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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, May 12
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
202 head
11 vs last sale 191 33 vs year ago 235 · 14.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
331 head
132 vs last sale 199 247 vs year ago 84 · +294.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The light test of feeder cattle traded with a weak undertone, with the exception of feeder heifers weighing 500 - 650 lbs, which sold with a firm undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 5.00 - 10.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.97/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$123.97
36 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$733
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
0.50
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2592123.9773336
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 sale36 hd
123.97
UT average3 barns · 314 hd
124.47
−0.50
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
BullsAverage1,66984.011,40215
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,63356.1291617
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24256.10697139
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11646.9552461

Every lot, as filed

20 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,02846.15/cwt42.00–48.0047415
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,00552.50/cwt52.50–52.501,0534
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425133.73/cwt132.00–135.005684
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600134.00/cwt134.00–134.008042
SteersMedium and Large 1-2283172.76/cwt172.50–173.004892
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535130.21/cwt115.00–146.006972
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2477120.13/cwt117.50–121.005734
SteersMedium and Large 1-2471144.80/cwt136.00–167.5068213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2869105.65/cwt97.50–107.5091811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2373171.19/cwt152.50–176.006398
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2526125.62/cwt125.00–126.006615
CowsLean 85-90%83134.58/cwt30.00–36.0028710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2344147.65/cwt120.00–155.005087
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2619124.74/cwt112.00–128.007725
Bulls1,67986.68/cwt83.00–90.001,45511
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51857.23/cwt55.25–61.5086913
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26258.57/cwt58.00–61.0073924
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23855.58/cwt53.00–57.75688115
CowsLean 85-90%1,23250.72/cwt49.00–53.0062536
Bulls1,64076.68/cwt72.00–80.001,2584

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.