Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2022-03-09

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Mar 9
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
270 head
81 vs last sale 189 17 vs year ago 287 · 5.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
85 vs last sale 108 63 vs year ago 86 · 73.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison available due to the light test of comparable trades.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.90/cwt on 176 head.
Average price
$154.90
176 head · 695 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,077
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$171
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.74
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2596158.7994642
Medium and Large 1727153.681,117134
One grade step is worth $5.11/cwt here — about −$171 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 sale176 hd
154.90
UT average3 barns · 619 hd
165.63
−10.74
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
BullsAverage1,87297.921,8333thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52378.151,1906thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14674.698566thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average87249.564323thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2738124.00/cwt124.00–124.009152
BullsMedium and Large 1-2608143.00/cwt143.00–143.008692
HeifersMedium and Large 1637149.10/cwt149.00–150.0095010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470160.85/cwt156.00–164.007567
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2747141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0533
HeifersMedium and Large 1560159.48/cwt157.00–162.008932
SteersMedium and Large 1-2608160.00/cwt160.00–160.009732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400174.00/cwt174.00–174.006963
SteersMedium and Large 1615167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,03028
SteersMedium and Large 1560170.00/cwt170.00–170.009524
SteersMedium and Large 1523177.00/cwt177.00–177.009263
SteersMedium and Large 1771148.40/cwt147.75–149.501,14499
SteersMedium and Large 1-2706148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,0488
SteersMedium and Large 1-2835139.86/cwt137.00–140.251,1688
SteersMedium and Large 1-2467170.08/cwt167.00–173.0079415
HeifersMedium and Large 1512162.45/cwt162.00–163.008329
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545161.50/cwt161.50–161.508806
Bulls1,87297.92/cwt90.00–103.001,8333
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14674.69/cwt70.00–76.008566
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52378.15/cwt76.50–79.251,1906
CowsLean 85-90%90059.00/cwt59.00–59.005311
CowsLean 85-90%85844.84/cwt40.00–51.003852

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.