Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2022-01-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold with weak undertone, while average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded with firm undertone. All classes were lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.41/cwt on 108 head.

Average price

$154.41

108 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,025

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$307

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$16.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.97

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	501	164.46	824	41
Medium and Large 1	763	148.26	1,131	67

One grade step is worth $16.20/cwt here — about −$307 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 sale108 hd

154.41

—

UT average3 barns · 755 hd

162.38

−7.97

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,561	78.49	1,225	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,201	55.05	661	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,092	40.40	441	10

Every lot, as filed

22 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	176.16/cwt	175.50–178.00	731	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	929	125.47/cwt	124.00–127.00	1,166	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	142.93/cwt	141.00–144.00	955	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	147.86/cwt	145.00–148.00	890	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	152.12/cwt	152.00–152.50	651	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	141.16/cwt	141.00–142.00	858	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	960	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	143.69/cwt	143.00–145.00	1,035	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	145.26/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,132	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	141.97/cwt	141.00–146.00	831	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	167.83/cwt	167.00–168.00	948	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	150.56/cwt	148.00–153.75	1,019	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	159.51/cwt	155.00–160.00	847	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	180.34/cwt	172.00–185.00	651	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	177.28/cwt	172.00–178.00	773	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	138.45/cwt	138.00–138.50	1,061	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	146.18/cwt	146.00–146.25	1,276	18
Bulls	—	—	1,561	78.49/cwt	71.00–83.75	1,225	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	57.37/cwt	56.00–61.00	680	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	64.96/cwt	63.00–67.00	734	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	51.01/cwt	50.00–53.50	627	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	40.40/cwt	39.00–49.00	441	10

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.

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