Sale reports / Utah / Basin Livestock Market / 2020-07-17

Basin Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Ballard, Utah · Fri, Jul 17
● Final5 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2379
Receipts
52 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 54▲ 52 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 steady with a firm undertone on a light 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—Average1,96183.901,64515
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56568.341,0703thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25161.5877034

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 · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,81574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,3431
Bulls——1,96088.54/cwt87.00–89.501,7353
Bulls——1,97583.53/cwt76.50–86.501,65011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25161.58/cwt61.50–62.5077034
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56568.34/cwt68.00–68.501,0703

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.