Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2021-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly 5.00 higher and feeder heifers sold steady to weak. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to weak.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.34/cwt on 356 head.

Average price

$142.34

356 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$783

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$12.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.84

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	151.88	829	91
Medium and Large 1-2	552	139.06	768	265

One grade step is worth $12.82/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 sale356 hd

142.34

—

UT average3 barns · 1,773 hd

152.17

−9.84

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	1,757	66.04	1,160	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,204	46.51	560	82
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,043	35.75	373	58

Every lot, as filed

45 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	—	479	142.66/cwt	138.00–145.00	683	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	266	186.51/cwt	181.00–193.00	496	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	134.33/cwt	134.00–135.00	736	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	169.34/cwt	166.00–173.00	550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	149.87/cwt	137.50–154.50	614	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	156.61/cwt	145.00–169.00	600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	133.37/cwt	131.00–141.00	589	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	167.50/cwt	167.00–169.50	747	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	137.84/cwt	129.00–142.25	793	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	152.25/cwt	145.00–156.00	709	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	561	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	156.95/cwt	152.00–164.00	818	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	160.86/cwt	159.00–161.00	616	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	947	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	132.20/cwt	126.50–136.50	574	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	140.74/cwt	133.00–145.00	535	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	190.84/cwt	185.00–197.50	511	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	133.47/cwt	132.50–136.00	890	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	128.03/cwt	122.00–132.00	860	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	136.65/cwt	135.00–137.00	868	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	128.45/cwt	121.00–132.50	602	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	113.22/cwt	113.00–113.25	1,059	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	142.09/cwt	140.00–145.00	736	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	164.50/cwt	164.00–165.00	568	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	131.17/cwt	126.00–134.50	813	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	126.97/cwt	119.00–130.00	663	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	129.15/cwt	126.00–130.00	723	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	152.07/cwt	149.00–155.00	484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	133.16/cwt	132.00–135.00	695	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	140.46/cwt	139.00–143.00	582	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	165.54/cwt	163.00–167.00	780	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	146.33/cwt	141.00–147.50	470	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	127.25/cwt	127.00–128.00	784	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	540	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	132.47/cwt	131.00–133.00	750	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	128.49/cwt	128.00–129.00	790	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	121.33/cwt	121.00–122.00	814	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	124.96/cwt	119.00–126.00	766	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	916	60.00/cwt	54.00–63.00	550	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,560	37.92/cwt	37.50–39.50	592	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	40.00/cwt	36.50–41.75	423	41
Bulls	—	—	1,757	66.04/cwt	64.00–68.00	1,160	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	46.25/cwt	42.50–49.00	555	74
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	27.65/cwt	25.00–34.50	265	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	18.57/cwt	18.00–21.00	216	4

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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