Sale reports / Utah / Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT / 2022-02-22

Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Feb 22
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
473 head
▼ 346 vs last sale 819▼ 783 vs year ago 1,256 · −62.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 112▼ 155 vs year ago 257 · −60.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers traded mostly weak. Average dressing slaughter cows sold with weak undertone, while average dressing slaughter bulls sold firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.40/cwt on 182 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −61.60 against this barn's trailing median of $215.00.
Average price
$153.40
182 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$910
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$272
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.78
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1657153.891,012114
Medium and Large 1-2485152.5974068
One grade step is worth $1.30/cwt here — about $272 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 sale182 hd
153.40
—
UT average3 barns · 313 hd
156.18
−2.78
This barn, trailing median1 sales
215.00
−61.60
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—High1,85397.751,81112
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56375.561,18130
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,39570.4698335
CowsLean 85-90%Average99564.226392thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1347198.50/cwt198.50–198.506896
Steers—Medium and Large 1383187.80/cwt185.00–190.007194
Steers—Medium and Large 1429185.61/cwt185.00–187.507964
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490166.96/cwt165.00–171.008183
Steers—Medium and Large 1509189.74/cwt189.00–190.5096610
Steers—Medium and Large 1558178.96/cwt178.00–179.5099917
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585157.00/cwt157.00–157.009182
Steers—Medium and Large 1607161.50/cwt161.50–161.509809
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618155.48/cwt147.50–159.5096116
Steers—Medium and Large 1663157.78/cwt155.50–158.501,04634
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663153.71/cwt153.50–154.001,01910
Steers—Medium and Large 1728155.31/cwt155.00–155.501,13111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2734152.23/cwt145.00–154.001,11710
Steers—Medium and Large 1794154.44/cwt154.00–158.001,22627
Steers—Medium and Large 1910142.50/cwt141.00–144.001,2976
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2331158.92/cwt152.50–166.0052616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421160.39/cwt155.00–166.0067511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1443175.00/cwt175.00–175.007753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473156.95/cwt155.00–161.0074212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533148.61/cwt144.00–153.007922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2566144.90/cwt142.00–151.0082022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1593158.12/cwt158.00–159.0093843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605147.21/cwt142.00–152.508912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633151.11/cwt151.00–154.0095728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677154.31/cwt150.00–156.001,0456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1717152.55/cwt147.00–154.001,0946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778148.65/cwt148.00–149.001,15623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1827145.60/cwt145.00–146.001,2045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2880135.34/cwt134.00–136.001,1913
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44884.04/cwt80.00–86.501,2172
Bulls——1,850105.95/cwt103.00–109.501,9603
Bulls——1,97098.16/cwt92.00–99.501,9347
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99564.22/cwt64.00–64.506392
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37677.10/cwt75.50–79.001,0614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39671.20/cwt68.00–74.0099424
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40064.15/cwt59.00–66.008987
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54071.58/cwt66.50–73.501,1024
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56776.17/cwt73.75–78.001,19426

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.