Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2021-09-15

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Sep 15
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
345 head
191 vs last sale 536 657 vs year ago 1,002 · 65.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
27 vs last sale 103 14 vs year ago 90 · 15.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold mostly 5.00-10.00 lower and feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows mostly steady and slaughter bulls weak on a light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.95/cwt on 123 head.
Average price
$151.95
123 head · 446 lb average
Value per head Derived
$678
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.13
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1416157.59656101
Medium and Large 1-2583126.0973622
One grade step is worth $31.49/cwt here — about −$79 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 sale123 hd
151.95
UT average3 barns · 735 hd
148.82
+3.13
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
BullsLow1,59664.031,0228thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30153.5869744
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07944.854846thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2555145.00/cwt145.00–145.008052
HeifersMedium and Large 1664137.58/cwt135.00–138.509144
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2503121.00/cwt121.00–121.006092
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2345157.50/cwt157.50–157.505431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635118.00/cwt118.00–118.007494
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,008113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,1392
SteersMedium and Large 1388181.91/cwt173.00–191.0070616
SteersMedium and Large 1657133.31/cwt120.00–135.008769
SteersMedium and Large 1-2593138.34/cwt135.00–143.008203
SteersMedium and Large 1-2386151.31/cwt135.00–156.005849
SteersMedium and Large 1-2230165.00/cwt165.00–165.003802
SteersMedium and Large 1518156.92/cwt152.00–162.5081322
SteersMedium and Large 1414176.97/cwt175.00–178.007333
SteersMedium and Large 1333182.05/cwt175.00–201.006064
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515138.97/cwt138.00–140.007162
SteersMedium and Large 1474155.58/cwt154.00–160.0073719
SteersMedium and Large 1-2288155.64/cwt150.00–161.004482
SteersMedium and Large 1902134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,2093
SteersMedium and Large 1561152.76/cwt151.00–160.008575
SteersMedium and Large 1625147.48/cwt147.00–149.009228
SteersMedium and Large 1-2436145.81/cwt145.00–147.506368
HeifersMedium and Large 1415150.83/cwt143.00–155.0062618
SteersMedium and Large 1-2468149.20/cwt147.50–151.006982
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2830110.00/cwt110.00–110.009132
HeifersMedium and Large 1478147.36/cwt138.00–148.0070419
HeifersMedium and Large 1382166.56/cwt165.50–173.0063642
HeifersMedium and Large 1523148.25/cwt148.00–150.007758
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572133.99/cwt131.00–140.007663
SteersMedium and Large 1295207.00/cwt207.00–207.006111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365151.00/cwt151.00–151.005511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435132.53/cwt130.00–137.505773
HeifersMedium and Large 1219163.34/cwt162.50–165.003583
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725108.00/cwt108.00–108.007832
HeifersMedium and Large 1279168.53/cwt165.00–170.004707
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2215145.00/cwt145.00–145.003122
Bulls1,40860.62/cwt52.50–63.508544
Bulls1,78367.44/cwt66.00–70.001,2024
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30053.71/cwt50.00–55.7569843
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34548.00/cwt48.00–48.006461
CowsLean 85-90%1,03547.05/cwt45.00–48.254873
CowsLean 85-90%1,12242.65/cwt42.00–43.004793

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.