Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2022-04-06

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Apr 6
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
62 head
33 vs last sale 95 193 vs year ago 255 · 75.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
71 vs last sale 73 82 vs year ago 62 · +132.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Classes too lightly tested for a market trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.18/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$141.18
17 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$876
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.68
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1622148.009215thin
Medium and Large 1-2620138.3485712thin
One grade step is worth $9.66/cwt here — about $63 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 sale17 hd
141.18
UT average3 barns · 459 hd
150.86
−9.68
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
BullsAverage1,775103.201,83221
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45388.131,28114
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23484.511,04333
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09073.1579713

Every lot, as filed

21 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 1-2420162.50/cwt162.50–162.506832
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465139.02/cwt137.00–140.006463
HeifersMedium and Large 1622148.00/cwt148.00–148.009215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390153.00/cwt153.00–153.005974
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2920115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0582
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477155.06/cwt150.00–157.507403
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430166.00/cwt166.00–166.007142
SteersMedium and Large 1-2703154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0832
SteersMedium and Large 1-2928129.96/cwt125.00–135.001,2062
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2343145.00/cwt145.00–145.004972
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570142.05/cwt140.00–144.008102
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,105122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,3482
Bulls1,648102.28/cwt95.00–105.751,68610
Bulls2,019109.31/cwt108.00–110.252,2078
Bulls1,55089.95/cwt88.00–91.001,3943
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24383.79/cwt81.50–88.001,04222
CowsLean 85-90%1,07975.13/cwt72.00–78.0081111
CowsLean 85-90%1,14862.24/cwt62.00–62.507152
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16698.01/cwt92.50–102.501,1434
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24679.04/cwt77.50–79.759857
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45388.13/cwt86.75–89.251,28114

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.