Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2022-03-23

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Mar 23
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
127 head
143 vs last sale 270 228 vs year ago 355 · 64.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
149 head
126 vs last sale 23 86 vs year ago 63 · +136.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report: Feeder cattle too lightly tested for market comparison. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.99/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$147.99
45 head · 650 lb average
Value per head Derived
$962
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.38
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1665151.041,00428
Medium and Large 1-2625142.9789417thin
One grade step is worth $8.06/cwt here — about $110 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 sale45 hd
147.99
UT average3 barns · 344 hd
156.37
−8.38
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
BullsHigh1,65597.091,60618
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51585.901,3019thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33583.011,10830
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12774.858446thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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 1-2968120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1628
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375151.92/cwt147.50–156.005702
SteersMedium and Large 1664151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0036
SteersMedium and Large 1596152.00/cwt152.00–152.009068
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665140.00/cwt140.00–140.009313
HeifersMedium and Large 1659151.50/cwt151.50–151.509986
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680138.04/cwt136.00–142.009393
SteersMedium and Large 1704150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,06014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433147.95/cwt147.00–150.006413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573146.18/cwt142.50–148.008383
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425153.76/cwt152.50–155.006532
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525144.19/cwt140.00–147.507573
SteersMedium and Large 1-2838141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,1864
SteersMedium and Large 1-2563142.07/cwt140.00–145.008005
Bulls1,953110.86/cwt109.50–113.502,1654
Bulls1,27785.03/cwt80.00–92.001,0868
Bulls1,959103.99/cwt99.50–107.252,0376
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33583.01/cwt76.00–85.501,10830
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51585.90/cwt82.50–90.001,3019
CowsLean 85-90%1,12774.85/cwt73.00–77.008446

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.