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Utah Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Utah · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 16, 2020

3,451 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $135.07/cwt +1.28 vs last sale · ≈ $847/hd at 627 lb · 305 head
light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.01/cwt +2.15 vs last sale · ≈ $661/hd at 516 lb · 213 head
light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $144.66/cwt +1.81 vs last sale · ≈ $758/hd at 524 lb · 191 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 3,451 4,963 0
Feeder cattle 2,752 4,075 0
Slaughter cattle 687 866 0
Replacement cattle 12 22 0

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
235 235 3 185.00–190.00 $188.33 $443 +23.26
260–265 261 4 161.00–180.00 $169.00 $441 +23.92
310–345 332 59 124.00–182.50 $167.95 $558 -3.44
350–395 377 63 127.00–180.00 $163.13 $615 +0.42
402–447 425 88 123.00–172.00 $155.49 $661 -5.03
453–498 476 149 115.00–162.00 $153.49 $731 -1.05
500–547 524 191 119.00–157.00 $144.66 $758 +1.81
550–598 573 131 110.00–148.00 $134.01 $768 -3.22
600–649 627 305 111.00–140.25 $135.07 $847 +1.28
650–698 671 55 109.00–139.00 $129.88 $871 -5.40
700–749 725 109 117.25–134.50 $128.64 $933 -1.33
754–798 772 40 125.00–129.00 $128.31 $991 -0.84
800–839 809 60 105.50–131.75 $128.64 $1,041 -2.35
850–890 867 3 123.00–132.00 $125.98 $1,092 -6.49
917–948 934 25 125.00–127.00 $126.59 $1,182 -1.64
955–995 980 4 124.00–125.00 $124.75 $1,223 +29.75
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
265–295 285 3 132.50–145.00 $141.13 $402 +10.17
320–325 322 3 122.50–145.00 $137.42 $442 -6.69
355–398 383 12 127.50–147.50 $136.61 $523 +6.78
400–425 410 5 120.00–148.00 $135.96 $557 -7.37
480–495 482 10 112.50–127.50 $118.63 $572 -17.06
503–540 511 7 130.00–133.00 $130.89 $669 +1.83
600–640 617 9 115.00–123.50 $119.64 $738 -0.71
655–678 670 7 112.50–122.00 $116.94 $783 -9.83
700–725 715 4 102.00–116.50 $108.69 $777 -13.41
875–880 878 2 116.00–118.00 $117.00 $1,027 —
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
345 345 2 157.00 $157.00 $542 —
390 390 1 158.00 $158.00 $616 +7.00
408–445 423 9 133.00–154.00 $148.59 $629 +5.20
455–459 458 27 141.00–149.00 $147.82 $677 +9.23
555–575 565 2 123.00–129.00 $125.95 $712 -11.26
685 685 1 118.00 $118.00 $808 -10.00
725 725 6 124.25 $124.25 $901 —
825 825 1 109.00 $109.00 $899 +1.19

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
215–248 236 5 155.00–177.50 $170.33 $402 +27.41
250–293 281 18 120.00–157.50 $136.34 $383 -4.84
300–346 328 62 123.00–166.00 $147.89 $485 +0.57
350–395 363 63 128.00–157.00 $147.38 $535 +4.88
402–449 424 97 121.00–146.00 $135.07 $573 -11.45
450–498 470 113 110.00–140.50 $131.00 $616 -3.77
500–545 516 213 117.00–132.50 $128.01 $661 +2.15
550–599 576 89 114.00–140.00 $125.35 $722 +0.35
603–643 627 69 104.00–128.00 $121.90 $764 -1.27
650–691 670 58 109.00–127.50 $123.74 $829 +2.00
704–736 718 35 116.00–125.00 $119.99 $862 -0.97
750–798 775 54 111.00–125.00 $120.59 $935 +1.97
800–830 818 4 100.00–124.00 $111.58 $913 -14.17
855–880 867 7 116.50–124.00 $120.84 $1,048 -3.07
900–943 916 18 110.00–120.00 $117.75 $1,079 -0.98
965–980 972 3 112.00–119.00 $116.42 $1,132 —
1005–1015 1009 8 109.00–114.25 $113.06 $1,141 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
235–245 244 7 122.50–147.50 $129.54 $316 +9.54
284–290 285 12 112.50–132.50 $130.62 $372 +4.48
318–345 329 6 121.00–137.50 $128.96 $424 +23.61
369–390 376 16 102.50–132.50 $118.94 $447 -4.50
413–448 435 15 110.00–125.00 $120.18 $523 -0.47
460–498 482 7 116.00–124.00 $120.35 $580 -4.70
500–545 524 61 102.50–122.50 $120.10 $629 +3.85
563–595 580 10 116.00–120.00 $117.90 $684 -1.89
600–611 605 10 117.00–120.50 $119.25 $721 +6.04
655–698 673 13 107.50–118.00 $114.62 $771 +1.38
780–790 784 4 100.00–110.00 $105.02 $823 —
855–885 870 2 113.00–116.00 $114.47 $996 —
1005–1025 1018 3 95.00–97.50 $95.82 $975 —
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
426–449 437 22 124.00–139.50 $133.47 $583 +3.74
472–488 478 5 125.00–127.00 $126.18 $603 +0.69
505–530 512 16 124.00–132.00 $129.94 $665 +1.81
688 688 6 113.00 $113.00 $777 +7.99
795 795 2 105.00 $105.00 $835 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
275–285 280 2 167.50–175.00 $171.32 $480 —
378–380 379 4 143.00–149.00 $144.51 $548 +35.51
410–430 417 3 145.00–147.00 $146.31 $610 —
480 480 1 127.00 $127.00 $610 +24.00
540 540 1 134.00 $134.00 $724 —
685 685 1 104.00 $104.00 $712 -3.00
810–840 820 3 115.00–118.00 $116.02 $951 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
940–1555 1291 80-85% 50 38.00–47.00 $43.46 $561 -5.06
825–1595 1385 80-85% 95 42.50–53.25 $49.59 $687 —
1300–1555 1435 80-85% 31 53.50–56.25 $54.97 $789 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1105–1255 1168 75-80% 10 55.00–60.00 $57.82 $675 —
1060–1260 1169 75-80% 9 37.00–43.00 $41.09 $480 —
1091–1298 1201 75-80% 88 43.00–50.00 $47.59 $572 —
1090–1445 1235 75-80% 57 46.75–54.50 $51.28 $633 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
835–1065 949 85-90% 33 35.00–49.50 $41.82 $397 —
710–1075 958 85-90% 16 30.00–39.50 $35.02 $335 —
713–1197 986 85-90% 16 38.50–56.00 $44.46 $438 —
840–1110 1028 85-90% 28 31.00–43.75 $41.78 $429 -0.58
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1605–1720 1663 65-75% 2 56.50–57.00 $56.76 $944 —
1603–1965 1709 65-75% 12 50.00–55.75 $53.13 $908 —
1650–1768 1716 65-75% 5 46.75–49.75 $48.18 $827 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1100–1690 1473 7 47.00–67.00 $62.46 $920 —
1065–2245 1595 4 69.00–81.00 $73.33 $1,170 —
1435–2450 1928 24 60.00–73.75 $69.61 $1,342 -3.66

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
898–1295 1030 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 8 485.00–810.00 $643.40
1045 1045 Aged (>8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 725.00 $725.00
1065 1065 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 600.00 $600.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
730 730 (<2 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 580.00 $580.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1400 1400 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 1 800.00 $800.00 —

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
350 350 1 53.00 $53.00 $186 —
410 410 1 52.00 $52.00 $213 —

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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.