Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2021-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded unevenly steady while feeder heifers traded with a weak undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.90/cwt on 79 head.

Average price

$123.90

79 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$599

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.98

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	483	123.90	599	79

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 sale79 hd

123.90

—

UT average3 barns · 266 hd

125.88

−1.98

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	1,612	86.70	1,398	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,537	62.42	959	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,207	59.21	715	73
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	977	47.85	468	118

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	118.70/cwt	117.50–120.00	567	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	254	170.55/cwt	160.00–174.00	433	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	163.20/cwt	155.00–167.50	514	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	737	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	38.85/cwt	37.00–39.00	385	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	886	43.38/cwt	40.00–45.50	384	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	161.52/cwt	145.00–165.00	380	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	904	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	107.74/cwt	106.00–113.00	732	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	243	147.39/cwt	140.00–160.00	358	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	109.70/cwt	107.00–112.50	689	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	121.59/cwt	115.00–140.00	526	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	142.03/cwt	133.00–155.00	460	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	146.60/cwt	132.00–148.00	686	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	146.70/cwt	140.00–150.00	411	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	113.24/cwt	109.00–115.00	837	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	167.81/cwt	160.00–178.00	629	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	148.81/cwt	140.00–155.00	644	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	130.67/cwt	110.00–138.00	499	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	113.56/cwt	107.00–119.00	580	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	146.98/cwt	135.00–152.50	758	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	116.60/cwt	107.50–121.00	848	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	51.48/cwt	47.00–55.00	521	73
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	943	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	61.27/cwt	60.00–63.25	965	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	59.58/cwt	56.00–63.75	711	65
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	56.18/cwt	55.00–56.50	740	8
Bulls	—	—	1,612	86.70/cwt	80.00–91.00	1,398	22

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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