Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2022-01-12

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Jan 12
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
516 head
21 vs last sale 495 149 vs year ago 665 · 22.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
9 vs last sale 135 8 vs year ago 136 · +5.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded weak.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.52/cwt on 265 head.
Average price
$148.52
265 head · 625 lb average
Value per head Derived
$928
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$246
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1666150.061,000189
Medium and Large 1-2521144.6775476
One grade step is worth $5.40/cwt here — about $246 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 sale265 hd
148.52
UT average1 barns · 265 hd
148.52
+0.00
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
BullsAverage1,63176.711,25111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,67458.519794thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12954.4961561
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00943.9644453

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1-2629153.12/cwt152.00–154.5096318
HeifersMedium and Large 1710145.12/cwt144.00–146.001,03016
HeifersMedium and Large 1526165.78/cwt165.00–167.0087219
HeifersMedium and Large 1303166.53/cwt163.00–170.005052
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375158.00/cwt158.00–158.005932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2278150.00/cwt150.00–150.004174
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425151.03/cwt141.00–155.0064218
SteersMedium and Large 1432172.57/cwt171.00–175.007465
SteersMedium and Large 1462167.65/cwt165.00–172.0077513
SteersMedium and Large 1673159.36/cwt154.50–163.251,07239
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2486145.13/cwt142.50–147.007057
SteersMedium and Large 1729156.99/cwt151.50–158.501,14422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2476158.43/cwt152.50–161.007546
SteersMedium and Large 1586158.97/cwt158.00–161.009326
HeifersMedium and Large 1820142.75/cwt142.75–142.751,17146
HeifersMedium and Large 1636149.43/cwt142.00–156.0095030
SteersMedium and Large 1628159.65/cwt155.00–161.001,00332
SteersMedium and Large 1-2933145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,3582
SteersMedium and Large 1785148.61/cwt147.25–150.001,16751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2543151.85/cwt150.00–155.008258
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568144.54/cwt142.50–146.5082133
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2742135.13/cwt132.00–138.251,0034
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2622129.25/cwt129.00–130.008048
HeifersMedium and Large 1678148.82/cwt147.00–149.501,00934
HeifersMedium and Large 1582152.95/cwt148.50–154.5089040
HeifersMedium and Large 1423165.00/cwt165.00–165.006982
Bulls1,72778.11/cwt75.00–81.001,3499
Bulls1,20070.40/cwt67.50–73.008452
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12054.50/cwt52.25–58.0061041
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18459.57/cwt59.00–64.007058
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12451.08/cwt50.75–52.0057412
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67458.51/cwt56.00–61.509794
CowsLean 85-90%99547.39/cwt45.00–52.0047237
CowsLean 85-90%1,13443.47/cwt42.00–44.004934
CowsLean 85-90%1,01133.54/cwt32.50–35.0033912

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.