Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2021-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The light test of feeder steers and heifers traded with a weak undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 3.00 - 5.00 lower and average dressing slaughter bulls traded 10.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.18/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$150.18

49 head · 442 lb average

Value per head Derived

$663

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$14.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.03

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	445	155.04	690	33
Medium and Large 1-2	435	140.15	609	16thin

One grade step is worth $14.89/cwt here — about $81 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 sale49 hd

150.18

—

UT average2 barns · 188 hd

155.21

−5.03

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	1,634	76.42	1,248	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,685	73.19	1,233	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,259	66.97	843	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	936	51.82	485	21

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	54.21/cwt	45.00–57.50	550	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	649	34.12/cwt	33.00–35.00	221	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	62.02/cwt	60.50–64.00	667	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	66.97/cwt	64.50–71.50	843	58
Bulls	—	—	1,882	81.00/cwt	75.00–84.25	1,524	9
Bulls	—	—	1,410	72.30/cwt	72.00–73.00	1,019	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	160.67/cwt	159.00–163.00	773	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	132.51/cwt	130.00–135.00	640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	150.26/cwt	150.00–152.50	724	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	140.50/cwt	131.00–150.00	604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	166.62/cwt	161.00–168.00	686	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	193.04/cwt	189.00–195.00	612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	129.41/cwt	105.00–137.00	744	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	696	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	858	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	161.57/cwt	161.00–162.50	677	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	812	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	161.48/cwt	160.00–163.00	585	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	154.63/cwt	153.00–158.00	363	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	253	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	443	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,685	73.19/cwt	71.50–74.50	1,233	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	298	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	644	6

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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