Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2021-11-17

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Nov 17
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
685 head
▼ 235 vs last sale 920▲ 350 vs year ago 335 · +104.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
182 head
▲ 94 vs last sale 88▼ 12 vs year ago 194 · −6.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold firm, mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows sold weak and average dressing slaughter bulls sold firm. There will not be a sale or report released next week, due to the federal holiday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.83/cwt on 312 head.
Average price
$149.83
312 head · 603 lb average
Value per head Derived
$903
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.15
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1601152.53916195
Medium and Large 1-2606145.32880117
One grade step is worth $7.21/cwt here — about $36 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 sale312 hd
149.83
—
UT average2 barns · 465 hd
149.68
+0.15
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
Bulls—Average1,85876.051,41327
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,44344.006356thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18740.22477109
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09426.8329418

Every lot, as filed

50 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 1-2—713134.50/cwt134.50–134.509594
SteersMedium and Large 1—501155.65/cwt155.00–158.0078023
SteersMedium and Large 1—398179.00/cwt179.00–179.0071211
SteersMedium and Large 1—665142.77/cwt141.00–144.0094941
SteersMedium and Large 1—623144.55/cwt142.75–146.0090141
SteersMedium and Large 1—785147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,15834
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—815128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—480147.50/cwt147.50–147.507082
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—526147.07/cwt145.00–152.0077413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—787126.02/cwt124.00–127.009923
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—380163.63/cwt151.00–172.0062210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—579142.22/cwt132.00–144.0082315
SteersMedium and Large 1—417179.09/cwt175.00–182.0074710
SteersMedium and Large 1—321190.30/cwt187.00–192.5061110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—668137.38/cwt125.00–139.7591812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—633135.97/cwt135.00–139.0086110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—434159.80/cwt151.00–165.0069413
SteersMedium and Large 1—575148.24/cwt148.00–149.5085225
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—859134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,15124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—472138.20/cwt138.00–139.0065210
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—840113.00/cwt113.00–113.009492
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—510137.52/cwt132.50–138.257018
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—620122.74/cwt121.00–128.007614
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—478137.61/cwt136.50–141.006584
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—387169.00/cwt169.00–169.006543
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22040.42/cwt38.00–43.2549376
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14922.79/cwt20.00–25.002628
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05030.06/cwt27.00–32.0031610
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45041.43/cwt38.50–43.006013
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43546.56/cwt43.50–51.506683
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15235.94/cwt35.00–37.5041425
CowsBoner 80-85%—98651.65/cwt47.00–57.005098
Bulls——1,85876.05/cwt70.00–79.751,41327
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—623128.87/cwt127.00–129.508035
HeifersMedium and Large 1—478142.49/cwt141.00–143.0068127
HeifersMedium and Large 1—382150.43/cwt148.00–154.0057519
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—579131.24/cwt129.00–132.007604
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—762108.35/cwt105.00–110.008263
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—433140.73/cwt133.00–142.0060915
HeifersMedium and Large 1—293160.00/cwt160.00–160.004693
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—284149.35/cwt145.00–150.004248
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—380137.74/cwt132.00–149.005237
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—539137.50/cwt136.00–138.007414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—561140.16/cwt135.00–142.5078674
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528143.31/cwt140.00–144.0075738
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—313144.87/cwt142.00–147.504534
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623133.24/cwt132.75–133.5083034
HeifersMedium and Large 1—334153.37/cwt153.00–154.005128
HeifersMedium and Large 1—419145.37/cwt144.00–148.006093
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—347172.50/cwt172.50–172.505999

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.