Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2022-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle too lightly tested for a market trend. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold with weak undertone.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.55/cwt on 78 head.

Average price

$143.55

78 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$807

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$1.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.27

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	639	144.77	926	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	547	143.31	783	65

One grade step is worth $1.46/cwt here — about $142 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 sale78 hd

143.55

—

UT average3 barns · 281 hd

143.28

+0.27

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,660	101.41	1,683	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,519	86.01	1,306	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,298	79.31	1,029	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	64.93	669	6thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	814	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	759	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	998	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	890	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	149.00/cwt	147.00–150.00	580	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	161.21/cwt	161.00–165.00	716	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,092	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	933	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	939	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,174	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	139.02/cwt	136.50–140.00	926	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	144.38/cwt	140.00–145.00	850	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	144.61/cwt	139.00–146.00	758	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,060	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	145.45/cwt	144.00–146.00	707	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	158.07/cwt	152.50–165.00	745	9
Bulls	—	—	1,660	101.41/cwt	97.50–107.50	1,683	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	84.19/cwt	83.50–85.00	1,050	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	73.47/cwt	73.00–74.00	899	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	79.01/cwt	75.00–81.75	1,049	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	69.90/cwt	68.00–72.00	747	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	524	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	86.01/cwt	84.25–88.00	1,306	10

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.

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