Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2022-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-17

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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $189.31/cwt on 48 head.

Average price

$189.31

48 head · 471 lb average

Value per head Derived

$893

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$67

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

$22.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.89

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	440	196.76	865	32
Medium and Large 1-2	535	174.42	933	16thin

One grade step is worth $22.34/cwt here — about −$67 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 sale48 hd

189.31

—

UT average3 barns · 183 hd

183.42

+5.89

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	—	Low	1,552	110.47	1,714	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,773	98.18	1,740	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,213	91.25	1,107	74
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,144	83.87	960	37

Every lot, as filed

20 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	89.79/cwt	88.75–91.00	1,069	47
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,706	98.24/cwt	90.00–105.50	1,676	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	96.11/cwt	95.00–100.25	1,172	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,439	80.53/cwt	79.00–81.00	1,159	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,183	51.20/cwt	50.00–52.50	606	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	85.74/cwt	82.00–88.00	979	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,830	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,519	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	2,115	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	2,390	1
Bulls	—	—	1,310	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,310	2
Bulls	—	—	1,621	113.46/cwt	109.00–117.50	1,839	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	933	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	869	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	176.67/cwt	176.00–177.00	924	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	167.66/cwt	140.00–177.00	956	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	196.78/cwt	194.50–197.50	858	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	194.55/cwt	192.00–199.00	905	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	170.66/cwt	162.00–176.00	812	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	178.42/cwt	176.00–179.00	781	16

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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