Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2021-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The light test of feeder steers and heifers under 550 lbs sold firm and steers and heifers over 550 lbs sold with weak undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.13/cwt on 149 head.

Average price

$149.13

149 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$848

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$2.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.93

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	149.22	851	143
Medium and Large 1-2	537	146.84	789	6thin

One grade step is worth $2.38/cwt here — about $61 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 sale149 hd

149.13

—

UT average3 barns · 872 hd

158.06

−8.93

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	1,535	72.21	1,108	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,213	53.26	646	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,017	44.61	454	11

Every lot, as filed

24 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	—	408	150.45/cwt	148.00–153.00	614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	138.36/cwt	138.00–141.00	617	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	794	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	125.88/cwt	120.00–133.00	585	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	136.05/cwt	136.00–136.50	724	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	759	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	926	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	158.24/cwt	155.50–160.00	818	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	144.61/cwt	143.75–147.75	850	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	156.50/cwt	155.00–157.00	770	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	127.53/cwt	120.00–135.00	801	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	195.05/cwt	190.00–201.00	749	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	742	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	636	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	127.74/cwt	125.00–134.00	660	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	166.88/cwt	158.00–168.00	803	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	136.66/cwt	136.50–138.00	853	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	132.49/cwt	132.00–133.50	897	13
Bulls	—	—	1,535	72.21/cwt	70.75–73.00	1,108	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	51.45/cwt	49.00–54.50	594	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	57.14/cwt	55.00–60.50	763	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	47.64/cwt	47.00–47.75	489	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	30.97/cwt	30.00–32.00	302	2

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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