Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2021-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Comparable trades of feeder steers and heifers under 500 lbs sold weak and over 500 lbs sold firm. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded weak.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.14/cwt on 93 head.

Average price

$156.14

93 head · 420 lb average

Value per head Derived

$655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$338

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

$8.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.29

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	462	158.03	731	73
Medium and Large 1-2	263	149.26	393	20

One grade step is worth $8.77/cwt here — about $338 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 sale93 hd

156.14

—

UT average3 barns · 404 hd

152.86

+3.29

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	1,701	74.75	1,271	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,327	54.47	723	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,027	46.65	479	14

Every lot, as filed

22 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	—	793	136.46/cwt	135.00–142.50	1,082	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	548	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	146.86/cwt	140.00–148.00	817	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	155.22/cwt	148.00–158.00	754	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	167.77/cwt	161.00–173.00	713	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	170.42/cwt	163.00–175.50	567	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	164.60/cwt	163.00–167.00	630	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	179.17/cwt	177.50–182.50	430	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	177.04/cwt	168.00–178.50	899	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	151.99/cwt	142.50–155.00	552	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	221	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	348	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	177.60/cwt	177.50–178.00	847	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	165.84/cwt	163.00–168.00	1,028	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	176.35/cwt	165.00–183.00	693	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	180.48/cwt	162.00–183.00	772	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	178.65/cwt	167.50–187.50	495	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	172.81/cwt	171.00–174.50	994	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	149.26/cwt	132.50–155.00	393	20
Bulls	—	—	1,701	74.75/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,271	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,327	54.47/cwt	47.00–58.50	723	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	46.65/cwt	45.00–48.00	479	14

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.

Utah feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →