Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2020-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold mostly steady while feeder heifers traded steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.11/cwt on 335 head.

Average price

$136.11

335 head · 673 lb average

Value per head Derived

$916

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.59

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	673	136.11	916	335

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 sale335 hd

136.11

—

UT average3 barns · 966 hd

138.71

−2.59

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	—	Average	1,649	71.28	1,175	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,436	45.46	653	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,191	43.79	522	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,088	38.58	420	23

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	—	1,649	71.28/cwt	66.00–76.50	1,175	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	43.79/cwt	40.00–48.00	522	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,436	45.46/cwt	43.50–47.50	653	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	40.39/cwt	37.00–44.50	418	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,242	33.45/cwt	30.50–35.00	415	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	152.25/cwt	152.00–152.50	518	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	729	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	142.63/cwt	141.00–144.25	844	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	150.27/cwt	146.00–156.00	573	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	132.97/cwt	125.00–136.00	895	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	132.89/cwt	132.50–133.25	953	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	145.25/cwt	143.00–146.00	613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	130.52/cwt	123.00–132.75	663	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,010	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,059	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	140.92/cwt	137.00–145.00	669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	120.33/cwt	112.00–121.00	815	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	134.98/cwt	132.00–136.00	643	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	154.79/cwt	145.00–160.00	438	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	139.69/cwt	130.00–145.00	517	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	147.34/cwt	137.00–156.00	692	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	144.69/cwt	134.00–150.00	763	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	137.28/cwt	131.00–143.00	437	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	128.25/cwt	114.00–129.50	985	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	130.31/cwt	130.00–131.00	354	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	107.93/cwt	104.00–113.00	780	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	104.01/cwt	102.00–105.00	841	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	926	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	127.18/cwt	115.00–129.50	736	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	138.70/cwt	129.00–142.50	874	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	889	127.93/cwt	125.75–128.00	1,137	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	124.40/cwt	118.00–125.00	782	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,081	3

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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