00–137.001,3026
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1253208.00/cwt208.00–208.005262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1324193.21/cwt180.00–198.006264
Bulls—Medium and Large 1438172.39/cwt170.00–174.007557
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473163.52/cwt155.00–172.507732
Bulls—Medium and Large 1638150.00/cwt150.00–150.009572
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,46874.41/cwt67.50–77.501,0927
Bulls——1,69983.33/cwt79.00–86.001,4167
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80527.67/cwt20.00–30.0022313
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10748.70/cwt42.00–53.7553992
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11167.13/cwt65.50–68.507467
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12635.72/cwt32.50–37.504025
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22656.94/cwt50.00–64.50698235
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44448.70/cwt47.50–49.507035
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53862.49/cwt52.25–71.5096143
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,74750.98/cwt49.50–52.008913

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.