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Utah Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Utah · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 19, 2020

4,113 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $140.47/cwt -1.03 vs last sale · ≈ $743/hd at 529 lb · 267 head
light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $122.16/cwt -5.36 vs last sale · ≈ $636/hd at 521 lb · 254 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $129.92/cwt -5.44 vs last sale · ≈ $744/hd at 573 lb · 226 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 4,113 4,416 0
Feeder cattle 3,146 3,713 0
Slaughter cattle 950 682 0
Replacement cattle 17 21 0

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
250–295 284 49 185.00–205.00 $198.95 $565 +11.32
300–338 324 36 161.00–187.00 $176.14 $571 -29.56
350–396 379 137 142.50–182.00 $161.19 $611 -14.29
400–448 430 153 139.00–164.00 $150.25 $646 -7.82
450–499 473 142 133.00–160.00 $147.09 $696 -5.92
500–548 529 267 120.00–155.25 $140.47 $743 -1.03
550–598 573 226 116.00–142.50 $129.92 $744 -5.44
600–648 622 144 111.00–132.50 $124.52 $775 -6.68
650–697 676 53 111.00–132.75 $127.07 $859 -2.09
700–745 722 62 114.00–129.00 $124.00 $895 +0.53
800–840 817 9 110.00–127.25 $121.99 $997 -3.22
920–945 939 4 115.00–123.75 $121.61 $1,142 +0.25
1015–1030 1023 2 100.00–105.00 $102.52 $1,049 -11.17
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
212–240 219 4 120.00–154.00 $129.32 $283 —
252–298 277 6 148.00–163.00 $158.79 $440 —
305–345 324 13 145.00–161.00 $155.84 $505 —
352–393 378 8 156.00–160.00 $158.60 $600 —
400–440 417 18 139.00–158.00 $149.21 $622 —
450–495 472 9 125.00–141.00 $131.62 $621 —
500–530 521 10 123.00–137.00 $127.29 $663 —
616–648 628 17 116.00–124.00 $123.53 $776 —
655–680 667 24 111.00–124.00 $117.32 $783 —
720–738 729 4 120.00 $120.00 $875 —
758–765 762 8 114.00–117.00 $115.88 $883 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
305–345 334 4 120.00–155.00 $141.52 $473 -3.85
362–398 382 9 130.00–148.00 $139.71 $534 -14.34
415–440 426 5 105.00–125.00 $115.09 $490 -29.28
455–495 477 9 101.00–129.00 $120.34 $574 -9.87
505–548 521 13 101.00–126.00 $113.08 $589 -13.29
558–595 572 7 95.00–118.00 $104.77 $599 -20.61
600–648 635 5 111.00–118.50 $116.28 $738 -1.47
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
308–340 314 5 118.00–133.00 $129.76 $407 —
430–440 433 3 105.00–132.00 $115.96 $502 —
510–535 523 2 100.00–114.00 $106.83 $559 —
670–685 678 2 94.00–98.00 $95.98 $651 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
165–180 173 3 200.00–230.00 $218.80 $379 —
223–235 229 30 145.00–202.00 $190.74 $437 +2.37
250–290 265 30 157.50–185.00 $168.06 $445 -0.42
300–349 333 103 124.00–166.00 $143.10 $477 -8.62
350–390 371 52 121.00–143.00 $131.29 $487 -14.74
400–448 427 122 110.00–129.00 $123.36 $527 -20.84
450–494 471 185 112.00–135.00 $124.98 $589 -11.67
500–547 521 254 112.00–129.00 $122.16 $636 -5.36
550–598 573 72 111.00–126.00 $119.20 $683 -4.93
600–647 616 81 101.00–123.00 $118.22 $728 -4.74
655–692 676 23 103.00–118.00 $111.67 $755 -4.68
710–745 723 4 104.00–119.00 $114.33 $827 -6.23
750–778 767 14 104.00–109.00 $105.95 $813 -9.58
810–849 828 11 115.50–119.50 $117.51 $973 -0.84
860–890 868 18 102.50–120.00 $115.30 $1,001 +1.79
900–930 912 4 95.00–105.00 $101.22 $923 -10.44
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
306–340 321 12 128.00–135.00 $131.56 $422 —
375–398 394 30 122.00–130.00 $123.76 $488 —
401–443 422 20 116.00–127.00 $123.15 $520 —
465–480 472 3 114.00–126.00 $119.60 $565 —
500–545 526 21 114.00–118.00 $116.18 $611 —
550–575 555 15 106.00–113.00 $109.61 $608 —
604–620 615 3 107.00–109.00 $108.00 $664 —
660–665 662 3 102.00–112.00 $107.98 $715 —
715–728 724 3 104.00–109.00 $105.65 $765 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
205–225 215 2 165.00–172.50 $168.92 $363 —
275–295 286 5 100.00–142.00 $117.54 $336 -29.44
315–335 326 4 115.00–121.00 $116.47 $380 -16.76
355–395 386 11 106.00–119.00 $114.73 $443 -13.54
418–430 421 4 105.00–108.00 $105.77 $445 -18.89
460–490 477 9 105.00–117.00 $108.60 $518 -4.10
579–595 581 8 105.00–112.50 $111.54 $648 -4.76
640–643 641 5 92.00–101.50 $97.69 $626 -13.35
778–790 781 4 88.50–92.50 $89.51 $699 —
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
328–345 330 8 114.00–117.00 $114.39 $377 —
375–384 384 22 114.00–118.00 $117.82 $452 —
405–444 439 11 105.00–113.00 $110.80 $486 —
555–580 570 5 90.00–102.00 $96.81 $552 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
265–275 268 5 195.00–205.00 $201.44 $540 +9.08
305–325 320 4 167.50–172.00 $170.93 $547 +5.93
365–380 373 2 152.50–161.00 $156.66 $584 -24.65
570–590 580 2 112.50–123.00 $117.66 $682 —
600–613 610 4 115.00–117.50 $115.62 $705 +2.03
705–715 710 2 101.00–115.00 $107.95 $766 -2.42

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
710–1195 1045 85-90% 64 41.00–56.50 $47.32 $494 —
628–1197 1061 85-90% 227 34.00–45.25 $42.74 $453 —
825–1320 1079 85-90% 81 35.00–49.50 $44.69 $482 —
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
805–1565 1209 80-85% 154 39.00–48.75 $44.72 $541 —
945–1634 1223 80-85% 99 31.00–43.75 $41.32 $505 —
750–1368 1285 80-85% 38 44.00–54.75 $46.83 $602 -2.69
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1315–1865 1497 75-80% 45 38.00–49.00 $42.25 $632 -5.74
1405–1678 1539 75-80% 16 35.50–40.75 $39.27 $604 —
1405–1925 1552 75-80% 24 44.50–55.25 $49.76 $772 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1000–2155 1524 17 53.00–62.00 $58.43 $890 —
1155–2090 1679 37 59.50–70.00 $64.55 $1,084 -9.04
1430–2100 1743 33 66.50–72.25 $68.60 $1,196 —

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
835–1050 978 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 3 850.00–925.00 $903.66
1050 1050 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 825.00 $825.00
1170–1305 1238 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 2 660.00 $660.00
1215–1310 1263 Aged (>8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 2 560.00–630.00 $596.32
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
1090–1320 1219 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 6 54.00–77.00 $61.16 $746
1220 1220 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 52.00 $52.00 $634

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1035 1035 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 2 600.00–730.00 $665.00 —

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
385 385 1 60.00 $60.00 $231 —
420 420 1 47.50 $47.50 $200 —
500 500 1 42.00 $42.00 $210 —
575 575 1 45.00 $45.00 $259 —
610–622 619 9 38.00–85.00 $67.95 $421 —
655 655 1 55.00 $55.00 $360 —

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.