Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2022-01-19

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Jan 19
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
348 head
168 vs last sale 516 163 vs year ago 511 · 31.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
73 vs last sale 144 10 vs year ago 61 · +16.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.44/cwt on 158 head.
Average price
$160.44
158 head · 666 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,068
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$61
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.88
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1673160.471,081126
Medium and Large 1-2636160.311,02032
One grade step is worth $0.16/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 sale158 hd
160.44
UT average2 barns · 289 hd
162.32
−1.88
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
BullsAverage1,48271.181,0557thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69960.521,0289thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27454.3969333
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06441.644436thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2337152.71/cwt151.00–155.005155
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2723144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0415
HeifersMedium and Large 1633161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,0226
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474148.93/cwt145.00–155.0070615
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583145.13/cwt145.00–147.0084616
SteersMedium and Large 1787149.65/cwt149.50–149.751,17813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2687152.29/cwt152.00–153.001,0465
SteersMedium and Large 1-2856143.93/cwt143.50–144.001,2327
SteersMedium and Large 1-2596168.28/cwt166.00–168.501,00311
SteersMedium and Large 1510177.50/cwt174.00–186.0090516
SteersMedium and Large 1887147.25/cwt147.25–147.251,30625
SteersMedium and Large 1662155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,02610
SteersMedium and Large 1737152.10/cwt148.00–154.001,12126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2518165.00/cwt165.00–165.008554
SteersMedium and Large 1-2461170.00/cwt170.00–170.007845
HeifersMedium and Large 1688147.14/cwt147.00–148.001,01214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2973125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2437151.00/cwt151.00–151.0066015
SteersMedium and Large 1464177.00/cwt177.00–177.008214
SteersMedium and Large 1567174.50/cwt174.50–174.509896
SteersMedium and Large 1410183.92/cwt177.50–185.007547
HeifersMedium and Large 1553158.00/cwt158.00–158.008742
HeifersMedium and Large 1515158.30/cwt155.00–164.0081515
HeifersMedium and Large 1717146.58/cwt146.00–147.001,05114
SteersMedium and Large 1803147.75/cwt147.75–147.751,1862
SteersMedium and Large 1394183.77/cwt182.00–184.007248
SteersMedium and Large 1625160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0009
Bulls1,65975.41/cwt73.00–78.001,2514
Bulls1,24565.55/cwt61.00–67.508163
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27454.39/cwt51.00–55.7569333
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69960.52/cwt56.00–61.001,0289
CowsLean 85-90%1,02747.15/cwt45.00–50.004843
CowsLean 85-90%1,10036.12/cwt35.00–38.003973

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.