Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2020-05-27

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, May 27
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
84 head
79 vs last sale 163 84 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
18 vs last sale 101 83 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Cattle sold firm on a light market test this week. Slaughter Cows sold steady to 2.00 higher, and Slaughter Bulls sold steady to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $102.57/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$102.57
45 head · 711 lb average
Value per head Derived
$729
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$326
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$33.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.14
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2721105.5176141
Medium and Large 260172.504354thin
One grade step is worth $33.01/cwt here — about $326 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 sale45 hd
102.57
UT average3 barns · 216 hd
114.71
−12.14
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,68185.091,43015
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48563.3294012
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27061.6478319
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10360.2666424

Every lot, as filed

21 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,83591.49/cwt89.50–93.501,6794
Bulls1,73186.12/cwt82.00–88.001,4918
Bulls1,34273.83/cwt65.00–79.009913
CowsLean 85-90%99351.64/cwt50.00–54.005132
CowsLean 85-90%1,15464.20/cwt63.50–68.007419
CowsLean 85-90%1,08458.86/cwt57.00–62.2563813
HeifersMedium and Large 272375.00/cwt75.00–75.005422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2516148.73/cwt145.00–154.007674
SteersMedium and Large 1-2555133.60/cwt133.00–134.007415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2494129.00/cwt129.00–129.006376
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,00080.00/cwt80.00–80.008006
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2589113.00/cwt113.00–113.006667
HeifersMedium and Large 1-296883.42/cwt81.00–98.008087
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615113.60/cwt105.00–119.0069910
HeifersMedium and Large 247870.00/cwt70.00–70.003352
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21571.00/cwt71.00–71.008631
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23556.23/cwt55.00–58.006944
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28462.52/cwt61.00–64.0080314
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48563.32/cwt60.25–65.2594012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390139.42/cwt133.00–146.005442
HeifersMedium and Large 1-292894.00/cwt94.00–94.008723

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.