Sale reports / Utah / Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT / 2021-09-07

Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Sep 7
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
729 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 717▲ 138 vs year ago 591 · +23.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
243 head
▼ 123 vs last sale 366▲ 24 vs year ago 219 · +11.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold mostly 10.00 - 15.00 higher and steers over 500 lbs remained mostly steady. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs sold mostly 10.00 higher and heifers over 450 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $178.43/cwt on 354 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −54.07 against this barn's trailing median of $232.50.
Average price
$178.43
354 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$887
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.28
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1498179.85896331
Medium and Large 1-2483157.9276323
One grade step is worth $21.93/cwt here — about $133 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 sale354 hd
178.43
—
UT average3 barns · 489 hd
177.15
+1.28
This barn, trailing median1 sales
232.50
−54.07
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—Average1,47374.671,1009thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31152.74691107
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09648.0652798

Every lot

37 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 1316199.32/cwt198.00–202.5063011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2322167.24/cwt150.00–176.005393
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373163.37/cwt157.50–170.006092
Steers—Medium and Large 1385197.25/cwt190.00–199.5075964
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433162.13/cwt151.00–173.007024
Steers—Medium and Large 1434181.80/cwt174.00–187.0078938
Steers—Medium and Large 1473183.39/cwt173.00–184.0086795
Steers—Medium and Large 1515176.07/cwt165.00–181.0090764
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519163.57/cwt162.00–164.008499
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2564135.05/cwt132.50–140.007623
Steers—Medium and Large 1580165.84/cwt163.00–169.0096216
Steers—Medium and Large 1626157.67/cwt154.00–163.009879
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2653139.00/cwt139.00–139.009082
Steers—Medium and Large 1680152.96/cwt149.00–158.001,0404
Steers—Medium and Large 1737155.19/cwt155.00–156.001,14410
Steers—Medium and Large 1868144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,25020
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1283178.90/cwt175.00–181.005065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1339170.30/cwt167.00–177.505778
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360148.16/cwt140.00–152.505333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376172.82/cwt163.00–176.2565078
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431159.46/cwt151.00–165.0068761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436138.20/cwt135.00–149.006036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472135.34/cwt130.00–138.006398
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478151.79/cwt148.00–153.2572636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526146.38/cwt142.00–148.5077031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574141.03/cwt138.50–150.0081013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580130.47/cwt125.00–136.0075710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627138.98/cwt133.00–142.2587115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677139.33/cwt134.00–141.009435
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335196.36/cwt192.50–200.006582
Bulls—Medium and Large 1364169.00/cwt169.00–169.006154
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410171.17/cwt164.00–178.007022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473150.00/cwt150.00–150.007103
Bulls—Medium and Large 1541143.72/cwt142.50–147.507784
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,47374.67/cwt71.00–82.001,1009
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09648.06/cwt42.00–52.0052798
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31152.74/cwt47.50–60.50691107

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.