Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2020-08-26

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Aug 26
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
317 head
154 vs last sale 163 317 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
98 vs last sale 189 91 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 feeder cattle below 500lbs selling sharply higher at 20.00-25.00 higher, and above 500lbs selling 7.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter Cattle sold 2.00-7.00 higher on a light test this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.55/cwt on 144 head.
Average price
$148.55
144 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$939
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$89
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$29.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.05
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2630149.36941140
Medium and Large 2710120.008524thin
One grade step is worth $29.36/cwt here — about $89 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 sale144 hd
148.55
UT average3 barns · 505 hd
142.50
+6.05
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
BullsLow1,66482.931,38014
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24863.4979211
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02259.346067thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2385189.00/cwt189.00–189.007283
BullsMedium and Large 1-2680126.00/cwt126.00–126.008575
BullsMedium and Large 1-2488174.54/cwt160.00–177.008527
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2768100.00/cwt100.00–100.007683
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2696124.50/cwt124.50–124.508675
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2317191.50/cwt181.00–200.006077
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471167.31/cwt156.00–178.0078810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570147.80/cwt142.50–149.0084211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2426182.04/cwt172.50–189.0077513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2534152.88/cwt150.50–158.5081613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2630138.12/cwt133.00–148.0087032
HeifersMedium and Large 2343139.00/cwt139.00–139.004772
HeifersMedium and Large 2472132.16/cwt121.00–145.006243
SteersMedium and Large 1-2288202.70/cwt195.00–210.005842
SteersMedium and Large 1-2323190.23/cwt188.00–192.506143
SteersMedium and Large 1-2367192.34/cwt187.50–195.007063
SteersMedium and Large 1-2519168.00/cwt156.00–171.008725
SteersMedium and Large 1-2843124.80/cwt123.00–126.001,0525
SteersMedium and Large 1-2406183.06/cwt164.00–187.507437
SteersMedium and Large 1-2487169.40/cwt165.00–177.5082510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2624150.12/cwt137.00–155.0093724
SteersMedium and Large 1-2719136.30/cwt128.00–139.2598038
SteersMedium and Large 1-2668142.70/cwt142.00–143.2595343
SteersMedium and Large 2595131.00/cwt131.00–131.007791
SteersMedium and Large 2680121.00/cwt121.00–121.008231
SteersMedium and Large 2783114.00/cwt113.00–115.008932
Bulls1,41377.00/cwt77.00–77.001,0882
Bulls1,70683.92/cwt81.50–87.001,43212
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24863.49/cwt62.00–64.7579211
CowsLean 85-90%96351.92/cwt47.50–56.005002
CowsLean 85-90%1,04562.31/cwt62.00–63.506515

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.