Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2020-09-09

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Sep 9
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
403 head
222 vs last sale 181 403 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
211 head
118 vs last sale 93 211 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 Steers selling steady to 5.00 higher, and Feeder Steers selling steady to 7.00 lower. Slaughter Cattle sold mostly 2.00-3.00 lower compared to a light test last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.04/cwt on 214 head.
Average price
$152.04
214 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$733
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$254
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$34.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.58
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2488154.91757196
Medium and Large 2416120.8350318thin
One grade step is worth $34.08/cwt here — about $254 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 sale214 hd
152.04
UT average3 barns · 632 hd
145.46
+6.58
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
BullsLow1,61675.961,2278thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54454.5584218
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28354.4369857
CowsLean 85-90%High1,06452.2855658

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1-2282151.45/cwt151.00–152.504273
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2331126.78/cwt122.50–131.004204
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420127.00/cwt126.00–128.005334
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2545129.00/cwt129.00–129.007035
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2561125.24/cwt120.00–127.007035
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2372134.56/cwt132.00–139.0050136
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470125.04/cwt120.00–132.0058847
HeifersMedium and Large 2338102.96/cwt101.00–105.003482
HeifersMedium and Large 2370112.50/cwt112.50–112.504163
HeifersMedium and Large 2414102.11/cwt97.50–105.004234
HeifersMedium and Large 291592.92/cwt86.00–96.008504
SteersMedium and Large 1-2623124.04/cwt122.00–126.007732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725132.50/cwt132.00–133.009612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2258175.13/cwt160.00–185.004523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2518132.00/cwt132.00–132.006845
SteersMedium and Large 1-2311182.84/cwt177.00–184.005696
SteersMedium and Large 1-2462148.64/cwt135.00–157.0068714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2668132.40/cwt125.00–135.0088429
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385173.22/cwt155.00–181.0066733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2583133.71/cwt127.00–141.0078033
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435166.91/cwt151.00–175.0072669
SteersMedium and Large 2393122.75/cwt113.00–142.504823
SteersMedium and Large 2318117.83/cwt107.00–128.003754
SteersMedium and Large 2458121.39/cwt121.00–125.0055611
Bulls1,11069.95/cwt68.00–72.007762
Bulls1,78477.96/cwt74.00–80.001,3916
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28951.77/cwt47.50–53.0066710
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28254.99/cwt53.50–56.7570547
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54454.55/cwt52.00–56.5084218
CowsLean 85-90%1,08855.34/cwt55.00–56.506026
CowsLean 85-90%92946.91/cwt42.00–49.004369
CowsLean 85-90%1,08952.98/cwt50.00–54.5057743

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.