Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2022-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Comparable feeder cattle trades too lightly tested. Average dressing slaughter cows sold mostly steady to slightly firm. Average dressing slaughter bulls sold firm.

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	1,724	94.72	1,633	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,528	74.11	1,132	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,271	70.72	899	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	987	56.92	562	32

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,399	5

Every lot, as filed

8 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	917	50.69/cwt	47.50–54.00	465	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	66.03/cwt	61.00–69.00	720	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	74.11/cwt	73.00–76.00	1,132	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,362	64.11/cwt	61.00–66.50	873	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	74.07/cwt	73.00–75.50	930	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	70.45/cwt	67.00–72.25	886	13
Bulls	—	—	1,724	94.72/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,633	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,398.85/head	1,245.00–1,660.00	1,399	5

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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