Sale reports / Utah / Basin Livestock Market / 2020-06-26

Basin Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Ballard, Utah · Fri, Jun 26
● Final5 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2379
Receipts
39 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 16▲ 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cattle sold weak on a light market test.

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—High1,97788.211,74417
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40264.599066thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39261.4185510
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,35557.537802thin

Every lot

5 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,97790.85/cwt89.00–92.501,7969
Bulls——1,97885.25/cwt83.00–88.001,6868
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,35557.53/cwt57.00–58.007802
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39261.41/cwt59.00–64.0085510
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40264.59/cwt63.00–66.009066

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.