Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2022-09-07

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Sep 7
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
118 head
27 vs last sale 91 418 vs year ago 536 · 78.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
23 vs last sale 80 46 vs year ago 103 · 44.7%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle too lightly tested for a comparison. Slaughter cows sold with a lower undertone and slaughter bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $163.14/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$163.14
38 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$917
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$350
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.27
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1598164.6498431
Medium and Large 1-2405156.466347thin
One grade step is worth $8.19/cwt here — about $350 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 sale38 hd
163.14
UT average2 barns · 154 hd
164.40
−1.27
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,751111.801,95815
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46190.831,32710
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27090.051,1448thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01276.257723thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2565158.00/cwt158.00–158.008932
BullsMedium and Large 1-2515163.50/cwt163.50–163.508423
HeifersMedium and Large 1536169.38/cwt169.00–171.0090810
HeifersMedium and Large 1315192.50/cwt192.50–192.506061
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2368160.10/cwt155.00–165.005892
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420155.00/cwt155.00–155.006515
HeifersMedium and Large 1899145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3045
HeifersMedium and Large 1478170.54/cwt162.00–177.508156
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545167.00/cwt167.00–167.009102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570155.00/cwt155.00–155.008841
SteersMedium and Large 1265227.50/cwt227.50–227.506031
SteersMedium and Large 1593167.83/cwt167.00–173.009957
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415175.00/cwt175.00–175.007261
HeifersMedium and Large 1355175.00/cwt175.00–175.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 1553168.07/cwt161.00–169.509296
HeifersMedium and Large 1908143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,2982
SteersMedium and Large 1795159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,2641
SteersMedium and Large 1436198.65/cwt195.00–210.008664
SteersMedium and Large 1315222.50/cwt222.50–222.507011
Bulls1,751111.80/cwt105.00–115.501,95815
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27090.05/cwt88.50–92.501,1448
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46190.83/cwt88.00–92.501,32710
CowsLean 85-90%1,01276.25/cwt75.00–77.007723

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.