Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2020-11-04

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Nov 4
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
453 head
613 vs last sale 1,066 453 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
282 head
48 vs last sale 330 282 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers below 500lbs sold 3.00-5.00 lower, with Feeder Steers 500lbs and above selling steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder Heifers sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Breaking and Boning Slaughter Cows sold steady to 2.00 higher, with Lean Cows and Slaughter Bulls selling steady with a weak market undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.07/cwt on 213 head.
Average price
$134.07
213 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$750
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$121
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$17.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.46
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2562135.96764190
Medium and Large 2543118.4464323
One grade step is worth $17.52/cwt here — about $121 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 sale213 hd
134.07
UT average3 barns · 1,255 hd
138.52
−4.46
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
BullsAverage1,53361.3794113
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42148.4868920
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20747.1957086
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05043.7345998

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1-2371132.79/cwt130.00–137.004936
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2857115.79/cwt115.50–117.259926
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521126.45/cwt123.00–128.5065914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560124.36/cwt120.00–125.5069618
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2434126.98/cwt125.00–128.5055119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2423142.69/cwt140.00–149.0060413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2682129.57/cwt129.00–129.7588421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2383151.21/cwt137.00–157.0057933
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2654112.25/cwt112.00–113.007344
SteersMedium and Large 1-2579129.28/cwt128.00–133.0074929
SteersMedium and Large 1-2614131.46/cwt126.00–133.0080736
SteersMedium and Large 1-2333163.98/cwt163.00–169.005466
SteersMedium and Large 1-2509137.91/cwt134.00–143.007027
HeifersMedium and Large 2593116.74/cwt99.00–119.0069217
SteersMedium and Large 1-2487142.81/cwt133.00–154.0069519
SteersMedium and Large 2626121.31/cwt120.00–123.007597
SteersMedium and Large 1-2791120.07/cwt119.00–123.0095026
HeifersMedium and Large 2405111.00/cwt111.00–111.004502
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2288142.96/cwt130.00–147.504124
SteersMedium and Large 2345118.73/cwt111.00–122.504103
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2348145.34/cwt145.00–155.0050629
SteersMedium and Large 2688121.52/cwt120.00–122.008366
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2482128.71/cwt125.00–131.5062046
SteersMedium and Large 2373104.67/cwt102.50–107.003902
HeifersMedium and Large 2277125.00/cwt125.00–125.003463
HeifersMedium and Large 232095.72/cwt90.00–102.003062
SteersMedium and Large 2418113.25/cwt107.00–123.004733
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21248.58/cwt47.00–52.7558961
SteersMedium and Large 2468120.29/cwt115.00–126.005632
Bulls1,49464.95/cwt60.00–67.009707
CowsLean 85-90%1,04944.64/cwt44.00–45.7546862
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42454.11/cwt52.50–56.507714
CowsLean 85-90%1,09047.50/cwt47.50–47.505181
Bulls1,84569.74/cwt69.50–70.001,2872
HeifersMedium and Large 2515116.98/cwt115.00–121.006023
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19543.81/cwt40.00–46.5052425
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55540.00/cwt40.00–40.006221
CowsLean 85-90%1,05642.89/cwt40.00–43.7545332
Bulls1,44450.93/cwt45.00–55.007354
CowsLean 85-90%1,00232.60/cwt32.00–34.003273
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41147.54/cwt46.75–49.5067115

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.