Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2022-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend available for feeder cattle. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold weak.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.63/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$169.63

24 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$896

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

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

$1.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.33

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	623	170.31	1,061	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	461	169.15	779	14thin

One grade step is worth $1.16/cwt here — about $282 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 sale24 hd

169.63

—

UT average3 barns · 192 hd

158.30

+11.33

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	1,744	93.64	1,633	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,378	74.51	1,027	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,200	73.11	877	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,101	67.82	747	9thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	146.99/cwt	141.00–148.00	842	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	761	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	169.01/cwt	168.00–170.00	919	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	637	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	144.86/cwt	141.00–147.50	888	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	940	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,131	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	170.90/cwt	162.50–173.00	812	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	174.52/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,091	4
Bulls	—	—	1,744	93.64/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,633	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,378	74.51/cwt	72.00–77.00	1,027	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	67.82/cwt	63.00–71.00	747	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	73.11/cwt	70.50–75.00	877	23

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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