Sale reports / Utah / Basin Livestock Market / 2020-05-08

Basin Livestock Market

Name: Basin Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ballard, Utah · Fri, May 8

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2379

← earliestMay 8May 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

54 head

▲ 54 vs last sale 0▲ 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

36 head

▲ 36 vs last sale 0▲ 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market comparison for this week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $108.67/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$108.67

42 head · 837 lb average

Value per head Derived

$910

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$189

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$25.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.97

vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	617	124.42	768	7thin
Medium and Large 1	857	107.41	920	27
Medium and Large 2	965	99.13	957	8thin

One grade step is worth $25.30/cwt here — about −$189 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 sale42 hd

108.67

—

UT average4 barns · 500 hd

133.63

−24.97

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,357	66.55	903	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,263	63.27	799	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,415	55.27	782	2thin

Every lot

21 lots · USDA AMS · Basin Livestock Market - Ballard, 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	510	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	510	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	631	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	132.47/cwt	130.00–135.00	746	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	865	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	757	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	863	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	792	111.39/cwt	110.00–113.00	882	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	980	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	852	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	963	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	931	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	980	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	970	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,030	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,020	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	555	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	128.31/cwt	127.00–131.00	722	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	607	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	637	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	620	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	721	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	954	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,108	75.51/cwt	75.00–76.00	837	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,263	63.27/cwt	62.00–64.00	799	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,380	65.74/cwt	64.00–70.00	907	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,415	55.27/cwt	51.00–59.00	782	2

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.

Utah feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Basin Livestock Market - Ballard, UT

Fri May 8, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Salt Lake City, UT (AG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 54Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 0Year ago 0

No market comparison for this week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,415	51.00–59.00	55.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,380	64.00–70.00	65.74
2	—	1,108	75.00–76.00	75.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,263	62.00–64.00	63.27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,030	99.00	99.00
1	—	510	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	757	114.00	114.00
2	—	563	130.00–135.00	132.47
2	—	537	117.50	117.50
1	—	605	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	792	110.00–113.00	111.39
8	—	922	101.00	101.00
3	—	980	99.00	99.00
2	—	852	113.00	113.00
1	—	810	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	563	127.00–131.00	128.31
2	—	607	105.00	105.00
1	—	660	94.00	94.00
1	—	435	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	109.00	109.00
1	—	680	106.00	106.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.