Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2021-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded unevenly steady to weak. Average dressing slaughter cows traded steady to weak and average dressing slaughter bulls traded firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.94/cwt on 114 head.

Average price

$159.94

114 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$83

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

$24.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.20

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	453	165.31	749	89
Medium and Large 1-2	591	140.80	832	25

One grade step is worth $24.51/cwt here — about −$83 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 sale114 hd

159.94

—

UT average3 barns · 605 hd

158.73

+1.20

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	1,409	67.45	950	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,401	55.50	778	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,333	52.98	706	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	42.62	473	7thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	144.87/cwt	140.00–150.00	685	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	891	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	149.79/cwt	148.00–150.00	626	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	144.38/cwt	140.00–145.00	791	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	144.12/cwt	143.00–148.50	660	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	874	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	144.21/cwt	144.00–145.00	774	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,044	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	183.39/cwt	178.00–190.00	605	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	177.54/cwt	172.00–183.00	646	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	161.07/cwt	155.00–169.00	760	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	528	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	835	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	140.62/cwt	136.00–142.50	591	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	138.23/cwt	131.00–140.00	886	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	782	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	140.85/cwt	138.00–142.00	790	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	139.50/cwt	139.00–140.00	851	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	133.43/cwt	133.00–136.00	691	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	555	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	157.25/cwt	153.00–159.50	815	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	145.83/cwt	145.00–146.00	895	12
Bulls	—	—	1,527	69.66/cwt	68.00–71.00	1,064	4
Bulls	—	—	1,252	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	808	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	53.58/cwt	50.00–55.00	703	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,598	45.50/cwt	45.50–45.50	727	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,176	46.20/cwt	45.50–47.50	543	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	33.68/cwt	30.00–38.00	318	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,401	55.50/cwt	54.75–55.75	778	8

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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