Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2021-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded weak. Average dressing slaughter cows traded steady to slightly weak and average dressing slaughter bulls traded 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.81/cwt on 562 head.

Average price

$154.81

562 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$812

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$32

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

$15.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.51

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	159.17	820	408
Medium and Large 1-2	550	143.24	787	154

One grade step is worth $15.93/cwt here — about $32 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 sale562 hd

154.81

—

UT average3 barns · 1,674 hd

156.31

−1.51

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	—	Low	1,614	60.68	980	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,213	48.94	594	88
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,780	47.19	840	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,137	38.64	439	115

Every lot, as filed

47 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	—	308	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	570	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	171.38/cwt	171.00–172.50	677	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	287	164.02/cwt	161.00–166.00	471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	157.61/cwt	155.00–161.00	589	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	859	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	146.31/cwt	144.00–149.00	547	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	150.97/cwt	146.00–161.00	882	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	131.21/cwt	127.50–133.50	903	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	166.09/cwt	162.00–171.00	776	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	146.55/cwt	140.00–156.00	894	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	154.08/cwt	146.00–162.50	818	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	696	137.00/cwt	136.00–144.00	954	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	173.85/cwt	170.00–175.00	758	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	135.03/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,046	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	625	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	960	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	253	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	417	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	159.76/cwt	157.50–167.00	705	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	132.15/cwt	131.00–135.00	801	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	176.82/cwt	170.00–179.00	656	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	180.35/cwt	175.00–189.00	561	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	131.87/cwt	126.00–135.00	545	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	135.46/cwt	130.00–137.50	969	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,677	54.01/cwt	53.00–55.00	906	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	27.16/cwt	25.00–29.00	276	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	35.04/cwt	32.00–39.00	390	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,166	42.72/cwt	40.50–45.00	498	56
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,903	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	742	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,367	43.42/cwt	41.50–45.00	594	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	49.81/cwt	45.75–56.00	592	76
Bulls	—	—	1,563	55.99/cwt	51.00–58.00	875	6
Bulls	—	—	1,653	64.20/cwt	61.00–67.00	1,061	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	434	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	906	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	117.68/cwt	111.00–119.00	744	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	125.68/cwt	121.00–131.00	615	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	136.07/cwt	134.00–138.00	659	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	134.25/cwt	125.00–139.00	718	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	166.12/cwt	160.00–170.00	530	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	140.98/cwt	137.00–144.00	603	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	130.28/cwt	129.00–132.00	827	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	133.09/cwt	128.00–137.50	756	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	138.68/cwt	135.00–145.00	800	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	146.19/cwt	137.00–149.00	756	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	154.17/cwt	145.00–158.00	729	12

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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