Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2022-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No comparison available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $167.88/cwt on 41 head.

Average price

$167.88

41 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$963

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$77

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

$36.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.60

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	475	190.00	903	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	637	153.72	979	25

One grade step is worth $36.28/cwt here — about −$77 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 sale41 hd

167.88

—

UT average3 barns · 138 hd

160.27

+7.60

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	1,335	93.25	1,245	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,237	85.46	1,057	39

Every lot, as filed

17 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	—	456	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	752	7
Bulls	—	—	1,525	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	903	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,259	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	150.64/cwt	149.00–154.00	1,027	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,189	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	834	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	166.73/cwt	161.00–172.50	1,039	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	165.99/cwt	165.00–167.00	1,258	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	162.34/cwt	160.00–163.00	1,333	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,165	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	652	4
Bulls	—	—	1,145	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	945	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	81.29/cwt	77.00–86.50	1,064	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	90.00/cwt	87.00–93.00	1,100	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	908	62.49/cwt	60.00–65.00	567	2

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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