Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2022-01-05

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Jan 5
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
495 head
7 vs last sale 502 50 vs year ago 545 · 9.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
73 vs last sale 62 46 vs year ago 89 · +51.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report: Feeder steers and heifers sold firm on a light test. Average dressing slaughter cows sold firm, while average dressing slaughter bulls sold weak.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.31/cwt on 250 head.
Average price
$155.31
250 head · 654 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,016
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.64
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1673158.561,068120
Medium and Large 1-2636152.31969130
One grade step is worth $6.25/cwt here — about $99 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 sale250 hd
155.31
UT average2 barns · 712 hd
162.96
−7.64
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
BullsAverage1,79180.181,43613
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33653.9472076
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,16651.3759928

Every lot, as filed

36 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,38247.27/cwt45.00–48.506535
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700126.00/cwt126.00–126.008822
BullsMedium and Large 1-2440158.00/cwt156.00–160.006952
BullsMedium and Large 1-2523147.25/cwt146.00–147.507706
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2588144.63/cwt142.00–147.0085023
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2634143.18/cwt140.00–144.009086
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2467149.02/cwt145.00–153.006969
SteersMedium and Large 1657158.51/cwt150.00–161.001,04117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524154.76/cwt142.50–160.008116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2341175.35/cwt175.00–177.505987
SteersMedium and Large 1-2814143.75/cwt143.75–143.751,17013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2431156.95/cwt155.00–160.006765
SteersMedium and Large 1-2687146.75/cwt141.00–149.001,00816
SteersMedium and Large 1511171.11/cwt167.00–172.0087417
SteersMedium and Large 1417172.00/cwt172.00–172.0071711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586153.53/cwt151.00–158.5090019
SteersMedium and Large 1-2735147.99/cwt142.00–149.001,08827
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465159.00/cwt159.00–159.007392
SteersMedium and Large 1-2384166.31/cwt165.00–167.006393
SteersMedium and Large 1-2637153.53/cwt151.75–154.5097832
HeifersMedium and Large 1583161.00/cwt161.00–161.009394
SteersMedium and Large 1769151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,16119
SteersMedium and Large 1617162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,00023
SteersMedium and Large 1825149.95/cwt149.00–150.001,23728
SteersMedium and Large 1915145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3272
SteersMedium and Large 1877149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,3113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380149.73/cwt145.00–157.5056912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519145.64/cwt133.00–149.0075621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2414147.19/cwt130.00–152.0060924
HeifersMedium and Large 1655148.95/cwt146.75–149.509765
HeifersMedium and Large 1605146.62/cwt146.00–147.0088716
HeifersMedium and Large 1762147.38/cwt136.50–148.251,12344
Bulls1,79180.18/cwt73.00–84.001,43613
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29054.53/cwt52.75–58.0070359
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49451.91/cwt50.50–52.5077617
CowsLean 85-90%1,11952.26/cwt51.00–52.5058523

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.