Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2020-08-19

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Aug 19
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
163 head
31 vs last sale 194 163 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
189 head
77 vs last sale 112 189 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 on a two-tiered market, with cattle under 450lbs selling sharply lower at 15.00-20.00 lower, and cattle over 450lbs selling steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter Cattle sold 5.00-7.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.27/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$148.27
50 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$705
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+14.05
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2475148.2770550
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale50 hd
148.27
UT average3 barns · 319 hd
134.22
+14.05
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
BullsAverage1,76880.971,4327thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27657.1773043
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,67456.7394918
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09856.4362072

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1-2325137.00/cwt137.00–137.004451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2355147.50/cwt147.50–147.505241
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2780116.00/cwt116.00–116.009051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2820113.00/cwt113.00–113.009271
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2245157.50/cwt157.50–157.503863
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2647127.00/cwt127.00–127.008223
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2683119.00/cwt119.00–119.008133
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2524133.11/cwt128.00–136.006977
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2410142.00/cwt142.00–142.0058212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2291151.19/cwt145.00–170.0044016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485155.00/cwt155.00–155.007522
SteersMedium and Large 1-2718123.00/cwt123.00–123.008832
SteersMedium and Large 1-2755117.49/cwt116.00–119.008872
SteersMedium and Large 1-2253154.14/cwt152.50–157.503903
SteersMedium and Large 1-2360153.00/cwt153.00–153.005514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2638120.00/cwt120.00–120.007664
SteersMedium and Large 1-2890120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,0724
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531144.50/cwt135.00–147.507676
SteersMedium and Large 1-2421157.60/cwt154.00–158.0066310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2319164.87/cwt147.50–171.0052613
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1-270067.00/cwt67.00–67.004695
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1-268967.49/cwt63.00–71.004659
Bulls1,76880.97/cwt79.00–83.501,4327
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26055.26/cwt53.00–56.5069619
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28958.69/cwt57.00–63.0075724
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70753.74/cwt51.00–54.509174
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66457.58/cwt55.00–59.5095814
CowsLean 85-90%98348.30/cwt45.00–52.004756
CowsLean 85-90%1,04354.64/cwt53.00–57.0057025
CowsLean 85-90%1,14958.72/cwt57.75–59.5067541

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.