Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2020-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Cattle sold on a two-tiered market, with feeder cattle below 600lbs selling sharply lower at 20.00-25.00 lower, and above 600lbs selling 5.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter Cattle sold 2.00-6.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.90/cwt on 76 head.

Average price

$126.90

76 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$740

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$10

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

$22.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.65

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	562	130.74	735	63
Medium and Large 2	688	108.29	745	13thin

One grade step is worth $22.45/cwt here — about −$10 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 sale76 hd

126.90

—

UT average3 barns · 416 hd

131.55

−4.65

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	1,914	80.05	1,532	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,467	58.48	858	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,094	55.53	607	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,294	55.46	718	10

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	—	1,773	77.16/cwt	76.00–78.00	1,368	2
Bulls	—	—	1,970	81.21/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,600	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	56.28/cwt	54.00–58.50	612	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	48.90/cwt	47.00–51.00	638	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	57.10/cwt	55.00–59.00	737	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	58.48/cwt	57.50–60.25	858	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	137.16/cwt	121.00–141.00	738	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	111.88/cwt	110.00–119.00	625	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	145.69/cwt	141.00–150.00	612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	684	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	131.80/cwt	131.50–133.00	933	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	131.32/cwt	126.00–138.00	767	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	132.97/cwt	121.00–137.50	902	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	126.11/cwt	125.00–127.00	711	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	123.86/cwt	122.00–125.00	948	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	135.29/cwt	121.00–157.50	641	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	112.50/cwt	106.00–119.00	602	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	98.96/cwt	92.50–112.00	782	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	902	108.82/cwt	102.50–112.00	982	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	579	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	142.21/cwt	135.00–150.00	459	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	854	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	124.03/cwt	121.00–127.00	635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	121.65/cwt	120.00–125.00	889	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	144.77/cwt	133.00–149.00	521	8

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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