Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2021-08-18

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Aug 18
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
244 head
62 vs last sale 182 81 vs year ago 163 · +49.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
96 vs last sale 174 111 vs year ago 189 · 58.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report: The light test of feeder steers and heifers traded with a firm undertone and the light test of average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded with weak undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.63/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$168.63
76 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$785
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$41
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.22
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1438175.1976852
Medium and Large 1-2524154.4280924
One grade step is worth $20.77/cwt here — about −$41 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 sale76 hd
168.63
UT average2 barns · 304 hd
170.85
−2.22
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
BullsAverage1,45680.851,1778thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,72968.571,18618
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,42363.8190814
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13054.516164thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1-2473143.53/cwt142.50–147.006799
Bulls1,45680.85/cwt78.00–86.501,1778
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42871.61/cwt70.00–73.001,0233
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50856.99/cwt56.00–58.008592
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75563.36/cwt60.25–67.251,11212
HeifersMedium and Large 1367165.20/cwt152.50–168.0060611
HeifersMedium and Large 1327175.13/cwt167.50–177.0057316
HeifersMedium and Large 1262167.11/cwt166.00–167.504384
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2973130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2652
SteersMedium and Large 1458173.00/cwt173.00–173.007922
SteersMedium and Large 1515159.57/cwt157.00–160.008227
SteersMedium and Large 1-2798140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1172
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540134.00/cwt130.00–142.007243
SteersMedium and Large 1373177.29/cwt174.00–181.006612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586151.76/cwt142.50–154.008895
SteersMedium and Large 1-2443163.38/cwt163.00–164.007248
SteersMedium and Large 1686157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0778
SteersMedium and Large 1313191.19/cwt183.00–193.0059815
HeifersMedium and Large 1466150.48/cwt150.00–153.007016
SteersMedium and Large 1408176.02/cwt167.50–178.0071818
SteersMedium and Large 1-2478159.63/cwt159.00–161.007633
SteersMedium and Large 1-2512146.90/cwt142.50–152.007526
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2675135.21/cwt134.00–137.009135
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67878.99/cwt78.00–80.001,3256
CowsLean 85-90%1,08859.35/cwt59.00–60.006463
CowsLean 85-90%1,25540.00/cwt40.00–40.005021
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40362.72/cwt60.00–68.008809

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.