Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2021-11-10

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Nov 10
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
920 head
30 vs last sale 890 467 vs year ago 453 · +103.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
94 vs last sale 182 194 vs year ago 282 · 68.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs and feeder heifer under 450 lbs sold weak and steers over 500 lbs and heifers over 450 lbs sold with firm undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.88/cwt on 371 head.
Average price
$149.88
371 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$824
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.76
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535154.91828249
Medium and Large 1-2581139.62811122
One grade step is worth $15.29/cwt here — about $18 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 sale371 hd
149.88
UT average3 barns · 1,327 hd
149.12
+0.76
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
BullsAverage1,50767.111,0117thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63749.018028thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26945.9558336
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12140.9045815

Every lot, as filed

46 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2370171.41/cwt170.00–172.506345
BullsMedium and Large 1-2280192.00/cwt192.00–192.005382
BullsMedium and Large 1-2527144.39/cwt144.00–145.007615
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610112.50/cwt112.50–112.506862
BullsMedium and Large 1-2436158.42/cwt157.00–161.006919
HeifersMedium and Large 1619132.45/cwt126.00–133.5082047
SteersMedium and Large 1665129.05/cwt127.50–132.008583
SteersMedium and Large 1-2568144.12/cwt135.00–149.5081946
SteersMedium and Large 1-2377153.73/cwt151.00–155.005803
SteersMedium and Large 1781126.79/cwt126.50–127.009907
HeifersMedium and Large 1581134.80/cwt131.00–137.5078337
SteersMedium and Large 1283187.50/cwt187.50–187.505312
SteersMedium and Large 1415164.99/cwt163.50–165.5068528
SteersMedium and Large 1525159.22/cwt155.00–164.0083695
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522148.44/cwt147.00–153.007757
SteersMedium and Large 1-2661117.07/cwt111.00–124.007746
HeifersMedium and Large 1409149.31/cwt142.00–151.5061131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2629124.39/cwt122.50–125.007828
SteersMedium and Large 1-2639129.63/cwt120.00–139.0082831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2481147.36/cwt139.50–154.5070926
SteersMedium and Large 1391170.08/cwt169.00–172.0066512
HeifersMedium and Large 1472141.02/cwt137.50–146.0066616
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2551125.00/cwt125.00–125.006895
CowsLean 85-90%1,20337.00/cwt37.00–37.004452
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38740.75/cwt40.50–42.005659
CowsLean 85-90%1,10841.50/cwt40.00–42.5046013
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63749.01/cwt47.50–55.508028
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14161.44/cwt56.00–65.007015
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25044.55/cwt43.00–49.5055722
Bulls1,50767.11/cwt63.00–72.501,0117
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510129.09/cwt121.00–134.5065811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2707116.32/cwt115.00–119.008223
BullsMedium and Large 1-2655114.50/cwt100.00–129.007502
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2299147.50/cwt147.50–147.504416
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383137.43/cwt125.00–145.0052614
HeifersMedium and Large 1722122.34/cwt122.00–122.508833
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2472131.00/cwt123.00–135.0061816
HeifersMedium and Large 1688126.12/cwt125.00–127.5086828
HeifersMedium and Large 1840127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0715
HeifersMedium and Large 1541136.63/cwt135.00–140.0073929
HeifersMedium and Large 1387150.40/cwt147.50–152.0058213
HeifersMedium and Large 1310176.00/cwt176.00–176.005462
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,213117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,4193
SteersMedium and Large 1637141.99/cwt140.00–145.0090468
SteersMedium and Large 1459161.21/cwt161.00–163.0074034
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2325139.92/cwt137.50–145.004553

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.