Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2022-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold with firm undertone. Comparable trades of feeder heifers too lightly tested for a market comparison. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold with firm undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.26/cwt on 131 head.

Average price

$164.26

131 head · 663 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,089

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$13

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

$7.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.80

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	658	165.28	1,087	113
Medium and Large 1-2	697	157.83	1,100	18thin

One grade step is worth $7.45/cwt here — about −$13 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 sale131 hd

164.26

—

UT average2 barns · 394 hd

168.06

−3.80

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	1,685	90.85	1,531	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,553	71.70	1,114	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,174	67.98	798	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,155	46.28	535	7thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	165.98/cwt	163.00–169.00	802	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	151.68/cwt	150.00–154.25	1,042	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	171.19/cwt	166.00–174.00	861	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	824	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	163.61/cwt	161.50–167.50	959	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	144.51/cwt	143.00–146.00	821	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	171.51/cwt	171.00–172.00	900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	676	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,132	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	165.46/cwt	165.00–166.00	892	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	168.26/cwt	167.50–169.00	934	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	154.39/cwt	154.00–154.50	1,146	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,329	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	155.53/cwt	147.00–159.00	1,190	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,112	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	142.63/cwt	140.50–143.50	1,107	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	190.40/cwt	184.50–192.50	802	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	171.53/cwt	170.00–174.00	995	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	175.63/cwt	174.00–177.50	936	22
Bulls	—	—	1,733	89.62/cwt	84.00–94.00	1,553	9
Bulls	—	—	1,025	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	789	2
Bulls	—	—	1,832	97.32/cwt	96.50–97.50	1,783	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	72.65/cwt	72.50–73.00	830	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	61.21/cwt	58.00–63.00	646	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	69.61/cwt	65.00–71.75	867	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,139	49.56/cwt	49.00–51.00	564	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,177	41.91/cwt	40.00–44.00	493	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,553	71.70/cwt	67.00–73.50	1,114	8

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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