Sale reports / Utah / Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT / 2021-12-21

Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Dec 21
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
539 head
▼ 481 vs last sale 1,020▲ 41 vs year ago 498 · +8.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
231 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 305▲ 106 vs year ago 125 · +84.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 650 lbs and heifers under 600 lbs sold firm while steers over 650 lbs and heifers over 600 lbs sold weak. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.52/cwt on 305 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −72.98 against this barn's trailing median of $232.50.
Average price
$159.52
305 head · 605 lb average
Value per head Derived
$965
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1589166.97984208
Medium and Large 1-2639143.5591797
One grade step is worth $23.42/cwt here — about $67 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 sale305 hd
159.52
—
UT average1 barns · 305 hd
159.52
+0.00
This barn, trailing median1 sales
232.50
−72.98
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—Average1,78591.241,62918
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54171.101,09622
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21864.9679194
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07356.4460651

Every lot

46 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1338204.29/cwt202.50–206.006912
Steers—Medium and Large 1368197.15/cwt192.50–200.007263
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375181.53/cwt175.00–185.006813
Steers—Medium and Large 1416198.42/cwt194.00–203.008254
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429173.39/cwt172.50–176.007444
Steers—Medium and Large 1471185.30/cwt180.00–187.508737
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475172.45/cwt168.00–177.008192
Steers—Medium and Large 1502179.65/cwt170.00–180.2590251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2508161.66/cwt158.00–165.008213
Steers—Medium and Large 1577169.59/cwt165.00–170.2597945
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620151.23/cwt144.00–160.2593835
Steers—Medium and Large 1622159.65/cwt153.00–167.0099345
Steers—Medium and Large 1657153.12/cwt145.00–155.001,00627
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672136.50/cwt124.50–142.7591720
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2713127.63/cwt125.00–137.0091028
Steers—Medium and Large 1714151.37/cwt149.00–152.001,08113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2778129.98/cwt125.00–135.001,0112
Steers—Medium and Large 1818143.21/cwt140.75–144.501,1719
Steers—Medium and Large 1933135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2602
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419171.69/cwt167.00–177.007199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421159.11/cwt158.50–160.006705
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469154.43/cwt152.50–156.5072411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523145.00/cwt145.00–145.007587
Heifers—Medium and Large 1548149.00/cwt149.00–149.008174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1557145.44/cwt144.00–147.008109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560134.50/cwt134.00–135.007532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618142.80/cwt142.50–143.0088323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642138.28/cwt138.00–139.008887
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675136.00/cwt132.50–138.009186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2883110.33/cwt107.00–112.509745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2952111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0573
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,221122.79/cwt121.50–124.751,4995
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,288118.33/cwt118.00–119.001,5246
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,488120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,7864
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2413157.50/cwt157.50–157.506502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2533142.50/cwt142.50–142.507602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568145.38/cwt143.00–147.008263
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2685134.67/cwt129.50–140.009222
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44274.58/cwt72.50–75.501,0753
Bulls——1,85494.57/cwt86.50–98.751,75315
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06357.40/cwt53.00–61.0061047
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19545.16/cwt42.00–48.005404
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20763.59/cwt60.75–67.5076867
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21370.47/cwt68.00–75.0085522
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38959.06/cwt58.00–59.758205
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54171.10/cwt68.00–74.001,09622

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.