Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2022-03-02

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Mar 2
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
189 head
65 vs last sale 124 3 vs year ago 192 · 1.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
97 vs last sale 11 50 vs year ago 58 · +86.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market comparison available due to last week's light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.18/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$157.18
74 head · 658 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,034
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$323
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$14.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.48
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2438169.727438thin
Medium and Large 1685155.661,06666
One grade step is worth $14.06/cwt here — about −$323 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 sale74 hd
157.18
UT average2 barns · 332 hd
160.66
−3.48
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
BullsAverage1,78992.371,6527thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,05876.0380538
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54575.241,16214
CowsLean 85-90%Average92568.4363316

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2802138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,11110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2293162.50/cwt162.50–162.504763
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450164.00/cwt164.00–164.007383
HeifersMedium and Large 1729143.14/cwt142.00–144.001,04315
SteersMedium and Large 1767147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,12730
SteersMedium and Large 1684156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,06719
SteersMedium and Large 1563173.33/cwt170.00–174.009766
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585157.92/cwt155.00–164.009243
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2563145.00/cwt145.00–145.008162
SteersMedium and Large 1617158.31/cwt156.00–161.009775
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300175.00/cwt175.00–175.005252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2382178.00/cwt178.00–178.006803
HeifersMedium and Large 1558157.47/cwt155.00–158.008796
HeifersMedium and Large 1657142.85/cwt142.00–148.009397
SteersMedium and Large 1440180.00/cwt180.00–180.007922
SteersMedium and Large 1461177.00/cwt177.00–177.008164
Bulls1,78992.37/cwt85.00–97.251,6527
CowsBoner 80-85%93478.65/cwt77.00–81.0073517
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15973.90/cwt71.00–75.0085721
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54575.24/cwt74.50–77.501,16214
CowsLean 85-90%94869.92/cwt69.00–70.0066314
CowsLean 85-90%76358.00/cwt58.00–58.004432

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.