Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2022-03-30

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Mar 30
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
95 head
32 vs last sale 127 185 vs year ago 280 · 66.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
76 vs last sale 149 1 vs year ago 74 · 1.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
18 vs last sale 0 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Comparable trades too lightly tested for an accurate market trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.32/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$147.32
49 head · 643 lb average
Value per head Derived
$947
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$29
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.87
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1605153.2592717thin
Medium and Large 1-2663144.1795632
One grade step is worth $9.08/cwt here — about −$29 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 sale49 hd
147.32
UT average2 barns · 100 hd
146.45
+0.87
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
BullsAverage2,096105.752,2174thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40085.791,2019thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22981.751,00535
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11674.318298thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2423168.00/cwt168.00–168.007112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2568162.96/cwt161.00–165.009262
BullsMedium and Large 1-2692137.48/cwt135.00–140.009516
BullsMedium and Large 1-2545160.00/cwt160.00–160.008722
HeifersMedium and Large 1661150.00/cwt150.00–150.009929
HeifersMedium and Large 1323177.62/cwt172.50–182.505742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523148.77/cwt147.50–150.007782
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2578150.69/cwt149.50–151.508715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2493163.00/cwt163.00–163.008044
SteersMedium and Large 1-2679153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0397
HeifersMedium and Large 1563155.50/cwt155.50–155.508752
HeifersMedium and Large 1775138.48/cwt137.00–140.001,0732
HeifersMedium and Large 1505156.00/cwt156.00–156.007882
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2691142.50/cwt142.50–142.5098525
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3261,510.17/cwt1,485.00–1,575.0020,02510
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3731,425.00/cwt1,425.00–1,425.0019,5654
Bulls2,096105.75/cwt101.50–109.252,2174
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22981.75/cwt77.50–83.001,00535
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40085.79/cwt83.25–89.001,2019
CowsLean 85-90%1,11674.31/cwt72.50–77.508298

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.