Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2021-08-25

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Aug 25
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
158 head
86 vs last sale 244 159 vs year ago 317 · 50.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
147 head
69 vs last sale 78 56 vs year ago 91 · +61.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The light test of feeder steers and heifers traded with firm undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows traded unevenly steady and average dressing slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.48/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$169.48
62 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$939
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$177
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.05
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524173.4090954
Medium and Large 1-2759143.001,0858thin
One grade step is worth $30.40/cwt here — about −$177 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 sale62 hd
169.48
UT average2 barns · 258 hd
173.53
−4.05
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
BullsAverage1,54886.171,3347thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59966.121,0577thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10362.8669485
CowsLean 85-90%Average95648.4946423

Every lot, as filed

19 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 1519148.99/cwt146.00–150.007735
SteersMedium and Large 1275187.00/cwt184.00–190.005142
HeifersMedium and Large 1611140.99/cwt138.00–143.008615
HeifersMedium and Large 1456161.00/cwt161.00–161.0073417
HeifersMedium and Large 1558143.92/cwt137.00–146.0080317
HeifersMedium and Large 1378166.74/cwt162.00–169.006305
SteersMedium and Large 1616160.93/cwt157.00–164.0099113
HeifersMedium and Large 1278171.29/cwt165.00–175.004764
SteersMedium and Large 1-2759143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0858
SteersMedium and Large 1368198.00/cwt198.00–198.007292
SteersMedium and Large 1533173.00/cwt173.00–173.009226
SteersMedium and Large 1558172.41/cwt166.00–174.0096214
SteersMedium and Large 1470179.41/cwt172.00–182.0084317
Bulls1,54886.17/cwt81.50–90.001,3347
CowsLean 85-90%95949.67/cwt43.00–52.0047621
CowsLean 85-90%92336.10/cwt35.00–37.503332
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11260.17/cwt54.00–65.5066963
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07870.58/cwt66.75–73.0076122
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59966.12/cwt63.50–69.751,0577

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.