Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2022-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report: No comparison available for feeder cattle. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.32/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$142.32

29 head · 637 lb average

Value per head Derived

$906

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$229

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

$10.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.27

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	147.73	782	14thin
Medium and Large 1	737	137.27	1,012	15thin

One grade step is worth $10.46/cwt here — about −$229 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 sale29 hd

142.32

—

UT average3 barns · 198 hd

146.59

−4.27

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	1,941	103.02	2,000	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,474	86.10	1,269	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,203	84.65	1,019	97
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,080	69.73	753	15

Every lot, as filed

16 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	—	418	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	585	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,046	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	140.80/cwt	140.00–141.00	939	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	146.03/cwt	145.00–147.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	147.68/cwt	145.00–151.00	778	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	149.30/cwt	147.00–150.00	848	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	933	2
Bulls	—	—	1,964	104.16/cwt	101.00–108.00	2,046	22
Bulls	—	—	1,688	90.44/cwt	82.00–95.00	1,527	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	83.39/cwt	80.00–86.50	988	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	88.29/cwt	87.50–90.00	1,069	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	78.42/cwt	74.00–79.50	1,037	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	903	56.41/cwt	55.00–60.00	509	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,474	86.10/cwt	83.50–89.50	1,269	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	73.06/cwt	67.50–77.00	821	12

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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