Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2021-09-29

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Sep 29
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
483 head
237 vs last sale 246 46 vs year ago 529 · 8.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
203 head
136 vs last sale 67 83 vs year ago 120 · +69.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.44/cwt on 223 head.
Average price
$159.44
223 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$854
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$141
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.71
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544161.67880183
Medium and Large 1-2495149.2673840
One grade step is worth $12.41/cwt here — about $141 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 sale223 hd
159.44
UT average3 barns · 1,488 hd
162.15
−2.71
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
BullsAverage1,63767.491,1055thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56555.0086111
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23250.5162298
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02442.7543858

Every lot, as filed

38 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
SteersMedium and Large 1539162.91/cwt162.00–167.5087828
BullsMedium and Large 1-2510147.50/cwt147.50–147.507522
BullsMedium and Large 1-2482131.00/cwt131.00–131.0063112
HeifersMedium and Large 1220173.00/cwt173.00–173.003812
HeifersMedium and Large 1319175.00/cwt175.00–175.005584
HeifersMedium and Large 1389158.68/cwt155.00–163.0061711
HeifersMedium and Large 1411155.15/cwt152.00–157.5063828
SteersMedium and Large 1-2605129.17/cwt126.00–129.5078111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2440159.58/cwt151.00–168.0070218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2463158.08/cwt155.00–161.007322
SteersMedium and Large 1482170.14/cwt166.50–170.7582037
SteersMedium and Large 1388188.97/cwt185.00–191.007333
SteersMedium and Large 1814136.33/cwt135.00–137.001,1103
SteersMedium and Large 1707140.25/cwt140.25–140.259925
SteersMedium and Large 1561160.23/cwt154.00–164.2589942
SteersMedium and Large 1669143.73/cwt142.00–145.509626
SteersMedium and Large 1418186.18/cwt175.00–195.0077821
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580142.29/cwt125.00–150.508253
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520146.00/cwt146.00–146.007594
SteersMedium and Large 1-2235175.00/cwt175.00–175.004112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420137.50/cwt137.50–137.505782
HeifersMedium and Large 1470145.40/cwt141.00–147.5068344
HeifersMedium and Large 1666136.39/cwt134.00–137.009085
HeifersMedium and Large 1523144.83/cwt140.00–147.5075728
HeifersMedium and Large 1564141.77/cwt135.00–144.0080037
SteersMedium and Large 1610146.05/cwt145.00–150.0089138
HeifersMedium and Large 1613140.89/cwt136.00–143.5086410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2477128.98/cwt128.00–138.0061510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523137.50/cwt137.50–137.507192
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2997105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,0523
Bulls1,52070.01/cwt68.00–73.001,0642
Bulls1,71565.81/cwt65.00–66.501,1293
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56555.00/cwt54.00–55.7586111
CowsLean 85-90%1,03545.04/cwt43.00–47.0046648
CowsLean 85-90%1,10241.45/cwt40.00–42.004573
CowsLean 85-90%91327.63/cwt22.50–33.002527
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22750.69/cwt47.00–54.5062295
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39344.72/cwt43.00–46.006233

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.