Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2020-07-29

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Jul 29
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
210 head
153 vs last sale 57 210 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
183 head
83 vs last sale 100 183 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers sold firm on a light market test, with sharply higher undertones. No comparison available for Feeder Heifers or Bulls. Breaking and boning Slaughter Cows sold steady to 1.00 higher, with lean cows selling 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.00/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$138.00
98 head · 437 lb average
Value per head Derived
$603
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$42.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.08
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2424146.6762378
Medium and Large 2486104.2050720
One grade step is worth $42.47/cwt here — about $116 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 sale98 hd
138.00
UT average3 barns · 257 hd
125.92
+12.08
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
BullsLow1,73085.101,47227
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25066.1982734
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,54565.781,01630
CowsLean 85-90%Low98661.3460539

Every lot, as filed

37 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2440133.00/cwt133.00–133.005851
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2640125.00/cwt125.00–125.008001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573129.00/cwt129.00–129.007392
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383126.09/cwt115.00–140.004833
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2679121.50/cwt121.50–121.508254
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2726124.00/cwt124.00–124.009004
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2808118.00/cwt118.00–118.009534
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2877113.47/cwt108.00–116.009954
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2234153.00/cwt153.00–153.0035810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2334157.96/cwt132.00–160.0052845
HeifersMedium and Large 274594.00/cwt94.00–94.007001
HeifersMedium and Large 2535105.00/cwt105.00–105.005628
HeifersMedium and Large 2427104.55/cwt100.00–105.0044611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2755128.00/cwt128.00–128.009661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2880117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0301
SteersMedium and Large 1-2935116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2265144.75/cwt131.00–158.003842
SteersMedium and Large 1-2678124.00/cwt124.00–124.008413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2703124.00/cwt122.00–127.008723
SteersMedium and Large 1-2589148.00/cwt148.00–148.008726
SteersMedium and Large 1-2511147.00/cwt147.00–147.007517
SteersMedium and Large 1-2630129.35/cwt128.00–130.008159
SteersMedium and Large 1-2416168.82/cwt168.00–169.0070211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2835121.44/cwt117.00–124.001,01413
Bulls1,54178.92/cwt74.00–80.501,2165
Bulls1,91188.54/cwt87.00–92.501,69210
Bulls1,65884.80/cwt83.00–86.751,40612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27554.00/cwt54.00–54.006891
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23968.37/cwt67.50–70.0084714
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25765.22/cwt63.00–67.2582019
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49961.47/cwt59.00–63.509215
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63268.20/cwt67.50–71.001,1137
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52466.04/cwt64.00–67.251,00618
CowsLean 85-90%98044.97/cwt40.00–50.004413
CowsLean 85-90%1,02367.02/cwt66.00–68.5068616
CowsLean 85-90%95759.25/cwt55.00–61.0056720

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.