Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2020-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale, feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00-7.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.98/cwt on 193 head.

Average price

$140.98

193 head · 699 lb average

Value per head Derived

$986

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$13.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.83

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	701	141.18	990	190
Medium and Large 2	598	128.00	765	3thin

One grade step is worth $13.18/cwt here — about $224 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 sale193 hd

140.98

—

UT average3 barns · 530 hd

147.81

−6.83

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
Bulls	—	Low	1,687	80.42	1,356	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,526	62.85	959	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,291	60.06	775	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,112	55.70	620	16

Every lot, as filed

38 lots · USDA AMS · 'R' Livestock Connection - Monroe, 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	122.53/cwt	115.00–130.00	812	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	157.44/cwt	148.00–162.50	811	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	843	4
Bulls	—	—	1,430	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	930	1
Bulls	—	—	1,738	83.50/cwt	81.00–85.50	1,451	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	277	180.08/cwt	165.00–195.00	499	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	629	62.55/cwt	56.00–67.00	393	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,014	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,227	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	161.44/cwt	157.75–170.00	848	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	133.23/cwt	128.00–136.25	1,023	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	136.89/cwt	133.50–138.75	987	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,113	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,127	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	146.03/cwt	144.00–146.50	862	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	137.79/cwt	137.50–139.50	926	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	126.86/cwt	126.25–127.25	1,059	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	170.31/cwt	165.00–176.00	732	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	671	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	200.51/cwt	200.00–201.00	728	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	160.11/cwt	152.00–167.00	690	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	184.66/cwt	184.00–185.00	606	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	136.54/cwt	132.00–139.00	856	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	135.04/cwt	134.00–135.50	893	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	121.96/cwt	119.00–134.50	946	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	598	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	765	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	182.50/cwt	172.50–192.50	411	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	978	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	141.04/cwt	133.00–143.00	755	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	147.97/cwt	136.00–154.00	839	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	123.32/cwt	116.00–125.00	906	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	163.08/cwt	155.00–167.00	749	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	885	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,522	63.34/cwt	60.50–65.50	964	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	50.25/cwt	48.00–55.00	562	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	58.97/cwt	56.00–61.00	654	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	53.75/cwt	48.00–57.00	669	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	62.31/cwt	61.00–64.75	815	14

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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