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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market comparison for this week.

Weight class

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

What quality paid 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, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,415	55.27/cwt	51.00–59.00	782	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	65.74/cwt	64.00–70.00	907	22
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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,030	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,020	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	863	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	132.47/cwt	130.00–135.00	746	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	631	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	865	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	111.39/cwt	110.00–113.00	882	13
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 1	—	852	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	963	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	980	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 1-2	—	435	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	954	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	721	1

How this sale compares

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.

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